A hard court tournament from Auckland, New Zealand will begin on January 11^th, 2010, on the ATP 250 World Tour circuit, with a prize purse of $355, 500 and a singles draw of twenty eight and a doubles draw of sixteen. The tournament is the Heineken Open and it kicks off another great season of professional tennis for the Association of Tennis Professionals and this is yet another tournament that you can see live by getting your membership at the banners on this page. You'll be able to view it in high quality streaming video starting this Monday.

The tournament starts on Monday, January 11^th and goes through to Saturday, the 16^th of January. This tournament is huge for the country that it is played in, and in fact is the biggest sports event on the international level for New Zealand and has been hosted there since 1956. This is a stop on the way to our first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open and the defending champion is Juan Martin del Potro. The winner this year will take home 250 ranking points and a cash prize of $64,250 with the runner up getting 150 points and around $33,000.

Top seed in this tourname4nt is number sixteen in the world Tommy Robredo, who was a 2007 finalist in this tournament, losing to David Ferrer, who is the second seed in this year's tournament. The number three seed is Juan Carlos Ferrero who was a 2008 finalist but lost and then number four is Nicolas Almagro with the fifth seed Philipp Kohlschreiber who was the player that Ferrero lost to in 2008. You can watch this tournament simply by clicking on the links on this page to get your membership and catching the matches live on your computer in high quality video.