Stuttgart begins

With Roland Garros behind us, and Barty and Nadal the toast of Paris, it is now time for grass to rule the tennis world.

This week we have tournaments in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom to whet our appetites as we count down to Wimbledon 2019.

Mercedes Cup - an ATP 250 category tournament, on Grass, in Stuttgart, Germany, 10-16 June 2019.

Defending champion:

Roger Federer (1) who defeated Milos Raonic (7) 6-4 7-6(3)

The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

- Pablo Carreño Busta replaced by Steve Johnson 

- Laslo Djere replaced by Peter Gojowczyk 

- Stan Wawrinka replaced by Miomir Kecmanovic

Alexander Zverev, world number 5, is top seed.

The other seeds are all in the top 25

The top four seeds have first round byes

Early results 

First round

- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated wildcard Mischa Zverev 6-3 6-0

- Miomir Kecmanovic defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber 4-6 7-5 6-3

- Qualifier Dustin Brown defeated John Millman 6-4 7-6(3)

- Gilles Simon defeated Peter Gojowczyk 4-6 6-2 6-3

- Felix Auger-Aliassime (7) defeated Ernests Gulbis 7-5 6-3

- Márton Fucsovics defeated Jaume Munar 7-6(5) 6-4

- Milos Raonic (6) defeated qualifier Alexei Popyrin 6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(4)

- Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Denis Shapovalov (8) 7-5 6-4

- Wildcard Lucas Pouille defeated qualifier Feliciano López 6-3 3-6 7-6(7)

- Gaël Monfils (5) defeated Steve Johnson 7-5 5-7 7-6(6)

- Denis Kudla defeated qualifier Viktor Galovic 6-3 6-2

- Matteo Berrettini defeated Nick Kyrgios 6-3 6-4

Second round 

- Márton Fucsovics defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili (4) 6-7(4) 6-2 7-5

- Milos Raonic (6) defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(1)

- Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Miomir Kecmanovic 6-2 6-2

- Wildcard Lucas Pouille defeated Daniil Medvedev (3) 7-6(6) 4-6 6-2