Waiting for 2023: 2 1/2 Weeks Until the United Cup 2023

It has seemed like a long 2022 Off Season, however one of MCM's diehard tennis fans has been following the Challengers closely for us and we thank Peter F for his recaps for the last two weeks!  

In two and a half weeks the 2023 Season will begin with the inaugural United Cup, which is an ATP-WTA event presented in partnership with Tennis Australia and offers USD $15 million in prize money as well as up to 500 Pepperstone ATP and 500 WTA rankings points. The Cup will be held in three cities in Australia - Brisbane, Perth and Sydney - beginning December 29 through January 8, 2023.

While we wait, this week our Star Researcher and Contributor Shirley Hartt treats us to a summary of a select few of the young WTA standouts and their journeys in 2022  - Iga Swiatek, Cori Gauff, Amanda Anisimova, Zheng Qinwen and Leylah Fernandez.  So let's see how these young ladies got here, fared in 2022 and what may be in store for them in 2023👇

2022 Season Almost Wrap Up!

Congratulations!

ATP Finals Single Champion: Novak Djokovic

Fantastic finish to his 2022 Season and he matches Roger Federer's 6 times as ATP Finals Champion. He is also the only player to win the title in three decades!

The Season Finale - ATP World Tour Finals

 

The end of the 2022 Tennis Season is finally here! There's much to analyze and discuss once the dust settles in the next eight days. We may have a recap of this whole season in another thread before the end of the year - the ups and downs, surprises, players who started with such potential, excitement, and hope and fulfilled it all through the year or those whose claim to fame burst onto the scene in the second half or toward the end of this season (I'm thinking of Holger Rune for one). Then there's the players who petered out, fell far short of expectations, and/or just plain disappeared off the tennis map after the beginning of the year - either due to desire (Naomi Osaka?), or injury, illness (Covid still wreaks inordinate havoc on a number of players this year, hopefully next year is much better for them).

The Nitto ATP Finals is the year-end climax to the ATP Tour season. The WTA had their finale more than a week ago, which also produced some surprises.  Like the WTA Finals, this event features only the world's best eight qualified singles players and doubles teams, and has been contested in major cities around the world, with a rich history dating back to the birth of The Masters in Tokyo (1970). From 2021-2025, the tournament will be held at Turin’s Pala Alpitour stadium.

Finally, congratulations to this year's Champion at the Intesa Sanpaolo NextGen ATP Finals - Brandon Nakashima d. Jiri Lehecka!

After the Nitto Finals, there will be some regulation tour but lower-level events played across both tours in ATP Challengers and WTA 125s and below, plus Exhibition tournaments. So .... one more time ... let's get to it!👇

Wrapping Up 2022 - Part 1

 Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals
Allianz Cloud Arena
Milan, Italy
November 8 - 12, 2022