Tennis Open refers to the open tennis tournaments, which are held every year around the world. The open tennis tournaments are played by both amateur and professional tennis players. In the history of tennis, the advent of Open era dates back to the second half of twentieth century. Since that time various open tennis tournaments have been held as a part of tennis open .
Tennis open tournaments are organized by all the ruling bodies of tennis across the world. The International Tennis Federation or the ITF, the Association of Tennis Professionals or the ATP, the Women's Tennis Association or the WTA and the United Sates Tennis Association or the USTA are some of the organizations, which organize tennis open tournaments at different venues. The French Open , Australian Open , US Open and Wimbledon are four most prestigious Open tournaments held in the international domain of the sport. Other events held as tennis open tournaments are AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag, BCR Open Romania, BMW Open, Brasil Open, Catella Swedish Open, Chennai Open, China Open, Dutch Open Tennis, Estoril Open, Generali Open, Gerry Weber Open, Heineken Open, Movistar Open, Mumbai Open, Open de Moselle, Open de Tenis Comunidad Valencia, Orange Prokom Open, Ordina Open, Pacific Life Open, Red Letter Days Open, SAP Open, Sony Ericsson Open, St. Petersburg Open, Tennis Channel Open and Thailand Open.
The open tennis tournaments are included in the schedules of the Association of Tennis Professionals or the ATP and the Women's Tennis Association or the WTA Tours. Some of the tournaments are held as the International Tennis Federation or the ITF events. Top players of the world of tennis participate in the open tennis tournaments . Rafael Nadal , Roger Federer, Andre Agassi , Pete Sampras, Boris Becker, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Tim Henman, Tommy Haas, Jim Courier , Justine Henin , Steffi Graf , Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Monica Seles, Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams , Martina Hingis and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario are some of the world famous tennis players, who have won in various tournaments categorized as tennis open .
