Sinner the big winner of 2023 ATP awards, Alcaraz also honored

Winners of the 2023 ATP Awards had been introduced earlier this month. As anticipated, Jannik Sinner was the large story.

Sinner was named the tour’s Most Improved Participant after climbing from fifteenth within the rankings to fourth. The 22-year-old’s season was highlighted by his first Masters 1000 title in Toronto plus three different titles and runner-up showings in Rotterdam, Miami, and on the Nitto ATP Finals. Ben Shelton, Chris Eubanks, and Matteo Arnaldi had been additionally nominated for this award.

Sinner was additionally named the Followers’ Favourite for singles, whereas the Russian duo of Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov was the Followers’ Favourite doubles pairing. In the meantime, Coach of the Yr honors went to Darren Cahill and Simone Vagnozzi–the coaches of…you guessed it…Jannik Sinner.

The class that had the least suspense was Newcomer of the Yr. Arthur Fils was by far the highest-ranked participant of the nominated group at No. 36, so to the shock of nobody he was the recipient of the award. The 19-year-old Frenchman captured his first ATP title in Lyon and completed runner-up on the current NextGen ATP Finals. Luca Van Asshe, Flavio Cobolli, Alex Michelsen, and Dominic Stricker had been additionally within the operating.

Jan-Lennard Struff was named Comeback Participant of the Yr. After lacking three months final season and falling to No. 167 on the earth, Struff surged again as much as twenty fifth. Which means he will probably be seeded for the 2024 Australian Open. Alexander Zverev, Gael Monfils, and Dominic Koepfer had been additionally thought of.

The Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award went to Carlos Alcaraz, whereas Felix Auger-Aliassime earned Humanitarian of the Yr honors. As for Tournaments of the Yr, Indian Wells was the winner amongst Masters 1000s, Queen’s Membership received for ATP 500s, and Bastad introduced dwelling ATP 250 honors.

The year-end No. 1 awards, in fact, had already been decided. Novak clinched it for singles through the Nitto ATP Finals, whereas Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek did the identical for doubles. 

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