Giri Nathan awarded inaugural Tom Perrotta Prize for Tennis Journalism

Writer Giri Nathan has been announced as the inaugural winner of the Tom Perrotta Prize for Tennis Journalism.

The award, which is co-sponsored by the the International Tennis Federation together with the ATP, WTA and the International Tennis Writers Association, includes a $2,000 cash prize and will be presented during the upcoming US Open at Flushing Meadows.

The five-strong judging panel loved Nathan's “refreshing” writing style, particularly in two pieces for Racquet Magazine; “Big Nick Energy”, about Nick Kyrgios, and “Emma, Inc”, which examined the impact of Emma Raducanu’s stunning US Open triumph in 2021.

The media award was established this year to honour the memory of sportswriter Perrotta, whose exemplary contributions in covering the sport were curtailed by his untimely death at the age of 44.