Yuan Meng is a former Chinese professional tennis player. Yuan has won four singles titles and one doubles title on tournaments of the ITF Circuit.
Benowa is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Benowa had a population of 8,741 people.
Dinara Safina was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Shahar Pe'er.
The 2008 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 12th and final edition of the Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts, which was renamed and relocated to Brisbane, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, from 31 December 2007 through 5 January 2008. Unseeded Li Na won the singles title and earned $28,000 first-prize money.
Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but Srebotnik chose not to participate. Safina partnered with Ágnes Szávay and won the title, defeating Yan Zi and Zheng Jie in the final 6–1, 6–2.
The Brisbane International established in 2009 is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts in Brisbane, Queensland in Australia. It is a WTA Premier tournament of the WTA Tour and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP World Tour until 2019, when it was dropped from the ATP Tour.
The 2002 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts on the Gold Coast, Queensland in Australia that was part of Tier III of the 2002 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 30 December 2001 through 5 January 2002. First-seeded Venus Williams won the singles title.
The 1997 Gold Coast Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hope Island Resort Tennis Centre in Hope Island, Queensland in Australia that was part of Tier III of the 1997 WTA Tour. It was the first edition of the tournament and was held from 30 December 1996 through 5 January 1997. Third-seeded Elena Likhovtseva won the singles title.
The 1997 Gold Coast Classic singles was a tennis competition as part of the 1997 Gold Coast Classic, a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hope Island Resort Tennis Centre in Hope Island, Queensland in Australia that was part of Tier III of the 1997 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 30 December 1996 through 5 January 1997.
The 1998 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hope Island Resort Tennis Centre in Hope Island, Queensland in Australia that was part of Tier III of the 1998 WTA Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 4 January through 10 January 1998. Fourth-seeded Ai Sugiyama won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.
The 2007 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the Brisbane International, and was a Tier III event on the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, from 31 December 2006 through 6 January 2007. Second-seeded Dinara Safina won the singles title and earned $25,840 first-prize money.
Lucie Šafářová was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.
The 1999 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts singles was the singles event of the third edition of the Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts; a WTA Tier III tournament held in the Gold Coast. Ai Sugiyama was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Patty Schnyder.
The 1999 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts doubles was the doubles event of the third edition of the Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts; a WTA Tier III tournament held in the Gold Coast. Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Anke Huber and Mary Pierce.
The 1999 Open Gaz de France was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hardcourts at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris in France that was part of Tier II of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 22 February until 28 February 1999. Unseeded Serena Williams won the singles title and earned $80,000 first-prize money. It was her first WTA singles title. On the same day her sister Venus won the IGA Superthrift Tennis Classic tournament, making them the first sisters to win WTA events in the same week.
The 2006 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the event then known as the Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts, and was a Tier III event on the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, from 1 January through 7 January 2006. Unseeded Lucie Šafářová won the singles title and earned $28,000 first-prize money.
The 2000 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the event then known as the Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts, and was a Tier III event on the 2000 WTA Tour. It took place in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, from 2 January through 8 January 2000. Seventh-seeded Silvija Talaja won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.
The 2005 Uncle Tobys Hardcourts was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the event then known as the Uncle Tobys Hardcourts, and was a Tier III event on the 2005 WTA Tour. It took place in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, from 2 January through 8 January 2005. Second-seeded Patty Schnyder won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.
The 2003 Uncle Tobys Hardcourts was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the event then known as the Uncle Tobys Hardcourts, and was a Tier III event on the 2003 WTA Tour. It took place in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, from 29 December 2002 through 4 January 2003. Second-seeded Nathalie Dechy won the singles title.
The doubles tournament for the 2004 Uncle Tobys Hardcourts was won by Russian pair, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Likhovtseva who defeated South African player Liezel Huber and Magdalena Maleeva from Bulgaria 6–3, 6–4 in the final. For Kuznetsova, this was her second Gold Coast title after winning with Martina Navratilova in 2003. This was also Likhovtseva second Gold Coast title after winning the tournament in 1998 with Japanese doubles partner Ai Sugiyama.
Ai Sugiyama 
Svetlana Kuznetsova 
