Australia, 18 July 2022 | tennis.com.au
Professional tennis returns to Australian shores this week, with an ITF tournament in Queensland.
Dayne Kelly and Destanee Aiava headline the draws at his week’s Caloundra International, a joint men’s and women’s event on the Sunshine Coast.
Kelly is one of 11 Australians to receive direct acceptance to the men’s singles main draw, while a further 45 Australians will contest qualifying.
Event/Location | Level | Surface | Aussie competitors |
Indy Challenger Indianapolis, USA |
ATP Challenger 80 | Hard | Max Purcell, Rinky Hijikata, Li Tu, Andrew Harris, John-Patrick Smith |
President’s Cup Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan |
ATP Challenger 80 | Hard | Akira Santillan |
Pozoblanco Pozoblanco, Spain |
ATP Challenger 80 | Hard | Omar Jasika, Brandon Walkin, Tristan Schoolkate |
Tampere Open Tampere, Finland |
ATP Challenger 80 | Clay | Adam Taylor, Jason Taylor |
Gandia Gandia, Spain |
ITF 25 | Clay | Philip Sekulic |
Idanha-a-Nova Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal |
ITF 25 | Hard | Kody Pearson |
Magic Hotel Tour Monastir, Tunisia |
ITF 15 | Hard | Moerani Bouzige, Ken Cavrak, Alexander Crnokrak, Chase Ferguson, Adrian Arcon, Andrej Tasev, Anthony Shumsky |
Cancun Cancun, Mexico |
ITF 15 | Hard | Adam Walton |
Caloundra International Caloundra, Australia |
ITF 15 | Hard | Dayne Kelly, Jeremy Beale, Thomas Fancutt, Aaron Addison, Matthew Romios, Calum Puttergill, Jordan Smith, Mitchell Harper, Charlie Camus, Jesse Delaney, Hayden Jones |
Innsbruck Innsbruck, Austria |
ITF 15 | Clay | Matthew Dellavedova |
Jaimee Fourlis is competing at a WTA 250 tournament in Italy this week, where she’ll face second seed Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan in the opening round. The 22-year-old received a lucky loser spot in the draw.
Twelve Australians have received direct acceptance to the Caloundra International, with a further 34 competing in qualifying.
Event/Location | Level | Surface | Aussie competitors |
Palermo Ladies’ Open Palermo, Italy |
WTA 250 | Clay | |
Vitoria-Gasteiz Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain |
ITF 60 | Hard | Lizette Cabrera |
Figueira da Foz Figueira da Foz, Portugal |
ITF 25 | Hard | Kaylah McPhee, Alexandra Bozovic, Kimberly Birrell |
Magic Hotel Tours Monastir, Tunisia |
ITF 15 | Hard | Lisa Mays, Estelle Najean |
Caloundra International Caloundra, Australia |
ITF 15 | Hard | Destanee Aiava, Talia Gibson, Alicia Smith, Sienna Leeson, Lily Taylor, Darcy Parke,… |
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