The Merchants of Menace: 2022 ATP Wrap

It’s time to wrap up the 2022 ATP season, and we’re treating the guys with a healthy (and earned!) dose of suspicion, starting with a rundown of the most badly behaved children of the year. But it’s not all bad - we also cover Rafa’s personal-best start to the season, Carlos’ rise, Novak’s disappearing and reappearing acts, Felix fixing his finals bugaboo, Holger’s Paris breakdown and later his Paris Masters title, and Roger’s retirement. And since tennis news will stop for no one, we had to recap Canada’s historic win at Davis Cup and the implosion of Team USA.    

0:00 Cold Open

Men behaving badly 

4:25 Starting with the worst: That Guy

9:20 The Nick Kyrgios redemption nightmare

13:50 Craig! What the hell, dude?!

18:00 Jaaa-gate, Moutet, poop shorts, and Shapo gets scolded by Daddy

25:55 Davis Cup: USA cancels themselves, does the work for us

31:20 The Verdasco ban and Reilly’s basement tweeting

Notable Moments

40:30 Djokovic removed from Australia + Rafa wins a very memorable Australian final

48:35 Carlos Alcaraz breaks out in March; Rafa’s injuries start and never end; weird Wimbledon

57:20 US Open was our first major (and Carlos’ too)!

61:30 Laver Cup, frat behavior, G***k y*g*rt, Federer retirement

65:30 Other retirements: Del Potro, Tsonga, Anderson, and many more

68:55 Three other players we need to mention: Feliz, Casper, Holger

79:25 How’d we do on our choices for breakout players of 2022?