The International Tennis Federation plans to resume its lower-level World Tennis Tour the week of Aug. 17 and its junior and beach tennis tours two weeks later when the US Open is scheduled to begin.
All ITF tours have been suspended since March because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The governing body says it has not decided on return dates for the senior or wheelchair tours but neither will have tournaments take place before Aug. 31.
The ITF also announced its COVID-19 protocols for its tournaments and players.
That includes telling participants they shouldn’t travel to tournaments if they tested positive for the virus within seven days or were exposed to anyone with the virus or its symptoms within 14 days.
Meanwhile, US Open organisers says the cancellation of next month’s tournament in Washington DC “in no way impacts” the behind-closed-doors Grand Slam scheduled for the end of August.
The Citi Open tournament was due to mark the resumption of the men’s tennis season after the coronavirus lockdown but has been called off because of “continued uncertainties” amid the pandemic.
The event in the US capital was set to start on 13 August, but the ATP Tour has pushed its return back to later in the month..
