Tennis South Africa (TSA) has confirmed two further weeks of ITF World Tennis Tour prize money events for men and women – to take place in December 2021.
The Strand Tennis Club, in the Western Cape, will host two weeks of men’s $15 000* prize money events and two concurrent weeks of women’s $25 000* prize money events. The tournaments will take place during the weeks commencing the 6th and 13th December, respectively.
The new ITF prize money events follow on from a successful swing of three weeks of ITF World Tennis Tour events – for men and women – that took place in September in Gauteng.
It is currently a busy period for international tennis events in the country. Next week, Cape Town will play host to the Samaai Junior Open – an ITF Junior Grade A event. ITF Junior Grade A events, are outside of the Junior Grand Slams, the highest level of international junior ranking tournaments and the Cape Town event has attracted a world class field of top international and local junior players.
*Why the difference in prize money between the men’s and women’s events? The ITF is looking to encourage more $25 000 women’s events across the globe and so has provided TSA with funding support to upgrade the women’s events.