Grand Slams announce 2024 Player Grant Recipients

Fifty-one junior and professional players will receive Grand Slam Player Grants in 2024, supported by the Grand Slam Player Development Programme.

Together with the International Tennis Federation, the Grand Slam Player Development Programme (formerly known as the Grand Slam Development Fund) was established in 1986 to encourage and foster competitive opportunities for players from developing tennis nations and regions. Through the delivery of Grand Slam Player Grants, the programme seeks to increase competitive pathways for players, ensuring they can gain experience at an international level, including at the Grand Slams.

Since its inception, the Grand Slam Player Development Programme has contributed more than US$60 million to strengthen and grow player development.

The Player Grants Programme was formed in 2017 and since then a number of grant recipients have gone on to reach the top of the game. Among them are 2022 Wimbledon Champion Elena Rybakina, Grand Slam finalists Ons Jabeur and Casper Ruud, and several promising young players such as Zheng Qinwen and Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
Other stars of the game to have received support from the Grand Slam Player Development Programme over the years include Victoria Azarenka, Grigor Dimitrov, Gustavo Kuerten and Jelena Ostapenko.

For the 2024 season, the following players will receive grants of US$25,000 as a contribution towards competition-related costs:

Duje Ajdukovic (CRO), Zhuoxuan Bai (CHN), Victoria Luiza Barros (BRA), Reda Bennani (MAR), Thijs Boogaard (NED), Mika Buchnik (ISR), Maia Ilinca Burcescu (ROU), Luna Maria Cinalli (ARG), Rositsa Dencheva (BUL), Manas Dhamne (IND), Alexandra Eala (PHI), Hanne Estrada (MEX), Vilius Gaubas (LTU), Ivan Invanov (BUL), Kalin Ivanovski (MKD), Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND), Teodora Kostovic (SRB), Sofia Kryvoruchko (UKR), Mark Lajal (EST), Yu-Chen Lin (TPE), Petra Marcinko (CRO), Hamad Medjedovic (SRB), Filip Misolic (AUT), Gloriana Nahum (BEN), Mariano Navone (ARG), Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (MEX), Giulia Safina Popa (ROU), Juan Carlos Prado Angelo (BOL), Lola Radivojevic (SRB), Henrique Rocha (POR), Mees Rottgering (NED), Joel Schwaerzler (AUT), Shang Juncheng (CHN), Solana Sierra (ARG), Daria Snigur (UKR), Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG), Luna Vujovic (SRB), Elizara Yaneva (BUL), Bu Yunchaokete (CHN) and Yi Zhou (CHN).

In addition, the following nine players will receive grants of US$12,500: Monique Barry (NZL), Blaise Bicknell (JAM), Eliakim Coulibaly (CIV), Corban Crowther (NZL), Aishi Das (NZL), Isabella Kruger (RSA), Maria Fernanda Martinez Hernandez (MEX), Kai Milburn (NZL) and Veronika Podrez (UKR).

Two promising young players have been selected to receive grants of US$50,000: Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi (IND) and Dino Prizmic (CRO).

Among the 2024 recipients are several players who won junior Grand Slam titles (Eala, Jimenez Kasintseva and Marcinko) as well as the champion of the 2023 NextGen ATP Finals, Medjedovic.

Meanwhile, Prizmic proved himself as a challenging first-round opponent for Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open men’s singles main draw this week, stretching the defending champion to his longest first round match at a Grand Slam. Shang has also impressed in the opening week in Melbourne before falling to two-time major champion Carlos Alcaraz in the third round on Saturday.

Ugo Valensi, Executive Director of Grand Slam Tennis, said on behalf of the four Grand Slam tournaments: “We offer our congratulations to the fifty-one recipients of the 2024 Grand Slam Player Grants, all of whom show great promise and we are delighted to invest in their development. It gives us immense pride to see many former recipients achieving outstanding results in their careers, and we hope these grants continue to provide both professional and junior players with greater opportunities to compete at the world’s most renowned events.”

David Haggerty, ITF President, said: “Congratulations to all players who have been selected as recipients of the 2024 Grand Slam Player Grants. Development is an important pillar of the ITF2024+4 Strategy and at the core of everything the ITF does. We are pleased that many players who have been supported by the ITF’s development programme throughout their junior careers are among this year’s player grant recipients. We will continue to work in collaboration with the Grand Slam tournaments to support the development of tennis around the world.”