Baseline_Bungle
Legend
Well, I just checked, and if we count previous iterations of the series, the answer is... no.Is Hurkacz the first ever player to win his first two M1000 titles while being ranked outside of the top 10 (actually, of the top 15) at the start of each tournament?
Juan Aguilera won Hamburg in 1984 and 1990, while ranked outside of the top 30 at the start of both tournaments. His 1990 run was especially impressive, beating Ivanisevic, Chang, Courier, Gustafsson, Forget and Becker on his way to his 5th and final career title. All this after spending most of the previous 4 years outside of the top 100...