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 degree.
ATPTour.com appears at a number of the key moments on the ATP Challenger Tour from Q2:
#NextGenATP Champions:
The Austrian Schwaerzler entered the document books on the Skopje Challenger, the place he grew to become 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 achieved the feat. “I used to be type of stunned. I knew I might win matches there, however to really win the match is one thing totally different,” stated the 18-year-old Schwaerzler, the youngest Challenger champion this season.
Debru, 18, grew to become the youngest French Challenger champion since 2017 by profitable 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 awesome reward. The 18-year-old, who wanted a deciding set in all 5 of his matches, grew to become the youngest American Challenger champion since 2016, when an 18-year-old Frances Tiafoe gained in Granby, Canada.
Arthur Fils triumphed on dwelling soil in Bordeaux, France, one in all 5 ATP Challenger 175 occasions, the very best class at that degree. “It was an ideal week for me,” stated Fils, first within the PIF ATP Stay 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 yr.
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 Stay Rankings To Jeddah.
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Stepping Up:
Three gamers have gained 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 per 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 gained in Auckland this season.
Mpetshi Perricard rapidly 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 dwelling match, the ATP 250 occasion in Lyon. Mpetshi Perricard saved a championship level in opposition to Tomas Martin Etcheverry to carry 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 gained the Cordoba ATP 250 in February, was dominant in profitable 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 changing into the primary Italian to win in Perugia throughout 9 editions of the match.
Comesana, Walton Crack High 100:
Argentine Francisco Comesana and Australian Adam Walton made their High 100 breakthrough after coming into the winners’ circle. Comesana, who surprised Andrey Rublev within the first spherical of Wimbledon, gained the Oeiras Challenger in April to safe a double-digit rating subsequent to his identify. Walton grew to become part of that elite group after profitable the Taipei Challenger.
Shang Juncheng, Zizou Bergs and Mpetshi Perricard additionally made their High 100 debuts this quarter.
Title Leaders:
Resurgent gamers akin to Lloyd Harris and Damir Dzumhur are amongst 5 males to win three ATP Challenger Tour titles this season. Harris, 27, returned to the High 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 High 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 share: Valentin Vacherot (87.5).
- France leads all international locations with 16 titles.
- Francesco Passaro grew to become the primary participant since Robin Soderling in 2009 (Dawn) to defeat 5 High 100 gamers en path to a Challenger trophy (Turin).
- The Cagliari remaining (Mariano Navone d. Lorenzo Musetti) marked the primary ATP Challenger Tour title match between two High 50 gamers since 2009, when No. 26 Robin Soderling defeated No. 22 Tomas Berdych in Dawn.
- Cagliari champion Navone grew to become the primary participant within the Open Period to be seeded in his first main primary draw (Roland Garros).
- With Tabilo’s upset in opposition to Djokovic in Rome, the 27-year-old grew to become 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 attain the feat this yr.
- 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 grew to become the fourth Turkish Challenger champion along with his triumph in Porto Alegre, becoming a member of Altug Celikbilek, Cem Ilkel and Marsel Ilhan.
- Nick Hardt grew to become the second Challenger champion from Dominican Republic (Victor Estrella Burgos) by profitable in Madrid.
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