The organization of the international tournaments called EMPIRE Indoor Tennis Tour 2022 in the TC EMPIRE Trnava club is an exceptional event that has no parallel in the history of Slovak tennis. This is a challenging occassion in cooperation with the International Tennis Federation (ITF), which itself considered our club an ideal place for holding such a rich number of tennis events.

In Trnava, especially in the case of the first two women's tournaments W60 EMPIRE Women's Indoor 2022 with a prize money o 60 000 USD, we can expect the participation of world players from the Top 100 of the WTA rankings. Not only that, but also the October date is a promise of quality tournaments and attractive matches for spectators. Tennis fans will also see junior or men's duels in the club at the end of the season. The October timing of the women's part of the series is ideal not only for the participation of top Slovak women's tennis players, but also for players from all over Europe, who will welcome the fact that they can play interesting events in Central Europe during this period. The idea of ​​the tournament is also connected with the important anniversary of Trnava tennis, which celebrates exactly 100 years since its inception in the 2022 season.

The holding of this exceptional series of tournaments on the indoor hard surface would not be possible without the partners, whom I would like to thank for their participation in the project. I would especially like to express my gratitude to the Trnava Self-Governing Region, whose representatives appreciated the meaningfulness and value of this original tennis series.

The year 2022 is special and interesting in Trnava also because it will be exactly 100 years since the start of organized tennis in this city. In 1922, the first three sports - football, athletics and tennis - were given space within the Trnava Sport Club. In the 1972 season, the predecessor of the TC EMPIRE Trnava club was established - TJ Slávia Trnava. Until 2009, the club performed under the name TC Slávia Trnava. An important milestone in the history of the club is the transformation of the club from a civil association to a joint-stock company, which took place in September 2006 and enabled the construction of a beautiful tennis complex as well as the organization of important international tennis events.