The ATP Tour is presenting awards following a busy 2024 tennis season. On Friday, Italy’s Matteo Berrettini won the ATP comeback player of the year, France’s Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard won the ATP most improved player of the year award, and Jakub Mensik of the Czech Republic won the ATP newcomer player of the year award.
Berrettini had a record of 32 wins and 12 losses in 44 matches in 2024. He saw his world ranking rise to 35th in the world from 92nd at the end of the 2023 tennis season. Berrettini, the 2021 Wimbledon finalist, had an injury riddled 2023 season which included an abdominal injury which forced him to miss the Madrid Open, Italian Open and French Open, and a ruptured ankle ligament suffered at the United States Open. However in 2024, Berrettini came back to win three tournaments. He defeated Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain 7-5, 6-2 in the final of Morocco, Quentin Halys of France 6-3, 6-1 in the final of Switzerland, and Hugo Gaston of France 7-5, 6-3 in the final of the Austrian Open in Kitzbuhel.
Mpetshi Perricard saw his world ranking improve from 206th in the world to 31st. A major reason why he saw his world ranking rise 175 places is because Mpetshi Perricard won two tournaments at the 500 point level. He defeated Tomas Martin Etcheverry of Argentina in the final of the Lyon Open in his home country of France, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6, and then beat American Ben Shelton 6-4, 7-6 in the final of the Swiss Indoors in October.
Mensik, who is 19 years of age, won the ATP Newcomer of the Year. Currently 48th in the world, Mensik reached the final of the Qatar Open, where he lost 7-6, 6-4 to Karen Khachanov of Russia. It has been announced that the Qatar Open will be elevated from a 250 point event to a 500 point event in 2025.
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