The End of 2020 (for the ladies)

ATP Sofia; WTA Linz

So, for the women, we have the last tournament of this shitty year. The men still have the YEC to look forward to. A lot of people are taking this week off.

It's the B(o)urg week!

 WTA Strasbourg; ATP Hamburg

Week before Roland Garros! In September! Yeah... the shit... Anyway, we have a Mickey Mouse tournament for the women and a stronger one for the men; but both were moved from their normal calendar slots. Both on clay (naturally), and both have pretty impressive draws, because some folks hate Rome but had to get some clay matches before the French Open (Frenchies hate it when you call it that... they go "Non, zees iz no FO, zees is Rrrrroland Garrrrros!").

Still bubbling, but some want clay

USO, Week 2; ATP Kitzbuhel; WTA Istanbul

So in this weird year (because of the shit) the ATP and the WTA decided to give some options for those that didn't travel to the USO. And given that we're gonna have RG soon, they naturally opted for some clay prep. These tournaments are moved from their regular weeks in the calendars to the 2nd week of USO.

There was one, now there are two!

 WTA Lexington and Prague

Last week in Palermo there were no hitches. Hooray! This week there are two! Yes! TWO! tournaments. Still just the WTA is in action. The guys have no balls. 

Girls are basically split between Europe and US and there are pretty strong signs that this split reflects their intentions regarding the two GSs that we will hopefully get this year: RG and USO.

There were none and now there's one!

WTA Palermo

Holy crap! No title strikethrough! Amazing!

So here we go again. Fingers crossed nothing bad happens and this goes well and we get everything running safely and smoothly.

US HC? Not quite.

WTA Jurmala; ATP Gstaad, Los Cabos, Umag

So we have some clay and one HC tournaments. All are lowest tier: WTA International and ATP 250. Ladies don't have any options but Jurmala in Latvia, while the gents get three locations in Switzerland, Mexico and Croatia.

Post Grass Blues

ATP Hamburg, Bastad, Newport; WTA Bucharest, Lausanne

It's the weird clay mini season that pops-up after grass for some unknown reason. The men have an ATP 500 in Hamburg and two ATP 250 in Bastad and Newport. Newport is on grass, the other two on clay. The women are 100% clay and at WTA International level, in Bucharest and Lausanne.

And closer!

WTA+ATP Eastbourne; 

WTA Bad Homburg; ATP Mallorca

WTA has a Premier and an International, while the ATP has two ATP 250s. Germany has the 2nd brand new grass tournament for the ladies in consecutive weeks! Also Mallorca has a new one for the lads. But of course they couldn't because of the shit. Damn!

Wimbledon is getting closer!

ATP London, Halle; WTA Birmingham, Berlin

Two ATP 500 and for the WTA a Premier (Berlin, replacing the Mallorca International) and an International. So you can say some juicy ones this week! If only...

Grass season is here!

WTA, ATP 's-Hertogenbosh;

WTA Nottingham; ATP Stuttgart

So we're still hoping for some clay action in the autumn (fingers crossed), but the official grass season is completely wiped out. We might see some exibition matches and small local affairs though.

RG is getting closer! No.

WTA Rabat, Strasbourg; ATP Geneva, Lyon

The week before Roland Garros. The week to get a clay title with the big guns resting for the big one.  WTA has two Internationals and the ATP two 250s. In normal times, that is. Now everyone is pretty much resting. You know why!

On clay, clay and clay (no)

WTA Prague; ATP Munich and Estoril

WTA has just one thing not going on (last year there were two things going) while the ATP has two. Because of the shit. You know...

Clay getting hotter (no)

WTA Stuttgart, Istanbul; ATP Barcelona, Budapest

So enough with the SARS-CoV-2 jokes, right? Let's see who won these tournaments last year, shall we?

Clay season start (no)

WTA Charleston, Bogota; ATP Houston, Marrakech

I'm still here! Buddy? Why don't you go to a party? Eh? 20 people? Come oooon!

Clay season is here! Virus too. Blah.

Getting ready for IW

WTA Lyon, Monterrey; Davis Cup qualifiers

Indian Wells is just a week away so not much going on this week. Two WTA Internationals and a bunch of Davis Cup qualifier/play-off ties.

Out of Europe

WTA Doha; ATP Dubai, Santiago; ATP+WTA Acapulco

The women go to a big one in Doha, the men go to Dubai and Santiago and then they all meet in Acapulco. Europe gets the shaft this week.

Still All Over the Place!

ATP Rotterdam, Buenos Aires, New York; 

WTA St. Petersburg, Hua Hin

The men again traipse on three continents for one ATP 500 and two ATP 250, while the ladies limit themselves to two continents, having a WTA Premier and a WTA International to play.

Almost Tasman Sea Week!

ATP Auckland, ATP+WTA Adelaide and WTA Hobart

Adelaide ruins my title! Boo!

So it's the week before AO. Things are quieter. Just a bunch of ATP 250s a WTA Premier and one International, so that the stress is minimal.

2020 Here We Go!

ATP Cup, Doha; WTA Auckland, Brisbane, Shenzhen

Google maps uses now a flat map! Boo.

After a pretty long wait tennis starts again. We get a team event and an ATP 250 for the guys and a Premier and two Internationals for the gals

100% Europe Indoor

WTA&ATP Moscow; WTA Luxembourg; 

ATP Antwerp, Stockholm

The perfect time zone! Right? Right?

It's the men's turn to take the back seat, having three ATP 250s while the women have a Premier and an International.