{"id":335819,"date":"2025-12-10T02:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T02:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/335819\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T02:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T02:01:15","slug":"alcaraz-wins-atp-sportsmanship-award-rublev-gets-arthur-ashe-award-tennis-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/335819\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz Wins ATP Sportsmanship Award, Rublev Gets Arthur Ashe Award \u2013 Tennis Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz has taken hold of the ATP\u2019s Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award, and he may lock it down for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>The affable six-time major champion won the award for 2025, his second time, as he edged out nominees Felix Auger-Aliassime, Casper Ruud and Grigor Dimitrov.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tennisexpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pro-Player-Gear-610X150-03.jpg\" alt=\"tennis express pro player gear\" class=\"wp-image-54451\"  data-\/><\/a>tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\n<p>Per the ATP,Sportsmanship nominees were determined by an International Tennis Writers\u2019 Association (ITWA) vote, and for the first time, the winner was selected in a vote by members of the\u00a0exclusive ATP No. 1 Club \u2013 the 29 current and former players to have reached World No. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz isn\u2019t just one of the fiercest competitors on tour, he\u2019s also known for his kindness, warmth and sportsmanship. He won eight titles in 2025, including his fifth and sixth major triumphs, and locked down the ATP\u2019s year-end No.1 ranking for the second time<\/p>\n<p>Rublev the Humanitarian<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/andrey-rublev\/re44\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrey Rublev<\/a>\u00a0has been named the recipient of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/arthur-ashe\/a063\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arthur Ashe<\/a>\u00a0Humanitarian Award in the 2025 ATP Awards, a testament to the 28-year-old\u2019s desire to be an impactful source for good off the tennis court.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-time tour-level titlist launched the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/andrey-rublev\/re44\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrey Rublev<\/a>\u00a0Foundation in March 2024 with an aim to provide resources and support to children struggling with critical illness. Rublev expanded his efforts throughout the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian superstar has also been candid about his mental health struggles and pivotal in raising awareness in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Per the ATP, Rublev joins some of the sport\u2019s most notable legends as an Ashe Award recipient, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/roger-federer\/f324\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Federer<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/rafael-nadal\/n409\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rafael Nadal<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/novak-djokovic\/d643\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Novak Djokovic<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/andy-murray\/mc10\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Murray<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/andre-agassi\/a092\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andre Agassi<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/john-mcenroe\/m047\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John McEnroe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, \u00a0Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori have been voted as the Fans\u2019 Favourite doubles team in the 2025 ATP Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz has taken hold of the ATP\u2019s Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award, and he may lock it down&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-335819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}