13 January 2015 | Tennis Queensland

Huge crowds enjoyed eight days of on-court action and off-court entertainment at Brisbane International 2015 presented by Suncorp, where top seeds Roger Federer (SUI) and Maria Sharapova (RUS) took out the men’s and women’s singles crowns.

Almost 100,000 fans flocked to Queensland Tennis Centre for the seventh edition of the event, which once again featured an all-star cast of the world’s top tennis players.

After eight days of blistering on-court action, this is the final serve.

On-court action

• Roger Federer (SUI) claimed his 83^rd ATP title with a thrilling win over third seed Milos Raonic (CAN). The world No.2 outlasted the rising star 6-4 6-7(2) 6-4 to clinch his first title for 2015.
• Roger Federer (SUI) became only the third player in the Open era to win at least 1,000 singles matches on the ATP World Tour, joining Ivan Lendl (USA) and Jimmy Connors (USA) in achieving the milestone.
• Top seed and world No.2 Maria Sharapova (RUS) won her maiden Brisbane International title and 34^th career crown, defeating second seed Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3.
• Jamie Murray (GBR) and John Peers (Vic) took out the men’s doubles final over Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) and Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6-3 7-6(4).
• Swiss champ Martina Hingis and world No.27 Sabine Lisicki (GER) claimed the women’s doubles title with a 6-2 7-5 win over No.4 seeds Caroline Garcia (FRA) and Katarina Srebotnik (SLO).
• Twenty-five nations were represented among the 58 players competing in the singles main draw.
• Eleven Australians competed in the singles main draw; seven in the men’s and four in the women’s.

Off-court

• Thirty-five schools contested the Brisbane International Schools Challenge Finals on court at Queensland Tennis Centre. Nudgee Junior College won the 12/U competition, St Andrew’s Anglican College won the inaugural orange ball competition and Brookfield State School took out the red ball competition for the second year running.
• Thirty-nine athletes competed in the Queensland Wheelchair Open. Evans Maripa from South Africa took out the men’s singles with countrywoman Kgothatso Montjane emerging victorious in the women’s singles.
• Kaden Hensel defeated Gavin Van Peperzeel 6-4 7-5 to win the men’s event at the Queensland Money Race State Finals and Zuzana Zlochova claimed the women’s title over Isabella Holland.
• All-time greats Rod Laver, Roy Emerson and Ashley Cooper were named Icons of Queensland Tennis at a special on-court ceremony on Pat Rafter Arena, and unveiled commemorative busts in their honour to be permanently displayed at Queensland Tennis Centre.
• Roy Emerson attended the official opening of the Roy Emerson Tennis Centre at Milton and was presented life membership of Tennis Queensland.

Everything else

• A massive crowd of 97,034 fans attended Brisbane International 2015, the second highest total in the tournament’s history.
• The Matchpoint stringers hut restrung more than 900 racquets, using more than 9km of string.
• Matches were officiated by 100 umpires and linespersons from around Australia and overseas. Twenty-two international officials attended the event from 16 countries including Croatia, Norway, Egypt, Brazil, South Africa, China and Korea.
• There were 120 ballkids aged 12 to 17 in the 2015 Suncorp ballkids squad.
• A total of 12,528 Wilson tennis balls were used throughout the event.
• 743 staff, including 564 volunteers and 102 officials, worked behind the scenes to deliver the event.