“Liepāja Open” will gather tennis players from all over the world
Already this Sunday, July 2, the 2023 ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour (the highest ITF tournament in the Baltics this year) will begin with qualifying games on the Liepāja tennis courts in Jūrmala Park. W60 category competition “Liepaja Open” will be with a prize pool of 60,000 USD.
It is planned that 80 tennis players from all over the world will participate in the “Liepaja Open” tournament. Participation in the tournament has been confirmed by tennis players from Latvia, USA, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Croatia, Estonia, Italy, Korea, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey , Ukraine, Hungary and Germany.
Liepaja tennis players that are studying in the USA – Rebeka Margareta Mertena (she finished her studies this summer) and Patrīcija Špaka will also take part in the tournament by starting in Main draw. Meanwhile Liepaja Tennis Sport school student Marija Lauva will begin the tournament with Qualifier. In addition, it will be possible to see tennis players who are in the top 200 of the world women’s ranking – Aliona Bolsova (#112) from Spain, Sujeong Jang (#122) from Korea, Reka Luca Jani (#158) from Hungary, Valentini Grammatikopoulou (#166) from Greece, Lucia Havlickova (#197) from the Czech Republic and Mona Barthel (#200) from Germany.
The ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour is organized by the Liepāja Tennis Sport school with the support of the city of Liepaja, the Latvian Tennis Union and the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
About the Women’s ITF World Tennis Tour
The ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour provides entry-level and mid-level professional tournaments and provides a professional pathway between the ITF Junior World Tennis Tour and the WTA Tour. The results of ITF tournaments are incorporated into the WTA Ranking, which enables professionals to progress through to the elite levels of women’s professional tennis.
The ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour offers approximately 500 tournaments across 65 countries and incorporates six prize money levels of tournaments: $15,000, $25,000, $40,000, $60,000, $80,000 and $100,000
Use the hashtag #ITFWorldTennisTour On social media ITF can be found using @ITF_Tennis
We invite everyone to come and support our and visiting tennis players.
