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Sakamoto, 18, closes Challenger season in historic fashion

Japan’s Rei Sakamoto finished the 2024 season in perfect fashion Sunday when he made history in front of his home fans.

The 18-year-old won his maiden ATP Challenger Tour title and became the second-youngest Japanese winner at that level. Only Kei Nishikori, former World No. 4 in the PIF ATP Rankings, won a Challenger title at a younger age in 2008.

Sakamoto was competing as a wild card in just his sixth Challenger outing. The #NextGenATP teen downed German qualifier Christoph Negritu 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the final. Sakamoto, who won this year’s Australian Open boys’ singles title, is the third-youngest Challenger champion this season. Only Joao Fonseca and Joel Schwaerzler were younger when they lifted trophies.

Youngest Japanese Challenger Champions

Sakamoto’s triumph also caps a historic season for Japanese players on the Challenger Tour. Eight Japanese players combined for 10 Challenger titles this year, marking a record for the Asian country. Following Sakamoto’s title, he is up to a career-high No. 412 in the PIF ATP Rankings.

Sakamoto was not the only Challenger titlist to make history this past week. Hady Habib became the first Lebanese champion in Challenger history, with his victory at the
Challenger Dove Men+Care Temuco. Lebanon is the 85th different country or territory with a Challenger title.

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^{Hady Habib is crowned champion at the Temuco Challenger. Credit: Challenger Dove Men+Care Temuco}

Habib, 26, survived Argentine Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-4, 6-7(3), 7-6(2) in a thrilling two-hour, 34-minute final. The former Texas A&M University standout held his nerve despite failing to serve out the championship match at 6-4, 5-4.

“Right now I think I have the biggest dopamine rush that I think I’ve had the entire year. Finishing the year like this is incredible, making history for my country,” Habib said. “I’m at a loss for words.”

Damir Dzumhur won a season-leading sixth Challenger title at the Maia Open, where he raced past Italian Francesco Passaro 6-3, 6-4 in the final. Dzumhur dropped the opening set of his campaign and rarely looked back to collect his 14th Challenger crown.

“It was the best possible finish to the year for me,” Dzumhur said. “I’m so happy. It means a lot to me. Probably one of the results that I can say means the most for me in my career. Winning ATP tournaments is a great feeling, playing Grand Slams with the big players, winning against some great players is a great feeling, but once you are coming back, you appreciate everything more. This is why I appreciate this result even more.”

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^{Damir Dzumhur in action at the Maia Challenger. Credit: FPT/Maia Open}

The 32-year-old Dzumhur will finish the season inside the Top 100 of the PIF ATP Rankings, which he returned to in August for the first time in four years.

German Mats Rosenkranz triumphed at the Manzanillo Open in Mexico to claim his first Challenger title. The 26-year-old was competing in just his third tournament at that level this season. Rosenkranz defeated Gonzalo Oliveira 6-3, 6-4 in the title match and rose 109 spots in the PIF ATP Rankings, climbing to World No. 373.

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Italy to host Davis Cup Final 8 from 2025

After clinching Davis Cup glory in 2023 and 2024, Italy’s connection with the historic teams event has been further strengthened by the news that the European country will host the Final 8 knockout stage from 2025 through 2027.

The Final 8 is the pinnacle of the Davis Cup, which is staged annually and in which 157 countries competed in 2024. Last month, the No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings Jannik Sinner inspired Italy to its third Davis Cup crown (1976, 2023, 2024) with victory in Malaga, Spain.

David Haggerty, ITF President, said: “We are delighted to partner with the FITP for the Davis Cup Final 8. Italy has a rich history in tennis and a proven ability to host world-class sporting events.

“We would like to thank Malaga and Andalusia, as well as Tennium and ITF member nation the Real Federación Española de Tenis (RFET) for being such great partners in helping us to elevate the event to new heights these past three years. We are confident that over the next three years working with the FITP we can take the Davis Cup even higher, providing an unforgettable experience for players and fans alike.”

