After the Sunshine Doubles in North America, the focus of world tennis will begin to shift to the European clay season. Here, there will be six major events (500, Masters, Grand Slams) in succession. Let's take a look at the chronological order of who won last year's events:
Monte Carlo: Tsitsipas
As the first of each year's European clay season, the Monte Carlo Masters are full of highlights.
In last year's match, a classic duel like Rublev vs. Nadal was born. In the end, the Russian reached the final of the Masters for the first time, but failed to win the championship trophy after the superior Tsitsipas.
The latter won the Masters for the first time in his career, and thus joined the same camp as Thiem, May and Zverev.
Barcelona: Nadal
The fiery Greek reached the final again in the back-to-back Barcelona 500, this time against the native king Nadal.
Together, the two sides brought together what could have been the best game on the Tour last year. The game lasted nearly three hours, and Nadal struggled to subdue the young offspring.
Madrid: Zverev
Zverev's first Masters title took place on clay courts. However, since 2018, he has been in the Masters for three consecutive years.
This time, he first defeated his friend Tim, and then laughed to the end in his fight with Nadal. The final was faced by Berrettini, who reached the final of the Masters for the first time, and the more experienced German laughed to the end.
Rome: Nadal
The Roma Masters have been a duo of Djokovic and Nadal in recent years. As the year before, the two old rivals met again in last year's final.
This time it was still Nadal who laughed to the end. In the first four important tournaments of the French Open, Nadal won twice, and the French Open looked determined to win.
French Open: Djokovic
The Serbian king seemed to have found a way to conquer Nadal's back garden in the final of the Rome Masters, and in the highly anticipated semi-finals of Roland Garros, Djokovic finally reversed the game after losing one set first. Six years later, he defeated Nadal again at the French Open.
Hamburg: Carreno Busta
It was the most important title the Spaniard has won so far, and the opponent in the final is Krajinovic, who has reached the final several times on the Tour without winning a single title.
Eventually, the bad luck of the Serbs continued, and Busta laughed to the end.
Another year of clay season is about to begin! For the above six events, how many people will be able to defend their title this year? Leave your predictions! (Source: Tennis House Author: Luo ChengQiye)