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The curtain of the 2025 season is nearly closed, but through that crack, there's still room for some analysis. Today we are going to remember who were the tennis players who won their first professional title in the last twelve months.

The news is exciting because it always brings happiness. It means recalling the stories of those men and women who lived the happiest day of their lives, the one where they opened their trophy cabinet and dusted it off for the first time. This time, the 2025 season has given us a total of 15 new champions, nine on the men's tour and six on the women's tour. Would you be able to name them all? The answer is no, so we'll give you a hand.

New champions on the ATP tour

Alexandre Muller is the first on this list, simply because he was the quickest of all. It only took him the first week of the season and his appearance at the ATP 250 in Hong Kong to achieve what he had been pursuing. He did it at 27 years old, the oldest among all the names you'll read in these lines.

February arrived, and new profiles followed in the footsteps of the Frenchman. Like Joao Fonseca and his title at the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires at 18 years old, one of those talents that always surpass any prediction. So much so that he also managed to win the ATP 500 in Basel at the end of the season. Indeed, another level. Similar case for the Czech Jakub Mensik, who upped the ante by winning a Masters 1000 like Miami, where his serve led him to glory by defeating Novak Djokovic in the final. Not bad for a 19-year-old.

Before him, Tomas Machac had already collected his reward at the ATP 500 in Acapulco. Just as Flavio Cobolli would do months later at the ATP 250 in Bucharest and the ATP 500 in Hamburg, the second player in this category capable of winning his first two titles in the same season. However, none attracted more attention than the one who completely shook things up in October.

We are talking, of course, about Valentin Vacherot and his historic journey at the Shanghai Masters 1000, starting from the qualifying rounds and closing the fortnight with the trophy in hand. Another player who could stand up to Novak Djokovic, although in his case, it was in the semifinals. Much better to face the most important final of your life with a relative, in his case, his cousin Arthur Rinderkech. Whatever happened, we knew there would be no other story more powerful than this throughout the season.

Completing the list of players who won their first title are the Canadian Gabriel Diallo (ATP 250 's-Hertogenbosch), the American Jenson Brooksby (ATP 250 Houston), and also the American Learner Tien (ATP 250 Metz). We would love to mention Alejandro Davidovich, but once again destiny made it hard for him this season. Hopefully, in 2026, we will finally see him here.

New champions on the WTA tour

Moving to the women's tour, and what a surprise! Gradually, it seems that times are changing. Now, after a long time, it appears that the more open and disordered circuit is the men's tour. We had to wait until April to see the first new champion on the WTA, and not just anyone. It was Maya Joint, a 19-year-old Australian from whom you'll hear great things in the medium term. Champion at the WTA 250 in Rabat and, half an hour later, also at the WTA 250 in Eastbourne. She won't be the only one repeating in this area.

But if we talk about remarkable debuts, we must undoubtedly mention Lois Boisson and her semifinals at Roland Garros. For a moment, we thought she could do it, that she would leave Paris with the title, that no one could stop her. Until Cori Gauff brought her back to earth. She would then take revenge at the WTA 250 in Hamburg, lifting her first official title and showing that her spring tour performance was no fluke. An important highlight of this session.

But the most significant one is undoubtedly Victoria Mboko. A woman who started the season outside the top 300 and ends it within the top 20. By the way, all this at the age of 19. And how did she do it? By winning a WTA 1000 in Canada and wrapping up the season with a second crown at the WTA 250 in Hong Kong. Arrive and stay, basically. A prodigy destined for great things in the coming season, this is just the beginning.

Completing the list of new female champions are the French Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah (WTA 250 Sao Paulo), the American Iva Jovic (WTA 500 Guadalajara), and the Indonesian Janice Tjen (WTA 250 Chennai). A very productive season, with much hierarchy, but increasingly challenging for new talents to open their trophy cabinet. You must be very good currently to secure a slice of the pie that the calendar offers.

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Campeones por primera vez (edición 2025)