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The second grand slam of the season is here. Tennis Week 21 & 22/2022 Grand Slam Roland Garros Place: Paris, France May 22 – June 05 Surface: Outdoor Clay Financial Commitment: €43 600 000 Draw size: 128 [for men and ladies singles] The best players on the men’s entry list: […]
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The war in Ukraine started by Russia’s aggression is a new reality. It lasts for more than two months and the end is not on the sight. The shocked world accepted the new reality and moves on. The tennis world is not an exemption. Tournaments are played, trophies are awarded, […]
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The second Grand Slam of the season, the only one played on clay is here. It will end the spring clay season and the expectations are high. Can Swiatek go on with her winning streak? Will we see all Spanish finals or Djokovic’s comeback on the big stage? Our French […]
Continue readingTennis Week 20/2022 ATP 250 Gonet Geneva Open Place: Geneva, Switzerland May 15 – May 21 Surface: Outdoor Clay Financial Commitment: €597 900 Draw size: 28 The best players on the entry list: Medvedev, Ruud, Shapovalov, Opelka, Basilashvili, Ramos, Bublik ATP 250 Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon Place: Lyon, France May […]
Continue readingATP and WTA 1000 tournaments in Roma are on schedule! Tennis Week 19/2022 ATP 1000 Internazionali BNL d’Italia Place: Roma, Italy May 8 – May 15 Surface: Outdoor Clay Financial Commitment: €4 925 640 Draw size: 56 The best players on the entry list: Djokovic, Nadal, Zverev, Tsitsipas, Thiem, Ruud, […]
Continue readingFrench Open 2022 will start on May 22 and finish on June 5, 2022. It is our tradition to check entry lists and compare them with our players-rackets database to give you a full picture of the popularity of racket brands between players. Note: We will update data on a […]
Continue readingATP and WTA 1000 tournaments in Madrid are on schedule! Tennis Week 18/2022 ATP 1000 Mutua Madrid Open Place: Madrid, Spain May 1 – May 8 Surface: Outdoor Clay Financial Commitment: €7 499 290 Draw size: 56 The best players on the entry list: Djokovic, Nadal, Zverev, Tsitsipas, Thiem, Ruud, […]
Continue readingTwo ATP and one WTA tournament (starting on Thursday) are scheduled for this week. Tennis Week 17/2022 ATP 250 BMW Open by American Express Place: Munich, Germany April 25 – May 1 Surface: Outdoor Clay Financial Commitment: €597 900 Draw size: 28 The best players on the entry list: Zverev, […]
Continue readingTwo ATP and two WTA tournaments are scheduled for this week. Tennis Week 16/2022 ATP 500 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell Place: Barcelona, Spain April 18 – April 24 Surface: Outdoor Clay Financial Commitment: €2 802 580 Draw size: 48 The best players on the entry list: Tsitsipas, Ruud, Hurkacz, Sinner, […]
Continue readingA big tournament in Monte Carlo and Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers are scheduled for this week. Tennis Week 15/2022 ATP 1000 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters Place: Monte Carlo, Monaco April 10 – April 17 Surface: Outdoor Clay Financial Commitment: €5 802 475 Draw size: 56 The best players on the […]
Continue readingAfter two 1000s tournaments, we are back in regular business on ATP and WTA Tour. Tennis Week 14/2022 ATP 250 U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship Place: Houston, USA April 4 – April 10 Surface: Outdoor Clay Financial Commitment: $665 330 Draw size: 28 The best players on the entry list: […]
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Our readers poll for the upcoming highlight of the tennis season. — buy tickets for AO 2023 here — Who will win Australian Open 2023? The difference between the Total Votes number and the sum of votes for players you see are votes for players who are already out of […]
Continue readingAnother big tournament spreading over two weeks is here. The tennis world is moving to Miami. Tennis Week 12 & 13/2022 ATP 1000 Miami Open presented by Itau Place: Miami, USA March 23 – April 3 Surface: Outdoor Hard Financial Commitment: $9 554 920 Draw size: 96 The best players […]
Continue readingATP and WTA 1000 tournaments are scheduled for the next two weeks. The unofficial “fifth” Grand Slam in Indian Wells starts on Wednesday and will last 10 days. Tennis Week 10 & 11/2022 ATP 1000 BNP Paribas Open Place: Indian Wells, USA March 10 – March 20 Surface: Outdoor Hard […]
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A bit of tabloid article today 🙂 The legendary coach, Marian Vajda gave an exclusive interview to Slovak daily Sport about his split with also legendary player Novak Djokovic. The most interesting facts from the interview: the decision about the split was made in November 2021 after ATP Finals the […]
