Now entering its 51 st edition, the Tokyo-based event will be held at the Ariake Colosseum – an expansive tennis complex comprising 48 courts and is set to serve a weeks’ worth of world-class tennis entertainment you won’t want to miss. Played at the Ariake Colosseum, the tournament has seen some of the world’s best players, past and present, be crowned champion, including Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka, Murray, Rafael Nadal, John McEnroe and Pete Sampras. We’ll then move on to the longest-running ATP tournament in Asia – the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships. The 2022 tournament saw Britain’s Emma Raducanu reach the semi-final of the WTA 250 event before being forced to retire in the final set against Jelena Ostapenko.ġ6-22: World's best players to feature in Tokyo Remarkably, since the tournament’s creation in 2004, no player has been able to win the title more than once, with 18 women having taken home the silverware since Maria Sharapova’s victory in 2014. With players eager to pick up points in a bid to be qualify for the WTA Finals later in the month, you can expect to see a host of this year’s Grand Slam finalists take to the stage in Zhengzhou, including Australian Open runner-up Elena Rybakina, Ons Jabeur, Karolina Muchova and Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrusova.Įlsewhere, the Hana Bank Korea Open will be taking place in Seoul between 9-15 October. Meanwhile, the WTA tour continues its Asian swing, with the Zhengzhou Open headlining three events in the second week of October.Ģ019 marked the inaugural year of the WTA 500 event, which saw Karolina Pliskova overcome Petra Martic to take the title. Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open (WTA 250).Making its first appearance on the ATP calendar since 2019, this year’s instalment is set to feature almost all the world’s top 20 players, with Brits Cam Norrie, Dan Evans and three-time champion Andy Murray also expected to join an illustrious line-up of international talent including reigning champion Daniil Medvedev. Starting off strong in the opening week of the month - the penultimate Masters 1000 event of 2023 awaits, as the best talent on the ATP tour prepare for a return to the Shanghai Masters.

NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters/Wheelchair Doubles Masters (ITF Masters Series)Ĥ-15 October: Penultimate Masters 1000 event gets underway in Shanghai.

As the ATP and WTA tours head to Asia for a busy month – we highlight all of the must-watch tournaments of October across all of the tours.

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