ATP Challenger 100 Open Menorca
Brancaccio outplays Martinez to win Open Menorca; qualifier completes memorable run
Brancaccio won the Open Menorca; Martinez rose from qualifying to reach his second Challenger final.
Raul Brancaccio captured the Open Menorca title, defeating Spanish qualifier Alex Martinez 6-1, 6-4 in the final of the ATP Challenger 100 event. The Italian alternate secured the third Challenger crown of his career while Martinez’s progression from qualifying to the championship match became the defining story of the week.
Brancaccio added Menorca to previous Challenger victories in San Benedetto in 2022 and Noumea, New Caledonia in 2023. He reached the final after surviving a dramatic semifinal against American qualifier Dali Blanch, prevailing 6-3, 0-6, 7-6 (2) in one hour and 53 minutes. “Dali played really well but I stayed focus and I was positive until the end,” Brancaccio said after the semifinal. He admitted to struggling physically in the second set. “I am not sure what happened,” Brancaccio admitted. “I have to check with the physio and then we’ll see. I hope to be ready for tomorrow.”
On a sunny afternoon at the Club de Tenis Ciutadella, the world No. 379 converted four of his five break-point opportunities and won 59 per cent of the total points to close out the title in 69 minutes. “I am very happy to have won the title. The last few years have not always been easy for me,” said Brancaccio, who is based in Valencia, Spain and has previously been ranked inside the world’s Top 125. “Now I will try to build on the level I showed here.” He earned €23,750 and 100 ATP Ranking points and is scheduled to compete next at the Monza Open.
For Martinez the week represented a breakthrough. The 25-year-old from Barcelona arrived via qualifying and beat top seed Valentin Royer 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-3 before returning hours later to defeat Pol Martin Tiffon 7-6 (5), 6-1. “Winning in the afternoon after already being tired is a great effort,” Martinez said after booking his place in the semifinals. He then beat Daniel Rincon 7-5, 7-5 in the semifinal. “I was staying strong mentally,” Martinez said afterwards. “Yesterday was a physical day for both of us as we both had to play two matches. After a huge effort like this, it’s easy to let go. I was really thinking about backing up this today.”
Martinez’s background includes four years at the University of Oklahoma, a degree in Human Relations, selection for the ATP Next Gen Accelerator in 2024, and two ITF titles last season in Tulsa and Harlingen. He has rebuilt after injuries to both knees and now trains in Barcelona with two coaches and a fitness trainer. Reflecting on his run, he said: “I had good wins against a top 100 player and a top 200 player, you are happy, but the job wasn’t done,” he said. “It got me nervous today, but I stayed mentally strong every ball during the match.” He added: “It means a lot, as there is a lot of struggle and pain going through this sport,” Martinez said before the final. “You have to sacrifice a lot and have to work really hard. It is just a reward for the push I have been done the last couple of months and after my injury.”
Off court, Martinez kept a simple routine. “Every evening we go out for a walk, keeping our phones in the hotel room,” Martinez said of his first tournament trip with his coach. “There is a good environment in the town. It’s quite ‘tranquilo’ and it’s good to disconnect.” He also noted: “It’s been helping. We have been doing it since Tuesday and here I am in the final,” Martinez had said on Saturday.
ATP
Sinner’s serve numbers reveal a mixed picture despite his dominance
Sinner’s serve stats show elite power, but his first-serve percentage still leaves room for growth.
Jannik Sinner’s serve has long been viewed as a major part of his rise to the top of the men’s game, yet the numbers from the past year tell a more complicated story.
The world No 1 adjusted his service motion shortly before he began establishing himself as a leading force on the ATP Tour, and that weapon stood out again when he defended his Wimbledon title earlier this month.
After losing the US Open final to Carlos Alcaraz last September, Sinner made it clear that he wanted more variety and consistency on serve. His own words at the time showed how deliberate that change was:
“I can say that I’m gonna become a better tennis player and I’m gonna change a couple of things on the serve, just small things, but, they can make big differences and then we see how it goes,” said Sinner. after that defeat against Alcaraz in New York.
“I’m looking forward to play these matches again, something new is now that I’m not No 1 anymore. Now you chase, it’s different.
“Maybe I will lose some matches from now on, but I will try to do some changes, trying to be a bit more unpredictable as a player and because I think that’s what I have to do, trying to become a better tennis player.”
