The Astana Open is a professional tennis tournament, held in
Astana
Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan.
The city lies on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, tho ...
, Kazakhstan, at the end of October each year since 2020. The tournament is held on indoor
hard court
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface ...
s. In 2020, it was primarily organised due to the cancellation of many tournaments during the
2020 season, because of the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic
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. From 2021, the tournament is carried out as a combined event, with a women's tournament being played the week after the men's (as part of the
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
WTA Tour tou ...
).
WTA adds tournaments in Nur-Sultan, Cluj-Napoca and Columbus to 2021 calendar
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ATP may refer to:
Companies and organizations
* Association of Tennis Professionals, men's professional tennis governing body
* American Technical Publishers, employee-owned publishing company
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and a WTA tournament has been held in Kazakhstan.
Past finals
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
References
External links
WTA - official page
ATP - official page
{{WTA 250 tournaments
Tennis tournaments by country
Tennis tournaments in Asia by country
Tennis in Kazakhstan
Sports competitions in Kazakhstan
ATP Tour
WTA Tour
Recurring sporting events established in 2020