Discussions are well advanced for an ATP Cup-style tournament for women to begin next year after female tennis players competing in the Brisbane International tournament were forced to take a back seat this week to the men's ATP Cup occuring at the same venue.

Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley confirmed plans were well underway for a women's version of the ATP Cup to be called the WTA Cup and he will meet Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Thursday in Brisbane to discuss a potential second arena to enable the tournaments to run concurrently in the future.

US Open winner Sloane Stephens said on Tuesday it was disrespectful to schedule matches of women players competing in the Brisbane International on outside courts because the ATP tournament needed the main courts.

However Tiley described this year as a transitional year that would lay the foundation for a high-profile tournament opening Australia's tennis season to involve both men and women in the future.