LIVE FROM Court 15, MELBOURNE PARK

7PM Mon 13 JAN 2025 | AUDIO ONLY, RADIO STYLE COMMENTARY

1st ROUND COURT 15 NIGHT SESSION | PLAYER WATCH

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David Goffin [BEL] | Singles: #54 &

Benjamin Bonzi [FRA] | Singles: #64

David Goffin [BEL] | Singles: #54

(UPDATED 22 MAY 2024)

• Earned career-high 59 wins in 2017, ending season at career-high No. 7 after defeating No. 1 Nadal and No. 2 Federer en route to Nitto ATP Finals championship match.
• Finished the year in Top 25 for 7 consecutive years from 2014-2020.
• Became 6th and final player to beat Nadal and Federer at same event (also Davydenko, Del Potro, Djokovic, Murray and Nalbandian).
• First Belgian to break into Top 10, qualify for Nitto ATP Finals, defeat World No. 1 and reach an ATP Masters 1000 final (2019 Cincinnati).
• In 2022, earned 300th victory (d. Andujar in Marrakech 2R), captured 6th ATP Tour title (Marrakech) and posted 3rd win over World No. 1 (d. Alcaraz in Astana 1R).
• Advanced to 4 Grand Slam QFs, most recently 2022 Wimbledon, and led Belgium to Davis Cup finals in 2015 and 2017.

* https://www.atptour.com/en/players/david-goffin/gb88/bio

Benjamin Bonzi [FRA] | Singles: #64

(UPDATED 17 JANUARY 2025)

• Broke into Top 50 in June 2022 and achieved career-high No. 42 in February 2023 soon after defeating 2022 runner-up Ruusuvuori en route to 1st ATP Tour final in Pune.
• Captured 1st ATP Tour title at 2024 Metz as Q, defeating No. 7 Ruud for biggest win of career in 2R.
• Beat future World No. 1 Medvedev in tour-level debut at 2017 Roland Garros as WC, then reached Grand Slam 3R at 2023 Australian Open, 2023 US Open and 2025 Australian Open.
• Earned 50 wins and 6 titles on ATP Challenger Tour in 2021, tying with 5 other players for 2nd-most Challenger titles in a single season behind Griekspoor (8 in 2021).
• Ended junior career by winning 2014 Roland Garros boys’ doubles title with countryman Halys.
• Finished 2024 season on a 21-1 run, winning Metz, earning Challenger titles at Roanne and St. Brieuc and reaching final of Brest (held 3 MPs before losing to Virtanen).

* https://www.atptour.com/en/players/benjamin-bonzi/bm95/bio

VIEW: #ao2025 Men’s singles entry list | Women’s singles entry list

* https://www.tennis.com.au/doc/ao25-mens-singles-main-draw-entry-list

* https://www.tennis.com.au/doc/ao25-womens-singles-main-draw-entry-list

SPOTLIGHT SERIES | ATP PLAYER WATCH | KEY POINTS

* 16 men 16 women’s qualifying spots up for grabs

* Tennis Australia begins finalising main draw & qualifying wildcards

* 10 Australians have direct entry to the men’s singles

* Alex de Minaur, Alexei Popyrin and Jordan Thompson poised to be seeded.

* $BOX $OFFI$E $Nick $KyrgioS gets a spot thanks to a protected ranking

* Only one Australian woman, world No.96 Olivia Gadecki, has secured her entry to the women’s singles.

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