{"id":41367,"date":"2025-03-07T11:13:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T00:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=41367"},"modified":"2025-04-02T02:37:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T15:37:48","slug":"aussie-tennis-talent-to-headline-2025-mildura-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2025\/03\/07\/aussie-tennis-talent-to-headline-2025-mildura-international","title":{"rendered":"Aussie Tennis Talent to Headline 2025 Mildura International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">International tennis is making its way to Mildura as the <strong>Australian Pro Tour <\/strong>continues at the historic\u00a0<strong>Mildura Lawn Tennis Club<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0<strong>Sunday 9 March to Sunday 16 March<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u00a0<strong>2025 Mildura International<\/strong>\u00a0is set to showcase an impressive lineup of Aussie talent, featuring notable Australian Open competitors <strong>Jason Kubler, Omar Jasika<\/strong>, <strong>Dane Sweeny, Blake Ellis,\u00a0Jaimee Fourlis,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Elena Micic <\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Lizette Cabrera<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leading the men&#8217;s field is\u00a0<strong>Omar Jasika\u00a0<\/strong>(Vic), the tournament\u2019s No. 1 seed, who recently reached the final of the\u00a0Burnie International\u00a0against fellow Aussie\u00a0<strong>Jason Kubler\u00a0<\/strong>(Qld). Kubler, a former Davis Cup representative and top-100 player, enters the Mildura International fresh off his Burnie M25 and Launceston M25 victory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other standouts include Queensland\u2019s No. 3 seed <strong>Blake Ellis <\/strong>and multiple time tour winner <strong>Dane Sweeny<\/strong>, while regional talent\u00a0<strong>Josh Charlton<\/strong>\u00a0(Vic) from Traralgon adds local interest to the field.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The women&#8217;s draw is equally compelling,headlined by<b> Lizette Cabrera <\/b>(Qld) who just last week claimed victory against <b>Sakura Hosogi<\/b> (JPN) at the Launceston International. Cabrera is joined by Victorian favourite\u00a0<strong>Jaimee Fourlis<\/strong>\u00a0(Vic) who recently reached the semi-final of the Burnie International, while emerging Victorian talent\u00a0<strong>Elena Micic<\/strong>\u00a0(Vic) is set to make her mark.\u00a0<strong>Gabriella Da Silva Fick<\/strong>\u00a0(NSW) also returns to the grass, having won the Swan Hill title last year, and will also be competing in Tennis Victoria\u2019s Premier League.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Mildura International is the first of two grass-court events on the Australian Pro Tour, offering a combined prize pool of USD $60,000 \u2013 allocating $30,000 each to the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s ITF Futures categories. Participants will also have the opportunity to earn valuable world ranking points on the natural grass courts of Mildura.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Mildura International | Women\u2019s player acceptance list <\/strong><\/h5>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>WTA Rank<\/th>\n<th>First Name<\/th>\n<th>Last Name<\/th>\n<th>Nationality<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>287<\/td>\n<td>Lizette<\/td>\n<td>Cabrera<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>331<\/td>\n<td>Jaimee<\/td>\n<td>Fourlis<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>366<\/td>\n<td>Elena<\/td>\n<td>Micic<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>378<\/td>\n<td>Gabriella<\/td>\n<td>Da Silva Fick<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>420<\/td>\n<td>Sakura<\/td>\n<td>Hosogi<\/td>\n<td>JPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>447<\/td>\n<td>Yeonwoo<\/td>\n<td>Ku<\/td>\n<td>KOR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>478<\/td>\n<td>Monique<\/td>\n<td>Barry<\/td>\n<td>NZL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>483<\/td>\n<td>Misaki<\/td>\n<td>Matsuda<\/td>\n<td>JPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>621<\/td>\n<td>Chihiro<\/td>\n<td>Muramatsu<\/td>\n<td>JPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>639<\/td>\n<td>Demi<\/td>\n<td>Tran<\/td>\n<td>NED<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>743<\/td>\n<td>Nagi<\/td>\n<td>Hanatani<\/td>\n<td>JPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>876<\/td>\n<td>Alicia<\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>900<\/td>\n<td>Yujin<\/td>\n<td>Kim<\/td>\n<td>KOR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>905<\/td>\n<td>Belle<\/td>\n<td>Thompson<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>975<\/td>\n<td>Alana<\/td>\n<td>Subasic<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>980<\/td>\n<td>Carolann<\/td>\n<td>Delaunay<\/td>\n<td>CAL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1004<\/td>\n<td>Ayumi<\/td>\n<td>Miyamoto<\/td>\n<td>JPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1006<\/td>\n<td>Sarah<\/td>\n<td>Rokusek<\/td>\n<td>USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Mildura