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), Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmo ...

, Kazakhstan, at the end of October each year since 2020. The tournament is held on indoor

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s. In 2020, it was primarily organised due to the cancellation of many tournaments during the 2020 season, because of the ongoing

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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

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).WTA adds tournaments in Nur-Sultan, Cluj-Napoca and Columbus to 2021 calendar
/ref> It is the first time in history that an ATP 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
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