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The last four winners of the ATP World Tour Finals have been Grigor Dimitrov, Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev, with the latter two having beaten Dominic Thiem in the last two finals. At the Masters 1000 level, Zverev and Medvedev have already captured 3 titles each, Thiem and Khachanov have each won one. […] READ MORE
French tennis, in particular men’s French tennis, has been a story of what ifs since the turn of the century. Players like Gael Monfils, Richard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga have shown great promise without ever pushing on and winning big tournaments on a consistent basis. The old guard are nearing the end of their careers now […] READ MORE
Ahead of the ATP Cup next week, Martin Keady, our resident tennis historian, takes a look at the history of international team tennis tournaments, from the Grandaddy of them all – The Davis Cup – to the newest arrivals, like the ATP Cup itself. Tennis may be the greatest individual sport, but it also has […] READ MORE
A shortened 2020 season meant that only nine clay court tournaments were played last year. Casper Ruud played in seven of those nine. He made two semifinals and two finals, winning his first tour-level title at the Argentina Open. Those strong clay results allowed him to climb from #53 in the world at the start […] READ MORE
Denis Shapovalov has been in the discussion over the next great talent on the men’s tour for some time now. He became the youngest player ever to make a semifinal of an ATP Masters 1000 event in 2017. Since then he has been steadily climbing the ranks on the men’s tour. However, the rapid rise […] READ MORE
Italian men’s tennis has gone through something of a revival over the last two years. Matteo Berretteni, Lorenzo Sonego and Leonardo Mussetti are a few of the young players who have made noise on the ATP Tour over the last year or two. All are talented young players with much to be excited about. However, […] READ MORE
In August of 2020, Aslan Karatsev broke into the top 200 at World No. 194. It had been awhile. The last time Karatsev had been a top 200 player was in March of 2016. So, what happened? And what’s changed now? After the coronavirus hiatus in 2020, and following many exhibition matches during that hiatus, […] READ MORE
It finally happened. For the first time since 2016, someone not named Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer won a Grand Slam title. Granted, Djokovic had to get himself disqualified for it to happen, but it happened nonetheless. That, followed by Daniil Medvedev’s scintillating unbeaten run to victory in the ATP Finals in London […] READ MORE
It has been 11 months since Nick Kyrgios played on the ATP Tour, having last competed in Acapulco in February 2020. He withdrew from all events for the remainder of 2020, following the Tour’s suspension due to the coronavirus. In this time he has slipped to number 46 in the world rankings. With two fellow […] READ MORE
Our year end review for the 2020 season on the ATP Tour concludes with a look at the players who finished the year ranked 6-10. Matteo Berrettini Italy’s top player Berrettini struggled in 2020 with injuries, and benefited from the ATP’s coronavirus rankings freeze to stay in the top 10 at year’s end. His brief […] READ MORE