UTS 9

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The ninth edition of the tournament, the first of 2024, took place from 9 February to 11 February at the Telenor Arena in Oslo. [1]

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"The Viking" Holger Rune and "Thieminho" Dominic Thiem withdrew after the first day due to illness. Thiem got replaced by Norway's top junior "The Junior" Nicolai Budkov Kjær. [2]

"La Monf" Gaël Monfils got disqualified due to a code of conduct violation after his first match stemming from an incident in the locker room, which resulted in a minor injury to the supervisor. [3] He got replaced by "The French Flair" Lucas Pouille. [4]

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group Stage

Group A

"The Ice Man"
Flag of Norway.svg Ruud
"The Viking"
Flag of Denmark.svg Rune
"The Bublik Enemy"
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Bublik
"Thieminho"
Flag of Austria.svg Thiem

"The Junior"
Flag of Norway.svg Budkov Kjær

RR
W–L
Quarter
W–L
Point
W–L
Standings
"The Ice Man"
Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud
6-21, 14-13, 17-12, 13-1218-12, 19-8, 10-18, 12-15, [2-0]16-9, 14-13, 14-13
(w/ Budkov Kjær)
3-09–3 (75%)155–146 (51%)1
"The Viking"
Flag of Denmark.svg Holger Rune
21-6, 13-14, 12-17, 12-130-15, 0-15, 0-15
(w.o.)
16-8, 11-14, 13-10, 11-13, [2-1]
(w/ Thiem)
1-24–8 (33%)111–141 (44%)3
"The Bublik Enemy"
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Alexander Bublik
12-18, 8-19, 18-10, 15-12, [0-2]15-0, 15-0, 15-0
(w.o.)
16-13, 17-14, 16-17, 13-12
(w/ Thiem)
2-18–4 (67%)160–117 (58%)2
"Thieminho"
Flag of Austria.svg Dominic Thiem

"The Junior"
Flag of Norway.svg Nicolai Budkov Kjær
9-16, 13-14, 13-14
(w/ Budkov Kjær)
8-16, 14-11, 10-13, 13-11, [1-2]
(w/ Thiem)
13-16, 14-17, 17-16, 12-13
(w/ Thiem)
0–2
0–1
3–6 (33%)
0–3 (0%)
102–115 (47%)
35–44 (44%)
4
5

Group B

"Rublo"
Flag placeholder.svg Rublev
"The Demon"
Flag of Australia (converted).svg de Minaur
"The Rebel"
Flag of France.svg Paire
"La Monf"
Flag of France.svg Monfils

"The French Flair"
Flag of France.svg Pouille

RR
W–L
Quarter
W–L
Point
W–L
Standings
"Rublo"
Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev
13-15, 18-10, 17-14, 17-1220-12, 20-14, 22-1618-14, 15-18, 20-9, 17-11
(w/ Pouille)
3-09–2 (82%)197–145 (58%)1
"The Demon"
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex de Minaur
15-13, 10-18, 14-17, 12-1715-19, 15-16, 19-11, 14-13, [2-0]15-12, 17-8, 16-9
(w/ Monfils)
2-17–3 (70%)164–153 (52%)2
"The Rebel"
Flag of France.svg Benoît Paire
12-20, 14-20, 16-2219-15, 16-15, 11-19, 13-14, [0-2]20-13, 15-18, 16-18, 23-15, [2-1]
(w/ Pouille)
1-25–8 (38%)177–192 (48%)3
"La Monf"
Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils

"The French Flair"
Flag of France.svg Lucas Pouille
14-18, 18-15, 9-20, 11-17
(w/ Pouille)
12-15, 8-17, 9-16
(w/ Monfils)
13-20, 18-15, 18-16, 15-23, [1-2]
(w/ Pouille)
0–1
0–2
0–3 (0%)
3–6 (33%)
29–48 (38%)
117–146 (44%)
5
4

Finals

Semifinals Final
              
  Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud
"The Ice Man"
9 9 10
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex de Minaur
"The Demon"
151714
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex de Minaur
"The Demon"
1610 13 12
 Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev
"Rublo"
14 171620
 Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev
"Rublo"
252526
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Alexander Bublik
"The Bublik Enemy"
11 12 11

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