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2016 latest WTA calendar changes: Istanbul on clay in spring and new WTA125K in Texas

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* Pattaya Tier III membership has been sold to Kaohsiung, Taiwan (to be held week of February 8 alongside Antwerp)

* Baku Tier III membership has been sold to Nanchang, China (to be held week of August 1 alongside Florianapolis)

* WTA approved the lease of a Tier III membership to Louisville, Kentucky, USA (to be held week of August 22 alongside New Haven)

*WTA approved the addition of a $125K Series event in West Hemsptead, Long Island, NY (to be held week of May 9 alongside Rome :confused:)

Latest changes (08/07):

* Istanbul Cup to be held on clay in week 16 (18 April), same week as Stuttgart

* Both Doha and Dubai will have a Saturday final

* Florianopolis will have a Friday final (Olympics starting on Saturday)

* Birmingham will have a 32 players MD

* New Haven will have a 32 players QD

* A new $125K Series event is scheduled in week 11 (March 14) in San Antonio, Texas, during Indian Wells second week.
 
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Re: 2016 latest WTA calendar changes: Pattaya & BakuSlam wave goodbye

Seriously? :help: Nanchang inbetween European and American tournaments?
Nice to have a International back right before NY!
Agreed on both counts.

I can't see too many European or American players going to Nanchang. :rolleyes:
 
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Re: 2016 latest WTA calendar changes: Pattaya & BakuSlam wave goodbye

Kuznetsova won a Tier 3 in Washington DC early August.
Maybe USTA putting a MM series together for Kiick and Gibbs and the other US women
 
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Taiwan the week after Fed Cup and before the Middle East swing?
Too bad they couldn't put in during the Asian swing but it's loaded already.

Nanchang is a vulture's dream.

Stacey stated that a goal of the WTA was to have better calendar flux and it's now worse than ever. :lol:

Florianopolis and Nanchang will have the weakest Entry Lists in the whole history of the Tour.
 
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Re: 2016 latest WTA calendar changes: Pattaya & BakuSlam wave goodbye

I guess after Cohen retired BakuSlam made no sense to the tennis world anymore :tears:
 
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Even more events in China, great :oh: :tape:
 
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China :drool:

Taiwan :drool:
 
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Re: 2016 latest WTA calendar changes: Pattaya & BakuSlam wave goodbye

* Pattaya Tier III membership has been sold to Kaohsiung, Taiwan (to be held week of February 8 alongside Antwerp)

* Baku Tier III membership has been sold to Nanchang, China (to be held week of August 1 alongside Florianapolis)

* WTA approved the lease of a Tier III membership to Louisville, Kentucky, USA (to be held week of August 22 alongside New Haven)

*WTA approved the addition of a $125K Series event in West Hemsptead, Long Island, NY (to be held week of May 9 alongside Rome :confused:)
:woohoo:

Good for me! Missing old Forest Hills, ITF Bronx, WTT and WTA Championship at MSG matches!
 
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Re: 2016 latest WTA calendar changes: Pattaya & BakuSlam wave goodbye

WHAT!? WEST HEMPSTEAD? That's like 20 minutes from me! There are no facilities worthy of holding an event. We have an outdoor park that has red clay and hardcourts but they are AWFUL. Then there is an indoor facility with only 5 indoor hard courts. Indoors hard in the middle of May? Outdoor red clay (Awful red clay) beginning of May on Long Island? Weather may not cooperate.

I am both excited and disturbed at the same time!
 
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Who'd of thought Baku could be replaced by something even worse :haha: #BringBackBaku

I give Louisville 2/3 years before its gone or moved.

The worst would be Tashkent, no?
Baku had a pretty decent stadium
Tashkent is actually an ok event, plenty have gone from the finals of Tashkent to big careers and slam performances. Azarenka, Schiavone, Lisicki, Vaidisova, Cirstea all slam quarter finalists post Tashkent.
 
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Re: 2016 latest WTA calendar changes: Pattaya & BakuSlam wave goodbye

At least the new events added were replacements from similar region.

West Asia to East Asia (China)
Southeast Asia to East Asia (Taiwan)

Two US events coming back in Int'l and 125k

...so why is the license still called Tier III when they dropped the tier system?

Nanchang and Taipei :oh: Two 125K going away.
 
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Re: 2016 latest WTA calendar changes: Pattaya & BakuSlam wave goodbye

At least the new events added were replacements from similar region.

West Asia to East Asia (China)
Southeast Asia to East Asia (Taiwan)

Two US events coming back in Int'l and 125k

...so why is the license still called Tier III when they dropped the tier system?

Nanchang and Taipei :oh: Two 125K going away.
Taipei is staying. The new event is in Kaohsiung.
 
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