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The ATP today announced that the February 2020 Latin American swing will feature an ATP 250 tournament in Santiago, Chile, replacing the event previously held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 2012-2019.

It will be the first time that Chile has hosted an ATP Tour tournament since 2014 in Vina Del Mar (2001-2009, 2012-14), with Santiago hosting a tour-level event between 1993-2000, 2010-11. Event organisers, SACS, which has run three ATP Challenger Tour events in Chile, will work in partnership with Octagon, owners of the tournament sanction.

“The ATP gave us the go ahead to develop the tournament in Santiago, which is very exciting,” said Catalina Fillol, who has been appointed Tournament Director. “Chile deserves top-notch sporting events and we have been focused on recovering this official event for a long time, which has been absent in our country, and we trust that we will have the support of the sponsors to put on a first-class event, in a family atmosphere and with healthy competition as it has always been.

“Chile today has great players, great fans, and a long history of events dating back to our first ATP Challenger Tour, which allows us to look optimistically at the challenge that lies ahead.”

The 2020 ATP Tour calendar will also feature five other Latin American events: the Cordoba Open, the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires, the Rio Open presented by Claro and the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC in Acapulco – all held in the month of February – plus the Abierto de Tenis Mifel presentado por Cinemex in Los Cabos in July.

2021 season to launch on 1 January

The ATP has announced prize money levels for the 2020 ATP Tour season as well as the release of its 2021 ATP Tour calendar.

The 2020 season will see player compensation on the ATP Tour hit US$ 158.7 million, an increase of 13% on 2019*. The season will kick off on 3 January with the inaugural ATP Cup, taking place across Brisbane, Perth and Sydney. The new 24-country season launch event will offer prize money of US$ 15 million, becoming the biggest prize money ATP event on the calendar.

The ATP has also released its 2021 calendar, comprising 64 ATP tournaments in 30 countries, in addition to the four Grand Slams and the Davis Cup. The 2021 ATP season will launch on 1 January with the ATP Cup and will culminate in November with the first edition of the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, where the season finale will be hosted through to 2025.

The 2021 calendar provides a continuation of the existing tournament structure and schedule, including nine leading ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, 13 ATP 500 events, 38 ATP 250 tournaments, as well as the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan and the Laver Cup.

The ATP Tour has attracted record audiences on site, on television and online in recent years, with a record 4.82 million fans attending tournaments in 2019.

The 2020 and 2021 ATP Tour calendars can be viewed here.

* Calculation based on Euro to US Dollar exchange rate of 1.15 for 2019, and 1.10 for 2020.

ATP to continue to monitor situation

The ATP announced today that the following ATP Challenger Tour events in China have been cancelled due to the recent coronavirus outbreak:

Qujing CH 50 (Week of 2 March 2020)
Zhuhai CH 80 (Week of 9 March 2020)
Shenzhen CH 90 (Week of 16 March 2020)
Zhangjiagang CH 80 (Week of 23 March 2020)
The ATP will continue to monitor the ongoing situation in China and will communicate the possibility of rescheduling these events later in the year.

Presently, the following scheduled events remain on the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour calendar: Taipei CH 125 (Week of 30 March 2020), Nanchang CH 80 (Week of 6 April 2020), Changsha CH 80 (Week of 13 April 2020), Anning CH 125 (Week of 20 April 2020).

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ATP to monitor ongoing situation related to coronavirus

The ATP announced today an updated 2020 ATP Challenger Tour calendar, following the cancellation or postponement of additional events due to continuing concerns over the outbreak of the Coronavirus.

The following events have been cancelled or postponed:

Anning, China (Week of 20 April 2020)
Seoul, South Korea (Week of 27 April 2020 – postponed to August)
Busan, South Korea (week of 4 May 2020 – postponed to August)
Gwangju, South Korea (Week of 11 May 2020 – postponed to August)

Additionally, the event due to take place in Madrid, Spain (Week of 23 March 2020) was postponed to October following ATP’s agreement to the club’s request.

"The outbreak of the coronavirus continues to cause disruption to many sporting events worldwide,” stated the ATP. “We are liaising with our respective tournaments and local authorities where ATP Tour and ATP Challenger Tour events are played, with the health and safety of staff, players and fans as our top priority. We are in regular contact with our player and tournament members regarding the latest precautionary health measures and guidelines, as well as any travel advisories, and we continue to closely monitor the situation as it evolves."

