Better of 2024
Arevalo/Pavic star in Better of 2024 doubles evaluation
Mektic/Koolhof, Krawietz/Puetz, Heliovaara/Patten additionally function
December 09, 2024
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Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic in motion on the 2024 Nitto ATP Finals.
By Grant Thompson
To mark the tip of one other thrilling season, ATPTour.com is unveiling our annual ‘Finest Of’ sequence, which can mirror on probably the most intriguing rivalries, matches, comebacks, upsets and extra. Right now we spotlight 5 standout doubles groups from this season.
Marcelo Arevalo & Mate Pavic
It was a dream-fulfilling season for Arevalo and Pavic, who earned Yr-Finish ATP Doubles No. 1 offered by PIF honours — not a nasty feat of their first season collectively.
“All people performs at the beginning of the yr dreaming about this, so to be right here, to elevate this trophy, clearly that’s why we play the entire yr,” Pavic stated when offered with the workforce’s new {hardware} in Turin.
The Salvadoran-Croatian pair’s opening week foreshadowed how its season would unfold. Arevalo and Pavic had been topped champions in Hong Kong and infrequently regarded again, compiling a 47-20 season report. The duo’s yr was highlighted by title runs at Roland Garros and the Cincinnati Open.
Nikola Mektic & Wesley Koolhof
Reuniting as companions for the primary time since their 2020 Nitto ATP Finals title, Koolhof and Mektic received a season-leading 5 tour-level trophies en path to sealing a Turin return. The Dutch-Croatian duo loved a triple ATP Masters 1000 success spanning three continents by profitable Indian Wells, Shanghai and Paris.
“It’s very particular. To win three Masters in a yr is an unbelievable achievement from each of us,” stated Koolhof.
Koolhof and Mektic additionally made the ultimate in ’s-Hertogenbosch and Basel. It was the right sendoff season for retiree Koolhof, who performed his closing ATP Tour match on the Nitto ATP Finals earlier than ending his profession by competing for the Netherlands on the Davis Cup Remaining 8.
Kevin Krawietz & Tim Puetz
Krawietz and Puetz signed off their memorable season in model, changing into the primary German workforce to clinch the Nitto ATP Finals trophy within the match’s 55-year historical past. Moreover, the eighth seeds in Turin grew to become the lowest-ranked workforce to triumph on the season finale.
It was a shock run contemplating that three weeks prior, Puetz suffered a calf harm in Antwerp that appeared to jeopardise their possibilities of qualifying for Turin. “Two weeks in the past I couldn’t even stroll, now we’re right here having received the match,” Puetz stated after profitable the Nitto ATP Finals. “It’s superb.”
Krawietz and Puetz additionally received their house match in Hamburg and reached the US Open closing.
Harri Heliovaara & Henry Patten
Regardless of not starting their partnership till the fourth month of the yr, Heliovaara and Patten certified for the Nitto ATP Finals and reached the semi-finals in Turin. Their success didn’t take lengthy to launch. Straightaway, they received two ATP Challenger Tour titles and made the Bucharest ATP 250 closing.
The Finnish-British workforce lifted trophies on all three surfaces, together with saving three championship factors towards Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson to triumph at Wimbledon. Heliovaara and Patten additionally lifted tour-level trophies in Marrakech, Lyon and Stockholm.
“I believe the season we have had, particularly provided that we began the yr, has been superb, highlighted by the Grand Slam win at Wimbledon,” stated Patten. “[That is] everybody’s dream as a tennis participant. It has been a surreal season.”
Max Purcell & Jordan Thompson
Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson quadrupled their workforce trophy depend this yr with a standout season through which they received the US Open title and made the Wimbledon closing. “Being a Grand Slam champion has an awesome ring to it,” stated Thompson, No. 3 within the PIF ATP Doubles Rankings. “Particularly after the heartbreak at Wimbledon.”
Getting into the yr having received only one tour-level title collectively — final yr’s ATP 250 in Houston — the Aussies performed a extra constant schedule and had been equally as regular of their kind. The Sydneysiders accomplished the Texas two-step by profitable in Dallas and efficiently defending their Houston title. Sandwiched in between these title runs was their triumph in Los Cabos, the place Thompson swept the Mexican ATP 250 by additionally profitable the singles crown.
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Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson win the US Open. Credit score: Al Bello/Getty Photos
Thompson and Purcell dropped only one set throughout six matches to win their maiden main title at Flushing Meadows and completed the yr with a semi-final run on the Nitto ATP Finals.
“It’s the most effective feeling ever once I get to win with Jordan,” Purcell stated. “Teaming up with anybody else and profitable massive tournaments — I simply don’t assume it might really feel the identical. I believe it’s about who you play with and the connection you’ve got.”