ROTTERDAM, November 13, 2024 (Press Release)
Alex de Minaur, finalist of the last ABN AMRO Open, will be in action again during the upcoming edition. The Australian World No. 9 is the fifth top-10 player announced for 2025. Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev and Grigor Dimitrov have been previously announced. The 52nd ABN AMRO Open will be held from February 1 to 9, 2025 in Rotterdam Ahoy.
Alex de Minaur, finalist of the last ABN AMRO Open, will be in action again! The Australian number nine in the world is the fifth top-10 player announced for 2025. Get your tickets: https://t.co/Ms6g4ms4Vo #ABNAMROOpen #AlexdeMinaur pic.twitter.com/mM8qtHy3yP
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“For Alex de Minaur, 2024 is the year of his definitive breakthrough. His spot in the Rotterdam final and tournament victories in ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Acapulco helped him to reach and remain in the world’s top-10. A deserved place for the player with perhaps the best return game of all. It is great that both finalists from the last edition will come back to the ABN AMRO Open again,” tournament director Richard Krajicek said.
At home on fast courts
Alex de Minaur feels at home on fast courts. All seventeen finals of ATP tournaments that he reached were played on hardcourt or grass. He came out on top nine times. The Dutch fans saw him win the title of the Libema Open this year. Earlier in the year he had to leave the title to Jannik Sinner in Rotterdam Ahoy. De Minaur is feared by opponents mainly because of his service returns. In 2024 he scores the best marks in this area, followed by Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic. As a replacement for the latter, he is one of the elite eight this week at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin.
Previous participations in Rotterdam
In 2021, De Minaur made his debut in the ABN AMRO Open, where the second round was his endpoint. In 2022, he lost the quarterfinals to Stefanos Tsitsipas. In 2023, Grigor Dimitrov was too strong in the quarterfinals. In 2024, he achieved his best result. By winning against Sebastian Korda, David Goffin, Andrey Rublev and Grigor Dimitrov, he reached the final. In this, he had a great match losing to Jannik Sinner, with a final score of 7-5, 6-4.