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Davis Cup changed its schedule. History Last year 16 teams convened in four cities to play the group stage the first. Then two best teams of each group played in the knock-out phase [quarterfinals, semifinals, finals]. The event was held from November 25 till December 5 and closed the men’s […]
Continue readingTwo WTA tournaments and Davis Cup Qualifiers are scheduled for this week. Tennis Week 09/2022 Davis Cup Qualifiers March 4 – March 5 Matches: France – Ecuador Spain – Romania Finland – Belgium Slovakia – Italy USA – Colombia Netherlands – Canada Brazil – Germany Australia – Hungary Norway – […]
Continue readingThree ATP tournaments and two WTA tournaments, including WTA 1000 in Doha, are scheduled for this week. Tennis Week 08/2022 ATP 500 Dubai DutyFree Tennis Championships Place: Dubai, U.A.E. February 21 – February 26 Surface: Outdoor Hard Financial Commitment: $2 390 695 Draw size: 32 The best players on the […]
Continue readingFour ATP tournaments and one WTA tournament are scheduled for this week. Tennis Week 07/2022 ATP 500 Rio Open presented by Claro Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 14 – February 20 Surface: Outdoor Clay Financial Commitment: $1 815 115 Draw size: 28 The best players on the entry list: […]
Continue readingThree ATP tournaments and one WTA tournament are scheduled for this week. Tennis Week 06/2022 ATP 500 ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament Place: Rotterdam, Netherlands February 07 – February 13 Surface: Indoor Hard Financial Commitment: €1 349 070 Draw size: 32 The best players on the entry list: Tsitsipas, Rublev, […]
Continue readingThe first Grand Slam tournament of the season is over and we are back in “normal” tennis days. Tennis Week 05/2022 ATP 250 Open Sud de France Place: Montpellier, France January 31 – February 06 Surface: Indoor Hard Financial Commitment: €490 990 Draw size: 28 The best players on the […]
Continue readingThe First Grand Slam tournament of the year is here. Tennis Week 03/2022 & 04/2022 Australian Open [Grand Slam] Place: Melbourne, Australia January 17 – January 30 Surface: Outdoor Hard Financial Commitment: $75 000 000 Draw size: 128 [for both, ladies and men singles] Our coverage of Australian Open 2022: […]
Continue readingWe will be just seventeen days into the new year on Monday. Seventeen days and the first highlight of the season will start in Melbourne. Australian Open 2022, the first grand slam tournament of the season, is back at its usual time (for reference, a year ago, AO 2021 started […]
Continue readingTennis season has a quick start with four tournaments and Australian Open qualifying scheduled for week number two of 2022. Tennis Week 02/2022 ATP 250 Adelaide International 2 Place: Adelaide, Australia January 10 – January 15 Surface: Outdoor Hard Financial Commitment: $601 505 Draw size: 28 The best participating players: […]
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Our readers poll for the upcoming highlight of the tennis season. — buy tickets for AO 2022 here — Who will win Australian Open 2022? The difference between the Total Votes number and the sum of votes for players you see are votes for players who are already out of […]
Continue readingA new tennis season is here. Just as the clock hits midnight, we are right at the ATP and WTA courts. Check out what a new calendar year brings to us on tennis courts in the first week. Tennis Week 01/2022 ATP CUP Place: Sydney, Australia January 1 – January […]
Continue readingThe season comes to its end, no more ATP tournaments left in the schedule but we still have some tennis going in the last five weeks of the season. Check out our prolonged this week on courts edition covering the rest of the year 2021. Tennis Week 47/2021 – 48/2021 […]
Continue readingFinal – Sunday 12/05 In my scenario, Russia meets Serbia, and Medvedev – Djokovic will be the icing on the top. But, Serbians did not make it. So Russia is a big odds-on favorite. However, I would not dare to bet on that one. And what will you do? RESULT: […]
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The year 2022 can be special for tennis in many different ways. First of all, we all hope that it will be corona-stress-free at least at the second half of the year. That would mean we will know the calendar in advance. The waiting for updates and cancellations could be […]
Continue readingFinals! This week will be all about the finals! Tennis Week 46/2021 Nitto ATP Finals Place: Turin, Italy November 14 – November 21 Surface: Indoor Hard Financial Commitment: Draw size: 8 Participating players: Djokovic, Medvedev, Zverev, Tsitsipas, Rublev, Berrettini, Ruud, Hurkacz Not easy to guess the winner of #NittoATPFinals but […]
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