In Shanghai, anticipation arrives with the same composed pleasure as choosing a rare vintage—or confirming a seat at the All England Club. The Rolex Shanghai Masters draws a crowd that has already done the grand tour of the tennis calendar and can sense, almost instinctively, when a tournament becomes more than a scoreline: a mood, a statement, a scene.

The Mutua Madrid Open not only brings together the best rackets on the planet, but it does so in one of the most iconic venues in world tennis: the Caja Mágica. Since its move to this state-of-the-art facility in 2009, the Madrid tournament has consolidated its status as one of the most prestigious events on the circuit.

The city of Malaga welcomed the Billie Jean King Cup for the first time at the José María Martín Carpena Sports Palace.