Date Upcoming Tournaments Prize Money / Surface
APR 25 - MAY 2 INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA
Rome, Italy
Foro Italico
Defending Champion - Rafael Nadal Prize Money - $2,750,000
Red Clay Surface

MAY 2 - MAY 9 ESTORIL OPEN
Estoril, Portugal
Estadio Nacional
Defending Champion - Albert Montanes Prize Money - $450,000
Red Clay Surface

MAY 2 - MAY 9 BMW OPEN
Munich, Germany
Aumeisterweg 10, 80805 Munchen
Defending Champion - Tomas Berdych Prize Money - $450,000
Clay Surface

MAY 3 - MAY 9 SERBIA OPEN
Belgrade, Serbia
SRPC Milan Gate Muskatirovic
Defending Champion - Novak Djokovic Prize Money - $424,950
Clay Surface

MAY 7 - MAY 16 MUTUA MADRILENA MADRID OPEN
Madrid, Spain
Recinto Feria Casa de Campo
Defending Champion - Roger Federer Prize Money - $3,700,000
Clay Surface

MAY 16 - MAY 22 OPEN DE NICE COTE D'AZUR
Nice, France
Nice Lawn Tennis Club
Defending Champion - None Prize Money - $450,000
Clay Surface

MAY 23 - JUN 6 ROLAND GARROS
Paris, France
Stade Roland Garros
Defending Champion - Roger Federer Prize Money - $5,590,800
Red Clay Surface

JUN 7 - JUN 13 GERRY WEBER OPEN
Halle, Germany
Gerry Weber Stadium
Defending Champion - Tommy Haas Prize Money - $750,000
Grass Surface

JUN 7 - JUN 13 AEGON CHAMPIONSHIPS
London, England
The Queens Club
Defending Champion - Andy Murray Prize Money - $7,139,500
Grass Surface

JUN 13 - JUN 19 AEGON INTERNATIONAL
Eastbourne, England
Devonshire Park International Tennis Centre
Defending Champion - Dmitry Tursunov Prize Money - $456,750
Grass Surface

JUN 13 - JUN 19 UNICEF OPEN
s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Autotron Rosmalen
Defending Champion - Benjamin Becker Prize Money - $450,000
Grass Surface

JUN 21 - JUL 4 WIMBLEDON
Wimbledon, England
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Defending Champion - Roger Federer Prize Money - $4,275,000
Grass Surface

JUL 5 - JUL 11 CAMPBELL'S HALL OF FAME TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Newport, Rhode Island, United States
International Tennis Hall of Fame
Defending Champion - Rajeev Ram Prize Money - $500,000
Grass Surface

JUL 12 - JUL 18 MERCEDES CUP
Stuttgart, Germany
TC Weissenhof
Defending Champion - Jeremy Chardy Prize Money - $450,000
Clay Surface

JUL 12 - JUL 18 SKISTAR SWEDISH OPEN
Bastad, Sweden
Bastad Tennis Stadium
Defending Champion - Robin Soderling Prize Money - $450,000
Clay Surface

JUL 19 - JUL 25 ATLANTA TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Johns Creek, Georgia, United States
Atlanta Athletic Club
Defending Champion - None Prize Money - $600,000
Hard Surface

JUL 19 - JUL 25 INTERNATIONAL GERMAN OPEN
Hamburg, Germany
Rothenbaum Sport GmbH
Defending Champion - Nikolay Davydenko Prize Money - $1,115,000
Red Clay Surface

JUL 25 - AUG 1 ALLIANZ SUISSE OPEN GSTAAD
Gstaad, Switzerland
Roy Emerson Arena
Defending Champion - Thomaz Bellucci Prize Money - $450,000
Clay Surface

JUL 26 - AUG 1 LA TENNIS OPEN PRESENTED BY FARMER'S INSURANCE
Los Angeles, California, United States
Straus Stadium, Los Angeles Tennis Center - UCLA
Defending Champion - Sam Querrey Prize Money - $700,000
Hard Surface

JUL 26 - AUG 1 STUDENA CROATIA OPEN UMAG
Umag, Croatia
ITC Stella Maris
Defending Champion - Nikolay Davydenko Prize Money - $450,000
Clay Surface

AUG 1 - AUG 8 LEGG MASON TENNIS CLASSIC
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center
Defending Champion - Juan Martin del Potro Prize Money - $1,402,000
Hard Surface

AUG 9 - AUG 15 ROGERS CUP
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Rexall Centre
Defending Champion - Andy Murray Prize Money - $3,000,000
Hard Surface

AUG 15 - AUG 22 WESTERN & SOUTHERN FINANCIAL GROUP MASTERS
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Lindner Family Tennis Center
Defending Champion - Roger Federer Prize Money - $3,000,000
Hard Surface

AUG 22 - AUG 28 PILOT PEN TENNIS AT YALE
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Connecticut Tennis Center
Defending Champion - Fernando Verdasco Prize Money - $750,000
Hard Surface

AUG 30 - SEP 12 US OPEN
Flushing Meadows, New York, United States
USTA National Tennis Center
Defending Champion - Juan Martin del Potro Prize Money - $14,912,000
Hard Surface

SEP 20 - SEP 26 OPEN DE MOSELLE
Metz, France
Les Arenes de Metz
Defending Champion - Gael Monfils Prize Money - $450,000
Hard Surface

SEP 20 - SEP 26 BCR OPEN ROMANIA
Bucharest, Romania
B.N.R. Arenas
Defending Champion - Albert Montanes Prize Money - $420,200
Clay Surface

