Jannik Sinner made his debut at the 32nd Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic in 2026, and Novak Djokovic beat Tommy Paul in three sets.
Jannik Sinner, the world number one, made his debut at the 32nd Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic, held at The Hurlingham Club in Fulham from 23 to 27 June 2026.
The exhibition is played on grass in the days before Wimbledon, and the club calls its ground Little Wimbledon. It opened in 1869, and its Georgian clubhouse is regarded as the birthplace of polo. Giorgio Armani was title partner for the fifth year, and BNP Paribas joined as its first Platinum partner, pledging £2 for every point and £50 for every ace to The Hurlingham Club Foundation. The 2026 legends’ programme brought Mansour Bahrami, Monica Puig, Flavia Pennetta, Sébastien Grosjean, Marcos Baghdatis and Nicolás Almagro to the court.
Novak Djokovic, a regular at the Classic since 2022, beat Tommy Paul, a finalist at the HSBC Championships, 6-3, 6-7, 7-5 on the Friday, after Paul had forced the second set to a tie-break. On the final Saturday Tomás Etcheverry, ranked 32nd, beat the French Open finalist Flavio Cobolli, ranked tenth, 6-4, 4-6, 12-10 in a deciding tie-break, and Stefanos Tsitsipas, ranked 88th, beat Luciano Darderi 6-7, 6-3, 10-8. Sinner, who played earlier in the week and met the All England Club chair, Debbie Jevons, at Wimbledon, called it one of the best preparations he had had in a long time before a Grand Slam.