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 the ITF World Tennis Tour with a consistency few players can match. His latest successContinue 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
One of the ATP Challenger Tour’s longest-running and most distinctive tournaments has come to an abrupt end. The BRAWO Open in Braunschweig will not return in 2027 after organisers confirmed that they could no longer secure the financial support required to stage the event. First held in 1994, the clay-courtContinue Reading
Six players. Three nights. One champion. And no ATP ranking points. The Six Kings Slam is one of the most unusual additions to the modern tennis calendar: a lucrative invitational exhibition that brings six leading men’s players to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for a short knockout tournament. First staged in 2024,Continue Reading
A player smashes a racquet. The chair umpire announces a code violation and gives a warning. Twenty minutes later, the same player shouts an obscenity and suddenly loses a point. Another violation could cost an entire game. Eventually, it could cost the match. Professional tennis has a formal system forContinue Reading
Five Challenger events last week, and five straight sets finals, which is somewhat unfortunate. However, Titouan Droguet won’t mind, as he takes out his second title of the month, this time at the Saint-Tropez 125 event. He now finds himself at #84 in the rankings, which is a career high.Continue Reading
Men’s and women’s professional tennis spend most of the year on separate tours. The United Cup brings them together. Staged in Australia at the beginning of the season, the tournament features national teams containing both ATP and WTA players. Men and women compete in singles for the same team beforeContinue Reading
Before the packed stadiums, Grand Slam main draws and million-dollar prize cheques, professional tennis often looks very different. A few spectators might stand beside an outside court. There may be no television cameras. Players can be responsible for their own travel, accommodation and coaching expenses while competing for relatively modestContinue Reading
Behind almost every player competing at Wimbledon, the US Open or an ATP Masters 1000 lies another side of professional tennis. Smaller venues. Smaller crowds. Less prize money. But enormous consequences for the players involved. Welcome to the ATP Challenger Tour. The Challenger Tour sits immediately below the main ATPContinue Reading
