WTA 250 Chennai Open May Not Be a One-Off Tournament

When October comes around, Vijay Amritraj, president of the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA), will look to the heavens to see if the rain gods will be kind.

- Swaroop Swaminathan @ Chennai

At some level, the quantum of rainfall in and around the second edition of the WTA Chennai Open may decide whether the event returns to the city in 2026.

As it stands, the 250 event for 2025 will be held at the SDAT Stadium at Nungambakkam from the week beginning October 27. They do have the option of conducting the event for two more years, at least that's according to TNTA's contract with Octagon, the company who owns the license for the event. Octagon's only condition is for the TN government to support the event for at least two years (there's not expected to be many problems with this).