The first major of the season starts in mid-January on the blue hard courts of Rod Laver Arena and its neighbors, where night sessions regularly run past midnight local time.
Counting down to the first day of the main draw, Sunday, January 17, 2027, in Melbourne. Qualifying starts the week before.
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Season progress
Where the 2026 season stands
The tour year runs from the first week of January to the finals in November. Each bar below is one week, colored by the surface most of the main-draw events are played on.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov
Outdoor hardClayGrassIndoor hard
We are deep in the indoor swing now. The clay months of April and May and the short grass window around Wimbledon are long behind us, and only the last regular events and the season finals remain before a short off-season in December. The Swiss Indoors in Basel, the Vienna Open and the Stockholm Open fill the indoor weeks, and the Paris Masters, the last Masters 1000 of the year, is the final big stop before the finals, with the WTA Finals closing the women's season.
That break is shorter than most fans think. By the time the holidays are over, the first players are already landing in Brisbane, Perth and Auckland for the January warm-ups, and the cycle starts again on a fresh set of hard courts. Until then the indoor weeks still count: the points won in Basel, Vienna and Paris feed the race to the season finals and the year-end rankings that set the seedings for the Australian Open, so even a quiet week can move a player's January draw.
The four majors
Four Grand Slams, four different worlds
These four tournaments carry the most ranking points, the biggest draws and the largest winner cheques of the year. Best-of-five sets for the men, best-of-three for the women, two weeks each.
AI-generated imageJanuaryAustralian OpenMelbourne Park, MelbourneNext: Jan 17 - 31, 2027Outdoor hardThe season's first major, in the height of the southern summer, with night sessions under the lights of Rod Laver Arena.Read the Australian Open guide
AI-generated imageMay - JuneRoland GarrosStade Roland Garros, ParisNext: May 23 - Jun 6, 2027Red clayThe only major on clay, where long rallies and sliding footwork decide the draw.Read the Roland Garros guide
AI-generated imageJune - JulyWimbledonAll England Club, LondonNext: Jun 28 - Jul 11, 2027GrassThe oldest of the four, played since 1877, with a strict all-white dress code. Read the Wimbledon guide
AI-generated imageAug - SeptUS OpenBillie Jean King National Tennis Center, New YorkNext: Aug 29 - Sep 12, 2027Outdoor hardThe loudest night sessions of the year, in the biggest tennis stadium in the world.Read the US Open guide
Tournament guides
Every tournament guide, in season order
The tournaments we cover in depth, in the order the tours reach them: prize money round by round, past champions, the courts and how to watch. The month shown is the next edition; the dot is the surface.
Player spotlight
The top of both world rankings
The top three of each world ranking, by the latest published lists. They update every Monday; players we profile link to their full history, head-to-head records and career prize money.
ATP singles
World ranking, Nov 2 2026
1Alexander ZverevGER9,550 points · 2 Grand Slam titles · $74.5M prize money · Age 29
2Jannik SinnerITA9,450 points · 5 Grand Slam titles · $69.5M prize money · Age 25
3Carlos AlcarazESP6,100 points · 7 Grand Slam titles · $66.1M prize money · Age 23
Photos, cropped, from Wikimedia Commons: Alexander Zverev by Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA (CC BY-SA 2.0, source); Jannik Sinner by Hameltion (CC BY-SA 4.0, source); Carlos Alcaraz by 12121343A (CC BY-SA 4.0, source); Elena Rybakina by Hameltion (CC BY-SA 4.0, source); Aryna Sabalenka by Ocoudis (CC0 1.0, source); Mirra Andreeva by Hameltion (CC BY-SA 4.0, source).
Also on the desk: Ons Jabeur, a three-time Grand Slam finalist, with her career prize money, her coach and her return after the birth of her son.
Prize money
Who has earned the most, and what a major pays
Career prize money counts official on-court earnings in singles and doubles only, without endorsements. Grand Slam cheques are shown in the currency each major pays, with a rounded US dollar value beside them.
