Pre Wimbledon 2 - ATP 250 Eastbourne, Mallorca. WTA 500 Bad Homburg, Eastbourne

 

In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach.  Andy Murray 

The tennis ball doesn't know how old I am. The ball doesn't know if I'm a man or a woman or if I come from a communist country or not. Sport has always broken down these barriers.

Martina Navratilova

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Bad Homburg Open WTA 500

TC Bad Homburg

Bad Homburg, Germany

June 23-29, 2024

Bad Homburg Palace and Palace Park

Surface: Grass

Draws: Singles 32, Doubles 16

This is the 4th edition of the tournament. It was upgraded this year from a 250 tourney.

Defending champion: Katerina Siniakova who defeated Lucia Bronzetti.

Seeds (in order of seeding): Maria Sakkari, Liudmila Samsonova, Emma Navarro, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Victoria Azarenka, Elina Svitolina, Mirra Andreeva

Wildcards: German player Tatjana Maria, plus Bianca Andreescu, Paula Badosa, Caroline Wozniacki

Protected ranking: Angelique Kerber

Withdrawals: Caroline Garcia, Marketa Vondrousova

Singles/Doubles Draw
OOP

Rothesay International WTA 500
Devonshire Park LTC
Eastbourne, Great Britain
June 24-29, 2024

Beachy Head, Eastbourne, England....The name ‘Beachy Head’ is believed to be a corruption of the original French, meaning ‘beautiful headland’, and East Dean is recorded as connected to Nunna, King of the Saxons, in 689.  For the very interesting story of Beachy Head read here Beachy Head

Surface: Grass

Draws:

This is the 49th edition of the tournament.

There is an ATP tourney taking place the same week.

Defending champion: Madison Keys who defeated Daria Kasatkina.

Seeds (in order of seeding): Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula, Jasmine Paolini, Madison Keys, Jelena Ostapenko, Daria Kasatkina, Barbora Krejcikova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

The top 4 seeds receive a first-round bye.

Wildcards: All British players – Harriet Dart, Yuriko Miyazaki, Emma Raducannu

Protected ranking: Ajla Tomljanovic

Withdrawal: Danielle Collins

Singles/Doubles Draw
OOP

Rothesay International ATP 250
Devonshire Park LTC
Eastbourne, Great Britain
June 24-29, 2024

Eastbourne, England seaside resort....

Surface: Grass

Draws: Singles 28, Doubles 16

This is the 13th edition of the tournament.

Defending champion: Francisco Cerundolo who defeated Tommy Paul.

Seeds (in order of seeding): Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul. Alexander Bublik, Sebastian Baez, Francisco Cerundolo, Mariano Navone, Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

The top 4 seeds receive a first-round bye.

Wildcards: All British players: Liam Brody, Jacob Fearnley, Billy Harris

Protected ranking: Kei Nishikori

Withdrawals: Jack Draper, Jiri Lehecka

Singles/Doubles Draw
OOP

Mallorca Championships ATP 250
Mallorca Country Club
Mallorca, Spain
June 23-29, 2024

Aerial View of Old Town, Palma de Mallorca with the Gothic Cathedral and Mediterranean Sea

Surface: Grass

Draws: Singles 28, Doubles 16

This was established as a grass tourney in 2021.

Defending champion: Christopher Eubanks who defeated Adrian Mannarino.

Seeds (in order of seeding): Ben Shelton, Ugo Humbert, Adrian Mannarino, Alejandro Tabilo, Luciano Darderi, Gael Monfils, Jordan Thompson, Christopher Eubanks

The top 4 seeds receive a first-round bye.

Wildcards: Spanish player Pablo Carreno Busta, plus Fabio Fognini, Dominic Thiem

Withdrawals: Marton Fucsovics, Tallon Griekspoor, Tomas Machac

Singles/Doubles Draw

OOP

Thanks Hartt!!