The official date of the Australian Open is still unknown (The tournament is scheduled to start on February 8 in Melbourne) but the ATP calendar tournaments are slowly looking for a hole in the calendar for your celebration.
Many players ask for tournaments to be played before the Australian Open to get in shape to the first Grand Slam of the season. However, two of these tournaments that usually start the season, Auckland and Pune, have already announced that they will not be held in 2021. Others, like the Indian Wells 1,000 Masters, revealed that it will not be held on its scheduled date. (from March 10 to 21) and look for a new hole in the calendar.
Only the Delray Beach tournament has offered to host one or two tournaments that serve as preparation for the Australian Open, according to the newspaper L'Équipe, Although nothing is confirmed yet, as there is also talk of a tournament in Australia the week before the action begins in Melbourne (February 1-7).
The calendar seems clearer after the Australian Open dispute and after the postponement of Indian Wells. From February 22 to 28, the tournaments of Montpellier, Córdoba and a new ATP 250 tournament would be held. The month of March would start with the dispute of the tournaments of Rotterdam, Buenos Aires and a new ATP 250 tournament (March 1-7). The week from 8 to 14 the tournaments of Doha, Marseille and Santiago, while tournaments Acapulco and Dubai would be held from March 15 to 21. The 2021 tennis calendar is slowly seeing the light.