This time of year is when more and more ITF events are run, and last week was no exception. We have all the results of the Women’s and Men’s Tour at a glance below: Katie Swan won her 18th ITF title, while Filip Cristian Jianu won his 17th event. ITFContinue Reading
A full schedule of seven Challenger events last week, including 2 big 175 events. Juan Manuel Curundolo notched up his 12th Challenger title, and 11th on clay, in a tightly fought final. That win pushes him to a career high ranking of 54, and is a great lead in toContinue Reading
Kwon Soon-Woo continues his march back up the rankings, winning his third Challenger event of the year. If he continues this kind of form, you’d expect the top 100 by the end of year is a realistic goal. However, he’s not the only player last week to do a seasonContinue Reading
There were plenty of winners across the ITF Tours last week. Quite a few players won their first title, while others, such as Katie Swan, won their 17th. But there is perhaps no better story than the Brazilian, Joaquim Almeida, who took out his first ITF event of his career.Continue Reading
Tennis clearly stands out among major sports for its susceptibility to match-fixing and corruption. As an individual sport dominated by singles matches, it only requires corrupting one or two players to manipulate outcomes with near certainty—unlike team sports, where bribing multiple athletes raises costs, risks detection, and lowers success rates.Continue Reading
ITF Women’s Tour: Wiesbaden 100, Clay: Noma Noha Akugue (GER) def. Mia Pohankova (SVK), 6-2, 7-6(3) Springs 100, FL, Clay: Angela Fita Boluda (ESP) def. Akasha Urhobo (USA), 6-3, 6-1 Gifu 100, Hard: Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) def. Emerson Jones (AUS), 7-6(2), 6-3 Lopota 75, Hard: Alexandra Shubladze (RUS) def. VivianContinue Reading
Seven Challenger events last week, and some big names on the winners list, as well as plenty of first-time winners. Alejandro Tabilo won his 7th Challenger title with a hard-fought win over Zizou Bergs. The former top 20 player finds himself back up to 35 in the world, after startingContinue Reading
No big Challenger events last week, but some important results anyway. Kwon Soon-Woo takes out his second Challenger title of the year, and continues his climb back up the rankings after his military hiatus last season. Andrea Guerrieri broke through for his first ever Challenger Tour win, and he didContinue Reading
A huge amount of ITF events going on last week, with Renata Zarazua and Taylah Preston taking out the big W100 events. Zarazua now has 12 professional titles, and Preston has 8, as she gets back towards her career high of 134. Welles Newman, Ksenia Smirnova, and Rinko Matsuda allContinue Reading
The ATP Challenger Tour was again spread around the globe for another week. Great to see Leandro Riedi win his first title in nearly two years. He’s a player who has had top 100 potential, but hasn’t quite got there yet. ROman Safiullin continued his remarkable run of seven ChallengerContinue Reading
