The Swiss Indoors, Basel also known as Davidoff Swiss Indoors is an annual hard-court tennis tournament which is held in Basel, Switzerland. The tournament has made a name for itself for its quality and continuity. The tournament began in 1970 with the winner presented with a wristwatch. Over its 40 years of history, all the World Number 1 players have featured in this tournament and many of them have inscribed their name in Basel’s Golden Book of Winners. Switzerland’s leading sporting event boasts of some of the most impressive list of champions like Pete Sampras, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl and many others.

The tournament is Switzerland’s largest sporting event and is one of the most important indoor tournaments in the world. The tournament usually takes place in the last week of October or first week of November and thus, it forms a part of the season-end run for World Finals.

Tournament facts –

Venue – St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland
Surface – Hard / Indoors
Men’s Singles – 32 players
Men’s Doubles – 16 pairs
Courts – The center court has a capacity of 6,000 spectators.
Winner of most Men’s Singles titles – Stefan Edberg and Roger Federer – 3 titles each.
Next Tournament – November 1, 2011.
Past Winners – Roger Federer

The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships is an annual hard-court tennis tournament which is held in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The tournament started in 1971 in Salisbury, but was moved to Memphis in 1976. The event is part of ATP World Tour 500 for men’s competition whereas it is an International event on the WTA Tour for women. The venue of the tournament is the Racquet Club of Memphis. This is the only private club in the world which hosts a combined professional indoor event for men and women.

Both the tournaments for men and women are played at the same venue on indoor hard courts each year in February. The primary sponsor of the tournament is Regions Financial and Cellular South. Both the events support the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The tournament was known as U.S. Indoor National Championships in 1977. The stadium constructed for the tournament had a capacity of 5,000 seats with 16 luxury executive suites- the first time in the world, which was built exclusively for tennis.

Tournament facts –

Venue – Racquet Club of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Surface – Hard / Indoors
Men’s Singles – 32 players
Women’s Singles – 32 players
Men’s Doubles – 16 pairs
Women’s Doubles – 16 pairs
Courts – The club features a total of 27 courts, among which 11 are indoor and 16 are outdoor. The center court has a capacity of 5,000 spectators.
Winner of most Men’s Singles titles – Jimmy Connors– 4 titles
Winner of most Women’s Singles titles – Venus Williams – 3 titles
Next Tournament – February 14, 2011.
Past Winners – Sam Querrey

The Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships is an annual hard-court tennis tournament which is held in Tokyo, Japan. The event is the longest-running ATP World Tour Tennis tournament in Asia and thus it is said that Asian Tennis has its roots in the Land of Rising Sun. The first edition of the tournament was held in 1972 and since then it has become one of the biggest tennis events in Japan. The event is also a part of WTA Tour for women and is a Tier III tournament.

The venue of the tournament is Ariake Colosseum, which is an enormous tennis center consisting of 48 tennis courts and the center court features a retractable roof which was one of the first retractable roofs in tennis. The tournament is not well-renowned around the world, but still many top ranked players have featured in this tournament in both men’s as well as women’s competitions.

Tournament facts –

Venue – Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan
Surface – Hard / Outdoors
Men’s Singles – 48 players
Men’s Doubles – 16 pairs
Courts – The venue features 48 tennis courts with the center court having a capacity of 10,000 spectators.
Winner of most Men’s Singles titles – Stefan Edberg – 4 titles
Next Tournament – October 3, 2011.
Past Winners – Rafael Nadal

The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual hard-court tennis tournament which is held in Washington D.C., United States. It is an ATP World Tour 500 event, which was inaugurated in July 1969 and then became one of the first professional open tennis tournaments held in the US. The tournament is named Legg Mason Tennis Classic from past 17 years because of the sponsorship rights, making it the longest running title sponsorship in North America for a tennis tournament. It is one of the tournament on the Olympus US Open Series which is a six week summer tournament consisting of 9 tournaments.

The Legg Mason Tennis Classic has been a part of many innovative changes in tennis like the blue court, Olympus US Open Series, main draw start on Sunday and instant replay boards on the court. The tournament was played on clay court until 1986, and since then it has remained a hard court tournament.

Tournament facts –

Venue – William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, Washington, US.
Surface – Hard / Outdoors
Men’s Singles – 48 players
Men’s Doubles – 16 pairs
Courts – The venue consists of 10 hard courts and 15 clay courts. The center court has a capacity of 7,500 spectators.
Winner of most Men’s Singles titles – Andre Agassi – 5 titles
Next Tournament – August 1, 2011
Past Winners – David Nalbandian