Machac, Mensik and Mannarino complete UTS Guadalajara line-up; groups confirmed

Tomas “Air Machete” Machac joins the line-up for UTS Guadalajara – and will lead Group B as the seeded player!

He rounds off the field of eight star players along with fellow debutants Jakub “Menimal” Mensik and Adrian Mannarino.

Machac won Olympic gold in Paris and achieved his best results in all four Grand Slams in 2024, while his teenage compatriot Mensik reached the US Open third round for the second consecutive year.

Veteran Mannarino enjoyed a career-best season in 2023, leading up to his career-high ranking of world No 17 last year.

The trio complete an impressive line-up including Thanasi “Kokki” Kokkinakis; former Wimbledon finalist Nick “King” Kyrgios; Casper Ruud, “The Ice Man” a three-time runner-up in Grand Slams; “Shapo”, Denis Shapovalov, a former Wimbledon semi-finalist; and Flavio Cobolli, “Il Gladiatore”, the rising young star of Italian tennis.

The eight players will be split into two groups of four, with a seed in each:

Group A:

• Casper Ruud (seed 1)
• Nick Kyrgios
• Denis Shapovalov
• Adrian Mannarino

Group B:

• Tomas Machac (seed 2)
• Flavio Cobolli
• Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Jakub Mensik

The octet will compete for a $1.4 million prize money purse, with the winner guaranteed to take home $420,000.

This is the first time the UTS Tour has been in Latin America and it all happens between February 14th – 16th. The innovative, fast-paced tennis league, founded by Patrick Mouratoglou, will be on show at the main court of the Centro Panamericano de Tenis in Guadalajara.

Tickets for the tournament are available here.