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DIEDE DE GROOT

DIEDE DE GROOT

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Diede de Groot is the most dominant athlete in tennis and perhaps in all sports. With her victory at the 2024 Australian Open, the Dutch wheelchair star won her 13th consecutive Grand Slam singles title. Incredibly, she has achieved the calendar-year Grand Slam – claiming all four majors in a season – three years in a row, and in 2021 she achieved what is known as ‘The Golden Slam’ as she also won the gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics.

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Australian Open Champion (2024,2023,2022,2021,2019,2018)
  • 4x Australian Open Doubles Champion (2023,2022,2021,2019)
  • 5x Roland Garros Double Champion (2022,2021,2019,2018,2017)
  • 5x Roland Garros Champion (2024,2023,2022,2021,2019)
  • 2x Wimbledon Doubles 
  • 5x US Open Champion (2023,2022,2021,2018,2017)
  • 5x US Open Doubles Champion (2022,2021, 2019, 2018, 2017)
  • 2021 Paralympic Gold Medalist
  • 2021 Paralympic Doubles Gold Medalist 
  • 3x  Australian Open Champion (2018, 2019, 2021)
  •  2x  Wimbledon Champion (2017, 2018)
  •  3x  US Open Champion (2018, 2019, 2020)
  •  3x  Wheelchair Tennis Masters Champion (2017-2019)
  • 2019  Roland Garros Champion

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HYEON CHUNG

HYEON CHUNG

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Hyeon Chung has drawn a great amount of attention with his stunning results starting at the ITF Futures Circuit through to the ATP Challenger Tour. In 2014, Chung ranked highly at local Asian ITF events, earning three titles. That same year, he broke into the ATP Challenger Tour, being crowned the champion at the Bangkok Open. Leaving a strong impression at both ITF and ATP competitions, Hyeon also won two matches for his country’s Davis Cup team and was awarded a gold medal in doubles at the 2014 Asian Games.

Hyeon experienced a rapid rise through the ranks in 2015—boosting through to the Top 150 in February, proceeding to make his way into the Top 100 in May. He made his first appearance at the main draw of a Grand Slam at that year’s Wimbledon Championships, winning his first match in the main draw of a Grand Slam at the US Open against James Duckworth. In 2015, Chung went on to a triumph at the OEC Kaohsiung Challenger, and reached his first ATP World Tour-level quarterfinal at the Shenzhen Open. He was selected as the 2015 ATP Most Improved Player for rising over 120 places in the rankings throughout the year.

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • 2018  BMW Open by FWU Semifinalist
  • 2018  Miami Open Quarterfinalist
  • 2018  BNP Paribas Open Quarterfinalist
  • 2018  Australian Open Semifinalist
  • 2018  ASB Classic Quarterfinalist
  • 2017  BMW Open by FWU Semifinalist
  • 2017  Next Generation ATP Finals Champion
  • 2017  Winston-Salem Open Quarterfinalist
  • 2017  Barcelona Open Quarterfinalist

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EUGENIE BOUCHARD

EUGENIE BOUCHARD

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Former world No. 5, Eugenie Bouchard signed with Yonex in the fall of 2018. “I wanted a fresh start and I’m happy that I’ve found a racquet I really trust,” said Bouchard. “I tried the new VCORE and instantly fell in love with it.” 

Born in Montreal, Canada, Bouchard quickly climbed the junior ranks and ascended to world No. 2 after winning the 2012 Wimbledon Girls’ Singles Championship. She had her most successful year in 2014, where she appeared in the semifinals of three Grand Slams and became the first Canadian female player to be ranked in the Top 5.

Having struggled to find her form due to injuries, Bouchard returned to the US Open in 2018 with a new frame of mind. She worked her way through three qualifying rounds and won a main draw match in New York for the first time in three years. 

 “I feel like myself again,” said Bouchard. “I am able to play my aggressive game with the larger sweet spot, and I also have easy access to spin.” 

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • 2016  Malaysian Open Finalist
  • 2014  Wuhan Open Finalist
  • 2014  Wimbledon Finalist
  • 2014  Roland Garros Semifinalist
  • 2014  Nuremberg Cup Champion
  • 2014  Australian Open Semifinalist
  • 2013  Japan Open Finalist
  • 2012  Junior Wimbledon Champion

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STEVE JOHNSON

STEVE JOHNSON

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Arguably one of the best college tennis players to ever play the sport, Steve Johnson has elevated his game from the college ranks to the ATP Tour. Born and raised in Southern California, Johnson captured his fourth ATP title in 2018 at the Hall of Fame Open in Newport, RI.

Dictating points with his strong serve and forehand, Johnson has reached the third round at all four Grand Slams and has a bronze medal from the 2016 Rio Olympics to his name.

ACHIEVEMENTS

  •  2x  Winston- Salem Open Semifinalist (2018, 2019)
  •  2x  Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men’s Clay Court Championship Champion (2017, 2018)
  • 2018  Hall of Fame Open Champion
  • 2018  Geneva Open Semifinalist
  • 2018  Delray Beach Open Semifinalist
  • 2017  ASB Classic Semifinalist
  • 2016  Aegon International Champion
  • 2016  Western & Southern Open Quarterfinalist
  • 2016  Geneva Open Men’s Doubles Champion

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MARKETA VONDROUSOVA

MARKETA VONDROUSOVA

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“Tennis is crazy,” Marketa Vondrousova observed after winning the 2023 Wimbledon title to become the first unseeded women’s champion in the tournament’s history. The Czech had previously won only one match at Wimbledon and had thought that playing on grass was “impossible” but she went on to claim her first Grand Slam singles title.
 Remarkably, that was the second time that Vondrousova had reached a major final as an unseeded player, as she had also done so at Roland-Garros in 2019 as a teenager.

