December 31, 2024

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

The Marseille final is somewhat of a surprise, as Borna Coric took a retirement by top seed Holger Rune into the final after basically being a ghost on Tour for quite awhile recently.

Coric did come in with a final in a Challenger in Belgium last week. But he didn’t play after losing in the first round of the US Open in 2023.

The ATP returns to full strength this week with three events: Marseille, Dallas and Cordoba outdoors on clay.

(Marseille is 6 hours ahead of EST, Cordoba two hours ahead, and Dallas an hour behind)

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Open Sud de France
Location: Montpellier, France
Category: ATP Tour 250
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Jan. 29 – Feb. 4, 2024
Prize money: €579,320
Draws: S28 / D16

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024
Final results

Singles final

[2] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) def [4] Borna Coric (CRO) 57 62 63

Doubles final 

[1] Sadio Doumbia / Fabien Reboul (FRA) def [4] Albano Olivetti  (FRA) / Sam Weissborn (AUT) 67 (5) 64 [10-6]

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Open 13 Provence
Location: Marseille, France
Category: ATP Tour 250
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates:  Feb. 5 – 11, 2024
Prize money: €801,335
Draws: S28 / D16

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024
Final results
Qualifying, first round

[3] Maxime Cressy (USA) def. [ALT] David Jorda Sanchis (ESP) 64 64
[ALT] Martin Damm (USA) def [8] Pablo Llamas Ruiz (ESP) 63 76 (4)
[1] Hugo Gaston (FRA) def Titouan Droguet (FRA) 75 64
[4] David Goffin (FRA) def [ALT] Alejandro Moro Canas (ESP) 61 46 76 (7-2)
[6] Hugo Grenier (FRA) def Calvin Hemery (FRA) 64 64
[ALT] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) def [7] Matteo Gigante (ITA) 76 (5) 64
[WC] Lucas Pouille (FRA) def [5] Harold Mayot (FRA) 75 33 retd
[2] Giulio Zeppieri (ITA) def. [ALT] Nikolas Sanchez Izquierdo (ESP) 75 62

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Dallas Open
Location: Dallas, Texas
Category: ATP Tour 250
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 5 – 11, 2024
Prize money: $841,590
Draws: S28 / D16

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024
Final results
Qualifying, first round

[1] Terence Atmane (FRA) def. [ALT] Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (USA) 46 76 (2) 62
[8] Steve Johnson (USA) def [ALT] Timo Stodder (GER) 64 62
[5] Denis Kudla (USA) def [WC] Jerry Barton (USA) 62 75
[6] Illya Marchenko (UKR) def. Brandon Holt (USA) 76 (3) 67 (4) 76 (1)
[3] Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (USA) def [WC] Trevor Svajda (USA) 63 76 (2)
[2] Emilio Nava (USA)
def. Aidan Mayo (USA) 63 64
Tennys Sandgren (USA) def [4] Sho Shimabukuro (JPN) 62 76 (2)
[7] Marco Trungelliti (ARG) def Juan Pablo Ficovich (ARG) 76 (4) 67 (4) 64

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Cordoba Open
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Category: ATP Tour 250
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: Feb. 5 – 11, 2024
Prize money: $640,705
Draws: S28 / D16

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024
Final results
Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

Facundo Bagnis (ARG) def [1] Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) 76 (5) 63 ([WC] Juan Manuel Cerundolo)
[4] Roman Andres Burruchaga (ARG) def. [7] Marco Cecchinato (ITA) 63 60 (Diego Schwartzman)
[2] Luciano Darderi (ITA) def. Andrea Collarini (ARG) 63 76 (3) (Tomas Barrios Vera)
[ALT] Federico Agustin Gomez (ARG) def. [ALT] Renzo Olivo (ARG) 64 64 (Facundo Diaz Acosta)

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