ATP Challenger Tour starts again on August 17th
Not only at ATP and WTA level will play again from August 17th, but also the ATP Challenger Tour wants to open again. An overview.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Jul 04, 2020, 09:10 am
The schedule for the resumption of the ATP tour is set: On August 17th, the 500 tournament in Washington will start, on the 24th the Masters tournament in Cincinnati (on the layout of the US Open) will follow, from August 31st US Open, in its second week the 250 tournament of the Generali Open in Kitzbühel. They will then initiate the quick turn on sand, because the Masters tournament in Madrid (from September 13th) and Rome (from September 20th) will then be the prelude for Roland Garros (from September 27th).
The WTA tour , however, wants to offer competition tennis again from August 3, Palermo should be the keyword here, from August 10, Prague should follow.
Challenger tournaments in Prague, Orlando, Aix-en-Provence
But the ATP Challenger Tour will also resume operation, on August 17th it will also start again in Prague and in Todi / Italy, further stops in the following weeks are Orlando (with the first 125 event), Trieste, Cordenons and Aix-en-Provence, among others.
Click here for the current 2020/2021 tournament schedule for the ATP tour
At the ITF level, tournaments in Vogau / Austria, Memphis / USA and Ueberlingen / Germany are on the program for men in the week of August 17th. As of August 3, the ladies could already sniff tournament tennis in Lexington / USA.
Whether everything can be carried out as planned, in particular, currently seems to be questionable due to the high number of corona infections in the USA - also with regard to the entry requirements.