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

Group placements were announced on 3 August 2023.[2]

Group A

Group B

Group Stage

Group A

"G-Unit"
Bulgaria Dimitrov
"The Thunder"
Germany Struff
"The Iceman"
Norway Ruud
"The Rebel"
France Paire
RR
W–L
Quarter
W–L
Point
W–L
Standings
"G-Unit"
Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov
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"
Germany Jan-Lennard Struff
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"
Norway Casper Ruud
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"
France Benoît Paire
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

"Rublo"
Rublev
"El Peque"
Argentina Schwartzman
"La Monf"
France Monfils
"The Rocket"
United States Eubanks
RR
W–L
Quarter
W–L
Point
W–L
Standings
"Rublo"
Andrey Rublev
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"
Argentina Diego Schwartzman
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"
France Gaël Monfils
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"
United States Christopher Eubanks
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

Semifinals Final
              
  Argentina Diego Schwartzman
"El Peque"
9 9 21 22 0
  Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov
"G-Unit"
15 14 7 4 2
  Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov
"G-Unit"
13 17 10 16
Andrey Rublev
"Rublo"
14 12 11 17
  France Benoît Paire
"The Rebel"
8 13 13
Andrey Rublev
"Rublo"
21 14 17

Notes

  1. ^ Dimitrov replaced "The Chessmaster" (Daniil Medvedev) after Medvedev withdrew due to fatigue.[3]
  2. ^ Dimitrov changed his nickname to "G-Unit" after formerly bearing the nickname of "Grigor" in his first UTS appearance in UTS 2.[4]
  3. ^ Struff replaced "The King" (Nick Kyrgios) after Kyrgios withdrew due to injury.[5]
  4. ^ Ruud replaced "The Bot" (Reilly Opelka) after Opelka withdrew due to injury.[6]

References

  1. ^ Dunn, Carrie (14 June 2023). "Medvedev, Rublev and Kyrgios to lead the field at UTS Frankfurt in Sept". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b Dunn, Carrie (3 August 2023). "Chris "The Rocket" Eubanks completes UTS Frankfurt line-up". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Dunn, Carrie (18 August 2023). ""The Thunder" Struff replaces Kyrgios in UTS Frankfurt line-up". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  6. ^ 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.