Chennai Open 2022 | India to host first WTF 250 event after 14 years

The tournament will also feature 32 singles and 16 double entries in the main draw. The remaining entries will come through qualifiers, which will be contested by 24 players, and will be held on September 10 and 11, on the hard courts of SDAT Tennis Stadium, featuring the best in the world and India. 

Meanwhile, players in the top 100 of the WTA rankings will get a direct entry at the Chennai Open. India's top two singles -- Ankita Raina (world No. 169) and Karman Thandi (world No. 494) -- might be handed wild cards. Vijay Amritraj, president of the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association, hopes that tennis ace Sania Mirza would compete at the Chennai Open.

Mirza, a six-time Grand Slam winner, is currently ranked 24 in the women's doubles. The Bangalore Open was the last WTA Tour tournament to be held in India in 2008. Serena Williams won the singles title there, while Chinese duo Peng Shuai and Sun Tiantian won the doubles crown.