10 Wonderful Places Where You Can See Tennis Next Week

KEY BISCAYNE (Usa) – ATP MASTERS 1000 + WTA PREMIER Miami Open

Money prize: $ 7,913,405 + 6,993,450

Surface: Hard outdoor

ATP Entry List: Andy Murray (Gbr) – Novak Djokovic (Srb) – Milos Raonic (Can) – Stan Wawrinka (Sui) – Kei Nishikori (Jpn) – Gael Monfils (Fra) – Dominic Thiem (Aut) – Rafa Nadal (Esp) – Roger Federer (Sui) – David Goffin (Bel)

WTA Entry List: Serena Williams (Usa) – Angelique Kerber (Ger) – Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) – Simona Halep (Rou) – Karolina Pliskova (Cze) – Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) – Garbine Muguruza (Esp) – Madison Keys (Usa) – Johanna Konta (Gbr) – Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus)

Miami Open Official Site

Miami and Beaches Travel Guide

Accomodations

• LEON (Mex) – ATP CHALLENGER Torneo Internacional Challenger Leon 2017

Money prize: $ 75,000

Surface: Hard outdoor

Entry List: Malek Jaziri (Tun) – Victor Estrella Burgos (Dom) – Ernesto Escobedo (Usa) – Stefan Kozlov (Usa) – Joao Souza (Bra) – Vasek Pospisil (Can) – Teymuraz Gabashvili (Rus) – Tennys Sandgren (Usa) – Jason Jung (Tpe) – Jerzy Janowicz (Pol)

Tournament Info

León on Visit Mexico

Accomodations 

• CROISSY BEAUBOURG (Fra) – ITF WOMEN Engie Open de Siene et Marne 

Money prize: $ 60,000

Surface: Hard indoor

Entry List: Oceane Dodin (Fra) – Vitalia Diatchenko (Rus) – Su Wei Hsieh (Tpe) – Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) – Kateryna Kozlova (Ukr) – Maryna Zanevska (Bel) – Anna Blinkova (Rus) – Isabela Shinikova (Bul) – Sabina Sharipova (Uzb) – Tamara Korpatsch (Ger)

Tournament Official Site

Visit Croissy Beaubourg Official

Accomodations 

• ST.BRIEUC (Fra) – ATP CHALLENGER Internationaux de tennis masculin Open Harmonie Mutuelle

Money prize: $ 50,000

Surface: Hard indoor

Entry List: Gerald Melzer (Aut) – Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) – Lucas Lacko (Svk) – Norbert Gombos (Svk) – Kenny De Schepper (Fra) – Quentin Halys (Fra) – Tobias Kamke (Ger) – Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Esp) – Simone Bolelli (Ita) – Marco Chiudinelli (Sui)

Tournament Official Site

Visit St.Brieuc Official

Accomodations 

• SANTA MARGHERITA DI PULA (Ita) – ITF WOMEN Santa Margherita di Pula

Money prize: $ 25,000

Surface: Clay outdoor

Entry List: Veronika Kudermetova (Rus) – Valentini Grammatikoupolou (Gre) – Jasmine Paolini (Ita) – Valeria Solovyeva (Rus) – Myrtille Georges (Fra) – Alize Lim (Fra) – Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) – Bianca Andreescu (Can) – Martina Trevisan (Ita) – Andreea Mitu (Rou)

Tournament Info

Visit Pula Official

Accomodations 

• MADRID (Esp) – ITF MEN V Torneo Internacional Masculino Villa de Madrid

Money prize: $ 25,000

Surface: Clay outdoor

Entry List: Jonathan Eysseric (Fra) – Ricardo Ojeda Lara (Esp) – Yannick Maden (Ger) – Stefano Travaglia (Ita) – Carlos Taberner (Esp) – Alexandre Muller (Fra) – Roberto Ortega Olmedo (Esp) – Marc Giner (Esp) – Roberto Marcora (Ita) – Alvaro Lopez San Martin (Esp)

Tournament Info

Visit Madrid Official

Accomodations 

• TEL AVIV (Isr) – ITF MEN The Mary L. Bianco Charitable Fund ITC Circuit

Money prize: $ 15,000

Surface: Hard outdoor

Entry List: Amir Weintraub (Isr) – Laurynas Grigelis (Lit) – Edan Leshem (Isr) – Enzo Couacaud (Fra) – Peter Kobelt (Usa) – Eric James Johnson (Usa) – Daniel Cukierman (Isr) – Ben Patael (Isr) – Vadym Ursu (Ukr) – Raleigh Smith (Usa)

Tournament Info

Visit Tel Aviv Official

Accomodations

•  CAMPINAS (Bra) – ITF WOMEN Circuito Feminino Future de Tênis

Money prize: $ 15,000

Surface: Clay outdoor

Entry List: Paula Cristina Goncalves (Bra) – Victoria Bosio (Arg) – Gabriela Ce (Bra) – Julieta Lara Estable (Arg) – Nathaly Kurata (Bra) – Dana Kremer (Ger) – Barbara Gatica (Chi) – Martina Capurro Taborda (Arg) – Lisa Marie Maetschke (Ger) – Fiona Codino (Fra)

