The tournament will take place in the city from February 12 to 18.

The Bengaluru Open 2024, a prestigious ATP Challenger Tour event, kicks off on Monday at the KSLTA hard courts.

Sumit Nagal, who reached the second round of the Australian Open in January, is the second seed and India’s best hope at the tournament. The 2017 Bengaluru Open winner, who is ranked 121st in the world, will face France’s Geoffrey Blancaneaux, ranked 235th, in his first match.

The top seed is Italy’s Luca Nardi, who is seven spots ahead of Nagal in the rankings. He will play against a qualifier in his opener. Canada’s Vasek Pospisil, a former world No. 25 and a 2014 Wimbledon doubles champion, has received a wild card entry in singles.

Two other Indians, Ramkumar Ramanathan and SD Prajwal Dev, have also got wild card entries for the singles main draw. They are part of the nine Indian players who will compete in the doubles draw as well.

Ramkumar has teamed up with his fellow countryman Saketh Myneni, who has a powerful serve. They are the defending champions of the Bengaluru Open doubles title, which they won in 2022.

N Sriram Balaji has joined forces with Germany’s Andre Begemann for the Bengaluru Open 2024, which is the seventh edition of the event. They are the third seeds in the 16-team draw and will take on the German pair of Mark Wallner and Jakob Schnaitter.

The top seeds in doubles are France’s Dan Added and the Republic of Korea’s Yun Seong Chung. Chung was the Bengaluru Open doubles champion last year with his partner Yu Hsiou Hsu. The second seeds are Australia’s Matthew Romios and Poland’s Piotr Matuszewski.

Six Indian players will also participate in the qualification rounds for singles, which will be held on Sunday.

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Bengaluru Open 2024 ATP Challenger Details (Date & Venue)

Date – 12 to 18 February

Venue – Karnataka State Lawn Association Stadium, Bengaluru

Who are the top Seeds at Bengaluru Open 2024 ATP Challenger?

Singles

1. Luca Nardi
2. Sumit Nagal
3. Duje Ajduković
4. Benjamin Bonzi

Doubles

1. Dan Added / Yun Seong Chung
2. Piotr Matuszewski / Matthew Romios
3. Sriram Balaji / Andre Begemann
4. Rithwik Bollipalli / Niki Poonacha

Wildcard Entry in singles Main Draw

• Prajwal Dev (India)
• Ramkumar Ramanathan (India)
• Vasek Pospisil (Canada)

33-year-old Pospisil has a career-high world singles ranking of No. 25, and No. 4 in doubles. Along with partner Jack Sock, he won the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and the 2015 Indian Wells Masters men’s doubles titles.  India’s No 2 in singles Ramkumar Ramanathan has been awarded the wildcard in the main draw along with local lad Prajwal Dev.

Which Indian players are participating at the Bengaluru Open 2024 ATP Challenger?

Men’s Singles (Qualifiers)

• Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
• Karan Singh
• Manish Ganesh
• Adil Kalyanpur
• Mukund Sasikumar
• S Vishwakarma

Men’s Singles (Main draw)

• Sumit Nagal (2)
• Ramkumar Ramanathan (WC)
• SD Prajwal Dev (WC)

Men’s Doubles

• N Sriram Balaji-Andre Begemann (3)
• Siddhant Banthia-SD Prajwal Dev
• Saketh Myneni-Ramkumar Ramanathan
• Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta-Manish Sureshkumar
• Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli-Nikki Kaliyanda Poonacha

Where and how to watch live streaming of Bengaluru Open 2024 ATP Challenger?

The Bengaluru Open 2024 tennis tournament will be live streamed on the ATP Tour website. There is no live telecast of the Bengaluru Open 2024 on any TV channel in India.

Bengaluru Open 2024 ATP Challenger full schedule and fixtures

Singles

Qualifiers Round 1 (February 11)

Karan Singh lost to Dan Added (6-7, 7-5, 6-7)

Siddharth Vishwakarma lost to ERIC Vansheboim (4-6, 4-6)

Manish Ganesh lost to Raphael Collignon (2-6, 2-6 )

Sasikumar Mukund vs Samuel Vincent

Niki Poonacha vs Bernard Tomic

Adil Kalyanpur vs Yun Seong Chung

Qualifiers Round 2 (February 12)

Round of 32 (February 13)

Sumit Nagal  vs Geoffrey Blancaneau

S D Prajwal Dev vs Adam Walton

Ram Kumar Ramanathan vs Maxime Janvier

Doubles

Round of 16 (February,14)

Dan Added / Yun Seong Chung (1) vs Adam Walton / Tristan Schoolkate (

Piotr Matuszewsk/ Matthew Romios vs (2) Ray ho / Calum Puttergill

N. Shri ram Balaji / Andre Begemann (3) vs Jakob Schnaitter / Mark Wallner

Ramkumar Ramanathan / Saketh Myneni  vs  S D Dev / Sidhant Banthia

 Manish Sureshkumar/Sai Karteek Reddy vs Ryan Seggerman / Patrik Trhac

Rithwik Bollipalii/Niki Poonacha (4) vs Moez Echargui/Oriol Roca

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