The 2024 ATP season began with the top 10 as follows:
- Novak Djokovic
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Daniil Medvedev
- Jannik Sinner
- Andrey Rublev
- Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Alexander Zverev
- Holger Rune
- Hubert Hurkacz
- Taylor Fritz
The year began with Germany winning the United Cup held in Australia.
While the teams event was happening, Andrey Rublev was winning in Hong Kong and Grigor Dimitrov in Brisbane.
A week later, the Adelaide international was taken out by Jiri Lehecka, and Alejandro Tabilo won the Auckland Open.
All this a prelude to the Australian Open.
Melbourne Park was the setting for a dethroning.
Djokovic was back, defending his title, intent on taking home an eleventh AO.
However, it was Jannik Sinner who prevented this, playing Batman to the Joker, ousting him in the semis.
Sinner won his first major, coming from two sets down to defeat Daniil Medvedev in the final.
January finished with 12 nations winning through the Davis Cup qualifiers and Alexander Bublik winning a tournament in Montpellier, France.
February began with American Tommy Paul winning his second career title in Dallas.
Frenchman Ugo Humbert also won on his home nation’s soil, taking out the title in Marseille.
Italian Luciano Darderi won his first ATP Tour title in Córdoba, Argentina, and Jannik Sinner rode his Melbourne momentum by picking up the Rotterdam Open.
Taylor Fritz won in Delray Beach, Argentine Facundo Diaz Acosta won his first ATP Tour title, the Argentina Open.
Fellow Argentine Sebastian Baez won the Rio Open, Karen Khachanov the Qatar Open, and Aussie Jordan Thompson his first ATP Tour title in Los Cabos.
Alex de Minaur was successful in Mexico, while Humbert and Baez both won their second titles for the month, in Dubai and Chile respectively.
March was time for the US to take centre stage.and claim to host the biggest tournaments outside of the majors.
Indian Wells was won by Carlos Alcaraz, who diluted the 2024 joy of Jannik Sinner in the semis, and knocked out Daniil Medvedev in the final.
Sinner was joyful soon enough, with victory in the Miami Open, Grigor Dimitrov a beaten but impressive finalist.
Clay courts and April coincided and two Americans met in the final to decide the US Clay Court Champion. The Houston crowd cheered Ben Shelton as he overcame Frances Tiafoe.
Hubert Hurkacz and Matteo Berrettini won titles in Portugal and Morocco before the first clay court Masters 1000 tournament for 2024 arrived in Monte Carlo.
Stefanos Tsitsipas, 12th seed, gave Sinner marching orders in the semis, before cleaning up Casper Ruud in the final. Ruud had just had his first ever victory over Djokovic in his semi.
Ruud exacted revenge on Tsitsipas immediately in the Barcelona final, the same week Marton Fucsovics won in Romania, and Jan-Lennard Struff in his home nation in Munich.
Andrey Rublev rounded out the month by winning a second Masters 1000 title, this time in Madrid. Felix Auger-Aliassime lost the final, his first at that high level.
May opened with the Italian Ooen - another Masters 1000 event, and decided in favour of Alexander Zverev.
It was his second win in Rome, the first way back in 2017, where he beat Djokovic in the final. This year it was Chilean Nicolas Jarry the losing finalist. Jarry previously had never featured in a final above ATP 250 level.
The week before Roland Garros, Casper Ruud won in Geneva, and first time ATP Tour finalist Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard won the Lyon Open final against Argentina’s Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
Form was a factor at Roland Garros, with Casper Rudd making the semis, and Stefanos Tsitsipas the quarters.
Jannik Sinner continued a strong year at the big tournaments by reaching the semis, but it was Carlos Alcaraz who would take the trophy.
Alexander Zverev’s Rome form followed him into the final where he led two sets to one, but was swamped thereafter.
June and grass, a surface bringing delight to a certain core group of players and turning smiles to frowns for many averse to the turf.
Young Brit Jack Draper tasted success by winning the Stuttgart tournament - his first ATP Tour title.
Alexander de Minaur won in the Netherlands and Jannik Sinner in Germany.