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • 2023 Wimbledon Champion
  • 2021 Tokyo 202 Olympics Silver Medalist
  • 2019  Roland Garros Finalist
  • 2019  TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Cup Finalist
  • 2019  BNP Paribas Open Quaterfinalist
  • 2019  Hungarian Ladies Open Finalist
  • 2017  Ladies Open Biel Bienne Champion

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CASPER RUUD

CASPER RUUD

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From the Parisian clay to the hard courts of New York City, Casper Ruud has produced some extraordinary tennis in an attempt to become the first Norwegian to win a Grand Slam. After reaching his first two Grand Slam finals at Roland-Garros and the US Open in 2022, he also appeared in the Roland-Garros final in 2023. Ruud has been showing he has the game and the mentality to potentially win one of the sport’s biggest prizes in the future. In 2024, Ruud won the biggest title of his career with victory at the ATP 500 in Barcelona.

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • 2024 Roland Garros Semifinalist
  • 2024 Barcelona Open Champion
  • 2024 Monte Carlo Masters Finalist
  • 2024 Monterrey Open Finalist
  • 2024 Acapulco Finalist
  • 2023 Estoril champion
  • Roland Garros Finalist (2023, 2022)
  • 2022 US Open Finalist
  • 2022 ATP Finals Finalist
  • 2022 Gstaad Champion
  • 2022 Geneva Champion
  • 2022 Buenos Aires Champion
  • 2021 San Diego Open Champion
  • 2021 Kitzbuhel Champion
  • 2021 Gstaad Champion
  • 2021 Bastad Champion
  • 2021 Geneva Champion
  • 2020 Argentina Open Champion
  • Career high of No. 2 in the ATP Rankings

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    ANASTASIJA SAVASTOVA​

    ANASTASIJA SAVASTOVA

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    In 2010, Anastasija Sevastova became the first Latvian tennis player to win a WTA title in 17 years when she achieved victory at the Estoril Open in Oeiras, Portugal. She took a short break from the tour in 2013 due to injuries, but made a strong return to the court two years later. Sevastova awed tennis fans with an impressive comeback, starting unranked and going on to reach No. 110 in the WTA rankings. After returning to the tour, she earned four singles titles and three doubles titles at ITF tournaments. In 2016, she reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the US Open and also advanced to the finals at the Bucharest Open and Mallorca Open.

    In 2018, she reached her career high ranking of No. 11 and finished her second consecutive season as Top 20. She reached her very first US Open semifinals in 2018 after upsetting Sloan Stephens.

    ACHIEVEMENTS

    • 2019  Baltic Open Champion
    • 2018  US Open Semifinalist
    • 2018  China Open Finalist
    • 2018  BRD Bucharest Open Champion
    • 2018  Mallorca Open Finalist
    • 2017  Mallorca Open Champion
    • 2017  US Open Quarterfinalist
    • 2016  US Open Quarterfinalist
    • 2016  Bucharest Open Finalist
    • 2016  Mallorca Open Finalist
    • 2010  Estoril Open Champion

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    YOSHIHITO NISHIOKA

    YOSHIHITO NISHIOKA

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    The highest placed Japanese in the ATP Rankings, Yoshihito Nishioka put together his deepest run at the Grand Slams when he made the fourth round of the 2023 Australian Open. Other career highlights have included lifting ATP trophies in Shenzhen and Seoul.

    ACHIEVEMENTS

    • 2022 Korean Open Champion
    • 2018 Shenzhen Open Champion
    • Career high of No. 24 in the ATP Rankings

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    DONNA VEKIC

    DONNA VEKIC

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    Donna Vekic’s best results at the Grand Slams have come on the hard courts of New York City and Melbourne. A quarterfinalist at the 2019 US Open, the Croatian also reached that stage of the 2023 Australian Open. She has won four WTA singles titles.

    ACHIEVEMENTS

    • 2021 Courmayeur Open Champion
    • 2023 Nottingham Open Champion
    • 2019  US Open Quarterfinalist
    • 2019  Nature Valley Open Finalist
    • 2019  St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Finalist
    • 2018  Citi Open Finalist
    • 2017  Aegon Open Nottingham Champion
    • 2015  Tashkent Open Finalist
    • 2014  BMW Malaysian Open Champion
    • 2013  Lale Cup Champion
    • 2013  Aegon Classic Finalist
    • 2012  Tashkent Open Finalist

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    FRANCES TIAFOE

    FRANCES TIAFOE

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    On a “wild, crazy” run through the draw at the 2022 US Open that electrified New York City, Frances Tiafoe became the first American man to reach the semi-finals since 2006. Other career highlights have included winning ATP titles on all three surfaces with victories on the hard courts of Delray Beach in 2018 and on the Houston clay and the Stuttgart grass in 2023, as well as breaking into the Top 10 in 2023. One of Tiafoe’s highlights in 2024 was reaching the final of the Houston clay-court tournament

    ACHIEVEMENTS

    • 2024 US Open Semifinalist
    • 2024 Houston Finalist
    • 2023 Stuttgart Champion
    • 2023 Houston champion
    • 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Finalist
    • 2022 US Open semifinalist
    • 2018 Delray Beach Open Champion
    • Career high of No. 10 in the ATP Rankings

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