AGENDA
WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY MARCH 28 TOURNAMENTS: MIAMI OPEN (ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000, outdoor hard) MARBELLA (WTA 125, clay)
TOURNAMENTS: HOUSTON (ATP 250, clay) MARRAKECH (ATP 250, clay) CHARLESTON (WTA 500, clay) BOGOTA (WTA 250, clay) WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY APRIL 4
WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY APRIL 11
TOURNAMENTS: MONTE-CARLO (ATP Masters 1000, clay) BILLIE JEAN KING CUP QUALIFIERS (multiple venues, April 15-16)
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Stan Wawrinka’s 37th birthday
This week’s updated ranking list is likely to see Roger Federer
With direct entries to the main draw of the French Open closing today, a number of players will be keeping fingers crossed that they can be ranked in the world’s top 100, guaranteeing a singles place at Roland Garros
drop out of the world’s
top 50 for the first time in 22 years. Federer, who because of injury has played in only five tournaments since the 2020 Australian Open, has remained high in the rankings thanks to temporary changes to the way they have been calculated since the pandemic. He could be unranked after Wimbledon if he has not returned to the court by then
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Jennifer Capriati’s 46th birthday
On this day in 1993 Pete Sampras went
Monte-Carlo hosts the traditional start to the European outdoor season this week. Stefanos Tsitsipas’ triumph last year was the launchpad for a highly successful clay-court campaign by the Greek qualifiers go through to play-offs. Britain face a particularly tough task, with Anne Keothavong’s team travelling to Prague to face the Czech Republic, who have won the title six times since 2010. Petra Kvitova has featured in all six of those winning campaigns QUALIFIERS: Italy v France; US v Ukraine; Czech Republic v GB; Kazakhstan v Germany; Canada v Latvia; Netherlands v Spain; Poland v Romania The exclusion of Russia and Belarus from the Billie Jean King Cup has led to major changes in this week’s qualifiers. Australia, Slovakia and Belgium will now join the 2021 runners-up, Switzerland, at the 2020 Finals, along with the winners of seven qualifiers. The losers of the to the top of the world rankings for the first time. He was world No 1 for a total of 286 weeks, which has been bettered only by Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic
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Sam Stosur’s 38th birthday
Hubert Hurkacz has made a modest start to 2022, but the 25-year-old
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This week’s US clay court championships in Houston is the only ATP tour event in the United States which is played on clay. The tournament dates back to 1910 and has been played in several cities since then. Houston has been its home since 2001. Americans have won the title 10 times since the turn of the century, with Steve Johnson the most recent home-grown champion in 2018
Pole will be hoping that a return to the scene of his
biggest triumph can kick-start his season. Hurkacz won his first Masters 1000 title at last year’s Miami Open, beating five higher-ranked players in a row in the shape of Denis Shapovalov, Milos Raonic, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev and Jannik Sinner
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David Ferrer’s 40th birthday
Veronika Kudermetova enjoyed the
The Miami Open can be one of the best guides to form at Wimbledon. Since the turn of the century, eight of the 21 men’s singles champions have gone on to triumph at Wimbledon. Five of the 21 women’s champions went on to win at the All England Club, including Serena Williams on three occasions
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victory of her career when she won the title in Charleston last year, beating Danka Kovinic in the final. Her earlier victims included Sloane Stephens and Paula Badosa
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