2019 Atlanta Open, GA, USA, ATP 250

[britbox]

DATE: July 22 - 29 2019
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $694,995
FIELD SIZE: 28
DEFENDING CHAMPION: John Isner

Seeds:

1 ISNER, John
2 FRITZ, Taylor
3 DE MINAUR, Alex
4 HERBERT, Pierre-Hugues
5 TIAFOE, Frances
6 ALBOT, Radu
7 THOMPSON, Jordan
8 HUMBERT, Ugo

The Tournament:

The Atlanta Open has been played in the Atlanta area since 2010, usually during July or August. The tournament is played on outdoor hard courts as part of the USTA's US Open Series, the seven-week summer season lead-up to the U.S. Open.

The event was previously held in Indianapolis from 1988 until it was moved to Atlanta after 2009. The Atlanta Open was known as the Atlanta Tennis Championships for its first two years before signing BB&T as a title sponsor in 2012. In 2015, the tournament was acquired by GF Sports from its then-owners, the USTA.

About Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital of the U.S. state of Georgia. It played an important part in both the Civil War and the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Atlanta History Center chronicles the city's past, and the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site is dedicated to the African-American leader’s life and times. Downtown, Centennial Olympic Park, built for the 1996 Olympics, encompasses the massive Georgia Aquarium.

Facts Flash

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world's busiest airport.

Atlanta was the only city burned down in the Civil War.

The Varsity is the world's largest drive-in restaurant.

 

[britbox]

Atlanta Draw:

 

[herios]

I see that Sock will be back in action.

 

[Moxie]

I see that Sock will be back in action.

I was just wondering what was up with him.

 

[herios]

I was just wondering what was up with him.

He was out since January with torn ligaments in his thumb.

 

[herios]

Sock's return not as successful, goes down in 2 TB to Kecmanovic

 

[AnonymousFan]

Isner Opelka matchup again after the Australian Open tiebreaks!

 

[herios]

Dimi loses to an American, Kevin King ranked 405, in straight sets. This has to he his worst result ever.

 

[don_fabio]

Dimi loses to an American, Kevin King ranked 405, in straight sets. This has to he his worst result ever.

He already shook the hand of the umpire when there was a challenge on a MP for King. He just wanted to get off the court. The guy is a disgrace. Agassi must be embarassed to train someone who can't win a single match and doesn't want to win as it looks like. On top of that he looks silly with a head bandana. A challenger level guy at the moment.

 

[herios]

He already shook the hand of the umpire when there was a challenge on a MP for King. He just wanted to get off the court. The guy is a disgrace. Agassi must be embarassed to train someone who can't win a single match and doesn't want to win as it looks like. On top of that he looks silly with a head bandana. A challenger level guy at the moment.

That is actually sad. What on earth has happened to him?

 

[don_fabio]

That is actually sad. What on earth has happened to him?

I have no idea. It tought he was getting serious with Agassi to try get back to the top. Instead he is playing the worst tennis of his life.

 

[Moxie]

I have no idea. It tought he was getting serious with Agassi to try get back to the top. Instead he is playing the worst tennis of his life.

I saw that result this morning. He really is becoming one of the great mysteries in the men's game. He's had some really strong coaches, and yet he seems to always regress, and now more than ever.

 

[Moxie]

Sorry to see that Tomic took out Tiafoe.

 

[mrzz]

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world's busiest airport.

What? I don't believe that. It is surely fake news. From CNN -- I saw the picture you put there, BB. You work for them, ADMIT IT!

 

[Carol]

This is what Kyrgios did when a Novak’s fan ask him an autograph, he loves the polemics lol

 

[AnonymousFan]

Opelka took out Isner for the third time this year, all sets this season have gone to tiebreaks... fellow servebot has his number

 

[the AntiPusher]

Opelka took out Isner for the third time this year, all sets this season have gone to tiebreaks... fellow servebot has his number

That's was the John Isner Open. No pun intended but that's a huge loss

 

[herios]

That's was the John Isner Open. No pun intended but that's a huge loss

He won last week in Newport. Makes up for it.

 

[the AntiPusher]

He won last week in Newport. Makes up for it.

Agreed.. BTW.. a belated Congrats to Nole winning SW19..he was the best player and managed the big points better. I told Darth years ago that the #20 & 21 were still something he could achieve.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Agreed.. BTW.. a belated Congrats to Nole winning SW19..he was the best player and managed the big points better. I told Darth years ago that the #20 & 21 were still something he could achieve.

What a timely congratulations and that too in the most appropriate thread!