Draft:UTS 2

The second edition of Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) took place between July 30 and August 2, 2020.

Here, 11 players competed. In the group stage, 8 players were placed in two groups of 4 (one was replaced midway through the tournament), where only the top players of each could qualify from each to reach the Final 4 where "The Lion" Alexander Zverev and "The Panther" Félix Auger-Aliassime had already qualified. "The Hammer" Matteo Berrettini was the defending champion in the men's tournament, but chose not to participate. Zverev won the event, defeating Auger-Aliassime in the final 19–10, 11–13, 10–18, 18–8, 3–1.

This was the first edition of UTS to have a women's tournament. 4 players participated in a playoff style format. "The Thunder" Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated "The Volcano" Alizé Cornet in the final 16–8, 12–11, 11–14, 9–16, 3–1.

Men's Participants

Group A

Richard Gasquet, "The Virtuoso"
Grigor Dimitrov, "Grigor"
Feliciano López, “El Torero”
Alexei Popyrin, “The Sniper” (withdrew after two matches)
Nicolas Mahut, "Le Mousquetaire" (replaced Popyrin)

Group B

Corentin Moutet, “The Tornado”
Fernando Verdasco, "El Fuego"
Benoît Paire, “The Rebel”
Dustin Brown, "The Artist"

Final

Félix Auger-Aliassime, "The Panther"
Alexander Zverev, "The Lion"

Women's Participants

Ons Jabeur, "The Warrior"
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, "The Thunder"
Alizé Cornet, "The Volcano"
Brenda Fruhvirtová, "The Prodigy"

Men's Group Stage

Group A

	"Grigor" Dimitrov	"The Virtuoso" Gasquet	"El Torero" López	"The Sniper" Popyrin "Le Mousquetaire" Nicolas Mahut	RR W–L	Quarter W–L	Point W–L	Standings
"Grigor" Grigor Dimitrov		10–15, 10–13, 11–14, 10–18	10–17, 15–14, 16–12, 12–16, [0–2]	14–11, 13–15, 15–14, 12–10 (w/ Mahut)	1–2	3–8 (27%)	148–173 (46%)	3
"The Virtuoso" Richard Gasquet	15–10, 13–10, 14–11, 18–10		14–12, 18–14, 18–10, 15–17	15–13, 19–9, 12–16, 13–10 (w/ Popyrin)	3–0	10–2 (83%)	184–142 (56%)	1
"El Torero" Feliciano López	17–10, 14–15, 12–16, 16–12, [2–0]	12–14, 14–18, 10–18, 17–15		17–8, 11–19, 17–13, 13–12 (w/ Popyrin)	2–1	7–6 (54%)	167–170 (50%)	2
"The Sniper" Alexei Popyrin "Le Mousquetaire" Nicolas Mahut	11–14, 15–13, 14–15, 10–12 (w/ Mahut)	13–15, 9–19, 16–12, 10–13 (w/ Popyrin)	8–17, 19–11, 13–17, 12–13 (w/ Popyrin)		0–2 0–1	2–6 (25%) 1–3 (25%)	100–117 (46%) 50–51 (50%)	X 4

Group B

	"The Rebel" Paire	"The Artist" Brown	"The Tornado" Moutet	"El Fuego" Verdasco	RR W–L	Quarter W–L	Point W–L	Standings
"The Rebel" Benoît Paire		20–15, 21–13, 17–19, 21–14	15–18, 11–18, 8–14 ret.	13–17, 11–19, 14–17, 20–12	1–2	4–6 (40%)	171–176 (49%)	4
"The Artist" Dustin Brown	15–20, 13–21, 19–17, 14–21		18–12, 13–17, 13–14, 19–9, [2–0]	19–16, 20–13, 16–20, 16–17, [0–2]	1–2	6–8 (43%)	195–197 (50%)	3
"The Tornado" Corentin Moutet	18–15, 18–11, 14–8 ret.	12–18, 17–13, 14–13, 9–19, [1–3]		19–13, 13–16, 12–16, 16–13, [3–1]	2–1	8–5 (62%)	162–155 (51%)	1
"El Fuego" Fernando Verdasco	17–13, 19–11, 17–14, 12–20	16–19, 13–20, 20–16, 17–16, [1-2]	13–19, 16–13, 16–12, 13–16, [2–1]		2–1	8–6 (57%)	189–189 (50%)	2

Men's Finals

Match for Seeding							Semifinals						Final

	Félix Auger-Aliassime "The Panther"	11	15	12	11	0
	Alexander Zverev "The Lion"	10	14	14	14	2	1	Alexander Zverev "The Lion"	17	10	17	13
							4	Corentin Moutet "The Tornado"	12	13	12	11
													1	Alexander Zverev "The Lion"	19	11	10	18	3
													2	Félix Auger-Aliassime "The Panther"	10	13	18	8	1
							3	Richard Gasquet "The Virtuoso"	19	12	12	7
							2	Félix Auger-Aliassime "The Panther"	15	17	20	23

Women's Finals

Semifinals					Final

	Ons Jabeur "The Warrior"	14	10	10

	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova "The Thunder"	16	15	16
						Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova "The Thunder"	16	12	11	9	3

						Alizé Cornet "The Volcano"	8	11	14	16	1
	Alizé Cornet "The Volcano"	16	16	13

	Brenda Fruhvirtová "The Prodigy"	11	10	12

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