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Nadal, Medvedev, Murray nominated for ATP Awards

ByCody Fitzpatrick

Published Nov 29, 2019

The nominees for the 2019 ATP Awards have been announced, and both the season's stars and some players who haven't had the brightest spotlight shined on them are being recognized.

Unlike with the WTA, the award for the top singles player and doubles team is determined automatically by the year-end rankings, meaning the 2019 winners were Rafael Nadal and the Juan Sebastian Cabal–Robert Farah pairing.

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Here are the nominees for the still-to-be-determined awards, to be awarded at the inaugural season-starting ATP Cup in January:

Most Improved Player of the Year features four solid contenders: Felix Auger-Aliassime, surprise ATP Finals qualifier Matteo Berrettini, US Open finalist and two-time Masters winner Daniil Medvedev and ATP Finals champion Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Comeback Player of the Year has some heavy hitters and re-rising stars in the running, with Stan Wawrinka, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Andrey Rublev and Andy Murray, who started the season on the brink of retirement, underwent hip-resurfacing surgery and won his first title in two years, at the Antwerp European Open.

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Newcomer of the Year, meanwhile, is packed with nominees: Auger-Aliassime, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Miomir Kecmanovic, Corentin Moutet, Alexei Popyrin, Casper Ruud, Mikael Ymer, and Next Gen Finals champion Jannik Sinner, who went 50-20 this year in ATP, Challenger and ITF main draws.

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Maybe the most contentious award of all, though, is the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award, which has been won by Roger Federer in 13 of the past 15 years, with Nadal  receiving it in 2010 and 2018.

This year's nominees are Federer, Nadal, Diego Schwartzman and Dominic Thiem.

Those awards are all voted on by the players, in addition to tournament awards for the best 250- 500- and Masters 1000-level event.

There's also Coach of the Year, selected by other coaches, the Fans' Favourite singles players and doubles team, decided by an online vote, and, picked by the ATP, the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award and Ron Bookman Media Excellence Award.