Joel Schwaerzler and Gabriel Debru headlined a handful of younger stars to take pleasure in a standout second quarter on the ATP Challenger Tour. The #NextGenATP teenagers lifted their maiden ATP Challenger Tour titles and have become the youngest champions of 2024 at that stage.
ATPTour.com appears at a number of the key moments on the ATP Challenger Tour from Q2:
#NextGenATP Champions:
The Austrian Schwaerzler entered the report books on the Skopje Challenger, the place he turned simply the fourth participant to win an ATP Challenger Tour title whereas holding the Junior No. 1 rating. Nick Kyrgios, Taylor Fritz and Wu Yibing beforehand completed the feat. “I used to be form of stunned. I knew I may win matches there, however to really win the match is one thing completely different,” stated the 18-year-old Schwaerzler, the youngest Challenger champion this season.
Debru, 18, turned the youngest French Challenger champion since 2017 by successful in Troyes. The one Frenchmen to win a Challenger title at a youthful age than Debru are Richard Gasquet, Fabrice Santoro, Gael Monfils and Corentin Moutet.
Youngest ATP Challenger Tour champions in 2024
| Participant | Age | Title |
| Joel Schwaerzler | 18 years, three months | Skopje |
| Gabriel Debru | 18 years, six months | Troyes |
| Learner Tien | 18 years, seven months | Bloomfield Hills |
Learner Tien’s marathon effort on the Bloomfield Hills Challenger got here with an excellent reward. The 18-year-old, who wanted a deciding set in all 5 of his matches, turned the youngest American Challenger champion since 2016, when an 18-year-old Frances Tiafoe received in Granby, Canada.
Arthur Fils triumphed on residence soil in Bordeaux, France, one in every of 5 ATP Challenger 175 occasions, the very best class at that stage. “It was an ideal week for me,” stated Fils, first within the PIF ATP Dwell Race To Jeddah. The 20-year-old is aiming for a return journey to the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals introduced by PIF, the place he was a finalist final 12 months.
Peruvian Gonzalo Bueno scored his second ATP Challenger Tour title of the season in Concepcion. The 20-year-old is eighth within the PIF ATP Dwell Rankings To Jeddah.
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Stepping Up:
Three gamers have received titles on each the ATP Challenger Tour and ATP Tour this season: Alejandro Tabilo, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Luciano Darderi. The Chilean Tabilo was topped champion on the 175 match in Aix-en-Provence, France every week earlier than his Rome upset of then World No. 1 Novak Djokovic. Tabilo constructed upon his momentum and claimed his second tour-level crown in Mallorca, having additionally received in Auckland this season.
Mpetshi Perricard shortly garnered the eye of the tennis world within the second quarter of 2024. The 6’8” Frenchman loved back-to-back titles in Mexico and a month later, he capped a dream run at his residence match, the ATP 250 occasion in Lyon. Mpetshi Perricard saved a championship level in opposition to Tomas Martin Etcheverry to raise his maiden tour-level title.
‘Gio’ reached the fourth spherical of Wimbledon as a fortunate loser, together with a first-round five-set victory, throughout which Mpetshi Perricard hammered 51 aces, in opposition to twentieth seed Sebastian Korda.
Darderi, who received the Cordoba ATP 250 in February, was dominant in successful the Perugia Challenger final month. The 22-year-old didn’t drop a set all week and ascended to a career-high No. 34 after turning into the primary Italian to win in Perugia throughout 9 editions of the match.
Comesana, Walton Crack Prime 100:
Argentine Francisco Comesana and Australian Adam Walton made their Prime 100 breakthrough after getting into the winners’ circle. Comesana, who shocked Andrey Rublev within the first spherical of Wimbledon, received the Oeiras Challenger in April to safe a double-digit rating subsequent to his identify. Walton turned part of that elite group after successful the Taipei Challenger.
Shang Juncheng, Zizou Bergs and Mpetshi Perricard additionally made their Prime 100 debuts this quarter.
Title Leaders:
Resurgent gamers resembling Lloyd Harris and Damir Dzumhur are amongst 5 males to win three ATP Challenger Tour titles this season. Harris, 27, returned to the Prime 100 of the PIF ATP Rankings for the primary time in 21 months following his maiden grass-court title on the Surbiton Challenger. In April, the South African collected back-to-back titles in Asia. Dzumhur continued his pursuit of a Prime 100 return with title runs in Barletta, Ostrava and Zagreb.
Valentin Vacherot, Jozef Kovalik and Mpetshi Perricard have additionally earned a trio of ATP Challenger Tour titles in 2024.
Quick Details:
- Match wins chief: Adam Walton (30).
- Highest win proportion: Valentin Vacherot (87.5).
- France leads all international locations with 16 titles.
- Francesco Passaro turned the primary participant since Robin Soderling in 2009 (Dawn) to defeat 5 Prime 100 gamers en path to a Challenger trophy (Turin).
- The Cagliari last (Mariano Navone d. Lorenzo Musetti) marked the primary ATP Challenger Tour title match between two Prime 50 gamers since 2009, when No. 26 Robin Soderling defeated No. 22 Tomas Berdych in Dawn.
- Cagliari champion Navone turned the primary participant within the Open Period to be seeded in his first main principal draw (Roland Garros).
- With Tabilo’s upset in opposition to Djokovic in Rome, the 27-year-old turned the sixth participant since 2010 to win an ATP Challenger Tour title and down a World No. 1 in the identical season. Tabilo joined Luca Nardi as gamers to realize the feat this 12 months.
- Mpetshi Perricard joined Richard Gasquet, Ugo Humbert and Corentin Moutet as the one French gamers to win 4 Challenger titles earlier than their twenty first birthday.
- Ergi Kirkin turned the fourth Turkish Challenger champion together with his triumph in Porto Alegre, becoming a member of Altug Celikbilek, Cem Ilkel and Marsel Ilhan.
- Nick Hardt turned the second Challenger champion from Dominican Republic (Victor Estrella Burgos) by successful in Madrid.
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