This coming week's starts are a little off kilter for the ATP, while the women's 1000 in Guadalajara and the 250 in Guangzhou begin Sept 17 & 18, the men begin midweek on Wednesday in Chengdu and Zhuhai. And the Laver Cup begins Fri, September 22-24 in Vancouver, Canada.
Congratulations to last week's champions:
San Diego Open:
Singles - Barbora Krejcikova d. Sofia Kenin
Doubles: B.Krejcikova/K. Siniakova d. D. Collins/C. Vandeweghe
Japan Open:
Singles: Ashlyn Krueger d. Lin Zhu
Doubles: A-L Friedsam/N. Kichenok d. A. Kalinskaya/Y Putintseva
If you already don't know you can check the results of Davis Cup finals here Davis Cup
Guadalajara Open AKRON WTA 1000
Centro Panamericano de Tenis
Guadalajara, Mexico
September 17-23, 2023
Surface: Hard
Draws: Singles 56, Doubles 28
This is the 2nd edition of the tournament.
2022 Champion: Jessica Pegula defeated Maria Sakkari.
Top 8 seeds (of 16 seeds) in order of seeding: Ons Jabeur, Maria Sakkari, Caroline Garcia, Madison Keys, Belinda Bencic, Jelena Ostapenko, Veronika Kudermetova, Ekaterina Alexandrova
The top 8 seeds receive a first-round bye.
Wildcards: Mexican player Lya Isabel Fernández Olivares, plus Eugenie Bouchard, Ajla Tomljanovic
Withdrawals: There have been 13! They include: Bianca Andreescu, Jennifer Brady, Coco Gauff, Daria Kasatkina, Petra Kvitova, Jessica Pegula, Elena Rybakina, Iga Swiatek
Galaxy Holding Group Guangzhou Open WTA 250
Nansha International Tennis Center
Guangzhou, China
September 18-23, 2023
Surface: Hard
Draws: Singles 32, Doubles 16
This is the 17th edition of the tournament. It was last held in 2019.
2019 Champion: Sofia Kenin defeated Sam Stosur
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| Sunac Guangzhou Grand Theater |
Seeds: Magda Linette, Sorana Cirstea, Zhu Lin, Wang Xinyu, Tatjana Maria, Katie Boulter, Lucia Bronzetti, Rebeka Masarova
Wildcards: All Chinese players – Bai Zhou Xuan, You Xiaodi, Yuan Yue
Chengdu Open ATP 250
Sichuan International Tennis Center
Chengdu, China
September 20-26, 2023
Surface: Hard
Draws: Singles 28, Doubles 16
This is the 5th edition of the tournament. It was last played in 2019. Unusually, the tourney begins on a Wednesday, not on Monday.
2019 Champion: Pablo Carreno Busta who defeated Alexander Bublik.
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| Happy Couple at the Chengdu Zoo |
Withdrawal: Roberto Bautista Agut
Huafa Properties Zhuhai Championships ATP 250
Hengqin Tennis Center
Zhuhai, China
September 20-26, 2023
Draws: Singles 28, Doubles 16
The inaugural tourney was in 2019 and the tournament has not been held since then. Note that this tournament also begins a couple days later than normal.
2019 Champion: Alex de Minaur who defeated Adrian Mannarino.
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| Opening Ceremony Zhuhai |
Seeds (in order of seeding): Karen Khachanov, Cameron Norrie, Jan-Lennard Struff, Sebastian Korda, Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Mackenzie McDonald, Andy Murray, Yoshihito Nishioka
Protected ranking: Jiri Vesely
Withdrawals: There were 8, including Borna Coric, Daniil Medvedev, Lorenzo Sonego, Botic van de Zandschulp, J.J. Wolf
LAVER CUP
SEPT. 22-24, 2023
VANCOUVER, CANADA
The Laver Cup begins on Fri., Sept. 22 through Sun. Sept. 24. For detailed information, you can follow at the official website: LAVER CUP.
NOTE: Alejandro Fokina Davidovich replaced Holger Rune for Team Europe. Stefanos Tsitsipas withdrew due to injury also, replaced by alternate Arthur Fils of France.
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