Alejandro Tabilo victorious in Mallorca and Taylor Fritz similarly in Eastbourne.
Then came Wimbledon.
Quarter finalists Sinner, Fritz, de Minaur and Paul didn’t cause shock waves with their performances, nor Medvedev in making a semi.
Lorenzo Musetti did though, by also reaching a semi.
Djokovic had his Aus Open run halted by Sinner, and his Wimbledon stretch was ended in the final by Carlos Alcaraz for the second year running.
Alcaraz became the youngest player to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same year.
Post Wimbledon just one more grass court tournament - in Newport Marcos Giron won his first ATP Tour title, beating fellow American Alex Michelsen in the final.
On clay, Arthur Fils won in Hamburg and Nuno Borges won his first ATP Tour title in Sweden, only the fifth player to beat Nadal in a clay court final.
Matteo Berrettini won the Swiss Open and Austrian Open in successive weeks.
Francisco Cerundolo won the Croatia Open, and Yoshihito Nishioka won the Atlanta Open on a hard court.
While Sebastian Korda won the Washington Open, Paris hosted the Summer Olympics, and Djokovic claimed some revenge over Alcaraz from the Wimbledon loss by collecting the gold medal in the final.
Bronze went to Lorenzo Musetti who defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime in the battle for final medal.
Over to Norrh America again in August for the prelude to US Open.
First the Canadian Open in Montreal, a Masters 1000 tournament.
Australian Alexei Popyrin, in the form of his life, won the title, defeating Andrey Rublev in the final, after knocking out Shelton, Dimitrov, Korda and Hurkacz on the way through.
Cincinnati Open next, Masters 1000 again, and Jannik Sinner back to the top, a warning to all ahead of Flushing Meadows.
He defeated Frances Tiafoe in the final.
Lorenzo Sonego won the Winston-Salem Open and then all eyes on New York.
The US Open saw Djokovic lose in the third round to the rampaging Popyrin.
Popyrin couldn’t go further and the quarter finals included Medvedev, de Minaur, Zverev and Dimitrov.
Their runs stopped and semi finals were contested by Sinner, Fritz, Tiafoe and Draper.
Jannik Sinner won his second hard court major for the year, defeating Taylor Fritz in the final, the first one for the American at the highest level.
September began with the Davis Cup group stage, determining which 8 nations would fill the spots in the November finals.
Italy, Argentina, USA, Australia, Germany, Canada, Netherlands and Spain won through.
The exhibition Laver Cup was also held, Team Europe successfully holding out Team World.
China became the focus with tournaments in Chengdu (won by Shang Juncheng - his first ATP Tour trophy), Hangzhou (won by Marin Cilic) and Beijing (won by Carlos Alcaraz).
The Shanghai Masters 1000 tournament was yet another triumph for Jannik Sinner who took down Djokovic in the October final.
October continued with wins to Karen Khachanov in Kazakhstan , Roberto Bautista Agut in Belgium, Tommy Paul in Sweden, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in Switzerland, and Jack Draper in Austria.
Alexander Zverev won the Paris Masters 1000, his second Masters 1000 title for the year, beating Ugo Humbert in the final.
In November Denis Shapovalov won in Serbia, amd Benjamin Bonzi won his first ATP Tour title, the Moselle Open, in France.
The Davis Cup was decided, and Italy defeated the Netherlands in the final, successfully defending the title.
Before that, the ATP Finals played out in Turin, Italy.
8 players qualified, and after the round robin matches, semi finalists were Casper Ruud, Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz and Jannik Sinner.
Jannik Sinner defeated Taylor Fritz in the final, to cap off a sensational year
Sinner finished 2024 as number one, the top ten below. ( year start ranking in brackets)
- Jannik Sinner (4)
- Alexander Zverev (7)
- Carlos Alcaraz (2)
- Taylor Fritz (10)
- Daniil Medvedev (3)
- Casper Ruud (11)
- Novak Djokovic (1)
- Andrey Rublev (5)
- Alex de Minaur (12)
- Grigor Dimitrov (14)
