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Kyrgios set for Brisbane return
2018 champion receives wild card after 17-month injury hiatus
November 15, 2024
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Nick Kyrgios will return to action at the ATP 250 in Brisbane.
By ATP Staff
Nick Kyrgios will make his long-awaited return to ATP Tour action next month at the Brisbane International presented by Evie, to be held from 29 December to 5 January 2025.
The 29-year-old has been hampered by wrist and foot injuries that have kept him sidelined for almost two years, having last contested a tour-level match at the BOSS OPEN in Stuttgart in June 2023.
Welcome BACK, @NickKyrgios 🍿 🍿 🍿#BrisbaneTennis pic.twitter.com/RpUEmzfsIG
— Brisbane International (@BrisbaneTennis) November 15, 2024
Kyrgios, the former No. 13 in the PIF ATP Rankings, has fond memories of playing at the ATP 250 in Brisbane. In 2018, on his main-draw debut at the event, Kyrgios swept through the field to clinch his fourth tour-level title.
Now, after a gruelling injury hiatus, the seven-time ATP Tour titlist and Wimbledon finalist will return to Brisbane with his sights set on reigniting the form that propelled him to stardom earlier in his career.
World No. 10 Grigor Dimitrov is back to defend his title, along with Holger Rune and Frances Tiafoe, who will begin their 2025 campaigns in Brisbane. WTA Year-End No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka will lead the women’s event.