Tournament Info

Campinas Tourism Guide

Accomodations

• MANAMA (Bar) – ITF MEN Bahrain ITF Future 2017

Money prize: $ 15,000

Surface: Hard outdoor

Entry List: Tallon Griekspoor (Ned) – Michal Konecny (Cze) – Filip Horansky (Svk) – Sanjar Fayziev (Uzb) – Markus Eriksson (Swe) – Benjamin Lock (Zim) – Tobias Simon (Ger) – Jonas Merckx (Bel) – Victor Durasovic (Nor) – Anis Ghorbel (Tun)

Tournament Info

Visit Bahrain Official

Accomodations

• OBIDOS (Por) – ITF WOMEN ITF WOMEN Bom Sucesso Ladies Open 2

Money prize: $ 15,000

Surface: Carpet Outdoor

Main players: Harmony Tan (Fra) – Helene Scholsen (Bel) – Estelle Cascino (Fra) – Josephine Boualem (Fra) – Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (Swe) – Yana Sizikova (Rus) – Corinna Dentoni (Ita) – Ines Murta (Por) – Anna Giulia Remondina (Ita) – Karin Kennel (Sui)

Tournament Info

Obidos’ Tourism Guide

Accomodations

Key Biscayne – Discover Miami looking at one of the best combined tournament of the world

THE TOURNAMENT: ATP MASTERS 1000 + WTA PREMIER Miami Open presented by Itau

From 03/20 to 04/02

Surface: Hard outdoor 

Money prize: $ 7,913,405 + 6,993,450

Tournament location: Tennis Center at Crandon Park – 7300 Crandon Bvd, Miami, FL 33149, Stati Uniti

How to get: From Miami Intl Airport take 836 East to the I-95 South exit. take I-95 South , exit on Key Biscayne (Exit 1). Continue straight through the traffic signal until the road bears left. Once again, continue straight through two traffic lights to the toll booth leading onto the Rickenbacker Causeway. From Miami Beach take I-195 or I-395 West to the I-95 South exit. Take I-95 South, exit onto Key Biscayne (Exit 1). Continue straight through the traffic signal until the road bears left. Once again, continue straight through two traffic lights to the toll booth leading onto the Rickenbacker Causeway. Follow posted signs for appropriate parking areas.

Recent ATP past champions: 2016/2015/2014 Novak Djokovic – 2013 Andy Murray – 2012/2011 Novak Djokovic – 2010 Andy Roddick – 2009 Andy Murray – 2008 Nikolay Davydenko – 2007 Novak Djokovic- 2006/2005 Roger Federer

Recent WTA past champions: 2016 Victoria Azarenka – 2015/2014/2013 Serena Williams – 2012 Agnieszka Radwanska – 2011 Victoria Azarenka – 2010 Kim Clijsters – 2009 Victoria Azarenka – 2008/2007 Serena Williams- 2006 Svetlana Kuznetsova – 2005 Kim Clijsters

Serena is looking for her 6th triumph at Miami

ATP Entry List: Andy Murray (Gbr) – Novak Djokovic (Srb) – Milos Raonic (Can) – Stan Wawrinka (Sui) – Kei Nishikori (Jpn) – Gael Monfils (Fra) – Marin Cilic (Cro) – Dominic Thiem (Aut) – Rafa Nadal (Esp) – Roger Federer (Sui)
WTA Entry List: Serena Williams (Usa) – Angelique Kerber (Ger) – Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) – Simona Halep (Rou) – Karolina Pliskova (Cze) – Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) – Garbine Muguruza (Esp) – Madison Keys (Usa) – Johanna Konta (Gbr) – Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus)

THE TOWN: Miami is a major city in the south-eastern United States and makes up part of the largest metropolitan area in Florida. Although tourists generally consider Miami Beach to be part of Miami, it is in actuality its own municipality. Located on a barrier island east of Miami and Biscayne Bay, it is home to a large number of beach resorts and is one of the most popular spring break party destinations in the world.

Lonely Planet on this mythical town: “Miami is so many things, but to most visitors, it’s mainly glamour, condensed into urban form. They’re right. The archaic definition of ‘glamour’ is a kind of spell that mystifies a victim. Well, they call Miami the Magic City. And it is mystifying. In its beauty, certainly: the clack of a model’s high heels on Lincoln Rd, the teal sweep of Biscayne Bay, flowing cool into the wide South Florida sky; the blood-orange fire of the sunset, setting the downtown skyline aflame. Then there’s less-conventional beauty: a poetry slam in a converted warehouse, or a Venezuelan singing Metallica en español in a Coral Gables karaoke bar, or the passing shalom/buenas días traded between Orthodox Jews and Cuban exiles. Miami is so many things. All glamorous, in every sense of the word. You could spend a fun lifetime trying to escape her spell.”

