October 14, 2025

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

Two Canadians in action Wednesday as Denis Shapovalov – newly “Swede” after his recent marriage to Mirjam (nee Bjorklund – now “Shapovalova”) will face the only opponent who will not give him that grace in Stockholm: Leo Borg.

Son of Bjorn, who pulled off a nice win against the solid Sebastian Ofner on Monday.

In Almaty, Gabriel Diallo faces qualifier James Duckworth for a spot in the quarterfinals.

(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

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025
Order of play

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

1. [2] Christian Harrison / Evan King (USA) vs. Marcel Granollers / Pedro Martinez (ESP)

2. Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) vs. [Q] Yannick Hanfmann (GER) H2H (not before 1:30 p.m.)

3. [3] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) vs. [Q] Gilles Arnaud Bailly (BEL) H2H

4. [WC] Raphael Collignon (BEL) vs Francisco Comesana (ARG) H2H (not before 6 p.m.)

5. [4] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) vs. Marcos Giron (USA) H2H

 

Court 1 (11 a.m.)

1. Quentin Halys (FRA) vs. [Q] Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) H2H

2. Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs. [WC] Federico Cina  (ITA) H2H

3. Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) vs [LL] Valentin Royer (FRA) H2H

4. [4] Rafael Matos / Marcelo Melo (BRA) vs. Marcelo Demoliner / Orlando Luz (BRA)

5. Benjamin Bonzi / Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) vs Damir Dzumhur (BIH) / Piotr Matuszewski (POL)

6. [1] Hugo Nys (MON) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs. Daniel Altmaier (GER) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)

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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

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025
Order of play

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

1. Adam Pavlasek (CZE) / Jan Zielinski (POL) vs. Robert Cash / J.J. Tracy (USA)

2. Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) vs. [Q] Arthur Fery (GBR) H2H (not before 2 p.m.)

3. Sebastian Korda (USA) vs. Kamil Majchrzak (POL) H2H

4. [2] Casper Ruud (NOR) vs. Marin Cilic  (CRO) H2H (not before 6 p.m.)

5. [3] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs. [WC] Leo Borg  (SWE) H2H

Court 1  

1. [8] Camillo Ugo Carabelli (ARG) vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) H2H

2. Marton Fucsovics (HUN) vs. Jesper de Jong (NED) H2H

3. [1] Simone Bolelli / Andrea Vavassori (iTA) vs. [WC] Erik Grevelius / Adam Heinonen (SWE)

 

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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

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025
Order of play

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

1. Arthur Cazaux (FRA) vs. Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) H2H

2. [6] Alex Michelsen (USA) vs. [WC] Beibit Zhukayev (KAZ) H2H

3. [8] Corentin Moutet (FRA) vs. Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) H2H

4. [5] Brandon Nakashima (USA) vs. Fabian Marozsan (HUN) H2H (not before 7 p.m.)

 

Court 1 

1. Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs. Mackenzie McDonald  (USA) H2H

2. [7] Gabriel Diallo (CAN) vs. [Q] James Duckworth (AUS) H2H (not before 12:30 p.m.)

3. [3] Flavio Cobolli (ITA) vs. [LL] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) H2H

4. [3] Julian Schnaitter / Mark Wallner (GER) vs. Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli / Arjun Kadhe (IND) (not before 3 p.m.)

5. [1] Guido Andreozzi (ARG) / Manuel Guinard (FRA) vs. [WC] Alexander Shevchenko / Timofey Skatov (KAZ)

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