Djokovic, Alcaraz, Nadal & more among ATP Awards nominees

Thursday, 01 December 2022 at 11:40

Updated at Monday, 20 January 2025 at 11:45

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byZachary Wimer

The 2022 ATP season is over and it's time to award some of the players in certain categories.

The full list of the 2022 ATP Awards nominees, which are voted by players, has been revealed, and it offers some interesting names over five categories.

The Comeback Player of the Year, the Most Improved Player of the Year, the Newcomer of the Year, and the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award are all voted by players, while coaches vote for the Coach of the Year.

Four players have been nominated for the Comeback Player of the Year. Borna Coric, who lifted his first ATP Masters 1000 title, Dominic Thiem, Stan Wawrinka, and also Wu Yibing.

Five players will fight for the Newcomer of the Year, and one of them is a very big favorite. Jack Draper, Jiri Lehecka, Ben Shelton, and Chun-Hsin Tseng all showed very solid performances in 2022, but Holger Rune managed to win the Paris Masters and break into the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings.

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Carlos Alcaraz, Maxime Cressy, Jack Draper, and Holger Rune are nominated for the Most Improved Player of the Year, and the Spanish No. 1 will be a big favorite to win this award.

The Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award, which was won by Roger Federer a record amount of times, will go to one of these players this season: Carlos Alcaraz, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Rafael Nadal, Casper Ruud, and Frances Tiafoe.

The Coach of the Year will be one of the coaches of a Top 10 member. Those are Juan Carlos Ferrero, who coaches Carlos Alcaraz, Frederic Fontang, who is Felix Auger-Aliassime's coach, Goran Ivanisevic, who coaches Novak Djokovic, Michael Russell, who works with Taylor Fritz, and father and coach of Casper Ruud, Christian.