2025 Hobart International

For a full week at the beginning of January, the professional women’s tennis tournament, the 2025 Hobart International, will be played on outdoor hard courts in Australia’s city of Hobart. It will feature the singles’ and the doubles’ competition.
Subject Tennis
Start Date January 6, 2025
End Date January 11, 2025
Status Finished
Location Domain Tennis Centre, Hobart, Australia
Prize Pool $250,000+
Participants 32 female singles players, 16 female doubles
Type Outdoor, hard courts
Tournament Champion Not defined
Format Playoffs, 2 brackets (both single elimination)
Organizer WTA

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The 30th Hobart International will be part of the 2025 WTA Tour’s WTA 250 tournaments. For the 2025 tennis season, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), the most renowned professional tennis circuit in the world, is organizing the 2025 WTA Tour, which is marketed as the 2025 Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship purposes. The WTA 250 tournaments, where the 2025 Hobart International belongs, are the fifth-tier in the WTA tennis.

Where and When Will the 2025 Hobart International Be Held?

The 2025 Hobart International takes place in the lead-up to the Australian Open, the year’s first Grand Slam competition. This year, Hobart will start on January 6 and conclude on January 11, only one day prior to the AO.

The 2025 Hobart International will take place at the Domain Tennis Centre, also referred to as the Hobart International Tennis Centre, the top tennis facility in the state of Tasmania. The venue is situated in Queens Domain, a small hilly wilderness area close to the central business district of Hobart, the state capital of Tasmania, and has 2,800 seats available for spectators.

The $250,000 or something around that sum is the prize pool for WTA 250 tournaments, part of which, as we said, the Hobart International is. While the prize pool for next year’s edition of the Hobart isn’t precisely set yet, we can only say that it will likely be similar to the prize fund from this year, when it was $267,082 for the singles. Out of that money, the biggest piece went to the hands of the winner, Emma Navarro: $35,250. It was the first WTA Tour title for an American.

What Players Will Take Part in the 2025 Hobart International?

Elise Mertens
Elise Mertens
Garbiñe Muguruza
Garbiñe Muguruza
Elena Rybakina
Elena Rybakina
Shuai Zhang
Shuai Zhang
Veronika Kudermetova
Veronika Kudermetova
Magda Linette
Magda Linette
Caroline Garcia
Caroline Garcia
Rebecca Peterson
Rebecca Peterson
Christina Mchale
Christina Mchale
Lin Zhu
Lin Zhu
Viktoria Hruncakova
Viktoria Hruncakova
Jil Teichmann
Jil Teichmann
Heather Watson
Heather Watson
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As for the doubles, there will be 16 pairs, however, it’s yet unknown which pairs will compete at the 2025 Hobart International or how the bracket will be formed.

So, fans will be able to see 32 players and 16 doubles pairs across 10 sessions (day and night) starting from the main draw. These 32 singles’ players will be divided into two single-elimination brackets of 16 each—the top half and the bottom half—with the Round of 16 serving as the starting point for each. In the final match, the winners of the two brackets will face off.

Who’ll Win the 2025 Hobart International?

If we’re to rely on how things unfolded this year, the top two seeds are likely to pose the biggest favorites to win the 2025 Hobart International. Out of these two, one played in the previous title match, the Belgian Elise Mertens. She’s a two-time tournament champion. The Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the Australian Open 2024 semifinalist, will likely pose the biggest threat to Mertens. Let’s not forget the Grand Slam champion and former world No.3 Sloane Stephens and another Grand Slam champion and former world No. 4, Sofia Kenin, who’ll return for the 30th Hobart International with a wildcard entry, eyeing another shot at the title.

Given that the United Cup and Brisbane tournaments are in the spotlight at the moment, you’ll have to wait a little bit more to see the odds of the best tennis bookmakers for Hobart.

Pros and Cons of the 2025 Hobart International Favorites

PLAYERElise MertensDayana YastremskaSloane StephensSofia Kenin
PROS
  • A two-time tournament champion and the finalist of the last editionCreative shot-making skills
  • The Australian Open 2024 semifinalistStrong groundstrokes
  • Excellent defensive capabilities and isn’t afraid to come to the netCan hit phenomenal winners with her forehand
  • Aggressive style of play and resilience on the court
CONS
  • Can’t beat top players, maintaining her position in the ranking between 30th and 50th place for a long timeMuch better in the doubles (former No. 1) than in the singlesWeak defensive game
  • Her serve is a weak pointNarrow-focus ups and downs
  • Hasn’t had a big result since Rolan Garros 2022.Lack of motivation and commitment
  • Injuries/surgeries and issues with her coaches slowed down her career

Features of the 2025 Hobart International

The Hobart International is hosted in the scenic Hobart International Tennis Centre and occurs in the lead-up to the Australian Open. Originally known as the Tasmanian International Open in 1994, this WTA international event draws a number of elite players hoping to start the year financially with a healthy amount of prize money and find form before the season’s first Grand Slam.

Elise Mertens is the only back-to-back champion of the tournament, winning titles in 2017 and 2018.

For now, only Stan Sport, an Australian subscription over-the-top streaming service, revealed it will broadcast matches.

Which player has the most chances of winning the 2025 Hobart International:
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Publication date : 31.12.2024
Last modified date: 31.12.2024

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