The 2024 Stuttgart Open will kick off the grass season for men, as the ATP 250 tournament will run from June 10th to 16th.
Grass season is upon the tennis world, and some big names will be swinging racquets in Stuttgart, where an ATP 250 event will be played. One of them is former Stuttgart Open champion Matteo Berrettini, who spent the last few weeks away from the courts.
He returned with a trophy in Marrakech but has since been absent. He'll be back in Stuttgart against Roman Safiullin, who is a very tricky player to play on any surface, let alone on the grass, where his serve will be tough to counter.
Still, Berrettini is a former champion in the German city and a former Wimbledon finalist, so the grass is the surface where he excels, and if someone can deal with such a difficult draw, it will be him.
Another big name who will play at the event is Ben Shelton. Although he didn't have the best clay season, he's a fairly young player who is improving steadily and collecting experience.
He did well on grass last year and will hope to do even better this year. Like all top-four seeded players, he has a first-round bye, so his first match will be a round-two match against one of the qualifiers.
Alexander Zverev is also supposed to play at the event, even though he's in the Roland Garros final, and it's still quite likely that he may withdraw from the tournament. If he doesn't, he'll play in the second round against either Christopher Eubanks or Brandon Nakashima.
Another interesting round-one matchup is between Jack Draper and Sebastian Ofner. Both are fairly solid players, although Draper is far better on grass.
2024 Stuttgart Open ATP Draw:
| Player | Opponent |
|---|---|
| Alexander Zverev (1) | BYE |
| Christopher Eubanks | Brandon Nakashima |
| Arthur Rinderknech | Alex Michelsen |
| Flavio Cobolli | Jan-Lennard Struff (7) |
| Frances Tiafoe (4) | BYE |
| Henri Squire (WC) | Yannick Hanfmann |
| Marcos Giron | Andy Murray |
| Sebastian Ofner | Jack Draper (6) |
| Lorenzo Musetti (5) | Qualifier |
| Dominik Koepfer | Zhizhen Zhang |
| Hamad Medjedovic (WC) | Fabian Marozsan |
| BYE | Alexander Bublik (3) |
| Roman Safiullin (8) | Matteo Berrettini |
| Qualifier | Denis Shapovalov (WC) |
| Qualifier | Qualifier |
| BYE | Ben Shelton (2) |
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