California is set to host two new ATP Challenger Tour tournaments from 2018. As part of the new Oracle Challenger Series, the first event will be held at the Newport Beach Tennis Club 20-28 January. The second will be held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden 24 February-4 March in the lead up to the BNP Paribas Open, the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament. Both events will carry $150,000 prizemoney and run concurrent with two WTA 125K Series events. “Our players in the United States are eager for more opportunities like this,’’ said Chris Kermode, ATP World Tour Executive Chairman and President. “We’re so pleased to partner with a company like Oracle to further promote and develop tennis in...
With a Grand Slam breakthrough last week at Flushing Meadows, it looks like China might finally have a new champion on its hands. His name? Wu Yibing. His latest claim to fame? Winning the 2017 US Open boys’ singles and doubles titles and reaching No.1 in the junior rankings. With no time to celebrate, the 17-year-old hopped on a plane to the ATP Challenger stop in Shanghai, showing little signs of slowing down as he looks to make the transition from juniors to pros. Not long after touching down on home soil following just a few hours of rest, Wu picked up where he left off in New York with a surprising 6-3, 7-6(3) win over second-seeded Canadian Peter Polansky,...
Located in the heart of the French Riviera, immersed between Nice and Cannes, surrounded by flowing hilltops, is a new ATP Challenger Tour event that has impressed all involved. Sprawling across 30 acres of carefully planned landscape, the Mouratoglou Academy has hosted the inaugural Verrazzano Open. This is no ordinary event or location. The academy, founded by renowned coach Patrick Mouratoglou, offers world-class facilities; including 34 courts on differing surfaces, a 1000 seat centre court, a state of the art fitness centre, indoor and outdoor pools, a medical centre, and even a 4-star hotel on the grounds. This site could host the most prestigious tournaments, but at the same time can develop the stars of the future within the academy....
The ATP has announced the 2016 ATP Challenger Tournaments of the Year, with three long-standing events voted by players as their most favoured ATP Challenger Tour events: the Sparkassen OPEN (Braunschweig, Germany), the Ethias Trophy (Mons, Belgium) and the Pekao Szczecin Open (Poland). Braunschweig and Mons were also 2015 winners in the inaugural year that players began voting for the awards. The ATP Challenger Tournament of the Year awards recognise the leading standards set across the 166 Challenger tournaments in 42 countries in 2016. ATP Challenger Tour Committee Co-Chairs, Alison Lee, ATP International Executive Vice President and Ross Hutchins, Chief Player Officer, said, “These Challengers in Braunschweig, Mons and Szczecin are all proud events which excel in providing the very...
