Grass season is here, but you wouldn’t know it, with only one of the five Challenger events taking place on the natural surface. Bu Yunchaokete seems to love the surface though, winning his second grass court Challenger in a row, taking out the Ilkley 125 event, as he pushes upContinue Reading
We’ve had our first grass court Challenger of the year, with China’s Bu Yunchaokete taking out his first title on the surface, and fourth Challenger overall. Philip Henning was the only player last week to win his maiden title, in a hard-fought 3-setter at the Centurion II 50 event. HeContinue Reading
Plenty of players going straight form the Roland Garros qualifying event, into a Challenger event. Stefanos Sakellaridis wins his second Challnger title of the year, and moves to career high of 197 after a hard-fought final. Also winning their second title of the year, were Colton Smith and Lukas Neumayer,Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
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
