Match Win-Loss Leaders Slovenia's Blaz Kavcic was the lone player to claim 50 match wins this year, but it was Yen-Hsun Lu earning the highest win percentage (min. 25 matches played). Kavcic is one of just five players to achieve the feat in ATP Challenger Tour history. Player W-L Pct. Yen-Hsun Lu 26-6 .813 Yuichi Sugita 21-5 .808 Rogerio Dutra Silva 24-7 .774 Egor Gerasimov 20-6 .769 Federico Delbonis 20-6 .769 Dudi Sela 19-6 .760 Filip Krajinovic 47-15 .758 Thomas Fabbiano 31-10 .756 Cameron Norrie 32-11 .744 Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 29-10 .744 Singles Title Leaders Serbians Filip Krajinovic (5) and Janko Tipsarevic (4) lifted the most trophies this year. Krajinovic's five victories made him the biggest mover to the Top 50...
Continuing our Season In Review series, ATPWorldTour.com reflects on the storylines that shaped the ATP Challenger Tour in 2017 Oh, Canada! Teens Capture Headlines The Canadian conquest of the Emirates ATP Rankings has begun. Two of the nation's native sons - Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime - made great progress in their ascent with breakthrough performances on the ATP Challenger Tour. While Shapovalov immediately became a household name with his fairytale runs at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal and US Open, he credits his earlier Challenger victories in Drummondville and Gatineau for later giving him the confidence on the big stages. The 18-year-old did not drop a set in claiming his maiden title in Drummondville in March, a result that...
Five years ago, Matthew Ebden and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe were playing the best tennis of their careers. Both the Aussie and German had made the leap to the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings for the first time and were on the ascent as they continued to realize their dreams on the ATP World Tour. But no path to stardom is identical and everyone takes a different route to the top. Ebden and Stebe would see their thriving careers cut down due to serious injury setbacks and after many years on the sidelines, both players would make triumphant comebacks in 2017 as the top performers on the ATP Challenger Tour. Ebden and Stebe were the biggest movers to the year-end...