Non-Federer Halle champions since 2011 2011 - Kohlschreiber loses in Wimbledon R1 2012 - Haas loses in Wimbledon R1 2016 - Mayer loses in Wimbledon R1 2018 - Coric loses in Wimbledon R1 2021 - Humbert loses in Wimbledon R1 2022 - Hurkacz loses in Wimbledon R1 The Halle curse 🤯
The 'Halle curse' and how Hurkacz became the latest victim
ATPSaturday, 02 July 2022 at 23:00
Updated at Tuesday, 03 December 2024 at 18:46
Tennis is a sport with dozens of matches every day, and sometimes, interesting yet peculiar trends start to develop.
When we say trends, Rafael Nadal's ostensible inevitability of winning Roland Garros or Roger Federer's formidable form at Wimbledon may come to mind, but there are others that pique interest for other reasons.
A perfect example of this is the 'Halle curse.' The eagle-eyed tennis fans around the world may have noticed a peculiar trend emerging from the tournament in Germany, stemming from a certain Roger Federer.
Having won the tournament a record 10 times himself, the Swiss has not left much room for others to get their hands on the trophy. However, since 2011, six other players have forced their way to victory in Germany.
However, every single one of these six players, immediately after winning the grass-court tournament in Halle, exited the Wimbledon Championships at the first-round stage.
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Philipp Kohlschreiber won it in 2011, only to lose in the first round of Wimbledon the following week. The same thing happened to Tommy Haas in 2012, Florian Mayer in 2016, Borna Coric in 2018, Ugo Humbert in 2021, and now Hubert Hurkacz in 2022.
The only exception to the rule has, of course, been the one and only Federer, begging the question as to why, just the following week after going unbeaten on grass, all these players would come crashing out in the first round of the grass-court Grand Slam in London.
Journalist Bastien Fachan made the tennis world aware of this curious statistic on Twitter. Only time will tell whether this trend will keep up in the coming years now that Federer seems to be on his way out or whether there will be room for another player to dominate the tournament in Germany.
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