Dallas Open to bring ATP Tour men’s tennis to SMU next year

<p>DALLAS &mdash; <a href="www.dallasopen.com">The Dallas Open</a> will bring professional men’s tennis to the city next year as the first ATP Tour event there since the circuit started in 1990.</p>
<p>The indoor hard-court tournament will be played at SMU from Feb. 6-13, the tour announced Wednesday.</p>
<p>It is an ATP 250 event that is moving after being held in New York the past three years.</p>
<p>Top-level men’s pro tennis hasn’t been played in Dallas since the pre-ATP World Championship of Tennis Finals were there from 1971-89.</p>
<p>“It’s a big deal for the city, for sure,” said John Isner, a former Top 10 player and 2018 Wimbledon semifinalist who lives in Dallas and whose charity, the Isner Family Foundation, is a non-profit partner for the new tournament. “It’s a big deal for me personally, because I get to play in my backyard here at Southern Methodist University, where I train.”</p>
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