The crowds in Beijing are usually decent. Wuhan and most of the other Chinese tournaments, that’s a different matter.

 

So far the crowds have been great. They are so engaged too. All the oohs and aahs at good rallies make a great atmosphere.

 

It became better, that it‘s true. Maybe it took 84 years, but here we are with some decent crowds.

I always remember Petkovic’s run in Beijing 2011 and how empty the stadium was, despite of the final. Kind of embarrassing.

 

The Zheng effect.

 

Sad because they had an actual legend of the sport in Li Na but…they didn’t give that much of a shit even in the year she won the French.

 

I have to put in a word for the way the Chinese fans support the players with nicknames, gifts, banners and posters etc. I also like that adults are there as fans with their signs. It seems like if you are not a kid with a ball at the other tournaments, people think you’re weird fanboy/girling a player.
We need a definitive nickname list!

 

Crowds have been great all year so far. When I posted China crowd numbers in other years, people said they were fake numbers
ATP & WTA are there because of money, and crowds are a small part

 

Stacey Allistar is some where laughing- STILL!!!

 

Big problem were the venues back then.

Especially for smaller Chinese tournaments like Guangzhou, Jiangxi.

Now smaller tournaments get smaller venues, in much better adequation with the attendance.

 

I was there in 2011. That’s Pushnacki.

 

Don't think crowds are the problem. It's just that this Asia swing has always felt like an afterthought.

The European indoor swing never felt this way IMO.

You can also imagine from a player's perspective: unless you're trying to get a YEC spot, a rankings boost for next year's slams entry or seedings, why bother?

 

Qinwen.

 

What do you all think?

Compare 2023 Crowd to 2025 SF crowd

It's normal there are crowds when people are on holidays.

2023 was an one week event starting on Oct 2.

2025 is a two week event starting on Sep. 22 and moved Wuhan for a better slot (to always include National Day within the two weeks).

National Days are always October 1, 2, 3 each year. If it lies on a weekend it gets moved before or after and if it doesn't lie on a weekend the day not off gets moved before or after to make the weekend a working day. Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon) was on Sep. 29, 2023 and October 6, 2025.

2023: Oct 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
2025: Sep 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, Oct 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

2023: Official holidays were Sep 29 - Oct 6.
2025: Official holidays are Oct 1 - Oct 8.

When was the semifinal in 2023? https://www.tennisforum.com/threads/beijing-sf-2-iga-swiatek-def-3-coco-gauff-6-2-6-3.1408684/

 

Are holidays (whole Golden Week) this year all the time till October 8?
I need that information not only for tennis (I work with Chinese).

I know there are huge crowds everywhere for National Day in China.
I still hope there can be like that this week in Wuhan too, in after-holidays days.

 

I don't think we will see similiar crowds in Wuhan due to the extreme heat.
That temperature and humidity must make you feel like you're in sauna.

 

I think the lowest RealFeel temperature I've seen has been earlier today, at 36, but they still took an extended break after the second set when Kenin played Zakharova. Now it's up to 40, which is the lowest I've seen on any other day.

 

Did you not see the first few days of Beijing and Wuhan?