Find out which men’s tennis players are playing where in Australia in January in the lead up to the Australian Open 2012.
Novak Djokovic @AO 2011
The top 3 men, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will play at the Mubadala Tennis Championship from 29 to 31 December.
After that Djokovic is not scheduled to play again until the Australian Open while both Federer and Nadal will play at the Qatar Exxonmobil Open 2012 from 2 – 7 January.
Then we won’t see Rog or Raf in a tourney until the AO.
Here’s a list of where the other guys will warm up for the Australian Open.
Hopman Cup: 31 December – 7 January 2012, Perth
The Australian tennis year kicks off with the Hopman Cup, a fab tourney where men and women play together as a team for their country.
Perth is hot at this time of year, really hot. So it’s a great place to get acclimatised to the freakishly hot conditions that can make or break a match at the Australian Open.
View the full all star line up for the Hopman Cup and get more details from the Hopman Cup website.
Brisbane International: 1-8 January 2012, Brisbane
Most of the Brisbane International is played at the time as the Hopman Cup. This mixed tournament is part of the AO Series.
The top field of men’s singles players are:
- Andy Murray
- Gilles Simon
- Alexandr Dolgopolov
- Tommy Haas
- Florian Mayer
- Kei Nishikori
- Radek Stepanek
- Kevin Anderson
- Jurgen Melzer
- Donald Young
- Bernard Tomic
- Marcos Baghdatis
- Tommy Robredo
- Julien Benneteau
- Gilles Muller
- Santiago Giraldo
- James Blake
- Philipp Petzschner
- Ryan Sweeting
- Denis Istomin
- Alejandro Falla
- Jarkko Nieminen
- Ryan Harrison
- Nicolas Mahut
- Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
- Matt Ebden
Find out more about the Brisbane International 2012’s men’s singles players.
APIA International: 8-14 January 2012, Sydney
Held the week before the Australian Open, this is also a mixed tournament that is part of the Australian Open series.
- Marcos Baghdatis
- Lleyton Hewitt
- Juan Martin Del Potro
- John Isner
- Richard Gasquet
- Feliciano Lopez
- Viktor Troicki
- Florian Mayer
- Marcel Granollers
- Radek Stepanek
- Alex Bogomolov Jr.
- Ivan Dodig
- Andreas Seppi
- Dmitry Tursunov
- Robin Haase
- Pablo Andujar
- Fabio Fognini
- Xavier Malisse
- Julien Benneteau
- Gilles Muller
Find out more on the APIA International website.
AAMI Classic: 11 – 14 January 2012, Kooyong, Melbourne
This is a lovely boutique tournament for only 8 men, held at Kooyong, the previous venue for the Australian Open.
- Milos Raonic
- Mardy Fish
- Andy Roddick
- Jurgen Melzer
- Gael Monfils
- Tomas Berdych
- Bernard Tomic
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Get more details on the AAMI Classic website.
Special Mention for the Heinken Open, New Zealand
It’s not in Aus but lot of top men will also be playing at the Heinken Open in New Zealand from 9 to 14 January, including Ferrer, Verdasco, Monaco and loads more men that you love to see play.
View the Heineken Open men’s tennis line up.
Australian Open: 16 – 29 January 2012, Melbourne
The stars will shine at the Australian Open 2012. The top seeds are set to play and the seeds will be known once the draw is released.
View the current top 25 seeds (men and women).
Until next time (which will be soon, the Grand Slam plan is so close to starting now I can taste it!)
Grand Slam Gal
Totally agree. It will be particularly interesting if Djokovic, Federer, Nadal and Murray all stay full fit and un-injured.
Lots of tennis to look forward to in the next month. It’ll be interesting to see who is in form come the Aus Open. I’m sure there will be a surprise semi finalist or two.