Sky Sports launching a new dedicated tennis channel

Tuesday 30 January 2024 by Jonathan Victoria  News

A new channel has been added to Sky Sports’ list as they have introduced their new dedicated tennis channel.

The move follows the deal made in November last year that saw Sky Sports acquire the broadcasting rights to the ATP and WTA tours for the next five years.

The deal will see Sky Sports broadcast ‘more live tennis than anywhere else,’ as they say, with over 4000 matches from more than 80 tournaments yearly, including full coverage of the US Open and all other tour events exclusively live.

Sky Sports Tennis will follow the likes of Sky Sports F1 and Golf, with round-the-clock tennis content to keep fans in the loop and entertained.

New broadcasting team

Along with the new channel, each of the biggest events on the tour's calendars will be expertly analysed by some well-known faces in the tennis world, including six-time Grand Slam semi-finalist Tim Henman and Olympic silver medalist Laura Robson.

Gigi Salmon, a prominent figure in the British tennis journalism and broadcasting scene, will be the lead presenter during events, while the memorable voice of Jonathan Overend will take control of commentary. 

Various other guests are set to be featured throughout the year, potentially similar to how Australia’s Nick Kyrgios starred in the commentary booth during the 2024 Australian Open.

Launching in February

Sky Sports Tennis is set to launch on 11th February on channel 408, but will move permanently to channel 407 on 13th February (channel numbers for Sky platforms).

Coverage will begin with the ATP Tour ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands, running from 12th - 18th February, as well as the WTA Tour Qatar TotalEnergies Open 2024 in Doha, Qatar, from 11th - 17th February.

ATP & WTA Tour 2024 biggest events

The events on each tour’s calendar differ by series:

ATP

• ATP Tour Masters 1000
• ATP 500 series
• ATP 250 series

WTA

• WTA 1000 tournaments
• WTA 500 tournaments
• WTA 250 Tournaments

The two tours act separately for the majority of the year but do come together for tournaments such as the four Grand Slams as well as several 1000 series events.

Here is a list of all Grand Slams and 1000 series events for each tour for the remainder of the year:

Key

GS = Grand Slam

Sky Sports Tennis packages

If you're as excited as us about tennis coming exclusively to Sky Sports, then you'll want to get set up a good Sky TV package so you don't miss a single moment of the action this year.

At Digital TV, we have a number of ace Sky Sports packages and deals that you can find online or by calling us on the number below, so be sure to do so now in time for the first event of the new Sky Sports Tennis era!