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Exhausting and difficult to manage on a physical and mental level. The tennis season It is one of the most demanding of all sports in the world, with 11 months of frenetic activity and mandatory tournaments for many players. The recurrence of injuries and the inability to maintain the pace has put the possibility of shortening the course on the table, but is it a feasible option?
Tennis has many structural problems, ranging from the economic viability of devoting oneself professionally to it while being outside the top-300 to the constant shoulder, elbow and wrist injuries that many tennis players have been experiencing due to increasingly heavier balls and contrasts. in them that occur during the same season. However, the mother of all problems remains the endless calendar which forces tennis players to play for almost 11 months.
For someone outside the world of tennis, the fact that a season starts before the start of the new year is, to say the least, curious. The truth is that on December 27th the United Cup 2025 and on December 30 the first ATP and WTA events of the course. Taking into account that there were official competitions well into the month of November, it is clear that it is inconceivable to maintain this pace.
– The competition is so fierce that it is very difficult for tennis players of any level to give up playing tournaments.
Tennis players have less and less time to do a serious preseason, they arrive at the beginning of the course with very few days having been able to disconnect and the efforts are accumulating. Business takes precedence over the health of the playersbut possibly, it will also end up doing so about the quality of the show.
It is not a common evil in tennis, since we are seeing how the football follows the same paths, with more and more games that crowd into a crowded calendarbut in the king of racket sports there is no possibility of regulating efforts or making changes, and the wear and tear that comes with being an individual sport is gigantic.
The best in the world have mandatory commitments every year and the enormous competition that exists in all strata of professional tennis means that giving up events can have a fatal impact on the rankingso tennis players impose on themselves the need to push themselves to the limit and reach the end of the year very burned out.
– There is less and less time for the preseason and more injuries arise during the course
“It would be fantastic if the season lasted 9 months, I think we must change many things to preserve our sport,” he said. Thanasi Kokkinakis in words collected by TennisHead a few days ago. This reflection is part of the philosophy of the NBA or the NFL, pioneering sports organizations that impose a very high pace during their respective courses, but leave three months a year of total inactivity, allowing players to disconnect and prepare well physically.
It seems like a utopian path for tennis due to the many commitments signed with tournaments around the world and the desire to make the most of the business that surrounds this sport. Only with the 4 Grand Slams y los 9 Masters 1000as well as with the ATP Finalsa total of 25 weeks of competition would be added. If we take into account that they are considering adding another Masters 1000 and that it is inconceivable to appear in major events without having other previous tournaments, the margin to cut the calendar is almost nil. Tennis faces challenges that are difficult to solve.
