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Two of the most rapidly improving players on the ATP Challenger Tour managed to grab their top 100 spots before the end of the season (and with them, a secure main draw spot at the Australian Open). Stefan Kozlov achieved it in a different way, clinching the USTA Australian Open wildcard challenge. Read back on […] READ MORE
It was another busy week on the ATP Challenger Tour as five players were crowned champions on three different continents. That included two maiden winners – for one of them it was his third Challenger final, the other one had to withstand seven previous losses across seven years. Read back on this week’s action: Bucharest […] READ MORE
The US Open Men’s Qualifying Tournament, one of the wildest events of the season, is finally here after it was canceled in 2020 due to pandemic concerns. 128 players will battle for 16 main draw spots during four thrilling days of action. It actually seems that this year might be even more unpredictable than the […] READ MORE
Benjamin Bonzi managed to join the world’s best hundred tennis players by taking his third Challenger title of the season in Segovia this week. In other news, Tomas Martin Etcheverry continued his dominance of Italian Challengers, while Bernabe Zapata Miralles lived up to his status as the top seed in Poznan. Read back on this […] READ MORE
Poznan, Poland– Karol Drzewiecki and Aleksandar Vukic defeated Hunter Johnson and Ruben Gonzales 6-4 6-4 to advance to the final of the Poznan Open in their very first event together. This is just a second professional final in doubles for the Australian, while Drzewiecki is fully focusing on this category of men’s events. The Pole […] READ MORE
For the second time in ATP Challenger Tour history, there was a final contested between two players coming from Turkey. In Tampere, Jiri Lehecka joined Carlos Alcaraz, Holger Rune, Dominic Stricker, Juan Manuel Cerundolo, Brandon Nakashima, and Carlos Gimeno Valero as the 7th teenage titlist of the season. Read back on this week’s action: Tampere […] READ MORE
The year-end ATP Rankings for the 2020 season feature a total of 18 teenagers in the world’s first 500 ranked players. 14 of them are already 19 years of age, while just two have not yet attained adulthood yet. Some had amazing success on the Juniors tour, while some only broke through on the professional […] READ MORE