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Youth is being served this week with Ben Shelton and Giovanni Mpetshi Perridard in the Basel final, and Jack Draper in the Vienna final.
The kids were all right in the Basel semifinals generally, with Shelton the eldest – having just turned 22.
Holger Rune won’t be 22 until April, Draper is 22, Mpetshi Perricard is 21 and Arthur Fils won’t be 21 until next June.
Draper wins his first career ATP Tour title, Mpetshi Perricard his second. And not a small one, either.
(Basel and Vienna are 6 hours ahead of EDT)
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Location: Basel, Switzerland
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Oct. 21 – 27, 2024
Prize money: €2,540,835
Draws: S32 – D16
Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024
Final results
Singles final
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) def [6] Ben Shelton (USA) 64 76 (4)
Doubles final
[Q] Jamie Murray (GBR) / John Peers (AUS) def [1] Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Nikola Mektic (CRO) 63 75
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Location: Vienna, Austria
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Oct. 21 – 27, 2024
Prize money: €2,626,045
Draws: S32 – D16
Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024
Final results
Singles final
[7] Jack Draper (GBR) def Karen Khachanov (RUS) 64 75
Doubles final
[WC] Alexander Erler / Lucas Miedler (AUT) def Neal Skupski (GBR) / Michael Venus (NZL) 46 63 [10-1]
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Location: Bercy, France
Category: ATP 1000
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Oct. 28 – Nov. 3, 2024
Prize money: €6,946,835
Draws: S56 – D24
Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024
Final results
Qualifying, final round
(1st-round opponents in brackets)
[12] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) def. Christopher O’Connell (AUS) 63 46 63 (Sebastian Baez)
[ALT] Fabio Fognini (ITA) def [WC] Arthur Cazaux (FRA) 76 (4) 46 62 (Alexander Bublik)
[3] Marcos Giron (USA) def [10] Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 67 (10) 76 (2) 63 ([Q] Zhang Juncheng)
[WC] Quentin Halys (FRA) def Yunchaokete Bu (CHN) 36 76 (4) 63 (Francisco Cerundolo)
Corentin Moutet (FRA) def [5]Jakub Mensik (CZE) 76 (3) retd (Ben Shelton)
[2] Shang Juncheng (CHN) def. [14] Zizou Bergs (BEL) 64 36 76 (2) ([Q] Marcos Giron)
[4] Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) def. [8] Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) 63 76 (4) (Nicolas Jarry)
[LL] Roberto Carballes Baena ([10] Stefanos Tsitsipas)
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