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in 2018. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the

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and WTA Tours, the

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...

, and the

Fed 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 cha ...

ITF

Grand Slam events

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...

Fed 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 cha ...

Important events

Other tennis events

* December 30, 2017 – January 6:

2018 Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup XXX (also known as the 2018 Mastercard Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 30th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. It took place at the Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia ...

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

** In the final, defeated , 2–1. * September 21–23:

2018 Laver Cup The 2018 Laver Cup was the second edition of the Laver Cup, a men's tennis tournament between teams from Europe and the rest of the world. It was held on indoor hard courts at the United Center in Chicago, United States from 21 until 23 September. ...

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Team Europe defeated Laver-Cup-Globe

Team World, 13–8, to win their second Laver Cup title.

Non ATP or WTA tournaments

* December 23 & 24, 2017: 2017 World Tennis Thailand Championship

Hua Hin Hua Hin ( th, หัวหิน, ) is one of eight districts (''amphoe'') of Prachuap Khiri Khan province in the northern part of the Malay Peninsula in Thailand. Its seat of government, also named Hua Hin, is a beach resort town. The district ...

Simona Halep Simona Halep (; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles twice between 2017 and 2019, for a total of 64 weeks, which ranks eleventh in the history of the Women's Tennis Assoc ...

defeated

Karolína Plíšková Karolína Hrdličková ( née Plíšková; ; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in singles, reaching the top of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings on 17 July 2017 and holding the pos ...

, 6–2, 6–3.

Johanna Konta Johanna Konta (born 17 May 1991) is a British former professional tennis player, having represented Australia until 2012. She won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 11 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. The ...

took third place. * December 28–30, 2017: 2017 Mubadala World Tennis Championship in

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. ...

** Kevin Anderson defeated

Roberto Bautista Agut Roberto Bautista Agut (; born 14 April 1988) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 9 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in singles, which he first achieved on 4 November 2019. Bautista A ...

6–4, 7⁷–6⁰.

Dominic Thiem Dominic Thiem (; born 3 September 1993) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, which he first achieved in March 2020. He is the second-highest r ...

took third place. * December 21–23: Hawaii Open in

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Beach tennis ''For the sport called "beach paddleball", see Matkot. For other sports called "paddleball", see Paddleball (sport).'' Beach tennis is a game combining elements of tennis and volleyball and played on a beach. Forms Beach tennis Beach tennis ...

ITF Beach Tennis Tour The ITF Beach Tennis Tour ( ITF BTT) is a beach tennis contest organized by the International Tennis Federation. It began in 2008, and has already seen an increase of nearly six times in the number of tournament A tournament is a competition inv ...

;15, 000 $ * January 26–28: #1 in Santos ** Men's doubles: Nikita Burmakin & Alessandro Calbucci ** Women's doubles: Flaminia Daina & Patricia Diaz * March 2–4: #2 in Salinas ** Men's doubles: Tommaso Giovannini & Andrea Stuto ** Women's doubles: Flaminia Daina & Patricia Diaz * March 16–18: #3 in Saint-Gilles ** Men's doubles: Michele Cappelletti & Luca Carli ** Women's doubles: Sofia Cimatti & Flaminia Daina * April 21 & 22: #4 in

Las Palmas Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spain, Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in th ...

;10, 000 $ * January 5–7: #1 in

Monopoli Monopoli (; Monopolitano: ) is a town and municipality in Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Bari and region of Apulia. The town is roughly in area and lies on the Adriatic Sea about southeast of Bari. It has a population of 49,246 ...

** Men's doubles: Mikael Alessi & Antomi Ramos-Viera ** Women's doubles: Federica Bacchetta & Giulia Gasparri * February 3 & 4: #2 in

Fortaleza Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. It is Brazil's 5th largest city and the t ...

** Men's doubles: Alessandro Calbucci & Michele Cappelletti ** Women's doubles: Maraike Biglmaier & Rafaella Miller ** Mixed doubles: Lorena Melo & Miguel Duque de Souza * March 30 – April 1: #3 in

Le Carbet Le Carbet (, ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Kabé) is a village and commune in the French overseas department of Martinique. Population See also *Communes of Martinique *Paul Gauguin Interpretation Centre The Paul Gauguin Interpretation Ce ...

** Men's doubles: Nikita Burmakin & Sergey Kuptsov ** Women's doubles:

Nadia Johnston Nadia Johnston (born October 23, 1977) is an Australian born beach tennis player and former professional player on the WTA Tour. Biography Originally from the Queensland city of Maryborough, Johnston began competing on the ITF circuit in the ...

& Nicole Melch ;6,500 $ * March 31 & April 1: #1 in

Roseto degli Abruzzi Roseto degli Abruzzi (), more commonly Roseto, is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is a beach resort on the Adriatic Sea and has about 24,000 inhabitants. Geographically, Roseto is positio ...

** Men's doubles: Matteo Marighella & Nicolò Strano ** Women's doubles: Veronica Casadei & Nicole Nobile ;2,500 $ * January 27 & 28: #1 in

Mougins Mougins (; oc, Mogins ; la, Muginum ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 19,982. It is located on the heights of Cannes, in the a ...

** Men's doubles: Gregorio Barison & Antomi Ramos-Viera ** Women's doubles: Alessia Angelini & Natascia Sciolti * February 10 & 11: #2 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

** Men's doubles: Nikita Burmakin & Sergey Kuptsov ** Women's doubles: Ekaterina Kirgizova & Regina Livanova * February 17 & 18: #3 in

San Lazzaro di Savena San Lazzaro di Savena ( Bolognese: ) is an Italian ''comune'' (municipality) of some 32,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. Geography The town is located on the Via Emilia, a major thoroughfare for town traffic, ...

** Men's doubles: Luca Cramarossa & Marco Garavini ** Women's doubles: Sofia Cimatti & Flaminia Daina * February 22 & 23: #4 in

Marsa Alam Marsa Alam ( ar, مرسى علم ' , Classical Arabic ) is a town in south-eastern Egypt, located on the western shore of the Red Sea. It is currently seeing fast increasing popularity as a tourist destination and development following the openi ...

** Men's doubles: Pedro Maio & Alexander Bailer ** Women's doubles: Manuela Cunha & Angelina Gordienko * February 24 & 25: #5 in

Nijmegen Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ...

** Men's doubles: Maksimilians Niklass Andersons & Nikita Burmakin ** Women's doubles: Julia Chubarova & Ekaterina Kamenetckaia * March 3 & 4: #6 in

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

** Men's doubles: Dennis Valmori & Diego Gallini ** Women's doubles: Marika Colonna & Alice Grandi * March 9 & 10: #7 in

** Men's doubles: Nikita Burmakin & Sergey Kuptsov ** Women's doubles: Daria Churakova &

Irina Glimakova Irina Aleksandrovna Glimakova (russian: Ирина Александровна Глимакова; born 17 June 1993) is a Russian former professional tennis player. and currently a professional Beach tennis player. Tennis career She has won thr ...

* March 9–11: #8 in Saint-Pierre ** Men's doubles: Romain Hoarau & John Wolff ** Women's doubles: Mathilde Hoarau & Elodie Vadel * March 24 & 25: #9 in

** Men's doubles: Doriano Beccaccioli & Davide Benussi ** Women's doubles: Veronica Casadei & Nicole Nobile

References

External links

Official website of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)Official website of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA)Official website of the International Tennis Federation (ITF)Official website of the International Team Competition in Men's Tennis (Davis Cup)Official website of the International Team Competition in Women's Tennis (Fed Cup)
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