2024 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger Returns
Singles Player Field Announced
We’re back!
The 24th Tallahassee Tennis Challenger Presented by Visit Tallahassee, will take place April 14 through April 21 at the City of Tallahassee’s Forestmeadows Tennis Complex. This site has been host to Satellites, Futures, and the last 19 Challenger events. The first USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Tallahassee took place in 2000 and the tournament has grown steadily every year.
This is exciting clay court tennis as 2024 will be the ninth year that the tournament will be played on a clay court surface. With top-100 players and rising Americans, it’s never been a better time to see the future stars of men’s tennis.
Sponsors and fans are welcome to the tournament site. In addition, Live Web-Streaming of the 2024 Tallahassee Challenger matches will again be available. This means tennis fans all over the world will be able to watch their favorite players’ matches live from their computers, smartphones, iPads, etc. All for free!
The Tallahassee Tennis Challenger Presented by Visit Tallahassee partners with the City of Tallahassee Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Affairs and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Foundation, the United States Tennis Association and the Association of Tennis Professionals in order to bring the tournament to you.
The 2024 player list has been released and features a top-100 player in American, JJ Wolf. Wolf is an Ohio native and grandson of an NBA coach. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 39 in early 2023.
Defending singles champ, Zizou Bergs of Belgium is back looking for another ATP Challenger title. Bergs is up to a career high ranking of No. 111 this week. He is also 7-3 in ATP Challenger finals for his career.
Rising Americans Patrick Kypson, Martin Damm and Ethan Quinn also highlight the entry list.
Former world No. 14, Kyle Edmund of Great Britain is in the qualifying entry list.
2024 Initial Player Field:
Main Draw Singles Entry List
Wolf, J.J. USA 94
Bergs, Zizou BEL 114
Kypson, Patrick USA 140
Kudla, Denis USA 163
Polmans, Marc AUS 167
Ritschard, Alexander SUI 194
Tabur, Clement FRA 202
Crawford, Oliver GBR 203
Damm, Martin USA 204
Hemery, Calvin FRA 210
Boyer, Tristan USA 230
Popko, Dmitry KAZ 250
Quinn, Ethan USA 253
Kwiatkowski, Thai-Son USA 263
Wu, Yibing CHN 268
Sandgren, Tennys USA 280
Krueger, Mitchell USA 282
Fonio, Giovanni ITA 283
Habib, Hady LIB 292
Searle, Henry GBR JR
Schwaerzler, Joel Josef AUT JR
The event will feature a 24-player singles qualifying draw, a 32-player singles main draw and a 16-team doubles draw with a field made up of ATP professional players as well as up-and-coming players.
Schedule of Play:
Singles Qualifying – Sunday, April 14
Singles Main Draw – Monday, April 15
Doubles Main Draw – Tuesday, April 16
Proceeds from the tournament continue to benefit the Vogter Neuro-ICU. In 2019 the new state of the art Vogter Neuro Intensive Care Unit opened in the Mustian Surgery Center of Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. This unit cares for patients of all ages who suffer neurological trauma (such as head injuries, strokes), require surgical intervention for life-threatening illnesses (brain tumors, aneurysms), and many other types of patients too numerous to name. Over the past 25 years funds have been contributed from the tournament and last year the D. Mark Vogter Memorial Endowment reached $1,100,000 in the corpus of the endowment.
A new fund was created in 2010—the Maria Yealdhall Challenger Tennis Fund was established with the Tallahassee Friends of Our Parks Foundation, the fund-raising arm of the Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Affairs Department. All monies collected from ticket sales are donated to this endowment each year and are used to assist in tennis related projects and programs throughout the city. Shade structures at Winthrop Park and at Tom Brown Park as well as several awnings at Forestmeadows are some of the improvements made with these funds.
A tournament of this size could not happen without committed volunteers who work every year. From ball kids/babes & dudes, who stand on the court for hours, to the food-Moms and hostesses, drivers, desk volunteers and organizers, thousands of hours are donated to make this tournament run smoothly. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer before, during or immediately following the tournament please contact Karen Vogter, Tournament Director, at KVogter@tallahasseechallenger.com
Forestmeadows Tennis Complex
The Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Affairs operates many community centers throughout the City. Each of these offers a wide array of daily activities for youth and adults, from athletics to homework to cooking.
Address: 4750 North Meridian Road, Tallahassee, FL 32312
Phone: 850-891-4979
About the ATP Challenger Tour
It all starts here. The ATP Challenger Tour is the launchpad of men’s professional tennis, featuring more than 180 tournaments across more than 40 countries. At this level, players develop their skills and earn valuable experience against strong competition, while fighting for critical points and prize money, all with the collective goal of progressing onto the ATP Tour. Since it was founded in 1978, the ATP Challenger Tour has been an intense battleground on a global stage, providing fans the opportunity to witness worldclass tennis and follow the journeys of the stars of tomorrow as they launch their professional careers. Live stream the action throughout the year via Challenger TV on www.ATPTour.com.
WHAT IS THE ATP CHALLENGER TOUR?
The ATP Challenger Tour is the second-highest level of men’s professional tennis in the world. Since its inception in 1978, competition on the tour has been intense, with players fighting for critical PIF ATP Rankings points and prize money. These tournaments (196 events in 46 countries) give fans the excitement of watching world class tennis in a smaller, more intimate setting.
The purpose of the ATP Challenger Tour is to provide opportunities for players to develop their talents and skills from a young age, while gaining valuable experience against strong competition. The circuit has been the first step for the sport’s most accomplished stars, including Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Regardless of talent and potential, every player must work their way up the PIF ATP Rankings, as they strive to reach the Top 100 and compete on the ATP Tour and in Grand Slam tournaments.
Learn more at https://tallahasseechallenger.com.
