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Opportunity Breeds Success For Zverev

Opportunity is multiplied the more you are exposed to it. In the 2015 season, Alexander Zverev played just 5,166 points on tour. That more than doubled to 11,156 this season, creating opportunities from St. Petersburg, Russia, where he won his first ATP World Tour title, to Halle and Nice, where he reached the final. More than double the amount of points played naturally filtered down to more than double the amount of points won, rising from 2,507 in 2015 to 5,683. His season-ending position in the Emirates ATP Rankings skyrocketed from 85 in 2015 to 24 in 2016, with a season-high of 20 in October 2016. Double the points played. Double the points won, and more than double the match...

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Rivalries Of 2016: Thiem vs. Zverev

Continuing our Season In Review series, ATPWorldTour.com revisits the fiercest rivalries of 2016. Today we feature Dominic Thiem vs. Alexander Zverev: The future superstars of the ATP World Tour made their presence known with significant statements in 2016. Players aged 19-23 accounted for 11 titles in total and two of them wasted no time in kicking off a budding rivalry. Longtime sporting adversaries Austria and Germany added Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev to the fray, with the pair meeting on four occasions this year. Each encounter proved to be an intense clash of exuberance and shotmaking, as 23-year-old Thiem and 19-year-old Zverev contested a trio of three-set clashes on the ATP World Tour, in addition to a four-set battle at...

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Evans, Pouille, Thiem, Zverev Honoured With Most Improved Player Of The Year Nominations

The Most Improved Player of the Year Award in the 2016 ATP World Tour Awards Presented by Moët & Chandon recognises the player who reached a significantly higher Emirates ATP Ranking by year’s end and who demonstrated an increasingly improved level of performance through the year. The winner, as selected by the players, will be announced ahead of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Daniel Evans “It's an honour to be nominated for this award especially with the class of the other nominees.” Entering the 2016 season, the Brit had 11 tour-level wins to his name since turning pro a decade earlier. He nearly doubled that mark this year. Evans compiled a 9-10 match record on the ATP World Tour and...

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