INALPI ARENA, TORINO, ITALY – 2025/11/16: Carlos Alcaraz of Spain celebrates during the final singles match between Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and Jannik Sinner of Italy on Day eight of the Nitto ATP World Tour Finals. Jannik Sinner wins 7-6. 7-5 over Carlos Alcaraz. (Photo by Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz headlines the 2025 ATP Awards nominees announced by the ATP Tour on Thursday.
Six-time major champion Alcaraz has been nominated for the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award, alongside World No. 5 Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada, No. 12 Casper Ruud of Norway, and 44th-ranked Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
The award is given to the player who, throughout the year, conducted himself at the highest level of professionalism and integrity, who competed with his fellow players with the utmost spirit of fairness, and who promoted the game through his off-court activities.
Alcaraz was a recipient of the award in 2023, while Dimitrov won in 2024 and Ruud in 2022. Auger-Aliassime is a first-time nominee in this category.
In the other player category, World No. 10 Jack Draper, Brazilian No. 24 Joao Fonseca, No. 19 Jakub Mensik of Czechia and Monegasque Valentin Vacherot have been nominated for the new Breakthrough of the Year award.
That award is given to the player who made the biggest breakthrough on the ATP Tour this season, with consideration given to milestone wins, significant jumps in the rankings and first ATP Tour titles. Though there are no age restrictions, the award is aimed at Next Gen and young players.
Votes by an International Tennis Writers’ Association (ITWA) determined nominees for Breakthrough of the Year and the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship awards.
The nominees in the Coach of the Year category – given to a coach who helped guide their player to a higher level of performance during the year – are Benjamin Balleret (coach of Valentin Vacherot), Darren Cahill and Simone Vagnozzi (Jannik Sinner), Juan Carlos Ferrero and Samuel Lopez (Carlos Alcaraz), Frederic Fontang (Felix Auger-Aliassime) and Bryan Shelton (Ben Shelton).
The above nominees were selected through first-round voting by ATP coach members.
All award winners will be revealed during the week starting December 8.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/manasipathak-1/2025/11/21/carlos-alcaraz-headlines-2025-atp-award-nominees/
