NUSA DUA, mybalinews.com – The Amman Mineral Men’s World Tennis Championship 2024 will held again at the Nusa Dua Tennis Court, Bali.
The international tennis championship, which is part of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) permanent tournament series, take place from December 16, 2024 to January 5, 2025.
This championship will be held in three series with two categories, namely M15 and M25, and will be attended by more than 50 countries.
Numbers of Indonesian athlete participate in the event, including M Rifqi Fitriadi, Nathan Barki, and Anthony Susanto.
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The championship also attracts the interest of many world tennis players from France, England, America, India, China and Australia, as well as Asian regions such as Korea, Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Some of the world tennis players who will compete are Antoine Escoffier (FRA) ranked 208, Kaichi Uchida (JPN) ranked 360, Gilles Hussey (GBR) ranked 412, Bogdan Bobrov (RUS) ranked 429, Stefanos Sakellaridis (GRE) ranked 492, Echargui Moez (TUN) ranked 499 in the world and Hyeon Chung (KOR) former 2018 Australian Open Grandslam Semifinalist.
Meanwhile, the winner of the August – September series who will compete in the December – January period is the Indonesia tennis player, Indonesia, Nathan Barki.
Nathan Barki who previously managed to win the title in the men’s doubles series 4, this time paired with the experienced senior Indonesian player, Christopher Rungkat.
The fifth series started on 16-22 December 2024 in the M15 category with a total prize of USD15,000 which continues to the sixth series in the M15 category on 23-29 December 2024.
The seventh series which is the closing of the Amman Men’s World Tennis Championship 2024 competition series will be held on 30 December to 5 January 2025 with a total prize of USD 30,000 in the M25 category.
This championship is supported by a number of sponsors.
Including PT Amman Mineral Internasional Tbk (AMMAN) as the main sponsor, Permata Bank, Bank BNI, Paiton Energy, MaxPower, Injourney and Injourney Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) as well as Dunlop, Eternal Plus, and Pocari Sweat.
“The tournament, which was attended by more than 200 participants from Indonesia and abroad, has once again confirmed Nusa Dua Bali’s position as a world-class tennis sports tourism destination,” said Lani Sardadi, Tournament Director of the Amman Mineral Men’s World Tennis Championship 2024.
The selection of ITDC Nusa Dua as the venue for this global tennis event reflects efforts to develop sports tourism, especially on the island of Bali, in an innovative and progressive manner.
“The location of the competition that has been approved by the ITF is in line with the feasibility of the supporting facilities and infrastructure for the championship available in the ITDC Nusa Dua Tourism Area as well as the level of comfort and satisfaction of the players in competing,” Lani added.
Kartika Octaviana, Vice President of Corporate Communications AMMAN, said that AMMAN always supports the achievements of the young generation of Indonesia in the international arena, one of which is through this championship.
“AMMAN’s support in this activity is part of our commitment to support the creation of superior and competitive human resources through sports, which we have poured under the pillar of ‘Sports for Development’. We hope to continue to support the achievements of Indonesian tennis athletes while raising public interest in tennis in the country,” Octaviana said. (mybalinews/ERV)
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