SEB Arena is
tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
,
squash,
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...
, and mini-tennis arena in Vilnius. It is recognized as an ITF Silver Level certified National Training Centre.
The Arena was completed in 2008. After the 2022 expansion it holds 28
tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
, 2 squash, 4 badminton, and 10 mini-tennis courts, making it the largest tennis complex in
central Europe
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and home of the Lithuanian tennis and squash teams.
It hosts
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ...
and
Billie Jean King Cup
The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was chan ...
matches.
It's also the venue for the
Vilnius Open
The Vilnius Open, known as the Vilnius Open by kevin. for sponsorship reasons, is a professional tennis tournament, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, at the end of October since 2022. The tournament is held on indoor hard courts of the SEB Arena.
Past ...
and
Vitas Gerulaitis Cup tennis tournaments, part of the
ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as ...
.
References
Stadiums in Lithuania Worldstadiums.com.
External links
Official website
Indoor arenas in Lithuania
Sports venues in Vilnius
Tennis venues in Lithuania
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