Finally, we have the dates! The ATP has officialized the tournaments and the dates for the first 7 weeks of the impending season.
ATP250 Delray Beach and Antalya
All rumors have been confirmed. The season will start with the ATP250 in Delray Beach and one in Antalya. It is not a surprise that Delray Beach will manage to host the event. In fact, Florida is a place where many American players are training and therefore we expect to have a good line-up over there. Antalya is a bit of a surprise and there are possibilities that lower-ranked players will mainly take part in the event that will be staged on hard courts. The ATP has granted the license only for 1 year.
The Australian swing
The Australian Open’s qualifications will be played in Doha (10-13 January) and then the players will head to Melbourne as they need to quarantine (15-31 January).
In the week prior to the Australian Open (1st of February), the ATP Cup will be played with a reduced format of 12 teams. Alongside that, there will be 2 ATP250. One is the event that was originally planned in Adelaide that will be relocated to Melbourne and the other one is a newly sanctioned ATP250 still played in Melbourne.
The canceled tournaments
As per the original rumors, the tournaments in Pune, New York, and Auckland have been canceled. The ATP500 in Rio de Janeiro will not take place in February, but it might be postponed in the course of the year.
The ATP Calendar for the 1st quarter
This will be the ATP Calendar for the first quarter. We have also included the last week of February and March according to the rumors, but it still needs to be updated.
January
| 4-13 | Delray Beach |
| Antalya |
February
| 1-7 | ATP Cup |
| ATP250 (probably in Melbourne) | |
| 8-21 | Australian Open |
| 22-28 | ATP250 Montpellier |
| ATP250 Cordoba | |
| ATP250 – New |
March
| 1-7 | ATP500 Rotterdam |
| ATP250 Buenos Aires | |
| ATP250 – New | |
| 8-14 | ATP250 – Doha |
| ATP250 – Marseille | |
| ATP250 – Santiago | |
| 15-21 | ATP500 – Acapulco |
| ATP500 – Dubai |
Novak Djokovic in 2020
Ranked world no.1, the Serbian played his last match on the 21st of November when he was overcome by Dominic Thiem 7-5 6-710 7-65 in the semifinal in the Nitto ATP Finals (draw).
Currently, during this year Djokovic has achieved an overall 41-5 record. Novak conquered 4 titles in 2020 at the Australian Open, in Dubai, in New York and in Rome. Novak reached the final at the French Open.
Rafael Nadal in 2020
Now the world no.2, Rafael played his last match on the 21st of November when he lost to Daniil Medvedev 3-6 7-64 6-3 in the semifinal in the Nitto ATP Finals (draw).
During this season Rafael has managed to achieve a compiled 27-7 record. Rafael clinched 2 titles in 2020 in Acapulco and at the French Open.
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal faced off 56 times. Their head to head is 29-27 for Djokovic. Previously, the last time they competed against each other, Rafael Nadal won 6-0 6-2 7-5 in the final in Paris (French Open) on the 11th of October 2020.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
