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ATP Tour Feb 9-15, ATP Tennis Siebel Open, San Jose Feb 16-22, ATP Kroger St Jude Classic, Memphis March 1-7, ATP Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic, Scottsdale March 8-21, ATP Pacific Life Open Indian Wells Tennis Masters Series, Indian Wells March 22-April 4, ATP Nasdaq 100 Miami Masters Series Championship, Miami April 12-18, ATP USA Claycourt Championships, Houston July 5-11, Campbells Hall of Fame Championships, Newport July 12-18, ATP Tennis Mercedes Benz Cup, Los Angeles July 19-26, ATP RCA Tennis Championships, Indianapolis July 27-August 2, ATP Tennis Masters Series, Toronto Aug 2-9, ATP Western and Southern Tennis Masters Series, Cincinatti August 16-24, ATP Legg Mason Classic, Washington DC Aug 23-29, ATP TD Waterhouse Cup, New York Aug 30-Sep 12, US Open, New York September 13-19, ATP International Tennis Championships, Delray Beach Nov 15-21 Men's Tennis Masters Series
Final, Houston WTA Tour Feb 16-22, WTA Kroger St Jude Classic, Memphis March 8-21, WTA Pacific Life Open Indian Wells Tennis Championship, Indian Wells March 22-April 4, WTA Nasdaq 100 Miami Tennis Championship, Miami April 5-11, WTA Bausch and Lomb Championships, Amelia Island April 12-18, WTA The Family Circle Cup, Charleston July 12-18, WTA Bank of the West Classic, Stanford July 19-26, WTA JP Morgan Chase Open, Los Angeles July 27 - Aug 2, WTA Acura Classic, Carlsbad August 2-8, WTA Rogers AT&T Cup, Montreal August 14-22, Western and Southern Women's Open, Cincinatti August 23-29, WTA Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven August 30 - September 12, US Open, New York November 1-7, WTA Advanta Championship, Philadelphia November 1-7, WTA Bell Challenge, Quebec November 8-14, WTA Tour Championship, Los Angeles
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world of professional tennis (the men’s ATP tour and the women’s WTA
tour) only rolls through the US at certain times of the year so a lot of
early planning is required to gain tickets to these events. For
the men and women there are basically two seasons, the early year indoor
and hard court season in February/March and the sweltering hard court
season beginning in August and leading up to the US Open in September.
Several big Masters Series events (the next tier down from the Grand Slams
where all the major players usually play) are played during this time –
there are 4 Masters series events in the US during the year. Teams
that played in the 2002 WTTL were the Delaware Smash, the Hartford Fox
Force, the Kansas City Explorers, the New York Buzz, the New York Hamptons,
the Philadelphia Freedoms, the Sacramento Capitals, the Springfield
Lasers, and the St Louis Aces. Some of the players on those teams include
the John McEnroe, Lindsay Davenport, Andy Roddick, James Blake, Meghann
Shaughnessy, Mark Philippoussis, Alexandra Stevenson, Max Mirnyi and
Amanda Coetzer. The competition runs through July and August. As well as this is the secondary ATP and WTA Challengers Circuit, which roam from country to country throughout the year. In the US, there are Challenger tournaments in Dallas (Texas), Joplin (Missouri), North Miami Beach (Florida), Tarzana (California), Birmingham (Alabama), Calabasas (California), Rocky Mount (North Carolina), Tallahassee (Florida), Lexington (Kentucky), Binghamton (New York), Bronx (New York), Kerrville (Texas), Tulsa (Oklahoma), and Fresno (California). |