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Tennis Championships - January 11-16, 2010
Featuring the Panasonic Singles and Doubles

Jan. 13, 2005
Heineken Open Raises $22,000 for UNICEF
Between matches on Tuesday afternoon, 15 ATP players went through the crowd with buckets to collect donations from the crowd Heineken Open in Auckland to collect money for UNICEF's tsunami relief efforts.

Jan. 11, 2005
Heineken Announces Sponsorship Renewal
Heineken have announced today that they have renewed their contract of New Zealand's biggest prizemoney international sporting event, the Heineken Tennis Open for a further three years.

Jan. 11, 2005
Players Suffer from Jetlag
In a battle of the players suffering horribly from jetlag, Brazil's Ricardo Mello defeated Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman 6-4 6-1 in the first round of the Heineken Open.

Jan. 10, 2005
Nielsen Says Professionalism is Lacking
After losing his first round match in the Heineken Open to Italian Potito Starace, New Zealand's No. 1 Mark Nielsen fired a few shots at his fellow New Zealand players.

Jan. 9, 2005
Spadea Loves Auckland
The American, ranked 19 in the world, will be looking to turn his Auckland form around.

Jan. 9, 2005
Ferrero Looks to Regain Top Form
Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero will try to make the Heineken Open his 12th career singles title.

Fourth Top 20 Player in Heineken Open
The field for the 2005 Heineken Open featuring the Vodafone singles and doubles continues to get better with the confirmation of world No. 19 Vince Spadea.

Nov. 6, 2004
World No. 12 Will Play in Heineken Open
World No. 12 Tommy Robredo of Spain is set to make his Heineken Open debut after confirming his appearance in the Vodafone singles at the January 10-15 tournament in Auckland.

Nov. 3, 2004
Heineken Open Finalists Return
January’s Heineken Open will feature the return of both 2004 finalists, as Dominik Hrbaty and Rafael Nadal announced they are set to hit the court in Auckland once again.

2004 News Archive