{"id":18949,"date":"2023-10-30T04:33:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T17:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?p=18949"},"modified":"2023-10-30T04:33:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T17:33:41","slug":"canberra-international-2024-launches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/news\/2023\/10\/30\/canberra-international-2024-launches","title":{"rendered":"Canberra International 2024 Launches"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Canberra will cement itself in the Summer of Tennis by hosting the highest level ATP Challenger event worldwide, and the highest WTA event the Capital has seen in decades.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following a record-breaking Community Tennis Day which saw over 1000 attendees in two hours, tickets for the 2024 Canberra International<\/a> are now available to purchase via www.canberrainternational.com.au<\/a> Running from 31 Dec – 6 Jan, 2024<\/strong> the Canberra International<\/a> will return bigger and better than ever. Having been upgraded to an\u00a0ATP125<\/strong> and WTA125, <\/strong>the event promises to welcome a host of the world’s top 100 players as they compete for a total prize pool of USD$320,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tournament Director, Lawrence Robertson and Tennis ACT CEO, Mark La Brooy officially launched the summer’s event on Friday at the Canberra Tennis Centre. The elevated playing field will attract tennis fans from around the ACT and NSW region. With new community activations<\/strong> and local food and beverage<\/strong>, there will be something for everyone as the event showcases the best of the Capital’s local produce. New community activations include Pride Day, Women and Girls Day, First Nations <\/span>Day<\/span> plus the return of the popular Twilight Session \u2013 a chance to experience the <\/span>semi finals<\/span> under lights, with food trucks, local beverages and tunes from a local DJ.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Canberra International Tournament Director Lawrence Robertson and Tennis ACT CEO Mark La Brooy.<\/p><\/div>\n

Those in attendance will be able to <\/span>witness<\/span> world-class tennis up-close and <\/span>personal<\/span>, as the <\/span>next generation<\/span> of Grand Slam champions use the event as a launchpad for their 2024 season. The Canberra International has shown to be a pivotal event for emerging players’ careers. After taking the Women’s Singles Championship in Canberra, Katie Boulter (GBR)<\/strong> surged up the rankings,\u00a0winning her<\/span> first WTA<\/strong><\/span>250<\/span><\/strong> event in Nottingham, and landing at a career high of #<\/strong><\/span>50<\/span><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0Likewise,\u00a0Canberra International 2023 Men\u2019s Champion, Marton Fucsovics (HUN)<\/strong> had an impressive 2023 season, reaching the semi-finals of the ATP250<\/strong> event in Stuttgart, Germany taking out Denis Shapovalov and Taylor Fritz on the way. Fucsovics currently sits at a ranking of #52<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tickets are now available via Eventbrite <\/a>from $10 with kids under 12 free. Tickets are selling fast so make sure to secure your seat at Canberra\u2019s premier sporting event this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Canberra will cement itself in the Summer of Tennis by hosting the highest level ATP Challenger event worldwide, and the highest WTA event the Capital has seen in decades. Following a record-breaking Community Tennis Day which saw over 1000 attendees in two hours, tickets for the 2024 Canberra International are now available to purchase via […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6356,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6356"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}