Santo Domingo will host its first ITB Men’s and Women’s World Tennis Tour – both entry-level M15 and W15 competitions from 20 November through 4 December 2022.
The event is part of the circuit that falls under the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The ITF organizes the World Tennis Tour tournaments (M15, M25, W15, W25, W60, W80 and W100). Competitors are included in the top 500 players according to the ATP/WTA ranking.
The Dominican Tennis Federation (Fedotenis) announced the competitions will take place at the National Tennis Center in the Parque del Este in eastern Santo Domingo. These are the same courts where the 2003 Pan American Games tennis competitions were held.
Sergio Tobal, vice president of Fedotenis and director of the tournaments, said that there will be a cash prize of US$60,000 – 50% to men and 50% to women.
The men’s tournament awards 15 points towards the player’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking and eight points for the runner-up. In the women’s category, 10 points go to the winner and six to the runner-up.
The competitors for the Dominican Republic in the M15 competition are: Roberto Cid, Peter Bertran, Matteo Laquinto, Daniel Baquero, Angel Maleno, among others. The women are: Kelly Williford, Ana Zamburek, Maria Gell, Rosario Elmudesi, Rocio Espinal, among others.
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Dominican Olympic Committee
8 November 2022