Photos, cropped, from Wikimedia Commons: Novak Djokovic by AndrewHenkelman (CC BY-SA 4.0, source); Rafael Nadal by Yann Caradec (CC BY-SA 2.0, source); Roger Federer by Tatiana from Moscow, Russia (CC BY-SA 2.0, source); Serena Williams by Vbrunophotog (CC BY-SA 4.0, source); Alexander Zverev by Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA (CC BY-SA 2.0, source).
The Tennis Time is not run by a tour, a federation, a broadcaster or a sponsor. We track the ATP and WTA calendars, the draws, the surfaces and the money, and we write the guides we always wanted to find when a tournament we had never heard of turned up on a Monday. The tournament guides grew out of that: the prize money round by round at the Paris Masters, the Cincinnati Open, the Washington Open, the National Bank Open and the Korea Open, with the courts and the records behind them.
The tennis tournaments this week, like every schedule here, are checked against the official tour sites and tournament draws. Prize money comes from the published fact sheets of each event, with a rounded US dollar value so you can compare like with like. When something changes, a withdrawal, a rain delay, a new venue, we update the page and the date on it.
There are no odds here and no paid placements. If a number on this site is an estimate, we say so next to it, and every table shows the week it was last checked.
Elliot BranniganEditor. Fact-checks the site against official tour sources and tracks the calendar, rankings and records.
FAQ
ATP and WTA schedule questions, answered
What tennis tournaments are on this week?
In the week of Nov 2 - 8, the ATP and WTA tournaments this week are WTA Finals, Paris Masters, Hong Kong Tennis Open and Stockholm Open. The cards at the top of this page show the tennis schedule this week: each event's category, surface and last champion. The tennis tournaments this week are updated every morning from the same data file as the full season calendar.
Is there tennis on today?
Almost always. Both tours play a tournament nearly every week of the year, with a short break in December. The tennis tournaments this week are WTA Finals, Paris Masters, Hong Kong Tennis Open and Stockholm Open; check the event's own site for today's matches.
How do I find the order of play?
Each tournament publishes its order of play, the list of matches by court and start time, on its official website the evening before. The ATP and WTA tour sites show the same schedules, and the tennis schedule this week and the tournament guides here list the category, surface and dates of every event.
What time do matches start?
Most tour events start play in the late morning or early afternoon, local time, and the bigger tournaments add night sessions. Start times differ by event and by day, and the first match on a court is usually fixed while later matches follow when the one before ends.
How many ranking points does a tournament win give?
The singles champion earns 250 points at a 250, 500 at a 500 and 1,000 at a Masters 1000. A Grand Slam title is worth 2,000 points. The WTA uses the same labels for its 250, 500 and 1000 events.
What is the difference between the ATP and the WTA?
The ATP runs the men's professional tour and the WTA runs the women's. They keep separate rankings and calendars, but share many venues at combined events such as Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Rome, plus all four Grand Slams. Outside those events, the ATP and WTA tournaments this week are usually in different cities.
Which surfaces are used on the tour?
Hard courts, outdoor and indoor, host most of the year. Clay dominates April to early June, ending at Roland Garros, and grass has a short window of about five weeks around Wimbledon. The surface changes ball speed and bounce, which is why the same player can look unbeatable in May and ordinary in June.
What happens after the season finals?
The ATP Finals (Nov 15 - 22 in Turin) and the WTA Finals (Nov 8 - 15 in Indian Wells) close the season, and the Davis Cup finals follow (Nov 24 - 29 in Bologna). After a short break in December, the first players arrive in Australia for the new season in January.
How is this page kept up to date?
The tennis schedule this week on this page is updated every morning from our calendar data, so the tennis tournaments this week are always the current ones. Rankings and prize money are refreshed every Monday after the new rankings are published, and each block shows the date it was last checked.
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GER 9,550 points · 2 Grand Slam titles · $74.5M prize money · Age 29 
ITA 9,450 points · 5 Grand Slam titles · $69.5M prize money · Age 25 
ESP 6,100 points · 7 Grand Slam titles · $66.1M prize money · Age 23 
KAZ 8,099 points · $35.6M prize money 
BLR 6,485 points · 4 Grand Slam titles · $53.3M prize money · Age 28 
RUS 6,306 points · $14.7M prize money 
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