Australia, 9 May 2022 | tennis.com.au

Thanasi Kokkinakis returns to the tour this week, as one of five Australian men competing at an ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Rome.

The 26-year-old has been honing his clay-court game in Melbourne in recent weeks. After a first-round loss in qualifying, Kokkinakis now turns his attention to doubles alongside American Frances Tiafoe.

Australian men are competing across 14 different professional events this week …

Event/Location Level Surface Aussie competitors
Italian Open
Rome, Italy
ATP Masters 1000 Clay Singles: Alex de Minaur
Qualifying: Thanasi Kokkinakis
Doubles: John Peers, Matthew Ebden, Max Purcell, Thanasi Kokkinakis
BNP Paribas Primrose
Bordeaux, France
ATP Challenger 125 Clay Singles: Alexei Popyrin
NECKARCUP Heilbronn
Heilbronn, Germany
ATP Challenger 100 Clay Qualifying: Thomas Fancutt
Doubles: John-Patrick Smith, Thomas Fancutt
Zagreb Open
Zagreb, Croatia
ATP Challenger 80 Clay Singles: Jordan Thompson, Aleksandar Vukic, Chris O’Connell, Jason Kubler
M25 Nottingham
Nottingham, Great Britain
ITF 25 Hard Singles: Dane Sweeny, Omar Jasika
Qualifying: Calum Puttergill, Mitchell Harper
Genova Prague Open
Prague, Czech Republic
ITF 25 Clay Singles: Andrew Harris
Fortevillage ITF Trophy
Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy
ITF 25 Clay Singles: Tristan Schoolkate
Doubles: Tristan Schoolkate, Adam Taylor, Jason Taylor
Magic Hotels Tour
Monastir, Tunisia
ITF 25 Hard Singles: Akira Santillan, Li Tu
Qualifying: Shuannon Tricerri, Blake Bayldon, Derek Pham, Jacob Bradshaw, Dusan Rsovac, Adrian Arcon, Dwaine Duncan
Magic Hotels Tour
Monastir, Tunisia
ITF 15 Hard Singles: Alexander Crnokrak
Qualifying: Jayden Court, Tai Sach, Jordan Smith, Cade Birrell, Zaharije-Zak Talic
Cancun 
Cancun, Mexico
ITF 15 Hard Qualifying: Tomislav Edward Papac, Lawrence Bataljin, Marin Dumitru
Montenegro Tour
Ulcinj, Montenegro
ITF 15 Clay Qualifying: Stefan Vujic
Vila da Valldoreix
Valldoreix, Spain
ITF 15 Clay Singles: James McCabe
Qualifying: Alec Gaudin
Antalya Series
Antalya, Turkey
ITF 15 Clay Singles: Brandon Walkin, Matthew Romios
Qualifying: Cihan Akay, Andrej Tasev, Jordan Lock
M15 Heraklion
Heraklion, Greece
ITF 15 Hard Singles: Aaron Addison, Matthew Dellavedova
Qualifying: Tom Evans, Logan Naumovski, Ethan Cook, Timothy Gray, Mason Naumovski

Ajla Tomljanovic carries Australian hopes in the singles draw at this week’s WTA 1000 tournament in Rome.

Australian women feature in 10 different professional events this week …

Event/Location Level Surface Aussie competitors
Italian Open
Rome, Italy
WTA 1000 Clay Singles: Ajla Tomljanovic
Qualifying: Storm Sanders, Arina Rodionova, Ellen Perez
Doubles: Storm Sanders, Ellen Perez
Trophee Lagardere
Paris, France
WTA 125 Clay Singles: Maddison Inglis, Daria Saville
Qualifying: Lizette Cabrera
Doubles: Olivia Tjandramulia
Liqui Moly Open
Karlsruhe, Germany
WTA 125 Clay Singles: Priscilla Hon
Torneig Internacional
La Bisbal D’Emporda, Spain
ITF 100 Clay Singles: Olivia Gadecki, Seone Mendez
Edge Open
Saint-Gaudens, France
ITF 60 Clay Singles: Astra Sharma, Jaimee Fourlis
W25 Nottingham
Nottingham, Great Britain
ITF 25 Hard Singles: Kimberly Birrell Qualifying: Abbie Myers, Alexandra Osborne, Alana Parnaby, Giorgie Jones
Osijek Open
Osijek, Croatia
ITF 25 Clay Qualifying: Angelina Graovac, Ana Prso
Cancun
Cancun, Mexico
ITF 15 Hard Qualifying: Nessa Pratt
Antalya Series
Antalya, Turkey
ITF 15 Clay Qualifying: Annerly Poulos, Megan Markov
Heraklion
Heraklion, Greece
ITF 15 Clay Singles: Gabriella Da Silva Fick, Isabella Bozicevic
Qualifying: Darcy Parke, Natasa Ilic

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