ATP Challenger Tour
All four ATP Challenger Tour events of the past week were held in Europe this time around. Ricardas Berankis and Alessandro Giannessi got back into the winners’ circle after a period of struggle, while Jurij Rodionov and Hugo Grenier just keep piling up Challenger titles in the last couple of years. Three of the four […]
Australia was the most prolific nation on the ATP Challenger Tour this week, producing two out of three champions. Thanasi Kokkinakis clinched his title in a rather straightforward manner, while Max Purcell had to battle for it, saving two match points in the final. Meanwhile, Giulio Zeppieri defeated Titouan Droguet in Cherbourg in a final […]
Lefties reigned supreme on the Challenger Tour last week with both champions being southpaws. Matteo Gigante broke the top 200 with his maiden title in Tenerife, while Liam Broady got back on track with a long-awaited 2nd trophy he captured in Vilnius. Here’s a look back at last week’s action: ATP Challenger Tour Weekly Recap […]
Yibing Wu became the first player to break the top 100 in 2023. The Chinese player made it by reaching the final in Cleveland, but he did not go on to win the event, losing to Aleksandar Kovacevic. Roman Safiullin, Matteo Arnaldi, and Rinky Hijikata were the other winners in the very exciting week of […]
All three winners of ATP Challenger Tour events this week were ranked inside the top 100. David Goffin and Federico Coria were the top seeds in their respective events, while Gregoire Barrere was the highest-ranked player in the field after Quentin Halys’s withdrawal. Read back on this week’s action: Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve David Goffin had to pull […]
Three ATP Challenger Tour events were held during the opening week of the 2023 Australian Open. Andrea Collarini and Alexander Shevchenko managed to grab their second titles at this level. Meanwhile, the French youngster Arthur Cazaux was still going strong in Nonthaburi but was eventually stopped by Sho Shimabukuro. Read back on this week’s action: […]
It was a very young and exciting set of winners on the ATP Challenger Tour last week. The oldest of them, Juan Manuel Cerundolo, is barely 21 years old! It was also a good week to be a Frenchman named Arthur as both Cazaux and Fils grabbed titles. For the latter, it was his maiden […]
Bratislava– The ATP announced changes to the Challenger Tour last September with a largely positive reception, though with some skeptics, such as former No. 125 Noah Rubin, questioning how they will be executed. Someone else dubious about the implementation of the changes is German Davis Cup player Yannick Hanfmann. “I’ll believe it when I see […]
The ATP Challenger Tour returned with five events held during the opening week of the season and there was plenty of entertaining action across the five tournaments in Canberra, Noumea, Nonthaburi, Oeiras and Tigre. Here’s a look back at what you might have missed: Challenger Tour Weekly Recap Canberra Marton Fucsovics was the top seed […]
A record 184 ATP Challenger Tour events were held in 2022. The circuit keeps growing with plenty of positive changes incoming next year. Before we had to the short Challenger off-season, here’s a bunch of stats and facts about what happened in 2022. Feel free to check out the previous editions of this piece about […]
The last two Challenger events of 2022 were a new tournament in Maspalomas and Maia, which has been ending the season since its introduction in 2019. Dusan Lajovic claimed his 7th title at this level in the former, while the up-and-coming 18-year-old Luca van Assche joined the winners’ circle. Read back on this week’s action: […]
Both Leandro Riedi and Yosuke Watanuki managed to claim back-to-back titles in what is the penultimate week of Challenger Tour action in 2022. Meanwhile, Oleksii Krutykh claimed the win in Valencia, while Guido Andreozzi was a shocking champion at Temuco. The Argentinian became the lowest-ranked player to win a Challenger since Guillermo Canas, who was […]
Time to recap another thrilling week of ATP Challenger Tour action. Leandro Riedi grabbed his maiden title in Helsinki, while Yosuke Watanuki proved how much he enjoys the courts in Kobe. Vasek Pospisil and Juan Pablo Varillas were the big names claiming trophies, while the story of the week was definitely Ben Shelton. The 20-year-old […]
It was an extremely loaded week of action on the ATP Challenger Tour. For the second time this season, we got to see a total of six events. Hugo Gaston, Seong-Chan Hong, and Genaro Alberto Olivieri claimed their maiden titles, while Ben Shelton defeated Christopher Eubanks in a repeat of their final from last week. […]
Ben Shelton and Otto Virtanen were among the winners of the five ATP Challenger Tour events this past week, claiming titles and fulfilling the high expectations around them. Yu-Hsiou Hsu was a much more surprising maiden champion in Sydney. Meanwhile, Daniel Altmaier went back-to-back in South America, while Christopher O’Connell ended up winning in Yokohama. […]
Two players claimed their maiden Challenger titles this week – Borna Gojo and Rinky Hijikata. Meanwhile, Gregoire Barrere proved his amazing form by winning in Brest. Daniel Altmaier was a surprise champion given his recent form, while Tennys Sandgren came out of nowhere after struggling the whole season. Read back on this week’s action: Brest […]
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The first weekend of the ATP Miami Open is upon us as the best players in the world have gathered in South Florida looking to win one of the most prestigious events on the Tour calendar. Day five features high-level third-round ATP matches, including World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz vs Dusan Lajovic. As always, we […]
The first weekend of the ATP Miami Open is upon us as the best players in the world have gathered in South Florida looking to win one of the most prestigious events on the Tour calendar. Day five features high-level third-round ATP matches, including top-ranked American Taylor Fritz vs Denis Shapovalov. As always, we at […]
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