YOUR GUIDE TO WHAT’S COMING UP IN TENNIS
TOURNAMENTS: BARCELONA (ATP 500, clay) BELGRADE (ATP 250, clay) STUTTGART (WTA 500, indoor clay) ISTANBUL (WTA 250, clay) WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY APRIL 18
WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY APRIL 25
WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY MAY 2
TOURNAMENTS: MUNICH (ATP 250, clay) ESTORIL ( ATP 250, clay)
TOURNAMENTS: MADRID (ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000, clay) SAINT MALO (WTA 125, clay)
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Maria Sharapova’s 35th birthday; Sue Barker’s 66th birthday
This week’s tournament in Madrid has been played on clay at the Caja Magica venue since
2009. It was originally an indoor men’s hard-court event staged in the autumn at a different venue in the city. Since 2008 the only men’s champion other than Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray has been Alexander Zverev, who won in 2018 and 2021. Zverev won the title last year with three consecutive victories over top 10 opponents: Nadal, Dominic Thiem and Matteo Berrettini
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Wimbledon are scheduled to announce arrangements for this year’s Championships, including prize money levels. There should also be an update on plans to expand into the adjoining Wimbledon Park
Rafael Nadal has won this week’s Barcelona Open a record 12 times, most recently in 2021, but is set to miss out this week because of his rib injury. Since the turn of the century the only other player to have won the title more than once is Kei Nishikori, who triumphed in 2014 and 2015
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Nick Kyrgios’ 27th birthday
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Aryna Sabalenka’s 24th birthday
This week’s Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart is a rarity on the tour in that it is an indoor
Women’s singles matches at the Mutua Madrid Open begin today as the tournament continues its expansion into a two-week event. However, men’s main-draw matches will not start until Sunday May 1. Aryna Sabalenka and Alexander Zverev were last year’s champions This week’s clay-court tournament in Munich, which has been held at the Iphitos club since 1974, traces its history back to 1900, Germans have won the title five times since 2012. Jan-Lennard Struff was aiming to add another German victory last year but
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event played on clay. The tournament, which moved from Filderstadt to Stuttgart in 2006, has an impressive list of former champions. Martina Navratilova won it six times and Martina Hingis four times
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Daria Kasatkina’s 25th birthday
Novak Djokovic is set to play at this week’s
Serbia Open in Belgrade. The French Open champion heads a strong field which also includes Dominic Thiem and Gael Monfils
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was beaten by Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final
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