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Mailbag: Handing Out the 2021 Year-End ATP Awards

Hey, everyone…last week we handed out awards for the WTA. This week, the ATP Awards.

MVP: Novak Djokovic

• Credit the ATP with not even holding a free election here. (Why, it’s almost like China!) Not even worth discussing. Novak Djokovic started the year at No. 1, ended at No. 1, came a match from winning the Grand Slam—all four majors, of course—and while he moved into a tie for all-time majors when he won his 20th, this was the year that, even someone with Djokovician flexibility had a hard time contorting themselves to argue against his GOAT status.