Tennis: 2017 to kick off with Asian Tour from Monday

The international calendar of Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) will come alive with the Asian Tennis Tour, which will begin from Monday (9) at the SLTA Courts in Greenpath, Colombo. 

The Asian Tennis Tour, for men and women, will run along for four weekends and will come to an on January 22.

In addition the Davis Cup, Fed Cup and the World Team Cup, three annual World Cups in Men, Women and Wheelchair and a few International Tennis Federation (ITF) events have been planned to stage in Colombo this year.

Sri Lanka's International Schedule for 2017 

• ITF Asia 14 and Under Development Championship in Thailand: January 8 to 20

• Asian Tennis Tour 4 weeks (Men’s and Women’s) in Sri Lanka: January 9 to 22

• ITF Division 1 in India: January 28 to February 12

• Negombo Open Wheelchair ITF Futures: February 14 to 16

• SL Open Wheelchair ITF Futures: February 18 to 20

• SSC Open Wheelchair ITF Futures: February 22 to 24

• Wheelchair World Team Cup Asian Qualifiers in Colombo: February 26 to March 1

• BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Italy *: May 1 to 7

• Jr. Fed Cup & Davis Cup Pre Qualifiers in India: February 20 to 25

• World Juniors Regional Qualifiers Boys & Girls in India: February 27 to March 4

• Jr. Davis Cup Final Qualifiers in India: March 13 to 18

• Jr. Fed Cup Final Qualifiers in India: March 20 to 25

• World Juniors Boys Final Qualifiers in Thailand: March 20 to 25

• World Juniors Girls Final Qualifiers in Thailand: March 27 to April 1

• SL Futures for Men’s: June 19 to July 9

• Fed Cup Asia-Oceania Group-II in Tajikistan: July 17

• Davis Cup Group-III in Sri Lanka: July 17 to 20

• ITF Under-18 Juniors 3 Weeks: September 4 to 24

• ATF Under-14 2 Weeks: October 2 to 15