By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Denmark’s Holger Rune has been named the ATP’s “Newcomer of the Year.”
The 19-year-old, who made his Top-10 debut in November after winning his first Masters 1000 title in Paris, was a rising force all season and joins fellow “Newcomer of the Year” award winners Andy Roddick (2001), Rafael Nadal (2003), Gael Monfils (2005), Kei Nishikori (2008), Alexander Zverev (2015), Jannik Sinner (2019), Carlos Alcaraz (2020) on the list.
The award is player-voted.
“I’ve worked very hard the whole year to do as good as possible, and it’s really nice to see that my colleagues [voted for] me, so it means a lot,” Rune said. “I just can’t wait for 2023, and it’s going to be hopefully another great year.”
Rune went 39-24 on the season with titles at Munich, Stockholm and Paris. Famously, he delivered five Top-10 wins in Paris and defeated Novak Djokovic in the final for his biggest career title. He won 15 of his final 16 matches in 2022 and finished the season at No.11 in the rankings.