SEP 27 - OCT 3 PTT THAILAND OPEN
Bangkok, Thailand
Impact Arena
Defending Champion - Gilles Simon Prize Money - $608,500
Hard Surface

SEP 27 - OCT 3 PROTON MALAYSIAN OPEN
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Putra Stadium
Defending Champion - Nikolay Davydenko Prize Money - $947,750
Hard Surface

OCT 3 - OCT 10 CHINA OPEN
Beijing, China
Beijing Tennis Center
Defending Champion - Novak Djokovic Prize Money - $3,336,500
Hard Surface

OCT 4 - OCT 10 RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Tokyo, Japan
Ariake Colosseum and Ariake Tennis Forest Park
Defending Champion - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Prize Money - $1,226,500
Hard Surface

OCT 10 - OCT 17 SHANGHAI ATP MASTERS 1000
Shanghai, China
Qi Zhong Stadium
Defending Champion - Nikolay Davydenko Prize Money - $5,250,000
Hard Surface

OCT 18 - OCT 24 IF STOCKHOLM OPEN
Stockholm, Sweden
Kungl. Tennishallen (The Royal Tennis Hall)
Defending Champion - Marcos Baghdatis Prize Money - $600,000
Hard Surface

OCT 18 - OCT 24 KREMLIN CUP
Moscow, Russia
Olympic Stadium
Defending Champion - Mikhail Youzhny Prize Money - $1,080,500
Supreme Surface

OCT 24 - OCT 31 ST. PETERSBURG OPEN
St. Petersburg, Russia
SCC Peterburgsky
Defending Champion - Sergiy Stakhovsky Prize Money - $750,000
Carpet Surface

OCT 25 - OCT 31 GRAND PRIX DE TENNIS DE LYON
Lyon, France
Palais des Sports de Lyon Gerland
Defending Champion - Ivan Ljubicic Prize Money - $650,000
Carpet Surface

OCT 25 - OCT 31 BANK AUSTRIA TENNIS TROPHY
Vienna, Austria
Wiener Stadthalle
Defending Champion - Jurgen Melzer Prize Money - $650,000
Hard Surface

OCT 31 - NOV 7 VALENCIA OPEN 500
Valencia, Spain
Club de Tenis Valencia
Defending Champion - Andy Murray Prize Money - $2,019,000
Clay Surface

NOV 1 - NOV 7 SWISS INDOORS BASEL
Basel, Switzerland
St. Jakobhalle
Defending Champion - Novak Djokovic Prize Money - $1,755,000
Carpet Surface

NOV 7 - NOV 14 BNP PARIBAS MASTERS
Paris, France
Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Defending Champion - Novak Djokovic Prize Money - $2,750,000
Carpet Surface

NOV 21 - NOV 28 BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS
London, England
O2 Arena
Defending Champion - Nikolay Davydenko Prize Money - $2,227,500
Hard Surface

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ROME (AP)—Rafael Nadal opened his bid for a fifth Rome Masters title with a quick 6-1, 6-3 victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber on Wednesday.

After withdrawing from last week’s Barcelona Open, Nadal appeared fresh and dictated play with his usual combination of heavy topspin, few unforced errors and baseline winners. The third-ranked Spaniard improved to 6-0 in his career against his 29th-ranked German opponent.

“It wasn’t my best match, but I did well,” Nadal said. “I played safe and I played focused all the time. Philipp made more mistakes than usual.”

Nadal has won the clay-court tournament four of the past five years and is the favorite again after top-ranked Roger Federer was stunned by Ernests Gulbis on Tuesday.

Federer got some consolation Wednesday when he teamed in doubles with fellow Swiss player Yves Allegro to beat sixth-seeded Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Paul Hanley of Australia 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 after a champions tiebreaker.

In other matches, American John Isner lost to Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci 7-6 (7), 7-5, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga cruised past Viktor Troicki 6-2, 6-3 and Ivan Ljubicic eliminated Nicolas Almagro 7-5, 7-6 (3).

Nadal only faced one break point in his match—at 2-3 in the second set— and saved it when Kohlschreiber missed an easy backhand wide. Nadal broke in the next game, producing a high passing shot that Kohlschreiber could barely get his racket on, and cruised the rest of the way.

The new 10,500-seat stadium at the Foro Italico was nearly full for the match, but Nadal gave the spectators only 1 hour, 10 minutes of play. He led 18-15 in winners and committed only 11 unforced errors to Kohlschreiber’s 28.

Nadal’s dominance was similar to when he won the Monte Carlo Masters two weeks ago, dropping only 14 games in five matches and routing Fernando Verdasco 6-0, 6-1 in the final.

With Nadal absent, Verdasco won his fifth career title in Barcelona last week. He edged Simone Bolelli 7-6 (11), 6-3 to open his campaign in Rome.

Also, Stanislas Wawrinka eliminated Tomas Berdych 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6), and 42nd-ranked Guillermo Garcia-Lopez beat former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt 6-2, 6-3. Filippo Volandri stopped Julien Bennetau 6-2, 6-0, while Santiago Giraldo beat Michael Llodra 6-3, 6-2.

Fifth-seeded Robin Soderling extended his solid form with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Paolo Lorenzi.

Soderling was coming off a runner-up finish at the Barcelona Open, where he lost to Fernando Verdasco in three sets. In the Swede’s previous two tournaments — Masters Series events in Indian Wells and Key Biscayne—he reached the semifinals.

Soderling ended Nadal’s perfect record at the French Open last year and is in the same quarter of the draw as the Spaniard.



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