ATP Cup Press Release, January 8, 2020

The ATP Cup is in action in Brisbane, Sydney and Perth.

As part of Tennis Australia’s Aces for Bushfire Relief initiative, $100 for every ace served during the event will be donated to the Australian Red Cross bushfire disaster relief and recovery efforts.

On day five of the ATP Cup 220 aces were served, adding $22,000 to cause, and taking the cumulative event total to $92,300, with 923 aces served in the first five days of action across the three cities.

Australia’s Nick Kyrgios, who has been a passionate supporter of the cause, served 25 aces to top the day five tally, his opponent Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) served 18 aces, followed by Stefano Travaglia (Italy) on 17, and John Isner (USA) on 15 aces.

A total of 4️⃣2️⃣ aces served up between these two in #Brisbane on Day Five.

That’s $4,200 to add to the #Aces4BushfireRelief fund 👏#ATPCup pic.twitter.com/ppykmKB9H5

— ATPCup (@ATPCup) January 7, 2020

Day five – Tuesday 7 January

ATP Cup Aces For Bushfire Relief city daily tally

·         Perth: 89

·         Sydney: 30

·         Brisbane: 101

·         Daily total: 220 

ATP Cup Aces Total – 921

ATP Cup Ace Leaders (aces served in a single match)

33 – John Isner (Team USA)

25 and 20 – Nick Kyrgios (Team Australia)

18 – Hubert Hurkacz (Team Poland)

17 – Kevin Anderson (Team South Africa)

15 – Jan-Lennard Struff (Team Germany), Lloyd Harris (Team South Africa), Marin Cilic (Team Croatia)

ATP Cup Cumulative Ace Leaders (total aces served in all singles matches)

52 – John Isner (Team USA)

45 – Nick Kyrgios (Team Australia)

33 – Denis Shapovalov (Team Canada)

29 –  Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)

28 – Kevin Anderson (Team South Africa), Taylor Fritz (Team USA)

The fundraising initiative is funded jointly by the ATP, Tennis Australia, Tennis New South Wales, Tennis Queensland and Tennis West.

Donations can be directed to the Australian Red Cross bushfire disaster relief and recovery efforts here.