The world No. 12 Stefanos Tsitsipas is scheduled to make his ATP event comeback at the Japan Open (ATP 500), which gets underway in Tokyo the day after tomorrow. In their first-ever match on the tennis court, the top-seeded Greek player will take on the 49-ranked American Alex Michelsen to start his campaign.
The winner of this match advances to the round of 16, where they will play the winner of Chris O’Connell and Tomas Echeverry’s match. In order to advance to the ATP Finals in Turin, which will include the top eight seeds in the competition, the 26-year-old Tsitsipas is keen to attain important points.
On the other hand, sixth seed Holger Rune will face Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo in the opening round. In 2024, the Dane is 33-19 and has not yet claimed a championship. The last time he competed, he was the top seed at the Hangzhou Open.
Recently, Rune and Tsitsipas were spotted playing drums together in Japan. Both were laughing and enjoying the moment while beating the drums with both hands.
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Holger Rune in 2024
LLLWWWWLWW At the moment ranked no.14, the Dane played his last match on the 21st of September when he was defeated by world no.136 Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Hangzhou (draw).
Currently, during this season the Dane owns a 33-19 match record. Holger Rune’s most significant result of the present season was reaching the final in Brisbane.
Holger Rune will square off with the world no.300 Giovanni Fonio in the quarter. In the past, they have never played each other up to now on the main tour.
The Dane was the finalist in Brisbane (Brisbane International).
Holger won 4 titles in his career: 2 on clay courts and 2 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2024
At the moment ranked no.12, Tsitsipas played his last match on the 20th of September when he defeated world no.78 Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-1 6-4 in the round robin in the Laver Cup (draw).
This year Stefanos has managed to achieve an overall 37-17 win-loss record. Tsitsipas clinched 1 title in Monte-Carlo. The Greek was the runner-up in Barcelona.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will square off with the world no.660 John Isner in the Round Robin on Sunday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Their actual record is 6-2 for Tsitsipas.
Tsitsipas clinched 1 title in 2024 in Monte-Carlo. Stefanos reached the final in Barcelona (Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell).
Stefanos won 12 titles in his career: 1 on hard courts, 5 on clay courts, 5 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Holger Rune and Stefanos Tsitsipas clashed against each other 3 times. The head to head is 3-0 for Rune. Previously, the last time they squared off, Holger Rune won 2-1 ret. in the round robin in Turin (Nitto ATP Finals) in November 2023.
