{"id":2043778,"date":"2026-07-15T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2043778"},"modified":"2026-07-15T01:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:00:50","slug":"alexander-zverev-called-for-a-rule-change-in-2025-that-has-still-not-been-implemented-by-the-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2043778","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev called for a rule change in 2025 that has still not been implemented by the ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Alexander Zverev called for a rule change in 2025 that has still not been implemented by the ATP Tour<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/liam-mcmillen\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n                            Liam McMillen                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"15 Jul 2026 2:00 AM\" data-ps-date=\"15 Jul 2026 2:00 AM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1784077250\"><br \/>\n                            15 Jul 2026 2:00 AM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto !my-0 hidden dark:block h-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/content\/themes\/tennis365-sportsui\/img\/png\/preferred_source_badge_dark.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on 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src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/resizeplus_3EYP4H3-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: A frustrated Alexander Zverev at Wimbledon\">                <\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Alexander Zverev during his Wimbledon match                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Plenty of players have complained about the busyness of the ATP Tour calendar in recent years, including the very top players in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>The likes of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have even complained, with both men suggesting the new two-week format for Masters events is a bad idea.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Zverev was another who complained about the two-week format of Masters events, but he also listed other issues he has with the current schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/es\/podcast\/alexander-zverev-joins-the-pod-dinners-with-rafa\/id1756744318?i=1000720271427\" target=\"_blank\">Nothing Major<\/a> in 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alexander-zverev\">Zverev<\/a> took aim at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/ATP-Tour\">ATP Tour<\/a> schedule, including the amount of mandatory tournaments players are required to play and the two-week Masters format.<\/p>\n<p>Seven of the nine Masters events on the ATP Tour calendar were changed to a two-week format from the 2025 season, with just the Paris Masters and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/monte-carlo-masters\">Monte Carlo Masters<\/a> remaining one-week long.<\/p>\n<h2>More Alexander Zverev news<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alexander-zverev-joins-roger-federer-in-making-unwanted-history-after-wimbledon-final-defeat\">Alexander Zverev joins Roger Federer in making unwanted history after Wimbledon final defeat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alexander-zverev-told-the-key-mistake-he-made-against-jannik-sinner-in-the-wimbledon-final\">Alexander Zverev told the key mistake he made against Jannik Sinner in the Wimbledon final<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Asked if he would like to cut down the amount of tournaments he plays by hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/sam-querrey\">Sam Querrey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/John-Isner\">John Isner<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/Steve-Johnson\">Steve Johnson<\/a>, he responded: \u201cThe thing is I would love to. But with how the ATP has done the tournament nowadays, it\u2019s impossible to. How are you going to do that?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have the nine Masters 1000 events, which are mandatory. Most of them are two week long events nowadays, except Monte Carlo and Paris Bercy, which I think are the best two weeks nowadays because you\u2019ve kind of in and out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zverev said he preferred the one-week format of Paris and Monte Carlo and he believes fans are more in favour of them too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think for a fan and for every tennis player, like, Paris Bercy was awesome last year. I won it, which was even more awesome for me, he said.\u00a0 \u201cYou kind of get there, you play your five matches, and you get out of there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have to stick around. You don\u2019t have to practice in between matches. You don\u2019t have to do all those things. That\u2019s how Masters events used to be. I think all the players loved it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zverev also suggested the ATP Tour were wrong for increasing the amount of mandatory ATP 500 events players are expected to play across the calendar year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow the ATP has made four mandatory 500 events for you to play, which used to be three, now it\u2019s four. You don\u2019t really get under 20 events except if you are pulling out of those big events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not a fan of where this is going because if you take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/Alex-de-Minaur\">Alex de Minaur<\/a> for example last year, he played his last match at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/Davis-Cup\">Davis Cup<\/a> November 25th, and played the first match at United Cup this year December 27th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you have a month of off season. How are you going to take two weeks off? How are you going to prepare your body for a new season? How are you going to train enough for tennis?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a year after Zverev lodged his complaints about the ATP Tour, not a single of his issues have been changed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Zverev called for a rule change in 2025 that has still not been implemented by the ATP Tour Liam McMillen 15 Jul 2026 2:00 AM Alexander Zverev during his Wimbledon match Plenty of players have complained about the busyness of the ATP Tour calendar in recent years, including the very top players in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2043778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2043778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2043778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2043778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2043778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}