{"id":392239,"date":"2026-01-06T18:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/392239\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T18:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:18:10","slug":"ranked-players-to-compete-in-san-diego-open-at-barnes-tennis-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/392239\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranked players to compete in San Diego Open at Barnes Tennis Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>POINT LOMA \u2013 A total of $277,000 in prize money will be on the line from Jan. 26 through Feb. 1 when the San Diego Open tennis tournament takes place at Point Loma\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/barnessdopen.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barnes Tennis Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A full list of participants hasn\u2019t been announced yet, but several ranked players in both the men\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/atp-challenger-tour\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ATP Challenger Tour<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itftennis.com\/en\/itf-tours\/womens-world-tennis-tour\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ITF Women\u2019s World Tennis Tour<\/a> are expected to participate in the event, which is one of Southern California\u2019s biggest professional tennis tournaments of the year.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the men\u2019s ATP Challenger offers a total of $177,000 in prize money and features a 32-player men\u2019s singles draw, a 16-team men\u2019s doubles draw, and a 24-player men\u2019s qualifying singles draw. Singles and doubles champions will receive 100 ATP ranking points.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the $100,000 ITF women\u2019s 100 tournament is set up with a 32-player women\u2019s singles draw, a 16-team doubles draw, and a 24-player qualifying singles draw. Singles and doubles winners will earn 100 Women\u2019s Tennis Association ranking points.<\/p>\n<p>The event\u2019s expected to draw top and up-and-coming men\u2019s and women\u2019s tennis players, possibly including ATP top-100-ranked American right-hander Eliot Spizzirri, who was victorious in last year\u2019s men\u2019s singles event and also won the doubles event along with fellow U.S. right-hander Tyler Zink.<\/p>\n<p>The top 300-ranked Zink, who also won the 2023 Lexington Challenger and the 2019 US Open \u2013 Boys\u2019 doubles titles with Spizzirri, is also a potential participant in this year\u2019s SD Open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be quite a few players returning from the Australian Open in Melbourne in mid-to-late January, who will be looking for a tournament to play when they arrive back in the States. This will be the perfect event for them,\u201d said Ryan Redondo, tournament co-director. \u201cWe are anticipating very strong men\u2019s and women\u2019s player fields.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tournament\u2019s opening day, Jan. 26, will be highlighted by qualifying matches; admission is free that day for all attendees. Also, tournament officials have said that all kids age 17 and under will receive free general admission access from Jan. 27 through Jan. 31 with a ticketed adult.<\/p>\n<p>A ticket upgrade option, which includes access to the tournament VIP Lounge, free beverages, and food, is also available. The upgrade for sessions taking place Jan. 26 through Jan. 29 is $50 per day. Fans can also purchase the VIP upgrade for sessions on Friday, Jan. 30, through Feb. 1 for $70 per day.<\/p>\n<p>Tournament officials are advising fans to get tickets early, as seating in the main stadium will be limited to about 700 spaces.<\/p>\n<p>The limited seating is expected to \u201cmake for an incredible venue to watch matches,\u201d according to Redondo, who added that matches will also be held on the Barnes Tennis Center\u2019s six outer courts.<\/p>\n<p>SAN DIEGO OPEN<\/p>\n<p>When: Jan. 26-Feb. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Where: Barnes Tennis Center, 4490 W. Point Loma Blvd.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets: Prices range from $25 for general admission to early-round matches to $45 for reserved seating on the final weekend. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tixr.com\/groups\/barnestenniscenter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tixr.com\/groups\/barnestenniscenter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"POINT LOMA \u2013 A total of $277,000 in prize money will be on the line from Jan. 26&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[166217,49,48,166218,131908,14556,166219,82,593],"class_list":["post-392239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-barnes-tennis-center","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-exclude-homepage","tag-point-loma","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-open","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}