Record - Cilic, the lowest-ranked player in history, ahead of Hewitt, to win an ATP title

le 25/09/2024 à 13h59

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Nobody expected Marin Cilic to have such a party this week, not even himself. After a 2023 season almost without playing (2 matches) and after undergoing surgery on his right knee last spring, the Croatian won the Hangzhou ATP 250 tournament on Tuesday. Just a few days before his 36th birthday (he'll be turning 36 on Saturday), he was ranked just 770th in the ATP rankings.

The former world No. 3 and 2014 US Open winner thus becomes the lowest-ranked player in history (since 1990) to win an ATP title. He dethrones Australian Lleyton Hewitt, who was ranked 550th when he won the Adelaide tournament in 1998.

Cilic M • WC

Zhang Z • 6

75e, 765 points

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Let's make that wish for all 2000 plus players hoping for 5 wins each day. Hoping ŵhen we open the results page to see all green, and no red. And especially NO CANCELED matches.

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I love tennis

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Steffi Graf completed a Golden Slam (not just a career Grand Slam) when she was 19. She is the only person to accomplish that, winning the four majors plus Olympic gold the same calendar year.

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