OUR ALUMNI
Spotlight on the Champ’seed Foundation Alumni
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Career-High Ranking 3rd (ATP)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) left the Champ’seed Foundation at the end of 2017 at the age of 19, after achieving strong results that allowed him to become financially independent. Since then, he has continued to rise at the highest level.
He won the Next Gen ATP Finals in 2018 and followed it up the next year with a major breakthrough by claiming the ATP World Tour Finals title, competing against the top eight players in the world.
In Grand Slam tournaments, he has reached the semifinals of the Australian Open three times (2019, 2021, 2022) and was a finalist in 2023. At Roland-Garros, he reached the semifinals in 2020 and played the final in 2021, finishing that season ranked World No. 3. A true clay-court specialist, he has won the Monte-Carlo Masters 1000 three times (2021, 2022, and 2024), establishing the tournament as one of his strongholds and confirming his position as a mainstay in the ATP Top 10.
In February 2025, he added another prestigious title to his résumé by winning the ATP 500 tournament in Dubai, further demonstrating his consistency and competitiveness on the ATP Tour.
Coco Gauff
Career-High Ranking 2nd (WTA)
Early bloomer Cori "Coco" Gauff (USA) left the foundation in 2018 at the age of 14 after securing a major sponsorship deal. She then went on to achieve remarkable success, capturing her first title on the professional circuit in Linz (Austria) in 2019. Over the years, she has built an impressive résumé, with seven singles titles and eight women's doubles titles on the WTA Tour. In 2021, she reached her first Grand Slam final in doubles at the US Open, followed by a singles final at Roland-Garros in 2022.
Her breakthrough came in 2023 with a WTA 1000 title at the Cincinnati Masters and her first Grand Slam win at the US Open. In 2024, she capped off the season by triumphing at the prestigious WTA Finals, confirming her status among the game’s elite.
In 2025, she delivered an outstanding clay-court campaign, reaching the finals of both the Madrid and Rome WTA 1000 tournaments. She crowned this strong performance by capturing her second Grand Slam title at Roland-Garros, defeating Aryna Sabalenka in the final.
Holger Rune
Career-High Ranking 4th (ATP)
Holger Rune (Denmark) is rising fast. In 2021, he moved up 370 spots to reach No. 103 in the ATP singles ranking by the end of that year. In 2022, he continued his fantastic run! The Danish youngster, who has been training regularly at the Mouratoglou Academy since he was 12 years old, played outstanding again that season. Holger broke into the ATP Top 100 for the first time in his career in January 2022, reaching the Top 50 after his first ATP Tour title in Munich. At Roland-Garros, he played his first Grand Slam quarter-final, and he won the title in Stockholm in October. Only two weeks later, he took the trophy at the Paris Masters 1000.
In 2023, he climbed to a career-high No. 4 in the world rankings, having reached the finals of two Masters 1000, in Rome and Monte-Carlo.
In 2025, Rune confirmed his status among the game’s elite with a strong start to the season. He reached the final of the prestigious Indian Wells Masters 1000 and later clinched the ATP 500 title in Barcelona, defeating Carlos Alcaraz in a thrilling final.
Lorenzo Musetti
Career-High Ranking 6th (ATP)
Firmly established within the ATP Top 100 and financially independent, Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) left the foundation in early 2021. That same year, he recorded his first win against a Top 10 player, Diego Schwartzman (then ranked No. 9 in the world), and repeated the feat in 2022 against Félix Auger-Aliassime (also ranked No. 9).
In July 2022, he claimed his first ATP title at the ATP 500 tournament in Hamburg, Germany. Since then, Musetti has continued his steady rise. In 2025, he reached the final of the Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, the semifinals of the Madrid Masters 1000, and the semifinals at Roland-Garros, where he was forced to retire against Carlos Alcaraz. These standout performances showcased his consistency at the highest level and propelled him into the ATP Top 10, where he reached a career-high ranking of World No. 6.
Alexei Popyrin
Career-High Ranking 23rd (ATP)
Alexei Popyrin (Australia) was supported by the Champ'seed Foundation until the end of 2018, as he was fast approaching the Top 100 players in the world. In 2021, he won his first ATP 250 tournament in Singapore. In 2023, he added to his silverware by clinching the ATP 250 title in Umag, Croatia, and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 40. In 2025, Popyrin captured the most prestigious title of his career by winning the Montreal Masters 1000, marking a turning point in his rise. He went on to reach a new career-high ranking of World No. 23, confirming his status as one of the most promising talents on the tour. There is no doubt that we will continue hearing from this great player’s success!
Linda Fruhvirtova
Career-High Ranking 49th (WTA)
Top 200 on April 4th 2022, Top 100 on September 19th 2022, Top 50 on March 20th, 2023... The highly promising Linda Fruhvirtova joined the Champ'seed family in 2017 and left early 2023 thanks to her results. In 2022, she notably clinched the WTA 250 trophy of Chennai, India, after back to back top 25 wins at the Miami Open. In 2023, she reached her maiden grand slam second week at the Australian Open. No doubt Linda will continue to blossom over the years to come. She is also an amazing role model for her younger sister Brenda Fruhvirtova whom we continue to support as a Champ'seed player.
Brenda Fruhvirtova
Career-High Ranking 87th (WTA)
Brenda Fruhvirtova joined the Champ’seed family in 2017 at just 10 years old! A prodigious talent, she became the youngest player in history to win 15 ITF titles before turning 17. In 2023, she qualified for the main draw of the Australian Open and Roland Garros, becoming the youngest player to achieve this feat since Amélie Mauresmo. In 2024, she took another step forward by securing her first Grand Slam main draw victory in Melbourne. With her rapid rise, Brenda represents the future of women’s tennis, and we are proud to continue supporting her on her journey.
Chun-Hsin ‘Jason’ Tseng
Career-High Ranking 83rd (ATP)
Chun-Hsin “Jason” has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 83, achieved in August 2022. He was also the ITF junior No. 1, first reaching this ranking in June 2018 after winning the Roland-Garros Junior Champion title, the year he left the Champ’seed Foundation.