SEVILLA/STARNBERG, August 27, 2021
Sevilla will be the place to be in early September when the 58th edition of the Copa Sevilla will be held in the capital city of Andalusia. Three Top 100 players will headline the ATP Challenger Tour 90 tournament hosted by the Real Club de Tenis Betis from September 5 to 11.
The 2021 @CopaSevillaCh 🇪🇸 in 60 seconds. #ATPChallengerTour #Sevilla @sevillaciudad @TurismoAND pic.twitter.com/EAd9fSYw6C
— Florian Heer (@Florian_Heer) August 26, 2021
World No. 72 Pablo Andujar leads the entry list. The 35-year-old Spaniard, a winner of four ATP Tour singles titles, will bid for his 12th trophy on the Challenger Circuit. Andujar will be joined by his compatriots World No. 73 Pedro Martinez and World No. 95 Roberto Carballes Baena. Local favourites Carlos Taberner and Bernabe Zapata Miralles round out the Top 5 entries.
British teenager Jack Draper and #NextGenATP Spaniard Nicola Kuhn will represent the youngsters in Sevilla. Nineteen-year-old Draper has captured seven titles on the ITF World Tennis Tour. Kuhn is seeking his first triumph since his title win at the Segovia Challenger in El Espinar two years ago.
After a year hiatus, the @CopaSevillaCh 🇪🇸 will be held in Andalusia’s capital city from September 6 to 11, 2021.
The official poster for the 58th edition of the tournament shows an element of the Giralda, the bell tower of Sevilla’s famous Cathedral.#ATPChallengerTour pic.twitter.com/RCa0xUHVIT
— Florian Heer (@Florian_Heer) August 15, 2021
In 1991, the Copa Sevilla kicked off an era of ATP Challenger Tour tennis. Three decades later, the historic event in southern Spain is still going strong.
Held on the unique yellow clay, it celebrated back-to-back 17-year-old champions Casper Ruud (2016) and Felix Auger-Aliassime (2017). Kimmer Coppejans took the title in 2018 and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina clinched the trophy in 2019. Last year’s edition had to be cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Copa Sevilla entry list
Pablo Andujar 72
Pedro Martinez 73
Roberto Carballes Baena 95
Carlos Taberner 105
Bernabe Zapata Miralles 117
Federico Gaio 159
Emilio Gomez 161
Alejandro Tabilo 163
Alessandro Giannessi 171
Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera 172
Marco Trungelliti 198
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski 226
Lorenzo Giustino 237
Joao Domingues 243
Gian Marco Moroni 250
Carlos Gimeno Valero 262
Teymuraz Gabashvili 267
Jack Draper 269
Nicola Kuhn 275
Julian Lenz 293
Filippo Baldi 315
Julien Cagnina 757