International | Men\u2019s player acceptance list <\/strong><\/h5>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>ATP Rank<\/th>\n<th>First Name<\/th>\n<th>Last Name<\/th>\n<th>Nationality<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>228<\/td>\n<td>Omar<\/td>\n<td>Jasika<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>303<\/td>\n<td>Blake<\/td>\n<td>Ellis<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>376<\/td>\n<td>Christian<\/td>\n<td>Langmo<\/td>\n<td>USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>472<\/td>\n<td>Jake<\/td>\n<td>Delaney<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>491<\/td>\n<td>Ajeet<\/td>\n<td>Rai<\/td>\n<td>NZL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>510<\/td>\n<td>Jason<\/td>\n<td>Kubler<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>543<\/td>\n<td>Dane<\/td>\n<td>Sweeny<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>693<\/td>\n<td>Colin<\/td>\n<td>Sinclair<\/td>\n<td>NMI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>778<\/td>\n<td>James<\/td>\n<td>Watt<\/td>\n<td>NZL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>790<\/td>\n<td>Matt<\/td>\n<td>Hulme<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>810<\/td>\n<td>Alexander<\/td>\n<td>Klintcharov<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>837<\/td>\n<td>Pavle<\/td>\n<td>Marinkov<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>838<\/td>\n<td>Thomas<\/td>\n<td>Braithwaite<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>948<\/td>\n<td>Joshua<\/td>\n<td>Charlton<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>972<\/td>\n<td>Jesse<\/td>\n<td>Delaney<\/td>\n<td>AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1080<\/td>\n<td>Sungbeen<\/td>\n<td>Sim<\/td>\n<td>KOR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1152<\/td>\n<td>Kazuma<\/td>\n<td>Kawachi<\/td>\n<td>JPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1237<\/td>\n<td>Yuichiro<\/td>\n<td>Inui<\/td>\n<td>JPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Please note, lists are subject to change.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Further Event Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Mildura International is part of the Australian Pro Tour, a series of professional tennis events held throughout the year to bridge upcoming players with the ATP\/WTA Tour, providing an opportunity to earn significant world ranking points.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>For more information about the Australian Pro Tour, Tennis Australia or the players visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennis.com.au%2Fprotour&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cannika.corben%40tennis.com.au%7Cb6d3d581982a4c35651608dd5b781c0c%7C61aa9c8da7734a7c84701dd8062e404a%7C0%7C0%7C638767293625538368%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=vvjZ%2Bl47PjFiOZ%2BkUn9qHjZ9trkFLQgyCYjyemjwTX4%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.tennis.com.au\/protour<\/a>. For more information on the ATP Challenger Tour go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atpchallengertour.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cannika.corben%40tennis.com.au%7Cb6d3d581982a4c35651608dd5b781c0c%7C61aa9c8da7734a7c84701dd8062e404a%7C0%7C0%7C638767293625553026%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=AoDb9YPE1CjXDi4VoNL7gO6McGPlGTADgVrJnPYvAUo%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.atptour.com<\/a>\u00a0or for more information on the ITF World Tennis Tour visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itftennis.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cannika.corben%40tennis.com.au%7Cb6d3d581982a4c35651608dd5b781c0c%7C61aa9c8da7734a7c84701dd8062e404a%7C0%7C0%7C638767293625567362%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pWnsVylBVtELcyNpfIkqDpLRg6nBEm62Wc5rdukmObY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.itftennis.com<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>The Mildura International is p<span>roudly supported by Mildura Rural City Council.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Pro Tour makes it&#8217;s way to Mildura Lawn Tennis Club\u00a0from\u00a0Sunday 9 March to Sunday 16 March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6423,"featured_media":41439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,1],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-41367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-competitive-play","category-news","tag-tournaments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}