Great joy for Jan-Lennard Struff: The tennis professional from Warstein is the ATP Comeback Player of the Year.
The 33-year-old was selected by his colleagues on the tour. He received more votes than Germany’s number one Alexander Zverev, Furtwanger Dominik Koepfer and Frenchman Gael Monfils.
“I’m very, very happy and excited to win the 2023 Comeback Player of the Year award. I was nominated along with Sascha, Domi and Gael, who I think also deserved the award for their seasons, so congratulations on that.” said Struff.
Climbed to 21st place
The long-time Davis Cup player started the season 167th in the world rankings and climbed to 21st place at times. “I didn’t expect that I would climb from outside the top 150 to the top 30 so quickly,” said Struff: “It was crazy how quickly it happened.”
Struff reached the finals of the Masters in Madrid and the grass tournament in Stuttgart, but missed his first tournament victory at ATP level. The nominees were pre-selected by international tennis journalists.
