With 6 Top 10 Tennis players participating this year, all eyes are set on the Astana Open. Let’s get you fully acquainted with all you need to know about the 2022 Astana Open.
Astana Open Tennis Tournament
The Astana Open is a professional indoor hard-court Tennis Tournament part of the ATP Tour. Only this year was the event canonized into the Tour as a ATP 500 event. 2022 will mark the third edition of the event that was created to fill the void left after many tournaments were cancelled subsequently due to the Corona outbreak. In many ways the championship is quite similar to the AGEL Open. The title sponsor for the event is the Kazakhstani Bank, Forte.
Location
Nur-Sultan,Kazakhstan
Venue
National Tennis Centre and Beeline Arena, Astana
Tour category
ATP500
Prize money
$1,900,000 (total commitment $2,054,825)
Draw
32 Singles, 16 Doubles
Astana Open 2022 Champions
In singles championship, Former world no1 and event’s seeded no 4 Novak Djokovic claimed singles title. Serbian star defeated Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas with straight sets (6-3, 6-4) . After this Novak wins his 90th career title and 4rth 2022 title.
In doubles championship, Croatian Pair Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic defeated French Pair Fabrice Martin and Adrian Mannarino in final with straight sets (6-4, 6-2). This is 5th title of the Croatian pair together while for Mate Pavic it’s 6th title of 2022.
Astana Open History and Previous Winner
Initially, the tournament was a ATP250 event that also became a WTA250 event in 2021. The men’s tournament was played right after the women’s, but this would last only for a year. The WTA event was discontinued in 2022 and the event upgraded to the ATP500 category. The tournament has even set a record for Kazakhstan, it being the first time in history that both an ATP and WTA event was conducted in Kazakhstan. The champions so far are:
Year
Singles Champion
Doubles Champions
2020
John Millman
Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen
2021
Kwon Soon-woo
Santiago Gonzalez and Andres molteni
Astana Open Prize Money and Points
Since the tournament was upgraded to a ATP500 event, both the prize money and points have drastically increased. The prize money for this year is at $1,900,000 compared to 2021’s $480,000.
Stage
Singles Prize Money
Doubles Prize Money
ATP Points
Winner
$355,310
$116,710
500
Final
$191,180
$62,240
300
Semi Finals
$101,890
$31,490
180
Quarter Finals
$52,060
$15,750
90
2nd Round
$27,785
——
45
1st Round
$14,820
$8,150
0
Astana Open Dates
The tournament dates are from the 1st to the 9th of October. 1st to 2nd for qualifying rounds and 3rd through 9th for the main draw. The event will be conducted alongside the Japan Open in Tokyo.
Astana Open Schedule
The event organizers haven’t yet released an official schedule so instead we will be looking at the 2021 format to make an educated guess as to what the schedule is most probable to look like.
Date
Singles Matches
Doubles Matches
3rd October
1st Round
1st Round
4th October
1st Round
1st Round
5th October
1st Round and Second Round
1st Round
6th October
2nd Round
1st Round and Quarter Finals
7th October
Quarter Finals
Quarter Finals
8th October
Semi Finals
Semi Finals
9th October
Finale
Finale
Keep in mind, this layout is not final and may be changed in the coming days before the tournament.
Astana Open Players
As mentioned previously, the players list this year is full of top Tennis players. Including the like of the current world rank no. 1 Carlos Alcaraz and competitive titan, Novak Djokovic. Unfortunately, Kwon Soon-woo will not be participating to defend his title.
