Justin Engel will make his debut at the Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF, becoming the first German to compete in the 20-and-under event.
Engel made headlines with his quarter-final finish at the ATP 250 on home soil in Stuttgart in June. By winning his first-round match on the grass court – aged 17 years and eight months – he became the second-youngest player, after Rafael Nadal, to claim a tour-level victory on all three surfaces (since 1990). Last year the German won a tour-level match on hard courts in Almaty, and in May he claimed a victory on clay in Hamburg.
Engel then carried that momentum into a career-best stretch on the ATP Challenger Tour between September and November, posting a 12-7 main draw record, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index, including his first title in Hamburg. With that triumph, he made history as the first player born in 2007 to lift a Challenger trophy.
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