Three ATP 250 tournaments on outdoor hard courts will be played in the first week of 2019 season, in two different continents.
The Qatar ExxonMobil Open, a prestigious event taking place in Doha, shows a very strong entry list as usual, with Novak Djokovic, Dominic Thiem and Karen Khachanov among the favourites. Owing to their fall in the ranking, Stan Wawrinka and Tomas Berdych are between the alternates.
The Brisbane International is another big stage of the ATP season, being the first stop of the Australian summer of tennis. Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Kei Nishikori lead the field of the tournament, which is set to begin on the 30th of December.
The Maharashtra Open in Pune completes the week, having replaced Chennai one year ago. In India, Kevin Anderson, Marin Cilic and Hyeon Chung are the first three seeds, while Ernests Gulbis and Ivo Karlovic are among the outsiders.
ATP Doha (QAT, Hard Outdoor), entry list:
1 Djokovic, Novak SRB 1
2 Thiem, Dominic AUT 8
3 Khachanov, Karen RUS 11
4 Cecchinato, Marco ITA 20
5 Basilashvili, Nikoloz GEO 21
6 Goffin, David BEL 22
7 Bautista Agut, Roberto ESP 24
OUT Gasquet, Richard FRA 26
9 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 28
10 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 35
11 Fucsovics, Marton HUN 37
12 Seppi, Andreas ITA 38
13 Mannarino, Adrian FRA 42
14 Jarry, Nicolas CHI 43
15 Dzumhur, Damir BIH 47
16 Lajovic, Dusan SRB 48
17 Haase, Robin NED 50
18 Kukushkin, Mikhail KAZ 53
19 Berrettini, Matteo ITA 54
20 Herbert, Pierre-Hugues FRA 55
21 Pella, Guido ARG 58
22 Gojowczyk, Peter GER 59
23 Copil, Marius ROU 60
24 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 64
25 Ramos-Vinolas, Albert ESP 65
26 WC Berdych, Tomas CZE 71
27 [WC]
28 [WC]
29 [Q]
30 [Q]
31 [Q]
32 [Q]
Alternates:
IN Wawrinka, Stan SUI 66
1. Rublev, Andrey RUS 68
2. Pospisil, Vasek CAN 70
3. Berdych, Tomas CZE 71
4. Marterer, Maximilian GER 74
5. Klahn, Bradley USA 77
6. Andreozzi, Guido ARG 80
7. Basic, Mirza BIH 82
8. Garin, Christian CHI 85
9. Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 85PR
ATP Doha (QAT, Hard Outdoor), qualifying:
1 Rublev, Andrey RUS 68
OUT Pospisil, Vasek CAN 70
3 Marterer, Maximilian GER 74
OUT Andreozzi, Guido ARG 79
5 Basic, Mirza BIH 87
6 Krajinovic, Filip SRB 94
7 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 105
8 Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 109
9 Lacko, Lukas SVK 114
10 Ymer, Elias SWE 115
11 Berankis, Ricardas LTU 116
12 Trungelliti, Marco ARG 123
13 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 124
14 Maden, Yannick GER 126
15 [WC]
16 [WC]
Alternates:
IN Bachinger, Matthias GER 130
IN Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 134
1. Novak, Dennis AUT 141
2. Rosol, Lukas CZE 143
3. Arnaboldi, Andrea ITA 177
4. Uchiyama, Yasutaka JPN 186
5. Ward, James GBR 187
6. Kamke, Tobias GER 214
7. Arevalo, Marcelo ESA 221
8. Moroni, Gian Marco ITA 227
ATP Brisbane (AUS, Hard Outdoor), entry list:
1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
2 Murray, Andy GBR 2PR
3 Nishikori, Kei JPN 9
4 Edmund, Kyle GBR 14
5 Medvedev, Daniil RUS 16
6 Raonic, Milos CAN 18
7 Dimitrov, Grigor BUL 19
8 De Minaur, Alex AUS 31
9 Millman, John AUS 34
10 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 34PR
