SIOUX FALLS, S.D., October 26, 2025 (Media Release)
No. 5 seed Patrick Kypson from the United States and unseeded Johannus Monday of Great Britain will meet on Sunday in the MarketBeat Open singles championship.
Both players have only dropped one set en route to the final, in the first round against their respective opponents.
On Saturday, Kypson defeated French qualifier Antoine Ghibaudo 6-3, 6-1 in 62 minutes to advance to his fourth ATP Challenger Tour final of the season. The 25-year-old native of Durham, N.C. never faced break point and only lost seven points in eight service games.
Kypson is 2-1 in finals this season, winning titles in Bogota, Colombia and on home soil in Little Rock this spring and reaching the final in Mouilleron le Captif, France earlier this month. By reaching the final, Kypson surpasses Martin Damm and moves to No. 2 in the Australian Open Wild Card Challenge standings. The leader is Eliot Spizzirri, who is in the Open Brest final on Sunday.
Monday advanced to his first career ATP Challenger Tour final with a 6-4, 7-6(4) victory over Mats Rosenkranz of Germany. The 23-year-old Monday, who played at the University of Tennessee from 2020-24, hit six aces and saved three of five break points while converting three of 10 break points.
Monday lost the opening set of his first round match against No. 7 seed Michael Zheng on Tuesday and since then has won his last eight sets played. Monday came in ranked No. 238 and he will jump to a career-high No. 212 in the ATP Live Rankings. If he wins the title on Sunday, Monday will break into the Top 200 around No. 180.
Perfect day for Monday @johannus_monday moves into a maiden Challenger final 6-4, 7-6(4) past Rosenkranz#ATPChallenger | @the_LTA | Sioux Falls pic.twitter.com/8jYxn50eMh
— ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) October 25, 2025
In Saturday’s doubles championship, top seeds and former University of North Carolina teammates Rinky Hijikata and Mac Kiger captured their first career ATP Challenger Tour doubles title together with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over unseeded Juan Jose Bianchi of Venezuela and Andrew Fenty of Washington, D.C.
