When Does the Tennis Season Start?
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The tennis season starts on different dates for different players. For example, the ATP Tour and the WTA Tour have different start and end dates.
The tennis season starts
The tennis season starts in late August and ends in early September. The grand slam tournaments are the four most important annual tennis events. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.
The first Grand Slam of the year is the Australian Open
The first Grand Slam of the year is the Australian Open, which is played in late January or early February. The French Open follows in May or early June, then Wimbledon in late June or early July. The final Grand Slam of the year is the US Open, which takes place in late August or early September.
The French Open is the second Slam, played on clay
The tennis season starts in late December, with two weeks of exhibition events leading up to the first Slam of the year, the Australian Open, which is played on hard courts. The second Slam, played on clay, is the French Open; it starts in late May. Wimbledon, the third Slam and the only one played on grass, starts a week after the French Open ends. The last Slam of the year,played on hard courts, is the U.S. Open; it begins in early September.
Wimbledon is the third Slam, played on grass
The tennis season starts in late August and runs until early November, with a two-week break in September for the US Open. The four Grand Slams are played over consecutive weeks: Wimbledon is the third Slam, played on grass; followed by the US Open, played on hard courts; then the French Open, played on clay; and finally, the Australian Open, played on hard courts.
The US Open is the fourth and final Slam of the year, played on hard courts
The tennis season starts in late August and runs through early November, with a hiatus during the first two weeks of September for the US Open. The remaining Slams are played on hard courts (Australian Open and US Open) or clay (French Open) and all four have equal status.
There are also several important tournaments leading up to the Slams
The professional tennis season starts in late December and runs until early November.However, there are also several important tournaments leading up to the Slams, which are the four biggest tournaments of the year. These tournaments are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.
The ATP World Tour
The ATP World Tour is the global men’s professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2019 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP Masters 1000, the ATP Challenger Tour, the ATP World Team Championship, and the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF). Also included in the 2019 calendar are the Hopman Cup – which is organized by ITF and does not distribute ranking points – and other tournaments approved by ATP.
The ATP World Tour is an annual series of tennis tournaments both for singles and doubles players. The main tournaments on the tour are called “Masters1000”, “Premier” and “International” events. The Masters 1000 tournaments are important events on the tour because only these events award more ranking points to winners than any other tournament on tour. In addition, many of these events are played on outdoor hard courts, which is one of the two main types of surfaces used for competitive tennis matches (the other being clay courts).
The WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) for the most successful female tennis players in the world. The 2018 WTA Tour includes 56 tournaments, four of which are Grand Slam events. The season starts on 1 January and ends on 30 November, interrupted only by a short hiatus in late spring that coincides with the grass court season.
Most of the tournaments on the WTA Tour are played on hard courts, but there are also eight clay court tournaments and two events that are played on grass. Players accumulate points throughout the year, with the aim of qualifying for one of eight year-end championships: the WTA Finals, Premier Mandatory tournaments (Indian Wells, Madrid and Beijing), and Premier 5 tournaments (Doha, Rome and Toronto).