Italian tennis has enjoyed a surge in recent years. As well as Sinner, who became the first Italian No. 1 in PIF ATP Rankings history in June, five other Italians finished 2024 inside the Top 50 of the PIF ATP Rankings: Lorenzo Musetti, Flavio Cobolli, Matteo Berrettini, Matteo Arnaldi and Luciano Darderi.

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Djokovic, Sinner, Alcaraz to play for charity across 2025 AO ‘Opening Week’

Fans won’t have to wait for the start of competitive Australian Open action to see some of the world’s biggest names on court in Melbourne this January.

The No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings Jannik Sinner, record-10-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic and four-time Grand Slam titlist Carlos Alcaraz are among those who will participate in charity matches as part of ‘Opening Week’ at the 2025 season’s first major.

Home favourites Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin, as well as Hologic WTA Tour star and 2023 Australian Open finalist Qinwen Zheng, will also appear in the exhibition series, to be held from 7-10 January inside Rod Laver Arena. The matches will raise funds to support a range of children’s charities through the Australian Tennis Foundation.

The qualifying rounds for the first major of the 2025 season will also take place across ‘Opening Week’, from 6 to 11 January, before main-draw action kicks off on Sunday, 12 January.

World No. 1 Sinner is the defending men’s singles champion at Melbourne Park, where he lifted his maiden Grand Slam trophy at the 2024 edition of the event.

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#NextGenATP stars Mensik, Shang nominated for Newcomer of the Year

Jakub Mensik and Shang Juncheng both rocketed up the PIF ATP Rankings this season, rising more than 100 places to finish the year in the Top 50. The 19-year-olds are already comfortable on the game’s biggest stages, but they are just getting started.

Both nominees for Newcomer of the Year in the 2024 ATP Awards will close their seasons at the Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF in Jeddah. Before that showcase event, set to be played from 18-22 December, one of these rising stars will have another honour to his name. ATP Awards winners will be announced during Awards Week, starting Monday, 9 December.

Selected by players, the Newcomer of the Year award goes to the #NextGenATP player who entered the Top 100 for the first time in 2024 and made the biggest impact on the ATP Tour this season.

Jakub Mensik
On his way to his first ATP Tour final this February in Doha, Mensik beat Andy Murray, Andrey Rublev and Gael Monfils in consecutive matches. His victory against World No. 5 Rublev  made him the youngest player to earn a Top 5 win since Carlos Alcaraz beat Stefanos Tsitsipas at the 2021 US Open.

“The [Doha] week will be for me unforgettable,” Mensik said. “I think for the future, this tournament showed me that I can play with these players and that I can be soon on top.”

That run earned him his Top 100 breakthrough in the PIF ATP Rankings, and he continued his steady rise in the months that followed. After earning a win representing Czechia at the Olympics, Mensik achieved his best major result of the season by reaching the US Open third round — matching his result from his major debut the previous season in New York.

The month of October saw Mensik hit new heights behind two deep runs in Shanghai and Vienna. At the Rolex Shanghai Masters, he picked up two more Top 10 wins against Rublev and Grigor Dimitrov before taking an opening-set tie-break against Novak Djokovic in the quarters. In Vienna he again reached the quarter-finals, this time winning a first-set tie-break against Alex de Minaur before bowing out.

Those results helped him break into the Top 50 at World No. 48 and also secured his place in Jeddah, accomplishing one of his main goals for the season.

“Before the season, I set the goal to qualify for Jeddah and to play there,” Mensik told ATPTour.com in June. “It would be great to play this kind of event because for us young players it is pretty exciting. It is a good opportunity to see how it works and to taste something from the background of the ATP.”

Shang Juncheng
One of three Chinese players in the Top 100 of the PIF ATP Rankings, Shang made history this year in Chengdu by becoming the first player from the Asian nation to win an ATP Tour title on home soil. He earned a Top 20 win against Lorenzo Musetti in the final, handling the weight of his home fans like a veteran at the hard-court ATP 250.

“It’s really, really special for me, especially to do it at home” Shang said at the time. “Overall I’m just very happy to be here in Chengdu.”

