Sandro Cope continued his good start to the season at the ITF M25 clay court tournament in Hammamet last week. After reaching the semi-finals in Doha and the quarter-finals in Chennai at the end of January, the 23-year-old now holds the record for a double win in Hammamet last week, each at the $25,000 tournament level. Her first singles final in 2024. The eighth-seeded Tyrolean (ATP 452) beat his doubles partner Oleksandr Ovcharenko (ATP) 7:6 (5), 3:6, 6:4 in his opening match at the North Tunisian Tourist Resort. 890) from Ukraine. However, he gave Italian junior qualifier Gabriel Vulpita (ATP 1855) no chance in the round of 16 6:1, 6:2. He managed to hold off Czech Dominik Kellovski (ATP 749) 6:4, 7:6 (1) in the quarterfinals and 6:3, 6:4 in the semifinals. The third seed is Spaniard Carlos Sánchez Jóvar (ATP 381). It was in the final against sixth-ranked Brit J Alexander Clarke (ATP 407) that Cobb finally conceded defeat a week earlier after leading 6:4, 2:6, 3:6. . Despite missing out on a fourth international men's singles win of his career, he will move up to 40 in the world rankings thanks to his strong performance. His previous best ATP ranking of 386 is now approaching again.