After the ATP singles stars made their 2023 predictions, the world’s best doubles teams sat down to make their picks for the year.
Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury have been a consistent force at the top of the Pepperstone ATP Doubles Team Rankings, but have never finished as the year-end No. 1 duo. However, they were a popular pick to claim the honour in 2023, with Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah and Nikola Mektic/Mate Pavic among the teams to choose the American-British pair.
“Salisbury and Ram because they have been playing well the past two years,” Farah said.
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When asked to pick which team would win the most ATP Masters 1000 titles, Lloyd Glasspool/Harri Heliovaara and Wesley Koolhof/Neal Skupski were among the teams that jokingly picked themselves before locking in on Mektic and Pavic.
“They have always been a great team, making it to the final at [the] Nitto ATP Finals in Turin [last year],” Koolhof said.
When it came to the breakthrough team of the season, Julian Cash and Henry Patten were a popular pick, with four teams choosing the Brits. Cash and Patten enjoyed a standout 2022, winning 10 ATP Challenger Tour titles.
“They are very good players. They are new on the Tour this year,” Glasspool said.
Koolhof and Skupski won seven tour-level titles last year, but were unable to capture a Grand Slam. Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer were one of the teams confident the Dutch-British team will achieve that feat in 2023.
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