Atlanta Open Announces 2023 Player Field
Defending champion Alex de Minaur, Taylor Fritz, Alexander Bublik,
Gael Monfils, Daniel Evans, Ben Shelton, Kei Nishikori
and John Isner Scheduled to Play in Annual ATP Tournament
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ATLANTA (June 27, 2023) – The Atlanta Open today announced the player field for this year’s tournament which will be held July 22-30, 2023 at Atlantic Station.
Top-ranked American Taylor Fritz (currently ranked No. 9 in the world), Atlanta Open defending
champion Alex de Minaur (No. 16), Atlanta native Ben Shelton (No. 35), Japan’s Kei Nishikori (No. 48), and six-time Atlanta Open champion John Isner (former USA No. 1), among others, highlight the recent commitments.
Fritz has five ATP titles while de Minaur has seven. Twenty-year-old phenom Shelton broke into the top-100 in November and has risen to a career-high ranking of 35. The former Florida Gator advanced to the 2023 Australian Open Quarterfinals, becoming the youngest American man to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal since Andy Roddick (20) at the 2002 US Open.
Former No. 1 American Isner has 16 career titles, including victories at the Atlanta Open in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2021 (his six Atlanta titles are a tournament record). Invited to play officially as a wild card entry, he recently ended a run of 14-straight seasons in the top 50 from 2009-22.
Georgia Tech’s Andres Martin has also been extended an Atlanta Open wild card invitation. The
Yellowjacket also appeared in last year’s Atlanta Open as a wild card, defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis on College Night. France’s Gael Monfils, who has 11 ATP titles in his career, also received a wild card invitation.
Other top-50 players in the Atlanta Open field include No. 26 Alexander Bublik, No. 27 Yoshihito
Nishioka, No. 30 Daniel Evans, No. 38 Ugo Humbert, No. 43 Adrian Mannarino, and No. 46 J.J. Wolf.
“We’re thrilled to bring another strong field of players to the Atlanta Open,” said Peter Lebedevs, Atlanta Open tournament director. “American tennis continues its resurgence and having seven Americans from the top-100 rankings scheduled to play in the Atlanta Open field is so exciting. Atlanta is a great tennis city and we can’t wait for the tournament next month.”
Atlanta Open Direct Acceptances (with current world ranking)
Fritz, Taylor USA 9
de Minaur, Alex AUS 16
Bublik, Alexander KAZ 26
Nishioka, Yoshihito JPN 27
Evans, Daniel GBR 30
Shelton, Ben USA 35
Humbert, Ugo FRA 38
Mannarino, Adrian FRA 43
Wolf, J.J. USA 46
Nishikori, Kei JPN 48
Nakashima, Brandon USA 51
Cressy, Maxime USA 55
Wu, Yibing CHN 59
Purcell, Max AUS 62
Giron, Marcos USA 63
McDonald, Mackenzie USA 64
Borges, Nuno POR 68
Thompson, Jordan AUS 71
Lestienne, Constant FRA 73
Tickets
Premium seating, individual session, and weeklong tickets that include the women’s Sunday Showdown delivered by UPS match featuring Coco Gauff and Laylah Fernandez are on sale now and available at Atlantaopentennis.com. Children 12-and-younger get in free to qualifying matches on Saturday, July 22 and Sunday morning, July 23 (this does not include the Sunday Showdown on the evening of July 23).
Media Credentials
The credential application to cover the 2023 Atlanta Open is now open. All working media covering the ATP tournament are required to have a credential with a photo. Please submit application with headshot in advance of the tournament.
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About the Atlanta Open
The Atlanta Open is held each year in July at Atlantic Station and is one of the summer tournaments in the US Open Series. The tournament features men’s top world tennis players in singles and doubles competition. Approximately 40,000 fans attend the tournament and bring an estimated economic impact of $10.3 million to Atlanta. Alex de Minaur is the defending champion from 2022. John Isner has won the Atlanta Open six times (2021, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014 and 2013). Andy Roddick won his last ATP World Tour title when he defeated Gilles Muller at the 2012 BB&T Atlanta Open. Mardy Fish holds the title for 2011 and 2010. More information at www.atlantaopentennis.com.
About GF Sports & Entertainment
GF Sports & Entertainment is a global events and operations company that elevates the experience of live sports, entertainment and interactive events. The company owns two of the ATP Tour’s longest running American tennis tournaments, the Dallas Open and the Atlanta Open, as well as the National Lacrosse League New York Riptide. GF Sports & Entertainment also incubates new and emerging sport concepts, this includes Wolf Pack Ninjas, which operates ninja-focused events globally and just completed the purchase of World Long Drive, an international long drive tour.
GF Sports & Entertainment was founded in July 2015 by New York-based private equity firm GF Capital. For additional information, please visit www.gfsportsandentertainment.com.
About The ATP
As a global governing body of men’s professional tennis, the ATP’s mission is to serve tennis. We entertain a billion global fans, showcase the world’s greatest players at the most prestigious
tournaments, and inspire the next generation of fans and players. From the United Cup in Australia, to Europe, the Americas and Asia, the stars of the game battle for titles and Pepperstone ATP Rankings points at ATP Masters 1000, 500 and 250 events, and Grand Slams. All roads lead towards the Nitto ATP Finals, the prestigious season finale held in Turin, Italy. Featuring only the world’s top 8 qualified singles players and doubles teams, the tournament also sees the official crowning of the year-end ATP World No. 1, presented by Pepperstone, the ultimate achievement in tennis. For more information, please visit www.ATPTour.com.
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