The excellent ATP 250 in Stuttgart gets a new title sponsor! It’s now called BOSS Open and is sponsored by HUGO BOSS. The BOSS Open takes place between June 4th to June 12th. The cooperation between organizer the e|motion group and HUGO BOSS AG will run until 2025. My friend Edwin Weindörfer is the tournament director in Stuttgart and this is what he had to say about the deal: “We …
New sponsors and players have been announced for the Mallorca championships with only six weeks to go until the event. The Mallorca Championships is the only ATP event on grass in Spain. Roberto Bautista Agut is the latest player to be confirmed for the event. The event will now return to more normal capacity, with 2500 spectators by the centre court and more than 40 VIP boxes. Other players that …
The AI platform Swingvision raises 2 million dollars in funding from Wildcard Ventures to grow their business even further. I’ve been using Swingvision from time to time to cut out dead time from my sessions and analyze my game. The app is capable of much more and I guess they’re pushing even harder now that Swingvision raises 2 million dollars through new investments coming in from Wildcard Ventures, with participation …
The stadium bears her name. This is where Steffi Graf won her first tournament, and this on her native German soil 1986. Now she is patron of the bett1open in Berlin. She won 9 titles there so there can be no doubt that tennis legend Steffi Graf has a close relationship with the German capital and the place that is now called the Steffi Graf Stadium. “Berlin has played a …
Djokovic has just signed up to play the Mallorca ATP 250 doubles as his preparation for Wimbledon and a possible Grand Slam title number 20. Novak Djokovic will arrive in Mallorca this Thursday to start his preparation for Wimbledon (from 28th June 2021). Wimbledon grass courts have been specially built at the Mallorca Country Club in Santa Ponca. The 19-time Grand Slam champion will be accompanied by his complete staff – …
The ATP and WTA have today announced a partnership with TopCourt, the first official tennis e-learning partner of the ATP Tour and WTA Tour. I am personally a fan and a subscriber to TopCourt and offer readers of Tennisnerd a 14-day free trial if they click this link. Today they released a joint press release with the ATP and WTA announcing their official partnership with the WTA and ATP for …
Dominic Thiem receives the first wild card for the Mallorca Championships. Thiem will play the Spanish grass-court tournament 19-26th June. Mallorca, June 4th 2021. – With just two weeks to go until the start of the first edition of the Mallorca Championships, the tournament organisation has confirmed its first big surprise: the first wild card of the tournament goes to Dominic Thiem, current world No. 4 and defending US Open champion. …
The entry list of the bett1open WTA 500 tournament is led by the two current best players in the world: Ashleigh Barty and Naomi Osaka. Berlin, 19th May 2021. – The tennis elite will meet at the bett1open in Berlin! In only 24 days the WTA 500 tournament will celebrate its premiere on the grass courts of the LTTC “Rot-Weiß” e.V. (12th-20th June 2021). The roster of players will have …
I’m a frequent visitor to this event, but not this year. It’s a shame, especially considering the starting field of the MercedesCup 2021. Check out the official website of the MercedesCup 2021 here. Stuttgart, 19th May 2021. – Due to the overlap of the French Open’s second week, there is the possibility of some changes to the entry list of the MercedesCup 2021 from 7th-13th June 2021, but by the deadline, …
The ATP has announced some significant calendar updates, including a move of the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells to October! To watch ATP Masters tennis from Indian Wells in October is a pretty crazy idea, but arguably much better than canceling the event for a second year in a row. This will be a 2021 exclusive and the tournament will then move back to its original location in the ATP …
