Competitions
Racket sport competitions and tours
Professional tours, world championships and major events across racket sports, and who runs them.
Padel
CUPRA FIP Tour
The CUPRA FIP Tour is the International Padel Federation's second-tier international circuit, sitting below Premier Padel.
FIP World Padel Championships
The World Padel Championships are the International Padel Federation's international team event, in which national teams compete for the men's and women's titles.
Premier Padel
Premier Padel is the main professional padel tour, run under the governance of the International Padel Federation, with events graded Major, P1 and P2.
Tennis
ATP Tour
Importance 5 out of 5The ATP Tour is the main circuit of men's professional tennis, a season of graded tournaments from ATP 250 to Masters 1000 that ends with the ATP Finals. It is run by the ATP.
Australian Open (formerly the Australasian Championships)
Importance 5 out of 5The Australian Open is the first of tennis's four Grand Slam tournaments each season, played on hard courts at Melbourne Park every January. It is run by Tennis Australia and was first held in 1905.
Roland-Garros
Importance 5 out of 5Roland-Garros, also called the French Open, is the Grand Slam tournament played on red clay at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris from late May into June. It is run by the Fédération française de tennis.
US Open
Importance 5 out of 5The US Open is the Grand Slam tournament played on hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. It traces back to the first US national championship in 1881.
Wimbledon
Importance 5 out of 5Wimbledon, officially The Championships, is the Grand Slam tournament played on grass at the All England Club in south-west London over a fortnight each summer. First held in 1877, it is the oldest of the four.
WTA Tour
Importance 5 out of 5The WTA Tour is the main circuit of women's professional tennis, a season of WTA 250, 500 and 1000 tournaments that ends with the WTA Finals. It is run by WTA Tour, Inc.
Billie Jean King Cup (formerly the Federation Cup)
Importance 4 out of 5The Billie Jean King Cup is the international team competition of women's tennis, run by World Tennis (formerly the ITF). Launched in 1963 as the Federation Cup, it ends each year with an eight-nation knockout Finals.
Davis Cup
Importance 4 out of 5The Davis Cup is the international team competition of men's tennis, contested by nations through tiers with promotion and relegation and decided at an eight-nation Final 8 each November. It is run by World Tennis (formerly the ITF) and was first played in 1900.
Nitto ATP Finals (formerly the Masters)
Importance 4 out of 5The ATP Finals is the men's season-ending event, where the eight best-placed singles players and doubles teams of the year meet in round-robin groups before knockout semi-finals and a final. It has been held in Turin since 2021.
Olympic tennis
Importance 4 out of 5Tennis is played at the Summer Olympic Games in five events: men's and women's singles and doubles, and mixed doubles. It was on the programme from 1896 to 1924 and returned as a full medal sport in 1988.
WTA Finals
Importance 4 out of 5The WTA Finals is the women's season-ending event, where the eight best-placed singles players and doubles teams of the year play round-robin groups of four before knockout semi-finals and a final. The host city changes; the 2026 edition is at Indian Wells.
United Cup
Importance 3 out of 5The United Cup is a mixed team event that opens the season in Australia each January, with 18 nations each fielding men and women in singles and mixed doubles. Group matches are split between Perth and Sydney, which stages the final.