If you are unfamiliar with Hubert Hurkacz, you’ll know the #NextGenATP Pole well soon. The 21-year-old defeated Argentine Marco Trungelliti 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the final round of Roland Garros qualifying on Thursday in one hour, 55 minutes to move into his first Grand Slam main draw. Hurkacz seeks his first ATP World Tour win, but he has enjoyed plenty of success on the ATP Challenger Tour in 2018, helping him to the No. 13 spot in the ATP Race To Milan. He made the final, semi-finals and quarter-finals at three consecutive Challenger events in China. The only Polish man in the men’s singles draw, Hurkacz owns a 2-9 tour-level record, and will look to make a splash on the...
Watch the five best Hot Shots from the ATP Challenger Tour in the month of March, featuring Alex de Minaur, Corentin Moutet, Hubert Hurkacz, Christian Garin and Darian King.
(1) Hubert Hurkacz is Poland's surging #NextGenATP hope Projected to rise to a career-high in the Top 200 of the ATP Rankings on Monday, Hurkacz, who turned 21 last month, will be the youngest Polish player to do so since Jerzy Janowicz in 2011. A semi-finalist at this week's ATP Challenger Tour event in Shenzhen, China, he also appeared in his second final last week in Zhuhai. "In October, I was around the Top 400, so I was trying to move up the ATP Rankings. I played five tournaments in a row and did really well, reaching two quarter-finals and my first final. I'm happy that that put me in the qualies of the Australian Open. This helped me a...