[FelipeL]

How do you do, fellow kids ?

We start this once again and I hope that this thread will once more find its followers, should be a fine year-long discussion. Last year FAA and Bublik finally took the monkey off the back, who will win the first title this year ? Not too many such obvious candidates in 2023 like in 2020-22, but surely we will have close to 10 new title winners like usual

Anyway, here are the links for the previous years:

2022
2021
2020
2019
2018

The methodology for the poll is as usual:

• Top 8 ranked players without a title
• 2 highest ranked U-23 players without a title
• one WC

in 2022 we had 12 new title winners:

Thanasi Kokkinakis (Adelaide)
Alexander Bublik (Montpellier)
Felix Auger-Aliassime (Rotterdam)
Pedro Martinez (Santiago)
Holger Rune (Munich)
Sebastian Baez (Estoril)
Tim van Rijthoven (s'Hertogenbosch)
Francisco Cerundolo (Bastad)
Maxime Cressy (Newport)
Lorenzo Musetti (Hamburg)
Brandon Nakashima (San Diego)
Marc-Andrea Huesler (Sofia)

2022 first title winners are:

Tallon Griekspoor (Pune)

• def. Benjamin Bonzi 4-6 7-5 6-3
• age: 26y6m
• wins the title in his first ever final

Start voting and discussing

 

[FelipeL]

I vote for ADF, Draper and Molcan, vamos !

 

[pashazz]

Roman Safiullin among those not mentioned

 

[dinkulpus]

Ruusuvuori, Brooksby and Lehecka.
The interesting part is who will be the suprise, last year we had a lot.

 

[NextGenKing]

I voted Draper and Molcan. Molcan only has european clay as options do its limited. Draper has grass and indoor euro season. Both will only be 250s.

Im worried Brooksby rise might have come and gone, struggled 2nd half of the year a bit.

Fokina i dont know if he can peak for enough days in a row but otherwise has the ability.

Most others mentioned dont have enough variety

 

[Joe H]

i think this should go back to general message thread as it has been every year. this will get lost in advanced discussions

this has always been one of the better threads throughout the year

 

[Redkop]

Brooksby should be winning a 250 in the States at some point.

Could maybe see JJ Wolf winning something aswell.

 

[Heroic Atreides]

Draper and Fokina

 

[NextGenKing]

4 of the poll are tpp 6 seeds in pune so prob get one straight away

 

[umbrellapub]

Karatsev is the only title winner left in Pune with Griekspoor, Bonzi, Krajinovic, Van De Zandschulp and Marterer hoping to win their very first one.

You love to see it!

 

[pashazz]

You love to see it!

Yes, Karatsev is clearly the favourite to win this one

 

[dinkulpus]

It is time for Krajinovic to make it.

 

[umbrellapub]

Yes, Karatsev is clearly the favourite to win this one

Van De Zandschulp surely clear fave now that he is into semis.

 

[Joe H]

so 2 not on the list battle for their first title

bonzi or griekspoor

 

[FelipeL]

Amazing that we will have the first entry already in the 1st week

 

[Martin12]

Good to see a new winner already in the first week. Bonzi and Griekspoor both have quite a few challenger titles (10 and 11, respectively).

 

[Joe H]

Griekspoor first new winner of 2023. congrats.

 

[FelipeL]

Superb match between Griekspoor and Bonzi ! Congratulations, I will update the op later

 

[dinkulpus]

Congrats to Talloon for first title.

 

[Just A Casual]

No wild card for Yibing Wu? Sad.