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Carreno-Busta vs Dodig — the veteran against the local wildcard
Preview · Croatia Open Umag · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 Pablo Carreno-Busta opens his Umag campaign against about as favourable a draw as a top-70 player could hope for: a 20-year-old wildcard playing in front of his home crowd with barely any ATP Tour experience to
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Faria vs Wawrinka — Stan's last dance on home clay
Preview · EFG Swiss Open Gstaad · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 There is a farewell quality to this one. Stan Wawrinka, the three-time Grand Slam champion, is making his 14th and possibly final appearance in his country's flagship clay event, and unless a late wildcard materialises elsewhere,
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Buse vs Tsitsipas — the changing of the guard continues
Preview · EFG Swiss Open Gstaad · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 A month ago in Mallorca, Ignacio Buse beat Stefanos Tsitsipas on grass. Now the two meet again, this time on the clay where the Greek built his reputation, and the rankings tell their own story: Buse arrives seeded fifth
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Muller vs Shevchenko — can the Frenchman finally stop the bleeding
Preview · EFG Swiss Open Gstaad · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 Alexandre Muller opens his Gstaad campaign in freefall, having lost eight matches in a row, most recently a first-round exit at Wimbledon to Tommy Paul. Standing in his way is Alexander Shevchenko, a player he has beaten twice
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Halys vs Cinà — the big serve against the teenage prodigy
Preview · EFG Swiss Open Gstaad · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 Gstaad's opening Tuesday throws together experience and precocious talent. Quentin Halys, the Frenchman who reached the final here two seasons ago, takes on Federico Cinà, the 18-year-old Italian who has been the form story of
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Kym vs Dietrich — an all-Swiss opener on home clay
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Martinez vs Hanfmann — history favours the German
Preview · EFG Swiss Open Gstaad · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 Pedro Martinez arrives in Gstaad well below the ranking he held less than a year ago, having slipped from a career-high of 42 in late 2024 down to the 130s after a rough recent stretch that has seen
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Cerundolo vs Kolar — unfinished business on Gstaad clay
Preview · EFG Swiss Open Gstaad · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 Juan Manuel Cerundolo returns to the scene of his best result of last season, having reached the final in Gstaad in 2025 before losing to defending champion Alexander Bublik. The Argentine, now ranked 45, arrives having lost his Wimbledon
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Baez vs Dahlin — the seed against the wildcard debutant
Preview · Nordea Open (Båstad) · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 Sebastian Baez heads into Båstad as one of the players to beat on this surface, ranked 56 with a 23-16 season record and a 13-11 mark specifically on clay, though he arrives off the back of a gruelling
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Borges vs Kouame — the champion against the teenage sensation
Preview · Nordea Open (Båstad) · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 Nuno Borges returns to the scene of one of his best career moments, having lifted the title in Båstad back in 2024, but he does so in the middle of a difficult 2026 that has left him at 16-19
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Altmaier vs Gaston — a rubber match on familiar terrain
Preview · Nordea Open (Båstad) · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 Daniel Altmaier and Hugo Gaston have already split two meetings, both on clay, and this Båstad first round settles the rubber match between two players whose games are built for exactly this kind of surface. Altmaier, ranked 60, arrives with