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It’s 2026 season debut day in singles for both Denis Shapovalov in Brisbane (against Collignon) and Gabriel Diallo in Hong Kong (against de Jong).
Both winnable matches, obviously. But you never know how that first one is going to go.
It’s also a decision day, of sorts, for the much-injured Nick Kyrgios.
He’ll play American single-handed backhander Aleksandar Kovacevic and see if there is anything at all in the tank, ahead of a decision by Tennis Australia to give him a wild card for the main singles draw at the Australian Open.
The notion that he could play three sets isn’t even close to settled. Never mind best-of-five.
(Brisbane 15 hours ahead of EST; Hong Kong 13 hours ahead)
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Category: ATP 250 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Dates: Jan. 4 – 11 , 2026
Prize money: €2,523,045
Draws: S32 – D24
Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026
Final results
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Singles, first round
Brandon Nakashima (USA) def [2] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 76 (4) 64
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) def [4] Tommy Paul (USA) 76 (2) 36 76 (6)
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[7] Cameron Norrie (GBR) def. Ugo Humbert (FRA) 16 76 (6) 75
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Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) def [Q] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) 63 62
[Q] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) def [WC] Adam Walton (AUS) 63 62
Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) def [WC] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 63 64
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Doubles, first round
Orlando Luz / Rafael Matos (BRA) def [WC] Cruz Hewitt / James Duckworth (AUS) 64 75
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) / Jiri Lehecka (CZE) [ALT] Tommy Paul / Ethan Quinn (USA) def. Kamil Majchrzak (POL) / Camilo Ugo Carabelli (ARG) 64 46 [10-6]
Tomas Machac / Matej Vocel (CZE) def Marcelo Melo / Fernando Romboli (BRA) 76 (7) 76 (1)
Raphael Collignon (BEL) / Valentin Vacherot (MON) def Jacob Fearnley (GBR) / Diego Hidalgo (VEN) 63 62
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Location: Hong Kong, HK
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Category: ATP 250
Dates: Jan. 5-11, 2026
Prize money: $€2,736,875
Draws: S28 – D16
Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026
Final results
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Singles, first round
[Q] Michael Mmoh (USA) def. [Q] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) 75 64
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[5] Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) def. [NG] Rei Sakamoto (JPN) 62 76 (4)
[7] Alexandre Muller (FRA) def. Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 75 64
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Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) def. Valentin Royer (FRA) 64 75
Marcos Giron (USA) def. [Q] Laslo Djere (SRB) 62 60
[WC] Juncheng Shang (CHN) def. Francisco Comesana (ARG) 64 64
Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) def. [Q] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 63 16 61
[WC] Coleman Wong (HKG) def Mariano Navone (ARG) 63 75 –
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Doubles, first round
Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev (RUS) def. [4] Petr Nouza / Patrik Rikl (CZE) 67 (5) 63 [11-9]
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