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Stockholm 2026 - ATP 250 Preview

(8 -14 November) Slow indoor hard courts, a relatively high bounce and cold November weather make Stockholm’s conditions quite different from those of a typical indoor tournament.

nishi
nishi
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Stockholm 2026 - ATP 250 Preview
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his is my Preview of the ATP 250 of Stockholm (Bybit Stockholm Open). It is the last tournament before the Nitto ATP finals.

Stockholm is played on slow indoor hard courts.

Two singles matches were played yesterday: Juan Manuel Cerúndolo beat Elias Ymer, and Thiago Agustín Tirante defeated Jaume Munar.

Speed Data

Here are the statistics of the last 5 years

  • 72.1% of points won on the first serve
  • 79.5% of service games held
  • 0.46 aces/game
  • 0.20 tie-breaks/set

Previous winners

2025: Ruud d. Humbert

2024: Paul d. Dimitrov

2023: Monfils d. Kotov

2022: Rune d. Tsitsipas

2021: Paul d. Shapovalov

Berdych has won the tournament 3 times, Paul, Monfils and Del Potro 2 times.

Weather

Stockholm will be cold this week, with daytime temperatures around 0–5°C (32–41°F) and overnight lows of −4 to 2°C (25–36°F). It’ll be mostly cloudy, with some sunshine later in the week and a chance of snow on Saturday

Player's quotes

JM Cerundolo, 2026: "The surface is very different from Paris. It's much slower here, and I like it."

Cilic, 2025: "We were both trying to feel the court and the conditions, but I think I served very well today. The conditions are a little slower, so you have to work a bit more."

Norrie, 2024: "I think the conditions here, the ball is quite slow so I think I feel good here."

Dimitrov, 2024 (about the controversial Robin Soderling (RS) balls that are used in Stockholm): "Using so many different types of balls is unheard of in any other sport. "RS balls are very interesting".

Rublev, 2024 (about the RS balls): "They broke earlier today".

Summary

Although it’s an indoor tournament, the conditions are on the slow side. In fact the figures say that ir is the slowest indoor tournament on the tour.

The ball bounce is relatively high. 

This is quite different from the typical fast indoor tournaments where the ball skids across the surface, favoring players with a strong serve and a good sliced backhand. 

Moreover, a cold weather can make the conditions even slower.

Ruud won the tournament last year, which backs up the slow conditions.

Draws

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