Fact Sheet
Dates
Monday, March 22 – Sunday, April 4, 2010
Qualifying Rounds: Monday & Tuesday, March 22-23, 2010
Women’s Main Draw opens: Tuesday, March 23
Men’s Main Draw opens: Wednesday, March 24
Site
Tennis Center at Crandon Park
7300 Crandon Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33149
Tournament Main Office: 305-446-2200
Tournament Fax: 305-446-9080
Media Contact: Sam Henderson
Website
www.SonyEricssonOpen.com
Tournament Executives
Tournament Chairman - Earl "Butch" Buchholz
Tournament Director - Adam B. Barrett
Tournament Referee
Alan Mills
Surface
18 Courts with Laykold Cushion Plus (12 competition, 6 practice)
Seating Capacity
Stadium: 13,800
Grandstand: 5,792
Court 1: 2,107
Court 2: 1,784
Courts 3, 6 & 7: 276
Courts 4, 5 & 8: 192
Ball
Penn
Draws
Singles: 96 men / 96 women
Doubles: 32 men's teams; 32 women's teams
Format
One of the only combined 12-day tennis event on the ATP and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour calendars, the Sony Ericsson Open features the world's top-ranked pros - 96 men and 96 women - in singles competition, and 32 men's teams and 32 women's teams in doubles action.
History
On August 29, 2006, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications announced the signing of a four year contract to become the title sponsor of the Sony Ericsson Open. With $9 million in prize money the Sony Ericsson Open is currently the largest tournament in the world with Title Sponsorship. When Butch Buchholz established the event in 1985, it marked the first time in 56 years that a new two-week tournament featuring men and women was launched. Located in Delray Beach (Laver's International Tennis Center) in 1985 and Boca Raton (Boca West) in 1986, the tournament found a permanent home in 1987 on Miami’s Key Biscayne. In 1994, Miami-Dade County christened the Tennis Center at Crandon Park, a 30-acre expanse that is transformed each year from a public tennis facility into a full-fledged festival for the Sony Ericsson Open. The Sony Ericsson Open, considered one of the most prestigious titles in professional tennis, has been awarded "Tournament of the Year" by the ATP in eight of the last 10 years. In 2004 the event was also named "Tournament of the Year" by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. In 1999, the tournament was purchased by IMG.
Television
The men’s and women’s finals are broadcast live on CBS. In 2009 the Sony Ericsson Open received over 44 hours of live coverage in the United States. Worldwide, over 2,000 hours of coverage was broadcast to over 153 million viewers.
2009 Champions
| Men's Singles: | Andy Murray def. Novak Djokovic 6-2, 7-5 |
| Women's Singles: | Victoria Azarenka def. Serena Williams 6-3, 6-1 |
| Men's Doubles: | Max Mirnyi/Andy Ram def. Ashley Fisher/Stephen Huss 6-7(4), 6-2, [10-7] |
| Women's Doubles: | Svetlana Kuznetsova/Amélie Mauresmo def. Kveta Peschke/Lisa Raymond 4-6, 6-3, [10-3] |
Attendance
293,228 over 22 sessions/12 days in 2009
Tickets
(305) 442-3367 or www.SonyEricssonOpen.com
