Rafa-Barcelona 11 / 5 events this week

Four titles were decided overnight and already things are in readiness for another five tournaments to begin this week.

The trophies were won by:

Barcelona 

Rafa Nadal (1) who defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2 6-1 for his 11th title here

Stuttgart 

Karolina Pliskova (5) who defeated wildcard CoCo Vandeweghe 7-6(2) 6-4

Budapest 

Lucky loser in qualifying Marco Cecchinato who defeated John Millman 7-5 6-4

Istanbul

Pauline Parmentier who defeated Polona Hercog 6-4 3-6 6-3

This week players are gathering in:

Estoril, Portugal for the Millennium Estoril Open (ATP 250 category)

Kevin Anderson and Pablo Carreno Busta are the top twenty players in the 28 strong draw where the eight seeds are all in the top fifty and the top four seeds have first round byes

Munich, Germany for the BMW Open by FWU (ATP 250 category)

Sascha  Zverev heads a draw of 28, featuring five top twenty players, the top four seeds having first round byes

Istanbul, Turkey for the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open (ATP 250 category)

Marin Cilic is the featured player in the draw, as world number 4, and the rest of the field of 28 has only two of the worlds top fifty - the top four seeds have first round byes

Prague, Czech Republic for the J&T Banka Prague Open (WTA International category)

World top ten Czech players Karolina Pliskova and Petra Kvitova are the top two seeds in a competitive field of 32, where the Pliskova twins meet in the first round

Rabat, Morocco for the Grand Prix De SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem (WTA International category)

Elise Mertens is the only top twenty player in the 32 strong field, but the draw does boast Dominika Cibulkova, a former top five resident, and the two finalists from Istanbul yesterday - Pauline Parmentier and Polona Hercog.