Aussies in action: Week of 16 May 2022
Take a look at where our top-ranked Australian players are competing this week ...
Australia, 16 May 2022 | tennis.com.au
A strong contingent of Australians feature in the Roland Garros 2022 women’s qualifying singles draw this week, led by No.18 seed Maddison Inglis.
Meanwhile, Ajla Tomljanovic is the No.2 seed at a WTA 250 tournament in Rabat. The Aussie No.1 has started the event strongly, powering into the second round with a 6-2 6-1 victory against Spain’s Irene Burillo Escorihuela overnight.
Australian women feature in eight different professional events this week …
Event/Location | Level | Surface | Aussie competitors |
Roland Garros Paris, France |
Grand Slam | Clay | Qualifying: Maddison Inglis, Olivia Gadecki, Lizette Cabrera, Storm Sanders, Arina Rodionova, Ellen Perez, Seone Mendez, Jaimee Fourlis, Priscilla Hon |
Grand Prix Rabat, Morocco |
WTA 250 | Clay | Singles: Ajla Tomljanovic, Astra Sharma |
Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France |
WTA 25o | Clay | Singles and doubles: Daria Saville, Sam Stosur |
W25 Akko Akko, Israel |
ITF 25 | Hard | Singles and doubles: Olivia Tjandramulia, Alexandra Osborne |
Montemor Ladies Open Montemor-O-Novo, Portugal |
ITF 25 | Hard | Singles: Kimberly Birrell, Alana Parnaby |
Cancun Cancun, Mexico |
ITF 15 | Hard | Qualifying: Nessa Pratt |
Antalya Series Antalya, Turkey |
ITF 15 | Clay | Qualifying: Megan Markov |
Heraklion Heraklion, Greece |
ITF 15 | Clay | Singles: Gabriella Da Silva Fick Qualifying: Isabella Bozicevic, Darcy Parke |
As three Australian men aim to qualify at Roland Garros, other top-ranked Aussies are fine-tuning their clay-court preparations at ATP events in Geneva and Lyon.
Alex de Minaur is the No.4 seed in Lyon and competing alongside the returning James Duckworth, who has been sidelined since January following hip surgery.
READ: James Duckworth reflects on latest injury challenge
Australian men are competing across 11 different professional events this week …
Event/Location | Level | Surface | Aussie competitors |
Roland Garros Paris, France |
Grand Slam | Clay | Qualifying: Aleksandar Vukic, Max Purcell, Jason Kubler |
Geneva Open Geneva, Switzerland |
ATP 250 | Clay | Singles: John Millman, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Chris O’Connell Doubles: Thanasi Kokkinakis, Luke Saville, John-Patrick Smith |
Open Parc Auvergee-Rhone-Alpes Lyon Lyon, France |
ATP 250 | Clay | Singles: Alex de Minaur, James Duckworth Doubles: Matt Ebden |
Tunis Open Tunis, Tunisia |
ATP Challenger 80 | Clay | Singles: Jordan Thompson Qualifying: Li Tu, James McCabe Doubles: Li Tu |
Francavilla al Mare Francavilla al Mare, Italy |
ATP Challenger 50 | Clay | Qualifying: Tristan Schoolkate, Thomas Fancutt Doubles: Adam Taylor, Jason Taylor, Tristan Schoolkate, Thomas Fancutt |
Montenegro Tour Ulcinj, Montenegro |
ITF 25 | Clay | Qualifying: Stefan Vujic |
Magic Hotels Tour Monastir, Tunisia |
ITF 25 | Hard | Singles: Akira Santillan, Dane Sweeny, Jayden Court Qualifying: Tai Sach, Shuannon Tricerri, Blake Bayldon, Zaharije-Zak Talic, Derek Pham, Dusan Rsovac, Jacob Bradshaw, Dwaine Duncan Doubles: Blake Bayldon, Zaharije-Zak Talic, Dwaine Duncan |
Magic Hotels Tour Monastir, Tunisia |
ITF 15 | Hard | Qualifying: Alexander Crnokrak, Jordan Smith |
Cancun Cancun, Mexico |
ITF 15 | Hard | Qualifying: Tomislav Edward Papac, Lawrence Bataljin |
Antalya Series Antalya, Turkey |
ITF 15 | Clay | Singles: Brandon Walkin, Matthew Romios Qualifying: Cihan Akay, Sam Baldwin, Andrej Tasev |
M15 Heraklion Heraklion, Greece |
ITF 15 | Hard | Singles: Omar Jasika, Aaron Addison, Matthew Dellavedova Qualifying: Tom Evans, Logan Naumovski, Ethan Cook, Eric Padgham, Timothy Gray, Zachary Adam-Gedge, Mason Naumovski, Jordan Lock |
To follow scores, draws and individual results, click on the event name in the above tables.
> READ: Roland Garros 2022 qualifying draws revealed
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