His success there came eight months after a semi-final showing in Hong Kong to open the season and moved him to the brink of the Top 50. Boosted by his maiden title and deep tour-level runs this season in Eastbourne (quarter-finals) and Atlanta (semis), Shang reached a career high of World No. 47 in October — after more home success saw him reach the Rolex Shanghai Masters second round, where he squared off with Alcaraz in an entertaining stadium-court showdown.

All season, Shang has shown a penchant for pulling out wins at the game’s biggest events. He picked up four ATP Masters 1000 victories on the year and posted a 5-3 record at the Grand Slams, reaching the third round at both the Australian Open and the US Open for his joint-best major results.

To close his breakthrough season, the Chinese star has earned a chance to compete at the Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF. Like Mensik, Shang is excited to grace the stage where the likes of Jannik Sinner, Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas have all featured as champions.

“I’ve had an amazing year and the Next Gen ATP Finals is very important for my future,” Shang said in ATPTour.com’s new ‘Journey To Jeddah’ series. “In that event, all the tennis spotlight is on you because you know there are only eight players.”

His qualification for Jeddah made more history for Chinese tennis: Shang is the first player from his nation to qualify for the 20-and-under showpiece.

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Britain's 2025 Davis Cup bid to start in Japan

Great Britain are handed a trip to Japan in the first round of qualifying for the 2025 Davis Cup – with Italy to host the eight-team finals.

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Biggest ATP Tour upsets of 2024: Nardi, Mensik stage shocks

The strength in depth of men’s tennis ensures there are no guarantees on the ATP Tour.

The PIF ATP Rankings offer a tangible way to assess the order of things in the men’s game, yet the 2024 season nonetheless offered plenty of seismic upsets. There were results that rocked top stars, went against the form book and catapulted young players’ names into the global spotlight.

As part of our annual in-review series, ATPTour.com counts down the five most unexpected upsets of the year. On Tuesday we’ll look at the biggest upsets at the Grand Slams.

5) Madrid R2: Monteiro d. Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4
Not even a Top 10 opponent in red-hot form was enough to stop Thiago Monteiro when he was in full flow at the Mutua Madrid Open.

After coming through qualifying at the ATP Masters 1000 event, Monteiro stunned Stefanos Tsitsipas with a clinical, clean-hitting display. Tsitsipas entered the pair’s maiden Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting with a 10-1 record for the year on clay after winning Monte-Carlo and reaching the final in Barcelona, but the Greek was powerless to deny the inspired Monteiro from notching the fourth Top 10 win of his career.

The Brazilian’s triumph against the then-No. 7 in the PIF ATP Rankings was placed in even greater contrast by the fact he had lost in the first round at an ATP Challenger Tour event to then-World No. 255 Jaime Faria just one week prior. Monteiro’s upset was ultimately a demonstration of just how quickly fortunes can change in tennis.

“Every week you have a new opportunity,” said Monteiro, who went on to reach the third round in Madrid before making the fourth round in Rome, also as a qualifier. “These past few weeks I wasn’t feeling really good on the court. I was trying to do well at Challengers, but it didn’t work. I just kept up the hard work, day by day. Even when I was not feeling good and not winning matches, I kept believing in myself, and this week it has paid off.”

4) Rio de Janiero R1: Fonseca d Fils 6-0, 6-4
How to capture the immediate attention of your home fans, Joao Fonseca style.

Competing as a No. 655-ranked wild card at the Rio Open presented by Claro, the 17-year-old charged past seventh seed Arthur Fils in just his second tour-level match. Fonseca, who became the first player born in 2006 to win an ATP Tour match with his commanding victory in his hometown, fell to his knees and put his head in his hands after securing a famous win.

“I am so happy. It couldn’t be better than this to get my first win 10 minutes away from my house and with all my friends, all my family watching,” said the Brazilian, who beat Cristian Garin in his next match before falling to Mariano Navone in the quarter-finals. “It’s very special… I was focused on making every ball. Obviously, I was nervous, I was shaking, but I wanted so much to win, I made it.”

