The San Diego Open pro tennis tournament at the Barnes Center is undergoing its sixth change in format and dates in the six-year history of the event.

Nest year’s tournament will include the men’s ATP 100 Challenger for the second straight time with the addition of an ITF Women’s World Tour 100 for the first concurrent brackets in tourney history.

The format change meant moving up the dates to Jan. 26-Feb. 1, overlapping the second week of the Australian Open but allowing players eliminated in the first week to play in San Diego.

The San Diego Open had been played in late February during the week before the prestigious BNP Paribas Open in Palm Desert. The men’s tourney last year replaced the WTA 500 tourney, which ended after three years because of funding issues.

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