Merry Christmas to you all
Time for tennis again in a week
Who plays where - known players - full players lists a couple of days before the draw.
I'll cover Auckland who is covering Brisbane and Shenzhen?
Bribane Jan 01 - Jan 07 Premier
Angelique Kerber GER
Dominika Cibulkova SVK
Karolina Pliskova CZE
Garbiñe Muguruza ESP
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS
Carla Suarez Navarro ESP pulled out of Brisbane.
Elina Svitolina UKR
Elena Vesnina RUS
Roberta Vinci ITA
Sam Stosur AUS
Zhang Shuai CHN
Daria Kasatkina RUS
Irina-Camelia Begu ROU
Ekaterina Makarova RUS
Laura Siegemund GER
Monica Puig PUR
Yulia Putintseva KAZ
Misaki Doi JPN
Alize Cornet FRA
Christina McHale USA
Eugenie Bouchard CAN
Sara Errani ITA
Ashleigh Barty AUS
Auckland Jan 02 - Jan 07 International
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Caroline Wozniacki
Barbora Strycova
Kiki Bertens
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Jelena Ostapenko
Naomi Osaka
Ana Konjuh
Johanna Larsson
Julia Görges
Lauren Davis
Kirsten Flipkens
Danka Kovinic
Kurumi Nara
Naomi Broady
Marina Erakovic
Shenzhen Open Jan 01 - Jan 07 International
Babos, Timea (HUN)
Bacsinszky, Timea (SUI)
Buyukakcay, Cagla (TUR)
Cirstea, Sorana (ROU)
Friedsam, Anna-Lena (GER)
Giorgi, Camila (ITA)
Golubic, Viktorija (SUI)
Halep, Simona (ROM)
Jankovic, Jelena (SRB)
King, Vania (USA)
Konta, Johanna (GBR)
Kucova, Kristina (SVK)
Maia, Beatriz Haddad (BRA) WC
Niculescu, Monica (ROU)
Peng, Shuai (CHN)
Pironkova, Tsvetana (BUL)
Pliskova, Kristyna (CZE)
Radwanska, Agnieszka (POL)
Riske, Alison (USA)
Sevastova, Anastasija (LAT)
Shvedova, Yaroslava (KAZ)
Siniakova, Katerina (CZE)
Voskoboeva, Galina (KAZ)
Wang, Qiang (CHN)
Zheng, Saisai (CHN)