The draw for the 2025 Geneva Open has been made, and Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz have learned their potential opponents.
The clay-court ATP 250 tournament, which will run from May 18 to 24, features 28 players, including three wildcards and four qualifiers.
Casper Ruud was the defending champion, but he has withdrawn. Grigor Dimitrov, Tallon Griekspoor, Denis Shapovalov, Jordan Thompson and Lorenzo Sonego have also pulled out.
Five players in the top 25 of the ATP Rankings will feature, including three top 20 stars.
Fritz and Djokovic, who are ranked fourth and sixth respectively, headline the draw as the two top 10 stars in action.
The other seeded players are Tomas Machac, Karen Khachanov, Alexei Popyrin, Hubert Hurkacz, Alex Michelsen and Matteo Arnaldi.
The top four seeds receive a bye to the second round, while players seeded from five to eight will enter in the opening round.
Novak Djokovic’s draw
As the No 2 seed, Djokovic has landed in the bottom half, and he looks set to meet some potentially dangerous opponents.
The Serbian will face either world No 50 Zizou Bergs or 134th-ranked Marton Fucsovics — a former world No 31 — in the second round.
Djokovic could then play world No 37 and eighth seed Matteo Arnaldi, who he lost 3-6, 4-6 to at the Madrid Masters in his most recent match. Talented Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, who is ranked 61st, is another possible last eight rival.
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In the semi-finals, Djokovic is projected to meet third seed and world No 20 Machac — who he was beaten by at the same stage at last year’s Geneva Open.
World No 25 Alexei Popyrin, who stunned Djokovic at the 2024 US Open, is the other seeded player the tennis icon could meet in the last four, while Nicolas Jarry and Jacob Fearnley are also in this section.
If Djokovic progresses to the final, the seeded players he could face are Fritz, Khachanov, Hurkacz and Michelsen.
Taylor Fritz’s draw
Fritz, who is the No 1 seed, will begin his Geneva campaign against either Jaume Munar or Quentin Halys.
The American is projected to face Hurkacz in the last eight, with Miomir Kecmanovic another potential opponent.
In the last four, Fritz could meet Khachanov or Michelsen in terms of seeded players, while Nuno Borges, Kei Nishikori and Learner Tien could also feature.
Djokovic, Machac, Popyrin and Arnaldi are the seeded players who may await Fritz in the championship match.
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