The All India Tennis Association (AITA) on Wednesday announced that it has lined up 13 international tournaments at home, including four ATP Challengers and a WTA 125 event in the first quarter of the 2025 season, offering a combined prize purse of nearly Rs 10 crore and 1100 ranking points.Three back-to-back ITF events for women will be held in January 2025, starting with a USD 40,000 tournament in New Delhi from January 13, a USD 100,000 event in Bengaluru from January 20 and a USD 70,000 event in Pune.Mumbai will host the second edition of L&T Mumbai Open from February 3.“These four tournaments will offer over 350 WTA points and a combined prize purse of USD 350,000 with a great opportunity for Indian women players to accelerate their growth,” an AITA release said.A team of new office bearers was recently elected to manage the federation but the results of the election was not announced on the direction of the Delhi High Court which is hearing a petition challenging the validity of the poll.The ATP Challenger events are scheduled for the month of February in Chennai (from February 3), Bengaluru (from February 10), Pune (from February 17) and New Delhi (from February 24) but the dates are subject to confirmation from the ATP Challenger Tour team.AITA will also host one ITF men’s event in January and four back-to-back events in March. The venues will be announced soon.
