The grass-court season is starting in few days and these are the entry lists for the first two ATP tournaments.
The Mercedes Cup will take place in Stuttgart (Germany), while the Ricoh Open will be played in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands); both tournaments are Atp 250 events.
World’s top players Roger Federer, Tomas Berdych and Grigor Dimitrov joined Stuttgart’s field, alongside other great grass-court players like Feliciano Lopez and Bernard Tomic. Austrian defending champion Dominic Thiem didn’t commit to play.
Marin Cilic and David Goffin lead the ‘s-Hertogenbosch entry list, followed by Richard Gasquet, Ivo Karlovic and Juan Martin Del Potro. Several grass-court specialists chose to play there: defending champion Nicolas Mahut, Dustin Brown and Gilles Muller will look for the title too.
NEWS: Alexander Zverev receives a Wild-Card into ‘s-Hertogenbosch, while David Goffin and Richard Gasquet pull out from the tournament. Mikhail Youzhny and Dmitry Tursunov get into the main draw.
NEWS: Jiri Vesely and Karen Khachanov withdraw from Stuttgart, Stephane Robert and Jerzy Janowicz take his place. Tommy Haas also joins the main draw with a Wild-Card entry.
NEWS: Juan Martin Del Potro pulls out from the Ricoh Open due to injury.
ATP Stuttgart (GER, Grass Outdoor) Entry List:
Federer, Roger (SUI)
Berdych, Tomas (CZE)
Dimitrov, Grigor (BUL)
Johnson, Steve (USA)
Simon, Gilles (FRA)
Zverev, Mischa (GER)
Lopez, Feliciano (ESP)
Troicki, Viktor (SRB)
Kohlschreiber, Philipp (GER)
Tomic, Bernard (AUS)
OUT Khachanov, Karen (RUS)
Struff, Jan-Lennard (GER)
Mayer, Florian (GER)
Paire, Benoit (FRA)
OUT Vesely, Jiri (CZE)
Baghdatis, Marcos (CYP)
Basilashvili, Nikoloz (GEO)
Jaziri, Malek (TUN)
Chardy, Jeremy (FRA)
WC Haas, Tommy (GER)
(WC)
(WC)
Alternates:
IN Kuznetsov, Andrey (RUS)
OUT Dolgopolov, Alexandr (UKR)
IN Herbert, Pierre-Hugues (FRA)
OUT Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS)
OUT Tursunov, Dmitry (PR,RUS)
OUT Estrella-Burgos, Victor (DOM)
OUT Thompson, Jordan (AUS)
IN Robert, Stephane (FRA)
IN Janowicz, Jerzy (POL)
1. Donskoy, Evgeny (RUS)
2. Lacko, Lukas (SVK)
3. Benneteau, Julien (FRA)
ATP Stuttgart, Qualifying:
OUT Thompson, Jordan (AUS)
Lacko, Lukas (SVK)
OUT Kavcic, Blaz (SLO)
Bemelmans, Ruben (BEL)
Marterer, Maximilian (GER)
Fritz, Taylor (USA)
OUT Melzer, Jurgen (AUT)
Gojowczyk, Peter (GER)
Bublik, Alexander (KAZ)
Fucsovics, Marton (HUN)
OUT Menendez-Maceiras, Adrian (ESP)
Millot, Vincent (FRA)
OUT Janowicz, Jerzy (POL)
Basic, Mirza (BIH)
(WC)
(WC)
Alternates:
OUT Whittington, Andrew (AUS)
IN Uchiyama, Yasutaka (JPN)
OUT Mmoh, Michael (USA)
OUT Kwon, Soon-Woo (KOR)
OUT Moriya, Hiroki (JPN)
OUT Napolitano, Stefano (ITA)
IN Chiudinelli, Marco (SUI)
IN Rosol, Lukas (CZE)
OUT Smyczek, Tim (USA)
OUT Setkic, Aldin (CZE)
IN Brands, Daniel (GER)
OUT Ivashka, Ilya (BLR)
OUT Tsitsipas, Stefanos (GRE)
OUT Ram, Rajeev (USA)
OUT Groth, Sam (AUS)
OUT Klein, Braydan (GBR)IN Masur, Daniel (GER)
1. Hanfmann, Yannick (GER)
ATP ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NED, Grass Outdoor) Entry List:
Cilic, Marin (CRO)
OUT Goffin, David (BEL)
Karlovic, Ivo (CRO)
OUT Gasquet, Richard (FRA)
Muller, Gilles (LUX)
OUT Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG)
Mahut, Nicolas (FRA)
Haase, Robin (NED)
Mannarino, Adrian (FRA)
Darcis, Steve (BEL)
Lu, Yen-Hsun (TPE)
Bedene, Aljaz (GBR)
Tipsarevic, Janko (SRB)
Seppi, Andreas (ITA)
Sugita, Yuichi (JPN)
Istomin, Denis (UZB)
Brown, Dustin (GER)
Chung, Hyeon (KOR)
Kokkinakis, Thanasi (PR,AUS)
WC Zverev, Alexander (GER)
WC Kozlov, Stefan (USA)
WC Griekspoor, Tallon (NED)
Alternates:
IN Dolgopolov, Alexandr (UKR)
IN Escobedo, Ernesto (USA)
OUT Herbert, Pierre-Hugues (FRA)
IN Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS)
OUT Tursunov, Dmitry (PR,RUS)
OUT Estrella-Burgos, Victor (DOM)
IN Thompson, Jordan (AUS)
OUT Robert, Stephane (FRA)
IN Donskoy, Evgeny (RUS)
OUT Stakhovsky, Sergiy (UKR)
OUT Duckworth, James (AUS)
OUT Sela, Dudi (ISR)
1. Lacko, Lukas (SVK)
2. Benneteau, Julien (FRA)
3. Pospisil, Vasek (CAN)
ATP ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Qualifying:
Medvedev, Daniil (RUS)
OUT Escobedo, Ernesto (USA)
Pospisil, Vasek (CAN)
OUT Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS)
OUT Dolgopolov, Alexandr (UKR)
Benneteau, Julien (FRA)
OUT Donskoy, Evgeny (RUS)
OUT Kozlov, Stefan (USA)
Jung, Jason (TPE)
Gerasimov, Egor (BLR)
Becker, Benjamin (GER)
Ito, Tatsuma (JPN)
Novikov, Dennis (USA)
Krueger, Mitchell (USA)
WC Purcell, Max (AUS)
WC Tsitsipas, Stefanos (GRE)
Alternates:
OUT Whittington, Andrew (AUS)
OUT Uchiyama, Yasutaka (JPN)
OUT Mmoh, Michael (USA)
IN Kwon, Soon-Woo (KOR)
OUT Moriya, Hiroki (JPN)
OUT Napolitano, Stefano (ITA)
OUT Chiudinelli, Marco (SUI)
OUT Rosol, Lukas (CZE)
IN Smyczek, Tim (USA)
IN Setkic, Aldin (CZE)
OUT Brands, Daniel (GER)
IN Ivashka, Ilya (BLR)
IN Tsitsipas, Stefanos (GRE)
1. Ram, Rajeev (USA)
OUT Groth, Sam (AUS)
2. Klein, Brydan (GBR)
3. Masur, Daniel (GER)
4. Quiroz, Roberto (ECU)
