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  • Daily roundup · From Nov 2: Zverev rose to world No. 1 with 9,550 points, 100 ahead of Sinner, and is guaranteed to finish 2026 at No. 1 · Vacherot won Basel, beating Lehecka 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 · Jodar made his Top 10 debut at No. 10 · Gauff passed Pegula for WTA No. 4 by three points, and Shnaider returned to a career-high No. 11 · Paris began with Musetti d. Hurkacz 7-6(3), 7-6(10), Hijikata d. Darderi 6-2, 6-2 and Buse d. Bergs 6-2, 6-4
  • Daily roundup · From Nov 1: Alcaraz won Vienna, beating de Minaur 6-1, 6-4, after de Minaur beat Zverev 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4) in the semifinals · Shnaider won Tokyo, beating Fernandez 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, after Rybakina withdrew with neck inflammation · Qualifier Dart won her first WTA title in Guangzhou, beating Tagger 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 · Errani and Paolini took the last WTA Finals doubles place and won the Tokyo doubles · Basel semifinals: Vacherot d. Fritz 7-6(5), 6-3 and Lehecka d. Struff 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 · Kym d. Shelton and Struff d. Djokovic in the Basel second round · Seggerman and Tien lost the Vienna doubles final to Miedler and Oberleitner
  • Daily roundup · From Oct 29: Rybakina clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking in Tokyo with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Putintseva · Zverev saved four match points to beat Landaluce 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(11) in Vienna · Wawrinka, 41, played his final match in Basel, losing to Lehecka 7-5, 7-6(2), and retires with 16 titles · Djokovic d. Humbert 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and Fritz d. Hijikata 6-4, 7-6(3) in Basel · Musetti d. Tiafoe 7-6(6), 7-5 in Vienna · Venus Williams lost to Tagger 6-2, 6-2 in Guangzhou
  • Daily roundup · From Oct 26: Zverev could become No. 1 on Nov 2 by reaching the Vienna quarterfinals · Official Race after Almaty, Brussels and Lyon: Medvedev 3,660, Cobolli 3,640, Fils 3,425, Tiafoe 3,380 and Jodar 3,159 in fifth to ninth, with de Minaur 10th and Fritz 12th · New rankings: Fils up two to No. 8, Fritz to No. 13, Struff to No. 47, Fernandez to No. 23, Krueger to No. 44 and Siniakova to No. 49, and Rybakina led Sabalenka by 1,951 points · Basel: Tsitsipas (right shoulder), Bublik (knee) and Davidovich Fokina (illness) withdrew · Tokyo: Chwalinska (left thigh) and defending champion Bencic (right ankle) withdrew, and Eala (8) d. Stojsavljevic (WC) 6-1, 6-2 · Guangzhou: Bondar d. top seed Snigur 6-4, 6-2
  • Daily roundup · From Oct 25: Rybakina (1) d. Fernandez 6-2, 6-2 to defend her Ningbo title, her fourth of 2026 · Siniakova d. Krueger 6-1, 6-0 for the Osaka title after Krueger beat top seed Li · Medvedev (1) d. qualifier Basilashvili 6-7(6), 6-1, 6-3 to defend Almaty, and Bhambri and Seggerman won the doubles · Lyon: Musetti (6) d. Fritz (2) 6-3, 6-4, after semifinal wins by Fritz over Paul 6-3, 7-5 and Musetti over Cobolli (1) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 from four match points down · Brussels: Griekspoor d. Struff 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, after Struff d. Fils (1) 6-4, 6-7(7), 7-6(5) and Griekspoor d. F. Cerundolo (3) 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) in the semifinals · Michelsen and Nakashima reached the quarterfinals in Brussels and Lyon
  • Daily roundup · From Oct 22: Muchova clinched the eighth and final WTA Finals singles place after Kostyuk retired in Ningbo (right wrist) · Swiatek withdrew from Ningbo (left thigh) and ended her season at 39-15 with a title in Toronto · Ningbo: Jovic (4) d. Paolini 6-4, 6-3, Kawa d. Bencic (5) 7-5, 6-2, Fernandez d. Sasnovich 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-3 · Osaka: Stearns (2) retired (foot) against Siniakova and Day retired (low back) against Ruzic · Almaty: Mannarino d. Rublev (4), Duckworth d. Darderi (2), Tsitsipas (7) d. Kukushkin in Kukushkin's final tour event · Brussels: Fils (1) advanced when Munar withdrew (back) · Lyon: Paul (4) d. Bonzi, Wawrinka d. Landaluce 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-6(5)
