The 2010 Brisbane International is a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It will be the 2nd edition of the tournament and will be played at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson, Brisbane. The centre court, Pat Rafter Arena is named in honour of Australian tennis hero Patrick Rafter. It will run from January 3 to January 10.[1] It is part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first grandslam of the year. So far, Andy Roddick, Gilles Simon, Gaël Monfils and James Blake have announced that they will participate for the men's event, and Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Dokic, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin, Dinara Safina and Nadia Petrova in the women's. Justine Henin has announced that she will make her return to professional tennis at the 2010 Brisbane International.