11 Kyrgios, Nick AUS 36
12 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 40
13 Fritz, Taylor USA 49
14 Mayer, Leonardo ARG 56
15 Struff, Jan-Lennard GER 57
16 Sandgren, Tennys USA 61
17 Harrison, Ryan USA 62
18 Kudla, Denis USA 63
19 Bedene, Aljaz SLO 67
20 Zverev, Mischa GER 69
21 Thompson, Jordan AUS 72
22 [WC]
23 [WC]
24 [WC]
25 [Q]
26 [Q]
27 [Q]
28 [Q]
Alternates :
1. Nishioka, Yoshihito JPN 76
2. Klahn, Bradley USA 77
3. Daniel, Taro JPN 78
4. McDonald, Mackenzie USA 79
5. Andreozzi, Guido ARG 80
6. Basic, Mirza BIH 82
7. Garin, Christian CHI 85
8. Krajinovic, Filip SRB 94
9. Opelka, Reilly USA 98
10. Fabbiano, Thomas ITA 100
ATP Brisbane (AUS, Hard Outdoor), qualifying:
1 Nishioka, Yoshihito JPN 75
2 Klahn, Bradley USA 76
3 Daniel, Taro JPN 77
4 McDonald, Mackenzie USA 78
5 Garin, Christian CHI 84
OUT Kovalik, Jozef SVK 85
7 Opelka, Reilly USA 99
8 Humbert, Ugo FRA 102
9 Kubler, Jason AUS 113
10 Polansky, Peter CAN 119
11 Kecmanovic, Miomir SRB 131
12 Fratangelo, Bjorn USA 136
13 Kokkinakis, Thanasi AUS 147
14 Popyrin, Alexei AUS 148
15 [WC]
16 [WC]
Alternates:
IN Bolt, Alex AUS 155
1. Polmans, Marc AUS 167
2. Eubanks, Christopher USA 171
3. Arnaboldi, Andrea ITA 177
4. Uchiyama, Yasutaka JPN 186
5. Smith, John-Patrick AUS 194
6. Kamke, Tobias GER 214
7. Arevalo, Marcelo ESA 221
8. Moroni, Gian Marco ITA 227
9. Duckworth, James AUS 235
ATP Pune (IND, Hard Outdoor), entry list:
1 Anderson, Kevin RSA 6
OUT Cilic, Marin CRO 7
3 Chung, Hyeon KOR 25
4 Simon, Gilles FRA 30
5 Jaziri, Malek TUN 45
6 Paire, Benoit FRA 52
7 Carballes Baena, Roberto ESP 73
8 Munar, Jaume ESP 75
9 Andujar, Pablo ESP 83
10 Hurkacz, Hubert POL 87
11 Vesely, Jiri CZE 89
12 Darcis, Steve BEL 90PR
13 Ivashka, Ilya BLR 91
14 Istomin, Denis UZB 92
15 Djere, Laslo SRB 93
16 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 95
17 Granollers, Marcel ESP 96
18 Donskoy, Evgeny RUS 97
19 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 99
20 Albot, Radu MDA 101
21 Mmoh, Michael USA 102
22 WC Gunneswaran, Prajnesh IND 107
23 WC Ramanathan, Ramkumar IND 133
24 [WC]
25 [Q]
26 [Q]
27 [Q]
28 [Q]
Alternates:
IN Sousa, Pedro POR 103
OUT Sonego, Lorenzo ITA 106
1. Auger-Aliassime, Felix CAN 107
2. Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 108
3. Ruud, Casper NOR 110
4. Lacko, Lukas SVK 112
5. Monteiro, Thiago BRA 114
6. Bemelmans, Ruben BEL 115
7. Gunneswaran, Prajnesh IND 117
8. Londero, Juan Ignacio ARG 119
ATP Pune (IND, Hard Outdoor), qualifying:
OUT Sousa, Pedro POR 104
2 Auger-Aliassime, Felix CAN 108
OUT Gunneswaran, Prajnesh IND 110
4 Bemelmans, Ruben BEL 117
5 Monteiro, Thiago BRA 120
6 Jung, Jason TPE 121
OUT Ramanathan, Ramkumar IND 132
8 Bolelli, Simone ITA 142
9 Hoang, Antoine FRA 150
10 Quinzi, Gianluigi ITA 156
11 Gerasimov, Egor BLR 158
12 Schnur, Brayden CAN 173
13 Vatutin, Alexey RUS 176
14 Ofner, Sebastian AUT 180
15 WC Myneni, Saketh IND 260
16 WC Mukund, Sasi Kumar IND 339
Alternates:
IN Brands, Daniel GER 183
IN Martin, Andrej SVK 184
IN Uchiyama, Yasutaka JPN 186
1. Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 190
2. Kavcic, Blaz SLO 207
3. Hemery, Calvin FRA 217
4. Arevalo, Marcelo ESA 221
5. Moroni, Gian Marco ITA 227
6. Krawietz, Kevin GER 230
7. Griekspoor, Tallon NED 232
