Post Laver Cup: ATP250, WTA 250

 

Eugene Korea Open Tennis Championships ATP 250
Seoul, Korea

Tel Aviv Watergen Open ATP 250
Tel Aviv, Israel

Sofia Open ATP 250
Sofia, Bulgaria

Parma Ladies Open WTA 250
Parma, Italy

Tallinn Open WTA 250
Tallin, Estonia

The drought has ended!  Laver Cup 2022 Champions!

Well!  I think I have Laver Cup hangover! What a weekend! We had tears, laughter, outrageous shot making, intense team competiton all from one glorious weekend of tennis.  The Laver Cup did not disappoint.  While we teared up at The Maestro’s (aka Roger Federer) retirement and the genuine respect and admiration shown to him by the big 3 and other players, we also enjoyed the quality of the tennis matches.  Congrats to all who participated and Beachie and Hartt survived Laver Cup and Roger's rettirement with their box of tissues firmly intact😥

Congratulations to this past week's champions:

Toray Pan Pacific: Singles - Ludmilla Samsonova.  Doubles - Gabriella Dabrowski/ Giulian Olmos

Hana Bank Korea Open: Ekaterina Alexandrova.  Doubles - Yanina Wickmeyer/Kiki Maldenovic

Moselle Open: Singles - Lorenzo Sonego. Doubles - Harri Heliovaara/Lloyd Glasspool

San Diego Open:  Singles - Brandon Nakashima.   Doubles - Nathaniel Lammons/Jackson Withrow

Eugene Korea Open Tennis Championships ATP 250
Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Seoul, Korea
Sept. 26 - Oct. 2, 2022

Hyangwonjeong Pavilion, Seoul, South Korea

Surface: hard

Draw: Singles 28, Doubles 16

This is the first edition of the tournament.

The top four seeds have a first-round bye.

Seeds (in order of seeding): Casper Ruud, Cameron Norrie, Taylor Fritz, Denis Shapovalov, Dan Evans, Borna Coric, Miomir Kecmanovic, Jenson Brooksby

Wildcards: Korean players Seong-chan Hong, JiSung Nam, plus Kaichi Uchida

Withdrawals: Garin, Tiafoe, Vesely, Zverev

Singles/Doubles Draws
OOP

Tel Aviv Watergen Open ATP 250
Expo Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv, Israel
Sept. 26 - Oct. 2, 2022

Jafffa Road, Tel Aviv, Israel

Surface: hard indoor

Draw: Singles 28, Doubles 16

This is the first edition of the tournament, primarily organized due to the cancellation of tournaments in China because of the Covid pandemic.

Seeds (in order of seeding): Novak Djokovic, Marin Cilic, Diego Schwartzman, Maxine Cressy, Botic van de Zandschulp, Aslan Karatsev, Adrian Mannarino, Tallon Griekspoor

Wildcards: Israeli player Yshai Oliel, plus Hmad Mededovic, Dominic Thiem

Singles Draw
Doubles Draw
OOP

Sofia Open ATP 250
Arena Armeec Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria
Sept. 26 - Oct. 2, 2022

Arena Armeec, Sofia, Bulgaria

First held in 2016 this is the 7th edition of the tournament.

Defending champion: Jannik Sinner (defeated Gael Monfils. Sinner also won the title in 2020.

The top 4 seeds have first-round byes.

Seeds (in order of seeding): Jannik Sinner, Pablo Carreno Busta, Grigor Dimitrov, Lorenzo Musetti, Holger Rune, Nikoloz Basilashvili, Jack Draper, Oscar Otte

Wildcards: Two players from Bulgaria – Dimitar Kuzmanov and Alexander Lazarov, plus Stan Wawrinka

Withdrawals: Bublik, Carballes Baena, Davidovich Fokina, Hurkacz, Krajinovic, Monfils

Singles Draw
Doubles Draw
OOP

Parma Ladies Open WTA 250
Tennis Club President
Parma, Italy
Sept. 26 - Oct.2, 2022

Teatro Regio, Parma Italy.  Replacing an obsolete house, the new Ducale achieved prominence in the years after 1829, and especially so after the composer Giuseppe Verdi, who was born near Busseto, some thirty kilometres away, had achieved fame. While not as well known as La Scala in Milan or La Fenice in Venice, the city’s Teatro Regio....is considered by opera buffs to be one of the true homes of the great Italian tradition, and the well-informed audience is famous for giving voice to its approval or disapproval – not just from the gallery.

Cattedrale di Parma, Parma, Italy

Surface: Clay

Draw: Singles 32, Doubles 16

The tournament began in 2021

Defending champion: Coco Gauff (defeated Wang Qiang)

Seeds (in order of seeding): Maria Sakkari, Martina Trevisan, Irina-Camelia Begu, Sloane Stephens, Anna Bondar, Ana Bogdan, Nuria Parrizas Diaz, Lucia Bronzetti

Wildcards: Italian players Sara Errani, Matilda Paoletti, plus Maria Sakkari

Withdrawals include: Cornet, Maria, Putintseva, Samsonova

Singles/Doubles Draws

OOP

Tallinn Open WTA 250
FORUS Tennis Center
Tallin, Estonia
Sept. 26 - Oct. 2, 2022

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallin, Estonia

Surface: Hard

Draw: Singles 32, Doubles 16

This is the first edition of the tournament.

Seeds (in order of seeding): Anett Kontaveit, Belinda Bencic, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Madison Keys, Jelena Ostapenko, Elena Rybakina, Barbora Krejcikova, Zhang Shuai

Wildcards: Players from Estonia – Elena Malogina and Maileen Nuudi

Protected ranking: Laura Siegemund

Withdrawals: Kalinina, Tauson, Van Uytvanck

Singles/Doubles Draws

OOP

Thank you Team - Hartt and JoJo.