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Coach Perricard has been named the Most Improved Player of the Year at the 2024 ATP Awards

The Frenchman won his first two ATP Tour titles this season

December 12, 2024

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard has been voted by his peers as the Most Improved Player of the Year at the 2024 ATP Awards. The 21-year-old Frenchman received the honor after winning his first two tour-level titles of the season and rising from outside the Top 200 to No. 30 in the PIF ATP Ranking.

“I am very happy to win the Most Improved Player award,” said Coach Perricard. “It was a good year for me and my team. Now we look [forward to] 2025.”

Having played just five tour-level games before 2024, Coach Perricard posted a 16-12 record this season. In his first appearance in the 2024 ATP Tour main draw, he completed a record-breaking run to the title in his hometown of Lyon.

As a wild card in the ATP 250, he saved a match point against Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the final before winning a stunning break in the third set of the title.

“It means a lot. A lot of dedication, hard training, a lot of questions about my game,” said Coach Perricard after his victory. “But I'm very happy to win this one in Lyon especially, my hometown.”

A regular on the ATP Tour since that success, which catapulted him into the Top 100 in the PIF ATP Rankings, the much-loved Frenchman backed up his first title with a second trophy in Basel in October. Across his runs in Lyon and Basel, Perricard earned five Top 30 wins, including straight-sets victories over Felix Auger-Aliassime, Holger Rune and Ben Shelton at the Basel ATP 500.

Returning to home soil at the Rolex Paris Masters, she beat Frances Tiafoe before ending the season at World No.

Jack Draper, Tomas Machac and Alejandro Tabilo were also nominated for the Most Improved Player of the Year at the 2024 ATP Awards. Nominees are decided by a vote of the International Tennis Writers' Association (ITWA), with the winner chosen by the shortlisted players.