The ATP Tour returns to Auckland from 9 to 15 January 2023 for the ASB Classic after a two-year break due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Casper Ruud will lead a strong line-up in New Zealand, which also features world number 11 Holger Rune, former ATP Finals qualifiers and Masters 1000 champions Cameron Norrie Alexander Bublik, Jenson Brooksby, David Goffin, Fabio Fognini and John Isners, four Argentine players Diego Schwartzmann, Francisco Cerundolo, Sebastian Baez and Pedro Cachin.
Ruud won three ATP titles in 2022 in Buenos Aires, Geneva and Gstaad and finished runner-up at the Miami Open, Roland Garros, the US Open and at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin. He rose from number 7 to career-high number 2 after losing to Carlos Alcaraz in the US Open Final.
Rune won his first Masters 1000 title in Paris Bercy beating Novak Djokovic, and two ATP 250 titles in Munich and Stockolm. At the Paris Bercy tournament he became the first player since the start of the ATP Tour in 1990 since the start of the ATP Tour in 1990 to earn five top-10 wins at an event other than Nitto ATP Finals (Hubert Hurkacz, Andrey Rublev, Carlos Alcaraz, Felix Auger Aliassime and Novak Djokovic).
Norrie won his first Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells in 2021 and two ATP 250 titles in Lyon and Delray Beach.
Isner won two editions of the Auckland tournament in 2010 and 2014 and his first Masters 1000 title in Miami 2018.
Rublev and Kyrgios lead the line-up in Adelaide 2
Andrey Rublev and Australian star Nick Kyrgios headline the field at the Adelaide international 2, an ATP 250 tournament.
Rublev won the inaugural title at the Adelaide International 2 in 2020 and reached the semifinals at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin last November. Rublev won four ATP titles in Marseille, Dubai, Belgrade and Gijon in 2022. Between 2020 and 2021 he won six hard court titles in Doha, Adelaide, Hamburg, St. Petersburg, Vienna and Rotterdam.
Kyrgios won his first Grand Slam doubles title at the Australian Open with his teammate Thanasi Kokkinakis. The Aussie star finished runner-up to Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon and won his second ATP 250 title in Washington. The line-up in Adelaide 2 also features Karen Khachanov, who won the Olympic silver medal in Tokyo 2021 and advanced to 2022 US Open semifinals and and two quarter finals at 2021 Wimbledon and Roland Garros 2019, two Spanish players Roberto Bautista Agut, Pablo Carreno Busta and four US players Tommy Paul, Brandon Nakashima (2022 Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan), Maxime Cressy and Sebastian Korda.