The quality of opponent Fonseca had beaten was only emphasised across the rest of 2024, when Fils lifted ATP 500 crowns in Hamburg and Tokyo and rose to a career-high No. 20 in the PIF ATP Rankings. The pair may even meet again before 2024 is done, with Fonseca (now at a career-high No. 145 himself) joining Fils in the lineup for December’s Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF.

3) Shanghai QF: Machac d. Alcaraz 7-6(5), 7-5
Carlos Alcaraz was on a late-season 12-match tear that had seen him go unbeaten across the Davis Cup Finals Group Stage, the Laver Cup, and the bulk of the 2024 Asian swing. Then the No. 2 in the PIF ATP Rankings ran into Tomas Machac at the Rolex Shanghai Masters.

The 24-year-old Czech had enjoyed an impressive season up to that point. He reached his maiden ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final in March in Miami, upset Novak Djokovic en route to his maiden ATP Tour final in May in Geneva, and had returned to a joint career high of No. 33 in the PIF ATP Rankings ahead of Shanghai. Yet the way he blew away the in-form Alcaraz at the Chinese Masters 1000 was nonetheless something to behold.

Machac powered 20 winners past the Spaniard in the opening set alone, and later kept his cool to seal victory after Alcaraz reclaimed an early break in the second set. The Czech, who became the fourth lowest-ranked semi-finalist in Shanghai tournament history, had given another reminder of his potential to push further towards the top of the game.

“I knew that the level of my tennis would be great because I am playing the best right now, for sure,” said Machac, who finished his season at a career-high World No. 25. “I beat Tommy Paul [in my] last match with an unbelievable performance. With these types of players, I have to play this level otherwise it’s 6-2, 6-3 [and] you go home, there is no other option. I am happy I managed to play like this for two sets.”

2) Doha QF: Mensik d. Rublev 6-4, 7-6(6)
Jakub Mensik’s emergence as one the ATP Tour’s brightest talents has happened gradually across the past 18 months. Yet it was arguably his maiden Top 5 win, clinched in style against Andrey Rublev at February’s Qatar ExxonMobil Open, that cemented his status as a bona fide star in the making.

The 18-year-old Mensik downed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and former World No. 1 Andy Murray in Doha to reach his maiden ATP Tour quarter-final. His next opponent, Rublev, was the owner of an impressive record at the ATP 250: he reached the final there on debut in 2018 before winning the trophy in 2020. Competing as the World No. 5 and top seed, Rublev was undoubtedly the favourite in his maiden Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting with a #NextGenATP star.

As it was, Mensik had no trouble bringing his huge game to one of the biggest matches of his young career. The Czech, who used a Next Gen Accelerator Programme wild card to gain entry into the event, saved all six break points he faced in the match, according to Infosys ATP Stats, and sealed a straight-sets victory that guaranteed his rise into the Top 100 of the PIF ATP Rankings for the first time.

“It’s just been an incredible week from the beginning. I played very well and I knew I could play with the big players,” said Mensik, who reached the final in Doha before falling to Karen Khachanov. “It’s an amazing feeling to reach the semi-finals after beating those good players.”

1) Indian Wells R3: Nardi d. Djokovic 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Luca Nardi may have felt he had already ‘won’ simply by setting a third-round clash with World No. 2 Novak Djokovic at the BNP Paribas Open. After losing in qualifying, the Italian was granted a main-draw spot as a lucky loser, immediately capitalised by defeating Zhang Zhizhen for his first Top 50 win, and then set about preparing to take on his childhood idol Djokovic in the third round.

Things only got better from there for Nardi in Indian Wells. Competing as the World No. 123, he stunned the tennis world by sinking the five-time champion in a see-saw battle in Tennis Paradise. The 20-year-old outhit Djokovic by 16 winners to two in the final set to snap Djokovic’s 11-match winning streak at Masters 1000 events.

