Challenger
Cazaux climbs to profession excessive following Jinan Challenger title run
Virtanen wins in Roanne; Choinski joins tie for season-leading title rely
October 14, 2025
2025 Jinan Open
Arthur Cazaux is topped champion on the Jinan Challenger.
By ATP Employees
Frenchman Arthur Cazaux captured his fourth ATP Challenger Tour title on Sunday to safe a brand new career-high within the PIF ATP Rankings.
The highest seed on the 2025 Jinan Open, Cazaux dropped only one set all week. He raced previous Mackenzie McDonald 6-3, 6-2 within the last, incomes revenge on the American who beat him within the Shenzhen Challenger last 12 months in the past.
Following his triumph, the 23-year-old is now No. 58 within the PIF ATP Rankings. Jinan marks Cazaux’s first Challenger trophy of this season, throughout which he has competed in 5 occasions at that stage. The Montpellier native reached his first tour-level last this yr in Kitzbühel.
“First title of the yr!” Cazaux wrote on Instagram, including a hashtag ‘#loveindoors’.
Virtanen stays good in Challenger finals
Finland’s Otto Virtanen returned to the winner’s circle, claiming his second Challenger title of the yr and eighth general. The 24-year-old gained the l’Open Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes de Roanne, the place he outlasted dwelling hope Hugo Gaston 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 within the last.
Virtanen, No. 116 within the PIF ATP Rankings, prolonged his good document in Challenger finals to 8-0. Seven of these eight matches have been performed at indoor occasions, together with Roanne. Virtanen’s first Challenger trophy this yr got here on grass in Birmingham.
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Otto Virtanen on the Roanne Challenger. Credit score: Clement Corso
College of Arizona standout Good friend claims maiden title in shock run
Jay Dylan Friend earned a milestone victory on the Solano Challenger in Fairfield, California. A senior on the College of Arizona, the 21-year-old Good friend captured his maiden Challenger title in simply his fourth outing at that stage. Good friend superior by means of qualifying en path to the title, ousting a fellow qualifier, Edward Winter, 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-2 within the championship match.
Good friend, who hails from Tokyo, Japan, certified for the ATP Subsequent Gen Accelerator programme this yr, due to his collegiate success at Arizona.
Coming into the week as World No. 743, Good friend is the second lowest-ranked champion on the Challenger circuit this season (No. 847 Stefano Napolitano gained in Biella). Good friend has soared 263 spots to a career-high No. 480. He entered Fairfield with two victories on the Challenger stage, together with an August win towards Valentin Vacherot, who gained the ATP Masters 1000 occasion in Shanghai.
Briton Choinski earns fourth title of 2025, countryman Peniston additionally wins
Jan Choinski and Ryan Peniston took contrasting paths so as to add {hardware} to their trophy cupboards. Choinski wanted a deciding set in 4 of his 5 matches on the Copa Faulcombridge by Marcos Automocion in Valencia. Within the last, he ended Croatian Luka Mikrut’s nine-match profitable streak with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory. Mikrut gained the earlier week’s Braga Challenger.
Following Choinski’s fourth Challenger trophy of the season, the 29-year-old is now tied atop the 2025 title leaderboard, becoming a member of Borna Coric, Emilio Nava and #NextGenATP Nicolai Budkov Kjaer.
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Jan Choinski in motion on the Valencia Challenger. Credit score: Copa Faulcombridge by Marcos Automocion
Peniston dropped only one set throughout 5 matches to win the Hersonissos Challenger 5. The 29-year-old beat prime seed Kimmer Coppejans 6-3, 7-5 within the last to safe his High 200 return for the primary time in 20 months.
Barrios Vera captures clay-court crown in Cali
Chilean Tomas Barrios Vera capped a dominant week on the Kia Open in Cali, Colombia by incomes his sixth Challenger title. The highest seed raced previous Juan Carlos Prado Angelo 6-1, 6-4 within the last. Barrios Vera surrendered not more than six video games in a match en path to the title.
