Canberra’s Nick Kyrgios is to return to the ATP Tour when he faces France’s Corentin Moutet in the ATP 250 tournament in Stuttgart.
Kyrgios is a wildcard in the tournament.
The 2022 Wimbledon runnerup last played in the Brisbane tournament ahead of the 2026 Australian Open.
Over recent years Kyrgios has battled to overcome various injuries including a potential career-ending wrist injury.
“All I do now is play for the fans,” Kyrgios said.
“I still have a massive following. Now, I just enjoy going out there for the fans and putting on a crazy show, seeing the kids out there, that’s basically why I’m playing now.”
After having not played from early October 2022 until June 2023, it was also at Stuttgart that the former world no. 13 made a comeback. On that occasion he lost to China’s Wu Yibing in straight sets and didn’t play again until the end of 2024.
2022 was the last time we saw Kyrgios playing at an elite level where he made the Wimbledon final, won the ATP 500 Washington title and then reached the quarterfinals at the US Open.
Kyrgios had climbed to no. 19 as at 13 February 2023. He should have been even higher, however there were no points awarded for the 2022 Wimbledon tournament. That would have been an additional 1200 rankings points.
The Australian is also playing doubles in Stuttgart where he will partner Alexander Bublik.