From the turn of the millennium, big-ticket tennis in India during the first week of the year has been a near constant.
But for the Covid-related cancellation in 2021 and the shifting of the dates to early February in 2020 and 2022, either Chennai (18 times) or Pune (five) has ushered in the season ahead of the Australian Open.
The year 2024, however, is the first without the annual dose of top-level tennis in India, with the country’s lone ATP 250 event now replaced by the Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open.