The national tennis player is among the candidates to win the award for what he did in 2024, where he won two titles and entered the top 20 for the first time.
The unforgettable season of Alexandre Tabilo continues to give profits to the national tennis player who throughout 2024 won the first two titles of his career, beat a current number one for the first time (Novak Djokovic in Rome) and reached the top 20 (he reached 19th place). Additionally, he participated in his first Olympic Games and was invited to the Laver Cup, more than enough achievements to be nominated for the ATP Awards.
The important prize organized by the ATP has designated the Chilean as a candidate to obtain the prize for the most improved player of the year. The ATP 250 champion from Auckland and Mallorca and semi-finalist at the Masters 1000 from Rome will face the British. Jack Draper (15th) champion in Stuttgart and Vienna, and semi-finalist at the US Open; Czech Tomas Machac (25°), semi-finalist in Tokyo and Shanghai, and the French Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard (31st) who won the crowns of Lyon and Basel.
On the other hand, the organization will also recognize players who have returned to the forefront after a long time. This is how the Italian candidates present themselves Matteo Berrettini (35th), champion in Marrakech, Gstaad and Kitzbuhel, in croatian Marin Cilic (181°) who won in Hangzhou, being the lowest placed champion in the ranking, and the Japanese Kei Nishikori (107th). Everyone competes for the “comeback of the year” award.
Promises and fair play
Another of the awarded categories is Appearance of the Year, which rewards young players who have broken into the top 100 this season, like the Czech Jakub Mensik (48th), finalist in Doha, semi-finalist in Umag and the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (10th), and the Chinese Juncheng Shang (50th), former student of Marcelo Ríos champion at the ATP in Chengdu and semi-finalist in Hong Kong and Atlanta.
Likewise, an award will also be given to those who have upheld the values of camaraderie and fair play during the season, the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award. The candidates are the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (3rd), who will seek the second consecutive recognition, the Norwegian Casper Ruud (6th), awarded in 2022, the aforementioned Dimitrov and the Austrian Dominic Thiem (519th).
On the other hand, the fight for the title of “coach of the year” is also very close, where they are candidates. the Belgian Xavier Malisse, coach of Alexei Popyrin (24th), the Frenchman Emmanuel Planque, coach of Mpetshi-Perricard, the Americans Michael Russell, of Taylor Fritz (4th), and Brad Stine, of Tommy Paul (12th), and the British James Trotman, by Jack Draper.
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Source: Latercera
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