2025 Six Kings Slam

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2025 Six Kings Slam
Date15–18 October, 2025
Edition2nd
CategoryExhibition
Draw6S
Prize money US$13,500,000 [1]
Surface Hard / indoor
Location Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Venueanb arena
Champions
Flag of Italy.svg Jannik Sinner
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The 2025 Six Kings Slam is the second edition of the tennis exhibition tournament hosted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during the Riyadh Season. The exhibition took place on 15, 16, and 18 October 2025. 17 October is a rest day in order to follow an ATP rule that players cannot compete on three consecutive days in an exhibition.

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History

Each of the six participants is guaranteed a participation fee of US$1,500,000, with the winner taking home an additional $4.5 million, for $6 million total. [1] In addition, the winner received as a trophy a life-size replica of a racket made of solid gold 24k, weighing 4 kg, identical to the one with which the soon-to-retire Nadal had been honored the previous year. [2]

Format

The six participants were initially announced in August 2025, [3] however Jack Draper suffered a season-ending arm injury, [4] and was replaced by Tsitsipas. [5] The bracket was announced the following month, with Alcaraz and Djokovic receiving first round byes. [6] The final saw a rematch of the 2024 Six Kings Slam with a face-off between defending champion and world no. 2 Jannik Sinner and world no. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, where Sinner defeated Alcaraz in straight sets (6-2, 6-4). Taylor Fritz achieved his first win against Novak Djokovic in the third-place playoff, when the latter retired after losing a closely contested first set (75″, 6-7(4-7)).

Results

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alcaraz 66
Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz 66 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz 4 2
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Zverev 3 4 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alcaraz 2 4
Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas 2 3 Flag of Italy.svg Jannik Sinner 66
Flag of Italy.svg Jannik Sinner 66 Flag of Italy.svg Jannik Sinner 66
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 4 2
3rd place match
Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz 770
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 640r

References

  1. 1 2 "Six Kings Slam Prize Money 2024 - Perfect Tennis". Perfect Tennis.
  2. Brugnoli, Simone (19 October 2025). "Details of Jannik Sinner's golden racket revealed". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  3. "Six Kings Slam 2025: Fresh faces alongside Sinner, Alcaraz and Djokovic in Saudi Arabia". 6 August 2025.
  4. "Jack Draper ends 2025 season early due to arm injury after US Open withdrawal". Sky Sports.
  5. "Stefanos Tsitsipas joins the Six Kings Slam to replace Jack Draper".
  6. @ArabTennis20 (24 September 2025). "Bracket Announcement" (Tweet) via Twitter.