ATP Hong Kong Open News: Players, dates and how to watch

The Hong Kong Open might need to change its name to the Andrey Rublev Invitational one day. While many other top players choose to play at the Brisbane International or the United Cup, the Russian likes to spend his New Year's Eves in the Chinese city. For good reason, too. He plays some of his best tennis there.

After not holding the ATP side of the event (the WTA Hong Kong Open is held in early October) from 2003 through 2023, the tournament returned last year and Rublev took the title. He will return in 2025 (or late 2024, to begin with) and will be the heavy favorite to win for the second straight year.

The ATP Hong Kong Open is just one of three tennis events beginning this weekend. The United Cup gets underway in Perth and Sydney, Australia while the Brisbane International starts as well. After a month-long absence of professional tennis tournaments, tennis fans are about to get a whole bunch of them.

When is the 2025 ATP Hong Kong Open?

The ATP 250 tournament begins on Monday, December 30, and will finish on Sunday, January 5. The event is held at Victoria Park Tennis Stadium and played on a hard court. That further favors Rublev.

Who is playing at the 2025 ATP Hong Kong Open?

Besides top-seeded (and ATP No. 8) Rublev, other players schedule to participate are No. 17 Lorenzo Musetti, No. 19 Karen Khachanov, No. 20 Arthur Fils, and American Brandon Nakashima. The draw of the event, at least for tennis lovers, is that there are a number of very good young players who will try to make their first real impact on the ATP tour in 2025. The Hong Kong Open could just be a nice stepping stone.

How to watch the 2025 ATP Hong Kong Open

Like the Australian tournaments happening at the same time, fans in North and South America will have to change their sleep routines to catch many of the matches. It will be early-morning viewing for those in the Western Hemisphere. In the US, if you want to lose sleep, just stay tuned to the Tennis Channel for the matches.

In Australia, you can watch on beIN Sports. You will lose a lot less sleep as Hong Kong is near your same time zone.

If you live in the United Kingdom, you can view the tournament on Sky Sports. That will also be the network to tune into if you live in Germany and Austria as well. In Canada, you can watch on TSN, and tennis fans in Latin America can watch all the action on ESPN.

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