BBC to show Tennis Scotland version of ATP Finals

The conclusion to Tennis Scotland's play - a home type of the ATP Finals - is to beryllium shown unrecorded by BBC Scotland from Scotstoun Community Indoor Tennis Centre successful Glasgow.

The men's and women's finals from the Tennis Scotland Open Tour Finals will beryllium broadcast connected BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app connected Tuesday, 17 December arsenic good arsenic 1 lucifer from each event's semi-finals.

There will besides beryllium highlights shown from Monday's first information and quarter-finals arsenic 16 men and 16 women compete complete 2 days.

Last year's winners were Hamish Stewart - the 25-year-old presently classed 570 successful the world - and 18-year-old Hannah Rylatt, who is number 290 successful juniors.

The qualifiers will travel from those who person gathered the astir ranking points from 17 events held passim Scotland during 2024, though it will not beryllium known until the tie is published connected 13 December which players person confirmed their participation.

Domestic events person been keenly contested, pinch men's tournaments being won by 7 different players and the women's having 11 winners.

Nicolas Rosenzweig, astatine the property of 38, leads the men's rankings up of 19-year-old Cameron Fryer, but they person some played 15 tournaments while third-placed Stewart has been successful only 4 and the St Andrews-based Frenchman is incapable to make the finals.

Similarly, pinch St Helens' Rylatt not defending her title, 20-year-old Heather Barlow leads the women's rankings but has played 14 tournaments compared to second-placed 17-year-old Mia Wainwright's four.

The regular play concluded pinch this month's Scottish National Open Championships astatine the University of Stirling, wherever world number 316 James MacKinlay hit chap 24-year-old Ewen Lumsden (622) successful the men's last arsenic 17-year-old world inferior 83 Flora Johnson defeated Halle Pringle, 5 years her senior, successful the women's.

Semi-final action astatine the TS Open Tour Finals will get nether measurement connected 17 December astatine 09:30 GMT, pinch spectators besides capable to be some title days free of charge.

Lumsden has already teamed up pinch erstwhile world number 44 Jonny O'Mara to return the men's doubles title, while Stirling-based Hephzibah Oluwadare and chap starring inferior Marelie Raath clinched the women's trophy.