Pre-Australian Open schedule set for WTA
December 22, 2020

On Friday, the Women’s Tennis Association announced its schedule prior to the beginning of the 2021 Australian Open, which is set to begin on February 8. According to the WTA Tour on Friday, the events will take place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and Melbourne.
Abu Dhabi will host a WTA 500 event from January 5-13, and then Australian Open qualifying from January 10-13. Just like the men, the women are going to the Middle East for Australian Open qualifying. The men will be in Doha, Qatar during the same four-day time period.
Melbourne Park will then host two WTA 500 tournaments from January 31 to February 7, as a tuneup for the Australian Open. There will also be a second WTA 250 event during the second week of the Australian Open for those players who have been eliminated over the first week.
Meanwhile, various tournaments on the WTA Tour have been cancelled in 2021 due to coronavirus. They include the Brisbane International, the Auckland Open, the Shenzhen Open, the Hobart International, the Thailand Open, and the Mexican Open. The Adelaide International was moved to Melbourne, while two WTA 500 events in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and Doha, Qatar plan to be rescheduled.
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On the ATP Tour, three events have been cancelled in 2021. They are the Auckland Open in New Zealand, the Maharashtra Open in India, and the New York Open.
Questions are arising now what is going to happen with the 1000 series event in Indian Wells in March. Due to the fact coronavirus numbers in California are astronomical at the moment, there are plans to cancel the event, as well as the Rio Open in Brazil, according to Kshitij Tayal of Essentially Sports.
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