UTS 6
The sixth edition of the tournament, the second of 2023 and known as UTS Frankfurt, took place from 15 September to 17 September at the Süwag Energie Arena in Frankfurt. It was the second in a series of three events in 2023 leading up to the "Grand Final" in December 2023.[1]
Groups
[edit]Group placements were announced on 3 August 2023.[2]
Group A
[edit]- "G-Unit", Grigor Dimitrov[a][b]
- "The Thunder", Jan-Lennard Struff[c]
- "The Iceman", Casper Ruud[d]
- "The Rebel", Benoît Paire
Group B
[edit]- "Rublo", Andrey Rublev
- "El Peque", Diego Schwartzman
- "La Monf", Gaël Monfils
- "The Rocket", Christopher Eubanks[2]
Group Stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]"G-Unit" Dimitrov
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"The Thunder" Struff
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"The Iceman" Ruud
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"The Rebel" Paire
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RR W–L |
Quarter W–L |
Point W–L |
Standings | ||
| "G-Unit" Grigor Dimitrov
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14–17, 18–11, 17–9, 14–13 | 9–15, 15–18, 17–11, 13–10, [0–2] | 11–17, 11–16, 15–14, 19–15, [4–3] | 2–1 | 9–5 (64%) | 177–171 (51%) | 2 | ||
| "The Thunder" Jan-Lennard Struff
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17–14, 11–18, 9–17, 13–14 | 6–22, 13–12, 8–17, 11–16 | 13–16, 16–17, 14–16 | 0–3 | 2–9 (18%) | 131–179 (42%) | 4 | ||
| "The Iceman" Casper Ruud
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15–9, 18–15, 11–17, 10–13, [2–0] | 22–6, 12–13, 17–8, 16–11 | 9–14, 12–13, 19–15, 12–13 | 2–1 | 7–6 (54%) | 175–147 (54%) | 3 | ||
| "The Rebel" Benoît Paire
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17–11, 16–11, 14–15, 15–19, [3–4] | 16–13, 17–16, 16–14 | 14–9, 13–12, 5–19, 13–12 | 2–1 | 8–4 (67%) | 159–155 (51%) | 1 |
Group B
[edit]"Rublo" Rublev
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"El Peque" Schwartzman
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"La Monf" Monfils
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"The Rocket" Eubanks
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RR W–L |
Quarter W–L |
Point W–L |
Standings | ||
| "Rublo" Andrey Rublev
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10–14, 13–16, 16–7, 8–16 | 19–11, 16–14, 12–13, 13–12 | 18–12, 18–12, 20–15 | 2–1 | 7–4 (64%) | 163–142 (53%) | 2 | ||
| "El Peque" Diego Schwartzman
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14–10, 16–13, 7–16, 16–8 | 18–9, 24–5, 16–13 | 15–12, 19–12, 22–11 | 3–0 | 9–1 (90%) | 167–109 (61%) | 1 | ||
| "La Monf" Gaël Monfils
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11–19, 14–16, 13–12, 12–13 | 9–18, 5–24, 13–16 | 19–16, 13–15, 14–15, 11–20 | 0–3 | 2–9 (18%) | 137–184 (43%) | 4 | ||
| "The Rocket" Christopher Eubanks
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12–18, 12–18, 15–20 | 12–15, 12–19, 11–22 | 16–19, 15–13, 15–14, 20–11 | 1–2 | 3–7 (30%) | 140–169 (45%) | 3 |
Finals
[edit]| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Diego Schwartzman "El Peque" | 9 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Grigor Dimitrov "G-Unit" | 15 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Grigor Dimitrov "G-Unit" | 13 | 17 | 10 | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Andrey Rublev "Rublo" | 14 | 12 | 11 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Benoît Paire "The Rebel" | 8 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Andrey Rublev "Rublo" | 21 | 14 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ Dimitrov replaced "The Chessmaster" (Daniil Medvedev) after Medvedev withdrew due to fatigue.[3]
- ^ Dimitrov changed his nickname to "G-Unit" after formerly bearing the nickname of "Grigor" in his first UTS appearance in UTS 2.[4]
- ^ Struff replaced "The King" (Nick Kyrgios) after Kyrgios withdrew due to injury.[5]
- ^ Ruud replaced "The Bot" (Reilly Opelka) after Opelka withdrew due to injury.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Dunn, Carrie (14 June 2023). "Medvedev, Rublev and Kyrgios to lead the field at UTS Frankfurt in Sept". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ a b Dunn, Carrie (3 August 2023). "Chris "The Rocket" Eubanks completes UTS Frankfurt line-up". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Dunn, Carrie (14 September 2023). ""He just said, 'I'm completely empty'" – Mouratoglou on why Medvedev is missing UTS Frankfurt". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ Cambers, Simon (15 September 2023). "Grigor Dimitrov "The G-Unit" hits ground running at UTS with win over Jan-Lennard Struff "The Thunder"". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ Dunn, Carrie (18 August 2023). ""The Thunder" Struff replaces Kyrgios in UTS Frankfurt line-up". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Malachy, Jamie (6 September 2023). "Reilly 'The Bot' Opelka set to be replaced by Casper 'The Iceman' Ruud as big-serving American withdraws from UTS Frankfurt". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 15 September 2023.