Pune: The Indian tennis players are a jittery lot these days as the number of tournaments—both Challengers and Futures has fallen to alarming levels, making their life tougher on an already demanding circuit.

In the 2015 season, India had hosted 19 men's ITF Futures and 16 women's ITF events but this year the men have got only six tournaments so far while the ongoing USD 10,000 event in Pune is only the third tournament of the season for women.