ATP Challenger Tour: Ferrer and Félix with record marks
The balance of the past decade on the ATP Challenger Tour shows: Age does not protect against victories. But neither is youth.
by tennisnet.com
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Dec 30, 2019, 07:59 am

First of all honor, to whom credit is due: namely the great David Ferrer , who has tearfully resigned this year in Madrid and will be the tournament director in Barcelona from 2020. In 2018, however, Ferrer struck again - on the ATP Challenger Tour. The success in Monterrey came for the Spaniard 16 years and a month after his first title at this level. The longest period in history.
Speaking of history: Félix Auger-Aliassime got there several times: First the Canadian, the youngest player, ever reached the main field of a challengers - 14 years old in Drummondville. A few months later, when he was 15, the youngest, he also won a match in the main field, in nearby Granby. In Lyon, "FAA" finally won a title as the youngest of the decade.
Sinner and Karlovic set new records
Jannik Sinner , who is now 18 years old in South Tyrol, was also not bad. Sinner won in Bergamo, Lexington and most recently in Ortisei. And became the second youngest player after Richard Gasquet, who had three successes in one calendar year.
Over the ten years between 2010 and 2019, the US players were the most successful, winning 129 titles, followed by the Argentines with 122. For Germany, 91 jumped out, the youngest Alexander Zverev in 2014 in Braunschweig at the age of 17 Years and two months.
And Ivo Karlovic also wrote in the record books: The Croatian scored a delicate 39 Lenze when he won in Bergamo in 2018. A historic record. Just like reaching the Houston final a few weeks ago. Since, of course, at the age of 40.