OUR ALUMNI
Spotlight on the Champ’seed Foundation Alumni
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Career-High Ranking 3rd (ATP)
At the end of 2017, thanks to his excellent results, Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) was able to finance his own way and thus left the Champ’seed Foundation at the age of 19. Since then, Stefanos has continued to progress at the highest level. He won the Next Gen Masters in 2018, and the following year won the ATP World Tour Finals, which features the world top eight players. In the Grand Slams, he reached the semi-finals three times at the Australian Open, in 2019, 2021 and 2022 and the final in 2023; at Roland Garros, he reached the semi-finals in 2020 and the final in 2021, finishing the year ranked World No. 3.
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. Then, she went on to achieve remarkable success and won her first title on the professional circuit in Linz (Austria) in 2019. Today, she has five singles titles and eight women's doubles titles on the WTA Tour. In 2021, she reached a Grand Slam final for the first time in doubles at the US Open, then in singles at Roland-Garros in 2022. In 2023, she clinched a WTA 1000 title at the Cincinnati Masters, before winning the US Open, her first Grand Slam title.
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 is 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 Monaco.
Lorenzo Musetti
Career-High Ranking 15th (ATP)
With ever growing support from the Italian Tennis Federation and comfortably established in the world’s Top 100, Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) left the foundation at the beginning of 2021. Then, he won his first win against a Top10 player, Diego Schwartzman (ranked World No. 9) and repeated the feat in 2022 against Felix Auger-Aliassime (ranked World No. 9). In July 2022, he won his first ATP Tour event in Hamburg, Germany.
Alexei Popyrin
Career-High Ranking 40th (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 trophy in Umag, Croatia and reached his highest ranking to date at Word No. 40. 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.