August marks the transition from the grass to the hard courts, so we’ve highlighted the biggest and best tournaments you need to keep an eye on as the ATP and WTA tours head stateside in the lead up to the final Grand Slam of the year.
31 July – 6 August: World’s best wheelchair tennis stars to take to the stage in Nottingham
Lexus British Open Wheelchair Championships
Don’t miss your chance to see the world’s top wheelchair tennis players in action! Organised by the LTA, the tournament will feature competitions across the men’s, women’s and quads divisions as well as a junior event.
Three of Britain’s most decorated wheelchair tennis players are confirmed among an expected star-studded line-up of international stars.
Alfie Hewett, Lucy Shuker and Andy Lapthorne will be among the leading contenders for the men’s, women’s and quad singles title at the ITF Super Series event, which is among the top tier of international wheelchair tennis tournaments outside of the sport’s four majors.
7–13 August: ATP and WTA tours head to Canada for first of two combined 1000 events
National Bank Open (Canadian Open) (ATP 1000 & WTA 1000)
The National Bank Open, also known as the Canadian Open, and formerly known as the Rogers Cup, is Canada’s most prestigious tennis tournament. It is the second-oldest tennis competition in the world, pre-dated only by Wimbledon: the men’s tournament began in 1881 at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club and was expanded to include women in 1892.
The men’s tournament will take place at the Sobeys Stadium in Toronto and the women’s event will take place at the IGA Stadium in Montreal. It will be the 133rd edition of the men’s tournament – a mandatory Masters 1000 event on the 2023 ATP Tour, and the 121st edition of the women’s tournament – a non-mandatory WTA 1000 event on the 2023 WTA Tour.
The National Bank Open, which acts as a crucial preparation event for the US Open, will see the likes of 41 of the top 44 female players compete, including No. 1 and 2 seeds Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka.
Last year’s winner, Simona Halep, will not return this time around, which means a new women’s champion will be crowned in Montreal.
The men’s event is set to be led by the top 10 men in the ATP rankings, as 2023 Wimbledon Champion Carlos Alcaraz will be joined by the likes of Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Holger Rune. Novak Djokovic will not play at next month’s in Toronto because of fatigue, it was announced on Sunday.
14-20 August: The tours battle it out in Cincinnati
Western and Southern Open (ATP & WTA 1000)
The Western & Southern Open, also known as the Cincinnati Masters, is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States that is still played in its founding city. First held in 1899 at Avondale Athletic Club, over the years the event moved multiple venues in Cincinnati, before settling in its current home, the purpose-built Lindner Family Tennis Center, in 1979.
The 2023 Western & Southern Open preliminary player fields have been announced and among the top-ranked players fans will see are Wimbledon champions Carlos Alcaraz and Marketa Vondrousova as well as finalists Novak Djokovic and Ons Jabeur. Djokovic is returning to play in front of Cincinnati fans for the first time in four years and it is scheduled to be his first tournament in the U.S. since 2021.
The initial entry list includes the world’s top 41 men and 39 women, 14 Grand Slam champions, eight current or former world No. 1-ranked players and 11 past tournament champions.
28 August – 3 September: The final Grand Slam of the year awaits
US Open (Grand Slam)
The only Grand Slam that is played in America started already back in 1881 and every year, it serves as the last major event of the season. Since 1978 it’s played on the hard courts of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, United States.
143rd edition will welcome 128 players in both ATP & WTA draws, and once again reward players with tens of millions distributed in prize money.
Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek are headed back to Queens. The 2022 US Open men’s and women’s singles champions, and current world No. 1s, sit on top the respective entry lists for the 2023 tournament, which were released by the USTA .
With 25 participants, the U.S. leads the US Open field in total players who’ve earned direct entry. Fourteen American women and 11 men have qualified by ranking, and each field bosts two Americans ranked in the world’s Top 10: No.4 Jessica Pegula and No. 7 Coco Gauff, and No. 9 Taylor Fritz and No. 10 Frances Tiafoe.
Novak Djokovic is also set for his return for the first time in two years. Not allowed last year due to vaccine protocols which have since been dropped.
He will be joined by former champion, Daniil Medvedev. As well as Casper Ruud, Holger Rune and Stefanos Tsitsipas.