DATE: 31 Dec 2018 - 6 January 2019
SURFACE: Hard
FINANCIAL COMMITMENT: $1,000,000
FIELD SIZE: 28
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Elina Svitolina
Seeds:
1 Svitolina, Elina
2 Osaka, Naomi
3 Stephens, Sloane
4 Kvitova, Petra
5 Pliskova, Karolina
6 Bertens, Kiki
7 Kasatkina, Daria
8 Sevastova, Anastasija
The Tournament:
The Brisbane International presented by Suncorp is located at the Queensland Tennis Centre in close proximity to the Brisbane CBD. The tournament has built a reputation for delivering world-class entertainment, both on and off the court.
About Brisbane
Brisbane is the third largest city in Australia (after Sydney and Melbourne) with a population of 2.4 million. It is the state capital of Queensland.
One of the oldest cities in Australia, Brisbane was founded upon the ancient homelands of the aboriginal Turrbal and Jagera people. The Central Business District is on the Brisbane River with the popular South Bank cultural precinct flanking the other side.
The South Bank area includes the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), which is located at South Bank, consists of the Lyric Theatre, a Concert Hall, Cremorne Theatre and the Playhouse Theatre and is home to the Queensland Ballet, Opera Queensland, Queensland Theatre Company,
Brisbane hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games and the 1988 World Expo. The two events laid the foundations that saw Brisbane transform from a regional country town into an international city.
Brisbane has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and dry warm winters.
Tourism Guide:
Fun Facts About Brisbane
Brisbane was known to the early Aboriginal people as Meanjin, which means "place shaped like a spike".
Brisbane's Chinatown in Fortitude Valley was part of the movie set in Jackie Chan's movie Jackie Chan's First Strike.
Queen Street was a barracks between 1827 and 1830 for up to 1000 convicts.
Brisbane was the busiest submarine port in the world during World War II.
Brisbane has 283 days of sunshine a year.
SURFACE: Hard
FINANCIAL COMMITMENT: $1,000,000
FIELD SIZE: 28
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Elina Svitolina
Seeds:
1 Svitolina, Elina
2 Osaka, Naomi
3 Stephens, Sloane
4 Kvitova, Petra
5 Pliskova, Karolina
6 Bertens, Kiki
7 Kasatkina, Daria
8 Sevastova, Anastasija
The Tournament:
The Brisbane International presented by Suncorp is located at the Queensland Tennis Centre in close proximity to the Brisbane CBD. The tournament has built a reputation for delivering world-class entertainment, both on and off the court.
About Brisbane
Brisbane is the third largest city in Australia (after Sydney and Melbourne) with a population of 2.4 million. It is the state capital of Queensland.
One of the oldest cities in Australia, Brisbane was founded upon the ancient homelands of the aboriginal Turrbal and Jagera people. The Central Business District is on the Brisbane River with the popular South Bank cultural precinct flanking the other side.
The South Bank area includes the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), which is located at South Bank, consists of the Lyric Theatre, a Concert Hall, Cremorne Theatre and the Playhouse Theatre and is home to the Queensland Ballet, Opera Queensland, Queensland Theatre Company,
Brisbane hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games and the 1988 World Expo. The two events laid the foundations that saw Brisbane transform from a regional country town into an international city.
Brisbane has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and dry warm winters.
Tourism Guide:
Fun Facts About Brisbane
Brisbane was known to the early Aboriginal people as Meanjin, which means "place shaped like a spike".
Brisbane's Chinatown in Fortitude Valley was part of the movie set in Jackie Chan's movie Jackie Chan's First Strike.
Queen Street was a barracks between 1827 and 1830 for up to 1000 convicts.
Brisbane was the busiest submarine port in the world during World War II.
Brisbane has 283 days of sunshine a year.
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