Just the 3 ATP Challenger events last week, with the Roland Garros qualifying tournament taking centre stage. What that did, was give three players the chance to win their first ever title on the ATP Challenger Tour. David Jorda Sanchis won in Istanbul, which will propel him to a careerContinue Reading
All eyes on Roland Garros at the moment, but that doesn’t stop the ITF Tour from rolling on, with plenty of events scattered around the world. Yuki Naito took out the biggest event of the week. The 25-year-old is a long way from her career high of 169, but herContinue Reading
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
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