Even with his strong recent run, the ATP Tour figures for the last 12 months show that there is still work to be done in one area. Sinner ranks 35th in first serve percentage at 63.8%, well behind Alexander Zverev, who leads the list at 72.5%.
The Italian, however, is far more dominant once the first serve lands. He leads the tour in service points won at 80.9%, just ahead of Reilly Opelka on 80.8% and Taylor Fritz on 79.7%.
He also tops service games won at 92.9%, underlining how difficult he is to break. Opelka follows on 90.6%, with Ben Shelton third at 90.4% and Alcaraz at 89.9%.
One remaining area is ace production. Sinner is 27th in that category with an average of 8.2 per match, while Opelka leads with 18.5, followed by Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard on 15.1 and Fritz on 14.1.
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Sinner climbs to No 4 on all-time prize money list after Wimbledon defence
Sinner’s Wimbledon defence lifts him to No 4 on the all-time prize money list in 2026.
Jannik Sinner’s successful Wimbledon title defence brought more than another major trophy. It also lifted the Italian to No 4 on the all-time career prize money list.
Before Wimbledon 2026, Sinner sat at No 6, with Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer occupying the top three spots and Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz positioned above him. Zverev had recently passed both Alcaraz and Sinner after his French Open run, but the order shifted again once Sinner collected $4,830,756 (£3,600,000) for his latest Wimbledon triumph.
That result leaves Sinner close to becoming only the fourth player to move beyond $70m in career prize money. He has already earned $11,620,364 in 2026 and is on track to break the $20m barrier for the first time in a season.
His rise has been rapid. Last year, he took in $19,120,641, a total that included a record $5,071,000 for winning the ATP Finals undefeated. He finished second on the 2025 earnings list behind Alcaraz, who made $21,354,778, after leading the way in 2024 with $19,735,703.
At the end of the 2024 season, Sinner stood on $37,238,688. Since the start of the 2025 campaign, he has added another $32,347,873. From just $36 in prize money in his first professional year, he now sits on $69,586,561.
Zverev is fifth with $68,392,312, while Alcaraz is on $64,997,598 after not adding to his tally since April because of injury. Andy Murray has fallen to No 7 on $64,687,542, with Daniil Medvedev eighth on $52,192,594. Djokovic, Sinner, Zverev, Alcaraz and Medvedev are the only active players to have passed $40m.
Djokovic remains far ahead in first place with $194,656,816, including $3,000,801 earned in 2026. Nadal is second on $134,946,100 and Federer third on $130,594,339.
ATP French Open Grand Slam
Auger-Aliassime Reaches Career-High No. 4 After Breakthrough at Roland Garros
Auger-Aliassime rises to No. 4 after best Roland Garros run, tying second-highest Canadian rank. Now
Felix Auger-Aliassime moved to a career-high No. 4 in the ATP rankings following his deepest run at Roland Garros, where the 25-year-old reached the quarterfinals for the first time before losing to eventual finalist Flavio Cobolli. The result completed a personal Grand Slam milestone: having previously reached the quarterfinals or better at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, he became the first Canadian man to reach the quarterfinals or better at all four majors in his career.
The rise from No. 6 to No. 4 surpasses his prior best of No. 5 and places him tied for the second-highest-ranked Canadian in ATP or WTA rankings history. The only other Canadians to reach the top four are Milos Raonic and Bianca Andreescu. Raonic went as high as No. 3 in 2016, following his run to the Wimbledon final that year, and Andreescu peaked at No. 4 in 2019 after winning the US Open.
Canadian tennis has seen seven players reach the top 10 in either ATP or WTA history, with official rankings available since 1973 for the ATP and 1975 for the WTA.
Auger-Aliassime still has ground to cover to move higher in the standings. He is 2,865 points behind the current world No. 3, Alexander Zverev, with the rankings showing Zverev at 7,305 points and Auger-Aliassime at 4,440.
The Canadian will shift his focus to grass. He begins his grass-court season this week at the ATP 250 event in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, entering as the No. 1 seed. After a first-round bye he will open against either Hubert Hurkacz or Marton Fucsovics.
The new ranking reflects a season of important progress for Auger-Aliassime and cements his place among the highest-ranked Canadians in modern tennis history.
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