MIAMI’S TOP ATTRACTIONS:

• Wynwood Art District 

• Bayfront Park 

• Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

BEST PLACES TO STAY:

• Homewood Suites by Hilton Miami Dolphin Mall. Wonderful *** hotel located in a top location of Miami at 500 mt from Dolphin Mall and rated 9.1 on Booking. It features a year-round outdoor pool and fitness center and an on-site restaurant. A fantastic king suite with free breakfast, wifi and parking costs $ 153 per night.
• Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay. Fantastic **** hotel rated 8.3 on Booking and directly connected with Crandon Park by shuttle service. The accomodation offers an outdoor pool, hot tub, and 3 on-site restaurants. The price for a 26 mq2 king room with marble bathroom is $ 259 per night with excellent breakfast buffet included. Free wifi in public areas.
• Excellent ***** hotel Hotel Beaux Arts Miami has been rated 9.0 on Booking and is located just 8,8 km from South Beach. Its amenities include Enliven Spa and Salon, 3 restaurants, and a café. This hotel offers spacious rooms with executive lounge access and an iPod docking station. Each room has a flat-screen TV, sofa, and stunning views. Prices? From 389 $ for a king room with breakfast included.

Please notice that a 13% tax is not included in the prices.

An amazing room of Hotel Beaux Arts

USEFUL LINKS:

Miami Open Official Site

Miami and Beaches Travel Guide

Vizcaya Museum Official

Accomodations

Enjoy this extraordinary tennisplace!

Sunrise – An intersting Itf tournament very close to Miami

THE TOURNAMENT: ITF MEN City of Sunrise Pro Tennis Classic

From 01/16 to 01/22

Money prize: $ 15,000

Surface: Clay Outdoor

Location: Sunrise Tennis Club – 9605  West Oakland Park Boulevard, Sunrise , Florida 33351, USA

How to get: Sunrise TC is centrally located and infact is just 1,9 miles from downtown, that is an Uber ride of about 5 minutes. Closest airport is Fort Lauderdale Intl Airport which is at about 25 minutes driving from TC.

Previous Winners: 2016 Tommy Paul – 2015 Deiton Baughman – 2014 Yoshihito Nishioka

Main Seeded Players: Emilio Gomez (Ecu) – Tomas Lipovsek Puches (Arg) – Juan Ignacio Londero (Arg) – Peter Torebko (Ger) – Christian Lindell (Swe) – Tomislav Brkic (Bih) – Yusuke Takahashi (Jpn) – Peter Nagy (Hun) – Rhyne Williams (Usa) – Facundo Arguello

Facundo Arguello (Best Ranking 104)

 

BEST PLACE TO STAY:

Double Tree by Hilton Sunrise. Fantastic *** hotel located close to Sawgrass Mills Outlet and is far 4,5 km from Sunrise Downtown. This modern accomodation provides an heated pool, a fitness center, the very good Peyton Place restaurant and the free wifi. Rated 8.5 on Booking it offers very comfortable king rooms from 197$ per night.

USEFUL LINKS:

Tournament Info

Visit Sunrise Official 

All Accomodations 
ENJOY!!!!

Me, tennis and travels – An interview to Yannick Maden

Here again for a new interview to understand what tennis players think  about a so particular style of life and, especially, about their continued moving around the world to play tennis tournaments looking for Atp points. This week we addressed our questions to the German tennis player Yannick Maden.

Yannick was born in Stuttgart on 10/28/1989 and, after getting his first atp point in summer 2007 , decided to dedicate full time to studies in USA. So his professional tennis career truly began only in 2013 and immediately with some good results which take him, at the end of 2014, to 442nd position in Atp ranking. In 2016 he obtained his best results winning 3 ITF single titles and reaching his best ranking at 314th position. But now the interview…

Yannick, how many years are you wandering the world to play tennis tournaments ? 

I finished my college career in the United States in May 2013. I started playing on the tour in June 2013 then. I took half a year off last year due to physical issues but other than that I travelled to different tournaments across the world.

Are you able to enjoy and visit the places where you play tournaments ? 

I’m not a big fan of sight seeing but I do get to enjoy the different places. The food and people are different. Its small differences that you get to experience.

What is the most beautiful place did you discover playing tennis? 

I really enjoyed the trip to Sunrise, Florida. The place was beautiful, many things to do, great restaurants and weather. It’s close to Miami where we got to go as well back then which was very cool.

You are from Germany, in the heart of Old Europe. Is there some city or place that you would suggest us absolutely to visit? 

I’m from Stuttgart, Germany, and I love my city. So I can only recommend it.

In your career you played in last months in many different countries. Is there one of these countries where you would like to live?

I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else than where I’m from due to my friends and family, but I did really enjoy my time in the United States. I studied in Clemson, SC, and it was like home to me.

What are your next tournaments planned and your professional goals for future?

I will be playing two tournaments in sardegna, Italy, and after that I will go indoors. I haven’t decided yet where I will end up going to. I’m working towards being able to play in the grand slams which is my short-term goal.

Many thanks for this interview and good luck for your next tournaments.

Thanks to you.

 

Yannick told that his born town is a special place so if you want to know more about Stuttgart take a look at these useful links:

TOURISM STUTTGART OFFICIAL

STUTTGART ON LONELY PLANET

STUTTGART BEST HOTEL SELECTION

 

See you soon guys!!!