For a young tennis player, earning enough ranking points to compete regularly on the professional circuit presents a familiar problem: gaining entry to stronger tournaments often requires the very ranking points those tournaments offer. A talented teenager might be capable of competing at ATP Challenger level but find themselves outsideContinue Reading
26 October – 1 November 2026 French teenager Moïse Kouamé made history with his first ATP Challenger Tour title in Brest, while Dylan Dietrich continued his remarkable run with a second consecutive championship in Sioux Falls. There were five singles champions across the Challenger Tour during the week, with TérenceContinue Reading
French teenager Moïse Kouamé has claimed his first ATP Challenger Tour title at just 17, defeating American Martin Damm 6–4, 6–7(5), 7–6(4) in a dramatic Brest Open final on Sunday. Kouamé, playing in his first Challenger final, came through a tense deciding-set tiebreak to secure the biggest title of hisContinue Reading
This article contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. At one end of professional tennis, a player can lose a single match and walk away with $140,000. At the other, a player can win several matches, spend a week travelling and competing, and return homeContinue Reading
Alexander Ritschard was 22 when doctors told him they had come within minutes of amputating his right arm. He was studying at the University of Virginia in 2015 when he experienced a sharp pain in his shoulder during a gym session. What initially appeared to be a minor injury turnedContinue Reading
The ATP Challenger Tour produced five singles champions during the week of 19–25 October 2026, with Jenson Brooksby winning on home soil in Fort Worth, Tristan Schoolkate capturing the Guangzhou International Challenger in China, and Alexander Ritschard claiming the week’s highest-category title in Lisbon. There was also success for Brazil’sContinue Reading
This article contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Nine singles titles in one season should be enough to convince anyone that Matthew Dellavedova knows how to win a tennis tournament. The Australian has spent much of 2026 doing precisely that, collecting trophies across theContinue Reading
Bellucci, Džumhur and Passaro headline six ATP Challenger singles champions across China, Europe and South America. Six ATP Challenger Tour singles titles were decided during the week of 12 October 2026, with tournaments staged in China, Italy, Portugal, France and Bolivia. Italy enjoyed a particularly successful week, producing three championsContinue Reading
Every season, a few hundred men chase the same goal: a ranking good enough to play ATP Tour main draws every week. Almost all of them get there through the ATP Challenger Tour, the sport’s second professional tier, where rankings are built and future stars first meet tour-level opponents. SoContinue Reading
Five events on the Challenger Tour last week, and four very closely contested finals, highlighting the fine margins in this wonderful sport. Laslo Djere, the former top 30 Serbian player, won his second Challenger title this year, as he tries to regain some form that saw him slip out ofContinue Reading
