Tennis in the Land is due to take place between August 17-25 also known as the Cleveland Open. It is available to watch worldwide in most territories including the US, UK and Australia.
The inaugural event took place back in 2021 which saw Anett Kontaveit winning the singles title. In 2023 the tournament shifted to become Topnotch Stadium, a temporary venue seating 2,000 fans replacing the main court. That year, Sara Sorribes Tormo entered as a lucky loser capturing the title in a dramatic run.
By 2023, it became one of only three standalone WTA events in the US generating over $2million in economic impact drawing a record attendance. In 2024, American wildcard McCartney Kessler won her first WTA singles title in Cleveland knocking out top seed Beatriz Haddad Maia in an exciting final.
This year sees Liudmila Samsonova as top seed. Xinyu Wang is the second seed. Maya Joint is third seed and opens up against Eva Lys with the draw now complete. Lois Boisson returns as fifth seed after winning a title post her Roland Garros rrun.
Sonay Kartal, Katie Boulter and Hailey Baptiste are also among the leading seeds over the next week in Cleveland in what is the final run towards the US Open. It takes place in the same week as Monterrey which is a WTA 500 tournament. While in the ATP, it is Winston-Salem Open which takes place which has a similar footing on the ATP 250 schedule.
In the USA, the tournament will be shown in full on Tennis Channel. Sky Sports show the tournament in United Kingdom, Ireland; Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol; Italy, San Marino, Vatican City, South Tyrol. While Australia it is shown on beIN Sports, in New Zealand it is shown on DAZN.
beIN Sports also show the event in France. Canal+ ordinarily show the tournaments in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia but all are out the reckoning for this tournament as well as Nottingham, Iasi, Sao Paolo, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Jiujiang. Eleven Sports shows the event in Portugal.
The full list is below of all the countries.