Elsewhere, the event in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, scheduled for the 11 May has been cancelled while a Challenger 80 event was added in Manzanillo, Mexico (Week of 20 April 2020).

The ATP will continue to monitor the ongoing situation and will communicate any further updates to the calendar in due course.

View Updated ATP Challenger Tour Calendar

ATP to monitor ongoing situation related to coronavirus

The ATP announced today an updated 2020 ATP Challenger Tour calendar, following the cancellation or postponement of additional events due to continuing concerns over the outbreak of the Coronavirus.

The following events have been cancelled or postponed:

Anning, China (Week of 20 April 2020)
Seoul, South Korea (Week of 27 April 2020 – postponed to August)
Busan, South Korea (week of 4 May 2020 – postponed to August)
Gwangju, South Korea (Week of 11 May 2020 – postponed to August)

Additionally, the event due to take place in Madrid, Spain (Week of 23 March 2020) was postponed to October following ATP’s agreement to the club’s request.

"The outbreak of the coronavirus continues to cause disruption to many sporting events worldwide,” stated the ATP. “We are liaising with our respective tournaments and local authorities where ATP Tour and ATP Challenger Tour events are played, with the health and safety of staff, players and fans as our top priority. We are in regular contact with our player and tournament members regarding the latest precautionary health measures and guidelines, as well as any travel advisories, and we continue to closely monitor the situation as it evolves."

Elsewhere, the event in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, scheduled for the 11 May has been cancelled while a Challenger 80 event was added in Manzanillo, Mexico (Week of 20 April 2020).

The ATP will continue to monitor the ongoing situation and will communicate any further updates to the calendar in due course.

Rozprzestrzeniająca się po świecie epidemia koronawirusa może mieć duży wpływ na tenis. Turnieje mogą być odwoływane lub rozgrywane przy pustych trybunach. Wojciech Fibak najbardziej obawia się o przełożenie igrzysk olimpijskich.
Łukasz Witczyk
Łukasz Witczyk
06 Marca 2020, 07:55
laboratorium do walki z koronawirusem Getty Images / Yang Huafeng/China News Service / Na zdjęciu: laboratorium do walki z koronawirusem

Tenis. Sezon 2020 ostatnim w karierze Serhija Stachowskiego. "Wyniki nie dają mi satysfakcji"

Ze względu na epidemię koronawirusa odwoływane są imprezy sportowe na całym świecie lub rozgrywane są one przy pustych trybunach. Z obawy przed wzrostem liczby zakażonych wprowadzane są nadzwyczajne środki bezpieczeństwa. Takie decyzje mogą też zapaść w kontekście największych tenisowych turniejów.

- Nie wyobrażam sobie na pewno, by można było odwołać czy rozegrać bez publiczności na przykład Roland Garros. Bardziej martwią mnie nieoficjalne głosy z Japonii i innych miejsc, że rozważa się przełożenie igrzysk w Tokio na wrzesień czy jeszcze późniejszy termin. Z punktu widzenia sportowego to będzie bardzo trudne - powiedział Wojciech Fibak w rozmowie z "Przeglądem Sportowym".

Były tenisista jest zaniepokojony tym, że odwołany może być kwietniowy turniej w Monte Carlo, gdzie mieszka Fibak. Co roku dziennie przybywało tam 5 tysięcy mieszkańców Włoch, czyli kraju, gdzie w Europie wykryto najwięcej przypadków zarażenia koronawirusem. Decyzja o odwołaniu tych zawodów może zapaść nawet dwa dni przed ich startem.

Jednak największym problem dla tenisa mogłoby być przełożenie igrzysk olimpijskich o kilka tygodni. - Przecież dla igrzysk nikt nie przełoży US Open, to jest chyba oczywiste. W takich środowiskach zabukowany jest każdy dzień. Opóźnienie spowoduje więc, że - jeśli doszłoby do przesunięcia IO - będziemy mieli rywalizację olimpijską bez największych nazwisk i w bardzo ograniczonej obsadzie. Ranga zawodów mocno wtedy ucierpi. Koronawirus w ten sposób może odcisnąć duże piętno na światowym sporcie - dodał Fibak.