Beijing Tennis Center is a tennis venue in
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. The courts were built as affiliations of Muxiyuan Sport School. The center hosted
the tennis competitions at the 2001 Summer Universiade as Muxiyuan Tennis Center. It then hosted the
China Open from 2004 till 2008, when it was given the nickname "Guangcai Tennis Center" because it is located near Guangcai Sport Center.
However, it has not hosted the tournament since; in 2009, the China Open was moved to the newer
National Tennis Center, with the latter venue hosting the China Open from the 2009 edition onwards. No longer the host of any tennis tournament at the
ATP or
WTA level, the venue's future is unclear. Its center court has a capacity of 10,000 people.
References
External links
Official Wikimapia siteWikimapia
Sports venues in Beijing
Tennis venues in China
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