The registration deadline for the professional tennis tournament of the TC Ismaning ended this week and entries from the top 100 of the world rankings were expected.
They came then and with number 81, Federico Delbonis from Argentina, at the top of the Wolffkran Open you have the strongest field of all time.
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Top player Federico Delbunis is a folk hero in his country, because he won the decisive individual when he won the Davis Cup in 2016.
He had a great moment in Germany in 2013 when he defeated the grandmaster Roger Federer and reached the final in Hamburg.
In terms of numbers, the Argentine (81) and the former Ismaning winner Yannick Hanfmann (97) are the two current players in the top 100. Among others, the French Gregoire Barrere with 103rd place. The last to register for the main field Slipped player is number 202 Quentin Halys from France.
The 23 professionals who have been selected for the main field have 15 different nationalities, including India, Canada and Peru in Ismaning.
The three German professionals Yannick Hanfmann, Dustin Brown and Yannick Maden will be there.
Other German players are on the waiting list with Mats Moraing (world ranking 230), Tobias Kamke (232), Daniel Masur (251), Julian Lenz (260), Maximilian Marterer (267) or Matthias Bachinger (275).
Among them are some players whom the Ismaning tournament director Peter Aurnhammer has been campaigning for in the past few years.
One or the other local hero like the Nuremberg Marterer or the Dachau Bachinger will probably slip into the tournament via the wildcards.
But old friends will also hit the Ismaning carpet.
The two finalists from last year, Lukas Lacko from Slovakia and Maxime Cressy from the USA, have entered.
A big name is Sebastian Korda, who with world rankings 213 just missed the main field and will play qualification.
The young Czech is number one in the junior world rankings and the son of former professional Petr Korda, who won the Australian Open, among other things.