Nardi was just the ninth player from outside the Top 100 to defeat a Top 2 opponent since 2015. His shock win helped him surge into the Top 100 for the first time after Indian Wells, while it also made his name instantly familiar with tennis fans the world over.

“I think that before this night no one knew me,” Nardi said after recording just his fifth tour-level match win. “I hope that the crowd enjoyed the game. I’m super happy with this one.”

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Sinner seizes year-end No. 1; Zverev, Alcaraz round out top three & #NextGenATP alumni shine

The ATP today published the 2024 year-end PIF ATP Rankings on ATPTour.com with Jannik Sinner finishing as ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF for the first time.

The Italian began his season by winning his first major title at the Australian Open and never looked back. In June he became the first player from his country to reach World No. 1 in the history of the PIF ATP Rankings (since 1973) and has not relinquished it since.

The likes of Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev pushed the 23-year-old throughout the season, but Sinner remained undeterred. He claimed eight tour-level titles — including his first two majors (Australian Open and US Open) and the Nitto ATP Finals trophy — en route to a dominant year-end finish.

Sinner entered the 2024 season at World No. 4 and with 10 titles to his name. He nearly doubled that total in one season with his Tour-leading eight crowns, earning three ATP Masters 1000 triumphs (Miami, Cincinnati and Shanghai), and emerging victorious at two ATP 500 events (Rotterdam and Halle).

This is Sinner’s 26th week at World No. 1, which places him 17th among the 29 players who have joined the prestigious ATP No. 1 Club. Last season’s ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF, Novak Djokovic, was World No. 1 until Sinner took the mantle in June.

Djokovic extended his record for weeks at the top to 428. This is the Serbian’s 17th appearance in the Top 10 of the year-end PIF ATP Rankings, putting him third behind only Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal (18 each).

No. 3 Alcaraz is the third player to finish in the top three on three occasions before turning 22. The other two are Bjorn Borg (1974-77) and Nadal (2005-07). The Spaniard won Roland Garros and Wimbledon to become the youngest man to claim major glory on all three surfaces (hard, clay and grass).

No. 1 Sinner, No. 2 Zverev and No. 4 Taylor Fritz all finished at a career-high year-end PIF ATP Ranking. Zverev became just the third German to end a season in the top two, joining Boris Becker and Michael Stich.

It was a season of breakthroughs for Fritz, who is the first American to finish in the top four since James Blake ended the 2006 season in the same spot. Fritz reached his maiden major final at the US Open and advanced to the championship match at the Nitto ATP Finals for the first time.

No. 5 Daniil Medvedev has earned a top five finish in five of the past six seasons. He reached the Australian Open final, marking the fourth straight year in which he has advanced to a Grand Slam championship match.

Alex de Minaur is the lone new face in the year-end Top 10 after climbing to a career-high No. 6 in July. He became the first Australian player to crack the Top 10 in the PIF ATP Rankings since Lleyton Hewitt did so in 2000. It is the second straight year in which only one player has broken into the Top 10 for the first time (Frances Tiafoe in 2023).

Two players returned to the year-end Top 10: No. 6 Casper Ruud (third appearance) and No. 10 Grigor Dimitrov (second appearance). The seven years between Dimitrov’s appearances (2017 to 2024) marks the biggest gap between year-end Top 10 finishes in PIF ATP Rankings history.

Seventeen players in the year-end Top 20 have qualified for or competed in the Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF in their careers. Two of the top three, World No. 1 Sinner (2019) and World No. 3 Alcaraz (2021), won the title.

