Horacio Zeballos He had a great 2025 on the premier circuit in professional tennis. Next to Marcel Granollerswas crowned double champion Roland Garros and the US Openwhich were his first Grand Slams, played them again ATP finals and made it into the top 5 of the rankings again. And this tremendous season did not go unnoticed International Tennis Federation (ITF), which announced the man from Mar del Plata and his partner as “World Champion 2025” in men’s doubles.
It is the first time that Zeballos, 40, and Granollers, 39, have received this important award, unprecedented for tennis in their countries. Because never before has an Argentine or Spaniard been selected for this award.
“Thank you ITF for this great recognition”he wrote in an Instagram story in Mar del Plata, fifth in the world pairs rankings, but also became the first Argentine tennis player to be ranked No. 1 last year. ATP.
This season, Zeballos and Granollers have overcome a new hurdle. After three finals “large” Losses -the US Open 2019 and Wimbledon 2021 and 2023 – they finally managed to win a trophy together in the most important tennis category. They broke the spell in Paris, where they defeated in the final Neal Skupski And Joe Salisbury. And they repeated the celebration in New York, with another victory against the British duo in the decisive duel.
Horacio Zeballos, 2025 ITF World Champion 👏
The man from Mar del Plata and his partner Marcel Granollers 🇪🇸 were recognized by the parent company of international tennis for their great season in which they won the Roland Garros and US Open trophies 🏆🏆
Another crowning achievement… pic.twitter.com/vH8ioUCfP8
— Argentine Tennis Association (@AATenis) December 17, 2025
They also played in the Wimbledon semi-finals and were crowned there Madrid Masters 1000 and they won ATP 250 Bucharest and 500 of Basel. And they qualified for the Masters Tournament for the sixth consecutive year, failing the round-robin tournament.
In addition, the two competed with their teams Final 8 des Davis Cup of Bologna, in which Argentina fell into quarters with Germany And Spain lost the final with Italy.
The winners of the prestigious annual ITF Awards, which recognize eleven players in various categories, are selected according to criteria that take into account all results of the season, with a particular focus on the Grand Slam tournaments – administered by the ITF and the federations of the organizing countries – and the competitions of the ITF Tennis World Championshipthe Davis and the Billie Jean King Cup.
Jannik Sinner And Aryna Sabalenkahave now been named world champions in men’s and women’s singles.
The Italian reached the finals of all four Grand Slams this year. defeated Alexander Zverev now retain his title in Australia Carlos Alcaraz Winning Wimbledon for the first time. And the Murcian surpassed him in the other two. And he fought until the last tournament of the year, the ATP finalsfor the world number 1, which was in the hands Carlitos Although he established himself in the competition Turin.
The Belarusian, meanwhile, remained at the top of the rankings throughout the season and picked up her fourth major tournament trophy US Openreached the finals in Australia and Roland Garros and the semi-finals at Wimbledon. And led the WTA Tour in terms of titles, games and finals in 2025.
Meanwhile, the Italian duo won an award in the women’s doubles Sara Errani And Jasmine Paoliniwho won their first Grand Slam title as a pair at Roland Garros, just ten months after winning Olympic gold at the same venue.
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