STARNBERG, June 11, 2020

Professional tennis will return to Switzerland. Swiss Tennis announced on Thursday the launch of the N-Series powered by Swiss Tennis. The first tournament will be hosted in Biel on June 15. Further events are scheduled to be held in Neuchatel, Bienne, Derendingen and Verbier

Only players from Switzerland are allowed to compete in the tournaments. Each tournament offers a total prize money of at least CHF 15,000.  “It is important to us to support the athletes as best as possible in this situation without international competitions,” René Stammbach, President of Swiss Tennis, explains in a press release.

Last month, the ATP extended the suspension of the ATP Tour through to July 31, 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Swiss Tennis Pro Cup to be held in July

Furthermore, the Swiss Fed Cup Team, the Swiss Davis Cup Team and Securitas as sponsoring partner will join forces on July 25 to 26 to stage one of the first major national tennis events in Switzerland since the coronavirus outbreak.

The two-day event will take place at the Swiss Tennis Arena in Biel featuring the country’s best tennis players in a mini Davis and Fed Cup event to be played in a Fast-4-format.

There are two teams for women, including the current Fed Cup players Belinda Bencic, Jil Teichmann, Viktorija Golubic and Stefanie Vögele as well as tennis legends Martina Hingis and Patty Schnyder. Henri Laaksonen, Sandro Ehrat, Marc-Andrea Hüsler, Johan Nikles, Jakub Paul and Antoine Bellier will be part of the men’s line-up. Heinz Günthardt and Severin Lüthi will lead the teams as captains.

On July 25/26 the Swiss Tennis Pro Cup powered by Securitas takes place in @BielBienne_off with @BelindaBencic @jilteichmann @TimeaOfficial, @mhingis @pattyschnyder, Henri Laasonen, Sandro Ehrat and many more, also live on @srfsport @RTSsport @RSIsport! 👉https://t.co/BER5znS2AW pic.twitter.com/AMTLT5qIpP

— Swiss Tennis (@swiss_tennis) June 11, 2020