2024 YEAR-END PIF ATP RANKINGS TOP 10
1) Jannik Sinner – Becomes first Italian to earn ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours. Has not relinquished top spot since claiming it on 10 June.
2) Alexander Zverev – Finishes in the year-end Top 2 for the first time, becoming the first German to do so since Michael Stich in 1993.
3) Carlos Alcaraz – Finishes in year-end Top 3 for the third consecutive season.
4) Taylor Fritz – Climbs to career-high No. 4, becoming the fifth American this century to end a season in the top five. He joined Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick and James Blake on the list.
5) Daniil Medvedev – Secures fifth year-end Top 5 placement, with them all coming since 2019.
6) Casper Ruud – Returns to year-end Top 10 after ending 2023 at No. 11.
7) Novak Djokovic – Claims 17th year-end Top 10 finish, secures Olympic gold medal at Paris Olympics. The 37-year-old is the third-oldest player to finish in the Top 10 behind Ken Rosewall (1973-75) and Federer (2019-20).
8) Andrey Rublev – Maintains consistency, ending season in Top 10 for fifth consecutive year.
9) Alex de Minaur – Cracks the year-end Top 10, first Australian to do so since Lleyton Hewitt was No. 4 in 2005.
10) Grigor Dimitrov – Returns to the year-end Top 10 for the first time since 2017, when he was No. 3.

2024 Year-End PIF ATP Rankings Quick Facts

• Jacob Fearnley jumped the most spots into the Top 100 of any player, surging 539 places from No. 638 to No. 99.
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard secured the biggest leap into the Top 50, ascending 175 spots from No. 206 to No. 31.
• 38-year-old Gael Monfils is the oldest player in the year-end Top 100 at No. 55. The Frenchman finished 2023 at No. 74.
• There were two teens who finished inside the year-end Top 100: 19-year-olds Jakub Mensik and Shang Juncheng, both of whom will make their debut at the Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF in Jeddah from 18-22 December. Mensik, the youngest at 19 years and three months, made his first ATP Tour final in Doha and ended the year at No. 48, while Shang (19 years, 10 months) became the second Chinese ATP Tour titlist in history with his triumph in Chengdu and finished No. 50.
• Five players climbed at least 100 places to finish in the year-end Top 100: Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (+175), Jakub Mensik (+118), Shang Juncheng (+135), Buyunchaokete (+103) and Jacob Fearnley (+539).
• 15 players 22-and-under finished in the Top 100. This is the ninth consecutive season in which at least a dozen 22-and-under players have achieved the feat.
• 12 players from France in the year-end Top 100, the most of any country. Two of the players, No. 14 Ugo Humbert and No. 20 Arthur Fils, finished in the Top 20.

The 2025 ATP Tour season begins on 27 December 2024 with the 18-country United Cup, which will take place across Australia in Perth and Sydney.

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Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF: Tournament-Record $2.05 Million Prize Money

The 2024 Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF will award a tournament-record $2.05 million in prize money at the 20-and-under event, which will be played in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 18-22 December.

If the champion at this year’s tournament lifts the trophy with an undefeated record, he will earn $526,480.

Three matches at this year’s Next Gen ATP Finals will be worth more than $100,000. Each semi-final victory will be worth $113,500 and the championship match will yield the winner $153,000. The participation fee for each player at the event is $150,000.

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Korda lights up Tampa Bay hockey game with sister Nelly

Sebastian Korda is making the most of his time off the court by diving back into his favourite hobbies. 

The 24-year-old, alongside sister and LPGA No. 1 Nelly Korda, attended the Tampa Bay Lightning game on Saturday evening. Avid hockey fan Korda, who grew up playing the sport and often spends time with NHL players, was invited to crank the team’s Tesla Coils before the match.

Korda underwent elbow surgery in October and has not played since his second-round defeat to Tomas Machac at the US Open. The American has, however, been enjoying his recovery time away from the court.

In November, Florida native Korda paid a surprise visit to The Annika LPGA event to watch his sister Nelly claim the title, marking the first time he has been able to watch her win a tournament in person.

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After collecting his maiden ATP 500 title at the Mubadala Citi DC Open in August, Korda rose to a career high of No. 15 in the PIF ATP Rankings. Yet his 2024 season was cut short through injury following his US Open campaign.

With a 31-19 record in 2024, according to Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index, Korda will be eager to build some momentum upon return to action in 2025.

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'An example for us all' – Del Potro's emotional goodbye to tennis

Former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro pays an emotional goodbye to tennis after a farewell exhibition against Novak Djokovic.

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