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Jannik Sinner and Stefanos Tsitsipas Receive Warm Welcome as They Become First Stars to Touch Down in Riyadh for Six Kings Slam

Jannik Sinner starts defense of his 2024 title without a seeding and must face Stefanos Tsitsipas early, with $4.5 million prize money at stake, organizers confirmed.

  • From October 15 to 18, 2025, the Six Kings Slam returns to Riyadh's ANB Arena, with four-time major winner Jannik Sinner already in the city as a main star.
  • For the first time, the event streams live on Netflix, with a $4.5 million winner’s prize from a $13.5 million total purse and $1.5 million participation fees.
  • Organisers said they used Grand Slam totals for seedings, giving Carlos Alcaraz top seed and Novak Djokovic a semi-final bye, prompting fan @LvMattherhon to call it "crazy".
  • Holger Rune used a transition week to attend the Denmark World Cup qualifier at Parken, Copenhagen, tagging Stefanos Tsitsipas and leading their head-to-head 4-0.
  • At the Ningbo Open Players Party, Mirra Andreeva and Elena Rybakina appeared as both chase WTA Finals berths while Jasmine Paolini is currently set to join.
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Jannik Sinner returns to the field after the third round of the Masters 1000 in Shanghai. It is the time of the Six Kings Slam, the tournament of performance in Saudi Arabia (and therefore not valid for the purposes of the Atp classification) that to date is the richest in the world: the total prize pool exceeds 13 million dollars. Sinner has already won the first edition in 2024 in the final against Carlos Alcaraz. Despite being the champion in…

·Rome, Italy
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Six of the world's best tennis players will compete at the Six Kings Slam show tournament in Riyadh from 15 to 18 October. German Alexander Zverev will also be present at the second edition. Find out more about the matches here.

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Jannik Sinner arrived in Riyadh, welcomed as usual by a great enthusiasm. At the airport, dozens of fans waited for him with giant balls to sign, while...

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Funny crowd for Jannik who will have to play against the Greek. In case of victory Djokovic waits for him in the semifinal and a possible final with one between Alcaraz Zverev or Fritz

·Italy
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Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz is presented with an exciting season finale. He returns this week to the tracks at the Six Kings Slam, the exhibition tournament he will be playing in Saudi Arabia, and from here until the end of the year he will be able to become the best number one of the last decade.The young Spanish tennis player, 22 years old and at the top of the ATP since September 7, when he won the United States Open winning by 6-2, …

·Madrid, Spain
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The world's number two landed in Arabia and starts and prepare the match with Tsitsipas on Wednesday

·Turin, Italy
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TennisUpToDate.com broke the news in on Monday, October 13, 2025.
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