  • Daily roundup · From Oct 19: New ATP rankings with Davidovich Fokina up 13 places to a career-high No. 13, Jodar No. 11 and Djokovic No. 12 · New WTA rankings with Chwalinska up from No. 22 to No. 11 and Kartal from No. 170 to No. 49 · Chwalinska (left thigh) and Kartal (knee) withdrew from Ningbo and Osaka · Shanghai doubles: Miedler and Oberleitner d. Cabral and Tracy 6-3, 6-4 · Wuhan doubles: Dabrowski and Stefani (1) d. Hunter and Siniakova (3) 7-5, 6-4 · Andreescu won the Rovereto WTA 125 and Stephens won the ITF W100 in Edmond, Okla. · Monday results: Krueger d. Tjen (6) 6-4, 6-4 and Tagger d. Samsonova (5) 6-3, 6-3 in Osaka, Fernandez d. Mertens (7) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 in Ningbo, Diaz Acosta d. Tirante (8) 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-4 and Basilashvili d. Cilic 6-2, 7-5 in Almaty, Musetti (6) d. Arnaldi 6-1, 6-4 in Lyon
  • Daily roundup · From Oct 18: Davidovich Fokina (25) d. Jodar (12) 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 for his first Masters 1000 title in Shanghai · Chwalinska (16) d. Kartal 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 for her first WTA title in Wuhan · Shanghai semifinals: Davidovich Fokina d. Zverev (1) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 and Jodar d. Medvedev (5) 6-3, 6-4 · Wuhan semifinals: Chwalinska d. Swiatek (7) 7-5, 6-1 and Kartal d. Ostapenko 7-6(9), 7-6(5) · Paul and Li reached the quarterfinals in Shanghai and Wuhan
  • Daily roundup · From Oct 15: Ann Li d. top seed Sabalenka 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) in Wuhan on her 10th match point · Paul d. Bergs 7-6(5), 6-4 to reach the Shanghai quarterfinals · Bergs' win over Alcaraz locked up year-end No. 1 for Zverev · Davidovich Fokina reached the Shanghai semifinals when Gea retired at 4-1 · Ostapenko d. Pegula (2) 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-3 · Kartal d. Bencic (9) 6-0, 7-5
  • Weekly roundup · From Oct 12: Tsitsipas d. Fritz 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the Shanghai round of 32 · Bergs d. Alcaraz 7-5, 7-6(4) · Paul d. Vacherot 6-4, 6-2 · Zheng Qinwen d. Andreeva 7-5, 6-4 for the WTA 1000 Beijing title · The Wuhan WTA 1000 began with Sabalenka as top seed, and Fernandez d. Alexandrova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on day one
  • Weekly roundup · From Oct 11: Zheng Qinwen d. Andreeva 7-5, 6-4 for the WTA 1000 Beijing title · Djokovic won ATP 500 Beijing over de Minaur 7-6(3), 0-1 ret. · Alcaraz d. Lehecka 7-6(4), 6-4 in the Tokyo final · Shanghai round of 32: Zverev d. Halys, Gea d. Shelton, de Minaur d. Sakamoto · Hurkacz d. Djokovic in the Shanghai round of 64
  • Weekly roundup · From Oct 4: ATP 500 Beijing QF Medvedev d. Cerundolo 7-6(4), 6-3 · de Minaur d. Rublev 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 · Hurkacz d. Khachanov 7-6(2), 6-2 · Zverev vs Djokovic was in progress (Djokovic later won the title) · WTA Beijing early rounds: Rybakina (1) out to Charaeva 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, Sabalenka (2) out · Laver Cup Europe 13-5 · Fernandez Singapore · Medvedev Hangzhou · Davidovich Fokina Chengdu · Fall Qualifier Oct 10-11 (later cancelled)
  • Daily roundup · Singapore QF (Prozorova d. Eala · Wang Xinyu) · Hangzhou/Chengdu Day 2 · Laver Cup opens · see /news
  • Daily roundup · WTA Singapore R16 (Andreeva · Fernandez · Chwalinska · Mertens QF) · Hangzhou Jacquet/Royer · Chengdu Kopriva/Brooksby · see /news
  • Daily roundup · WTA Singapore R1 wrap (Wang Xinyu d. Vekic · Sakkari · Krejcikova · Anisimova out) · Hangzhou/Chengdu open · see /news
  • Daily roundup · WTA Singapore Day 1 (Sasnovich · Chwalinska · Fernandez) · Davis Cup Final 8 · Hangzhou/Chengdu Wed · see /news
  • Daily roundup · Davis Cup Final 8 locked (Britain · Germany · Spain) · Bologna Nov 24-29 · see /news
  • Weekly roundup · Jovic Guadalajara · Czechs d. USA Davis Cup 3-2 · Laver Cup Sep 25-27 · see /news
  • Zverev wins US Open 2026 · Alexander Zverev d. Ben Shelton (6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2) · Zverev’s 2nd Slam
  • Rybakina wins US Open 2026 · Elena Rybakina d. Aryna Sabalenka (6-4, 5-7, 6-2) · Rybakina’s 3rd Slam / 1st US Open
  • Summer District Slam Angier · Harris · Butenko · Aghajanian (UTR 381597)

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