It's been 'tennis-lite' since the AO ended two week ago. Things pick up this week with five tournaments on four continents - North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Three ATP 250s (Dallas, Montpellier and Cordoba, Argentina) a WTA 500 in Abu Dhabi, and a 250 in Linz👇
Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open WTA 500
Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
February 6 - 12, 2023
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| Native Emirati in front of Abu Dhabi's Burj Al Arab |
Surface: hard
Draws: Singles 28, Doubles 16
The tournament had its debut in 2021 and returns to the WTA calendar because of the suspension of the Petersburg Ladies’ Trophy.
2021 champion: Aryna Sabalenka (defeated Veronika Kudermetova)
Seeds (in order of seeding): Daria Kasatkina, Belinda Bencic, Elena Rybakina, Veronika Kudermetova, Jelena Ostapenko, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Anett Kontaveit, Liudmila Samsonova
Wildcards: Sorana Cirstea, Marta Kostyuk, Garbine Muguruza
Protected ranking: Bianca Andreescu
Withdrawals: Amanda Anisimova, Ons Jabeur
The tournament had its debut in 2021 and returns to the WTA calendar because of the suspension of the Petersburg Ladies’ Trophy.
2021 champion: Aryna Sabalenka (defeated Veronika Kudermetova)
Seeds (in order of seeding): Daria Kasatkina, Belinda Bencic, Elena Rybakina, Veronika Kudermetova, Jelena Ostapenko, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Anett Kontaveit, Liudmila Samsonova
Wildcards: Sorana Cirstea, Marta Kostyuk, Garbine Muguruza
Protected ranking: Bianca Andreescu
Withdrawals: Amanda Anisimova, Ons Jabeur
Upper Austria Ladies Linz WTA 250
TipsArena Linz
Linz, Austria
February 6 - 12, 2023
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| Linz on the Danube |
Surface: Hard indoor
Draws: Singles 32, Doubles 16
The inaugural tournament was in 1987 as an ITF tourney and it became a WTA Tour event in 1991. The October 2022 edition of the tournament was delayed to February 2023 in order to attract top WTA players.
2021 champion: Alison Riske-Amritraj (defeated Jaqueline Cristian)
Seeds (in order of seeding): Maria Sakkari, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Irina-Camelia Begu, Anhelina Kalinina, Donna Vekic, Petra Martic, Bernarda Pera, Anastasia Potapova
Wildcards: Austrian player Julia Grabher, plus Sofia Kenin, Eva Lys
Protected ranking: Jaqueline Cristian, Patricia Maria Tig
Special exempt: Camila Osorio
Withdrawals: Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Jasmine Paolini
Open Sud de France ATP 250
Sud de France Arena
Montpellier, France
February 6 - 12, 2023
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| Tram BoHo Montpellier |
Surface : Hard indoor
Draw : Singles 28, Doubles 16
Montpellier had its first ATP tournament in 2010.
Most titles: French players Gael Monfils with 3 (2010, 2014, 2020) and Richard Gasquet, also with 3 (2013, 2015, 2016).
Defending champion: Alexander Bublik (defeated Alexander Zverev)
Seeds (in order of seeding): Holger Rune, Jannik Sinner, Borna Coric, Roberto Bautista Agut, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Alexander Bublik, Emil Ruusuvuori, Benjamin Bonzi
The top 4 seeds have a first-round bye.
Wildcards: All French players - Arthur Fils, Hugo Humbert, Luca van Assche
Withdrawals: Pablo Carreno Busta, Grigor Dimitrov, Botic van de Zandschulp
Singles Draw
Doubles Draw
OOP
Cordoba Open ATP 250
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Cordoba, Argentina
February 6 - 12, 2023
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| Plaza San Martin Statue honoring General Jose de San Martin (hailed as the leader of Argentina's liberation from Spain in the early 1800s) |
Surface: Clay
Draws: Singles 28, Doubles 16
The tournament had its debut in 2019, and is the opening leg of the Latin American “Golden Swing.”
Defending champion: Albert Ramos Vinolas (defeated Alejandro Tabilo)
Seeds (in order of seeding): Diego Schwartzman, Francisco Cerundolo, Albert Ramos Vinolas, Sebastian Diaz, Pedro Cachin, Federico Coria, Pedro Martinez, Bernabe Zapata Miralles
Five of the 8 seeds are from Argentina.
Wildcards: Juan Martin Cerundolo, Guido Pella (both from Argentina).
Withdrawals: Laslo Djere, Fabio Fognini, Corentin Moutet, Jaume Munar
Singles Draw
Doubles Draw
OOP
Surface: Hard indoor
Draw: Singles 28, Doubles 16
Five of the 8 seeds are from Argentina.
Wildcards: Juan Martin Cerundolo, Guido Pella (both from Argentina).
Withdrawals: Laslo Djere, Fabio Fognini, Corentin Moutet, Jaume Munar
Singles Draw
Doubles Draw
OOP
Dallas Open ATP 250
Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex
Dallas, USA
February 6 - 12, 2023
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| Downtown Dallas |
Surface: Hard indoor
Draw: Singles 28, Doubles 16
This is the 2nd edition of the tournament and it is the only ATP indoor tourney in the US.
2022 champion: Reilly Opelka (defeated Jenson Brooksby)
Seeds (in order of seeding): Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Denis Shapovalov, Miomir Kecmanovic, John Isner, J.J. Wolf, Marcos Giron, Adrian Mannarino
Five of the seeds are American players and the Top 4 have byes.
2022 champion: Reilly Opelka (defeated Jenson Brooksby)
Seeds (in order of seeding): Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Denis Shapovalov, Miomir Kecmanovic, John Isner, J.J. Wolf, Marcos Giron, Adrian Mannarino
Five of the seeds are American players and the Top 4 have byes.
Wildcards: Denis Shapovalov and Americans Liam Krall and Jack Sock
Withdrawals: Jenson Brooksby, Kwon Soon-woo, Jiri Lehecka, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Ben Shelton
Singles Draw
Doubles Draw
OOP
Withdrawals: Jenson Brooksby, Kwon Soon-woo, Jiri Lehecka, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Ben Shelton
Singles Draw
Doubles Draw
OOP
This is a packed week and a lot of work went into this, thank you Hartt!👌
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