{"id":341276,"date":"2025-12-11T08:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/341276\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T08:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:19:11","slug":"justin-engel-to-make-next-gen-atp-finals-presented-by-pif-debut-after-jakub-mensik-withdraws-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/341276\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Engel to make Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF debut after Jakub Mensik withdraws | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next Gen ATP Finals
\n Engel to make Jeddah debut after Mensik withdraws <\/p>\n

German became second-youngest player to claim a tour-level win on all three surfaces in 2025<\/p>\n

December 10, 2025<\/p>\n

\"Justin<\/p>\n

ATP Tour<\/p>\n

Justin Engel won his first ATP Challenger Tour title in 2025.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n

Justin Engel<\/a> is set to make his debut at the Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF<\/a> following the withdrawal of Jakub Mensik<\/a> on medical grounds.<\/p>\n

In addition to making big strides on the ATP Challenger Tour across the year, Engel grabbed headlines with his quarter-final run at the ATP 250 on home soil in Stuttgart in June. By winning his first-round match at the grass-court event \u2014 at 17 years and eight months old \u2014 he became the second-youngest player, after Rafael Nadal<\/a>, to claim a tour-level win on all three surfaces (since 1990).<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

The young German then carried that momentum into a career-best stretch on the ATP Challenger Tour between September and November, posting a 12-7 main-draw record, according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index, including his first title in Hamburg. With that triumph, he made history as the first player born in 2007 to lift a Challenger trophy.<\/p>\n

Engel takes the spot vacated by Mensik, who withdrew due on medical grounds. We wish Jakub the best in his recovery and in his preparations for the 2026 ATP Tour season.<\/p>\n

Engel will join Learner Tien<\/a>, Alexander Blockx<\/a>, Dino Prizmic<\/a>, Martin Landaluce<\/a>, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer<\/a>, Nishesh Basavareddy<\/a> and Rafael Jodar<\/a> in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The 20-and-under event takes place from 17-21 December.<\/p>\n

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