October 16, 2025

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

Aliassime

Two Canadians in the quarterfinals on Friday – both playing night sessions.

Félix Auger-Aliassime is in Brussels, and Denis Shapovalov is in Stockholm.

Small chance FAA could move back into the top 10 this week. But a lot would have to happen – including Holger Rune losing his quarterfinal match Friday, FAA winning the Brussels title and Casper Ruud … not winning the Stockholm title.

(Almaty is 9 hours ahead of EDT; Brussels and Stockholm are 6 hours ahead)

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BNP Paribas Fortis European Open
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Surface: Hard
Category: ATP 250
Dates:
Oct. 12 – 19, 2025
Prize money: €706,850
Draws: S28 – D16

Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
Order of play

Centre Court (11:30 a.m. start – 5:30 a.m. EDT)

1. [2] Christian Harrison / Evan King (USA) vs [4] Rafael Matos / Marcelo Melo (BRA) 

2. [3] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) vs. Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) H2H (not before 2 p.m.)

3. [1] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) vs  [5] Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) H2H (not before 4 p.m.)

4. [2] Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) vs [Q] Eliot Spizzirri (USA) H2H (not before 6:30 p.m.)

5. [4] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) vs. [WC] Raphael Collignon (BEL) H2H

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BNP Paribas Nordic Open
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Surface: Hard
Category: ATP 250
Dates:
Oct. 13 – 19, 2025
Prize money: $€706,850
Draws: S28 – D16

Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
Order of play

Centre Court (Noon start – 6 a.m. EDT)

1. [4] Ugo Humbert (FRA) vs Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) H2H 

2. [1] Holger Rune (DEN) vs Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) H2H (not before 2 p.m.)

3. [2] Casper Ruud (NOR) vs. Sebastian Korda (USA) H2H (not before 6:30 p.m.)

4. [3] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs [WC] Elias Ymer (SWE) H2H

Court 1 (2 p.m.)

1. [2] Francisco Cabral (POR) / Lucas Miedler (AUT) vs. Adam Pavlasek (CZE) / Jan Zielinski (POL)

2. [4] Sadio Doumbia / Fabien Reboul (FRA) vs Vasil Kirkov (USA) / Bart Stevens (NED)

 

 

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Almaty Open
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Surface: Hard
Category: ATP 250
Dates:
Oct. 13 – 19, 2025
Prize money: $1,055,255
Draws: S28 – D16

Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
Order of play

Center Court (11 a.m. start – 2 a.m. EDT)

1. [3] Flavio Cobolli (ITA) vs. [Q] James Duckworth (AUS) H2H

2. [2] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) vs Fabian Marozsan (HUN) H2H

3. [6] Alex Michelsen (USA) vs Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) H2H

4. [8] Corentin Moutet (FRA) vs Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) H2H

Court 1 (3 p.m.)

[3] Julian Schnaitter / Mark Wallner (GER) vs Matthew Romios (AUS) / Ryan Seggerman (USA)  

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