Preview: Australian Open Lead Up Events

Down under, channel 7 showed their first advertisement for the summer of tennis yesterday. Check it out.  Redfoo sure is excited.  But seriously, who could blame him.
To wet the appetite for the action ahead, we check out the Aus Open lead up events. Who, what, where, how and why.  We’ve got you covered.

                                         Channel 7 Advertisment For The Summer Of Tennis

It all kicks off in Australia, on the 28th of December at the Hyundi Hopman cup. What follows is a smorgasbord of tennis. For a summary of who is playing which event and where you can watch the action live, check out our summary table below. For information on the Kooyong classic, visit http://www.aamiclassic.com.au/

	Hyundi Hopan Cup	Brisbane International	Apia International Sydney
Dates	Dec 28 - Jan 4	Dec 29 - Jan 5	Jan 5 - Jan 11
Location	Perth Arena	Queensland Tennis Centre	Sydney Olympic Park
Drawcards	8 of the world's top 20. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Sam Stosur, Bernard Tomic, Petra Kvitova, Milos Ranonic	Roger Federer, Marin Cilic, Lleyton Hewitt, Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova	Juan Martin Del-Potro, Jerzy Janowicz, Nicolas Almagro, Caroline Wozniacki, Agnieszka Radwanska
Format	Each tie consists of a men’s and women’s singles match and a mixed doubles match.	Knockout format. 32 player draw.	Knockout format. 32 player draw.
Past Winners	2013 Spain: Anabel Medina Garrigues & Fernando Verdasco. 2012 Czech Republic: Tomas Berdych & Petra Kvitova	2013: Andy Murray & Serena Williams.            2012: Andy Murray & Kaia Kanepi	2013: Bernard Tomic & Agnieszka Radwanska. 2012: Jarkko Nieminem & Victoria Azarenka
TV Guide	Every session live on 7Mate	Channel 7 Network Live	Channel 7 Network Live

	Hobart International	World Tennis Challenge
Dates	Jan 5 - Jan 11	Jan 7 - Jan 9
Location	Domain Tennis Centre Hobart	Memorial Drive Adelaide
Drawcards	Sam Stosur, Venus Williams, Laura Robson,	Thanasi Kokkinakis & Pat Cash. Jeremy Chardy & Henri Leconte.       Martina Hingis.
Format	Knockout format. 32 player draw.	Teams Event with a 'Current player' and 'legend' from each country
Past Winners	2013 Elena Vesnina (RUS). 2012 Mona Barthel (GER)	N/A - Exhibition Tournament
TV Guide	Channel Ten Network	Fox Sports

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