Hubert Hurkacz – Jürgen Fritz Blog

Carreño Busta moves into the Top 16

(Jürgen Fritz, 15.08.2022) At the Canada Masters in Montreal, 31-year-old Spaniard Pablo Carreño Busta wins a C tournament for the first time in his career with victories over Berrettini, Sinner and in the final over Hurkacz. In The True Tennis World Ranking, the bronze medallist from Tokyo thus rises from 26 to 16.

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Djokovic defends third place, Kyrgios now in top twenty, Norrie and Sinner in top ten

(Jürgen Fritz, 11.07.2022) With another Wimbledon win, Novak Djokovic can defend third place in the JFB 52 Week Tennis World Ranking. Nadal moves ever closer to the top three, Alcaraz overtakes Ruud and Tsitsipas. Sinner and Norrie can both move them up four places and are now in the top ten. Kyrgios rises from 57 to 19.

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The four top favourites for Wimbledon

(Jürgen Fritz, 26.06.2022) Who can win the men’s singles competition this year on the grass of Wimbledon, the most traditional and prestigious of all tennis tournaments? In my opinion, only four players can do it.

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London winner Berrettini holds on to 10 in JFB ranking, Halle winner Hurkacz climbs to 11

(Jürgen Fritz, 20.06.2022) Daniil Medvedev remains world No 1 and slightly extends his lead by reaching the final in Halle. New Halle champion Hubert Hurkacz climbs from 12 to 11 in the JFB ranking and Matteo Berrettini, who can defend his title in London, consolidates his position in the top ten.

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Zverev und Medvedev scheitern in Miami im Viertelfinale – Djokovic bleibt die Nr. 1

(Jürgen Fritz, 01.04.2022) Es bleibt dabei: Alexander Zverev und Daniil Medvedev können 2022 nicht an ihre Erfolge ihrer 2021er Saison anknüpfen. Beide scheiden in Miami bereits im Viertelfinale aus und bleiben weiter ohne Turniersieg in der laufenden Saison. Zverev scheitert in Florida an Casper Ruud, Medvedev an Hubert Hurkacz. So bleibt Novak Djokovic weiter die Nr. 1, obschon er seit Monaten kaum spielen darf.

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This is how often the top players reached a Grand Slam semi-final

(Jürgen Fritz, 27.01.2022) The four semi-finalists of the Australian Open 2022 have been decided: Matteo Berrettini, Rafael Nadal, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev. Berrettini is already in the semifinals of a major for the third time, Tsitsipas and Medvedev for the fifth, Nadal for the 36th time.

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This is how many tournaments Djokovic and Co. have won in the last two years

(Jürgen Fritz, 31.12.2021) Tomorrow the 2022 tennis season begins. Time to look back at the last two years, which were overshadowed by the pandemic for many months. How many tournaments did the top players win from January 2020 to December 2021? Here is the answer.

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Year-end Ranking: Djokovic ahead of Medvedev and Zverev

(Jürgen Fritz, 06.12.2021) After winning the ATP Cup, Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev also won the Davis Cup for Russia. Djokovic, Medvedev and Zverev have thus divided the seven most important tournaments of the year between them and are at the top of the JFB year-end Ranking.

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Djokovic extends his lead in the JFB Ranking

(Jürgen Fritz, 08.11.2021) With his victory at the Paris Masters 1000, Novak Djokovic moves further away from Daniil Medvedev, who was unable to defend his title, in the JFB 52 Week Tennis World Ranking. Paris semi-finalist Hubert Hurkacz moves up to 8, 18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz is in the top 20 for the first time and quarter-finalist Taylor Fritz is the new US No. 1.

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Draw: This is how the round of 16 could look in Indian Wells

(Jürgen Fritz, 06.10.2021) The seventh and penultimate Masters 1000 tournament (C category) starts on Thursday. 96 players will be competing in the men’s main draw in Indian Wells. 48 are fighting for the last 12 free places in the main draw in the qualifying tournament. 17 Top Twenty players will be competing in California.

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Ruud in the top eight for the first time

(Jürgen Fritz, 05.10.2021) Hubert Hurkacz won the E tournament (ATP 250) in Metz the week before last, Team Europe won the Laver Cup for the fourth time in a row against Team World, Jannik Sinner defended his title in Sofia (E) on Sunday and Casper Ruud won in San Diego (E). With his fifth ATP 250 title this year, Ruud moves up to position 8 in the JFB 52 Week Tennis World Ranking for the first time.

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Nadal and Thiem not in the Top 25 in the ATP Race, Federer not in the Top 200

(Jürgen Fritz, 06.04.2021) If we look back at the first quarter of 2021, we can see: For five top eight players the new season started quite well, especially for Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev, but for three others extremely badly. Rafael Nadal is not in the top 25 in the ATP Race, Dominic Thiem not in the top 35 and Roger Federer not even in the top 200. Instead, we see three big surprises among the top eight.

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Sinner and Hurkacz in the Miami Open final

(Jürgen Fritz, 03.04.2021) The Miami Open 2021 is the tournament of surprises. In the final of the first Masters 1000 event of the year, the fifth largest tournament in the world (96-player main draw), it is not Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev, Dominic Thiem or Rafael Nadal, nor Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev or Andrey Rublev, but two completely different players that hardly anyone would have expected: Jannik Sinner and Hubert Hurkacz. How it came to this.