Six Kings Slam season two set to return in October 2025

The second edition of the Six Kings Slam is scheduled to take place in October later this year. That is according to Turki Al-Sheikh, who is the sports promoter in Saudi Arabia. The competition will once again be played in the Middle Eastern country.

The tournament, which will be played between October 15 and 18th, will feature top-six men’s tennis players, including the world number one Jannik Sinner, five-time Grand Slam winner Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, Germany’s Alexander Zverev, Britain’s Jack Draper, America’s Taylor Fritz and legendary Serbia’s Novak Djokovic.

Last year, Sinner lifted the exhibition event after beating Alcaraz in the final with a score of 6-7, 6-3, 6-3. This year’s competition will once again be met with criticism from fans and some sports pundits, especially at a time when players often complain about their tough schedule. Alcaraz remains one of the most prominent voices to raise concerns about how excessive tennis is affecting players' morale as well as impacting their health. He expressed those concerns last year before the China Open as well.

“My energy level right now, it is good,” said Alcaraz back then. “I mean, I have motivations to come here to play a good tennis. I’m going to try to win the tournament, as I try to do to every tournament that I go. Yeah, I mean, I’ve seen and I’ve hear a lot of players complain about the schedule, about the calendar as well. Didn’t see after my words, after this I didn’t hear, I didn’t seen people or players talk about that. I’ve seen it before, before my words. I hear about in Jannik’s [Sinner] press conference here, he talk about it a little bit. He didn’t complain as much as he did, he didn’t complain big about the calendar. It depends as well about the players. I’m talking about that. Probably a few players, a lot of players are not going in my side; a lot of them going to be in my side complaining about the calendar, that it is so tight. It depends about the feelings of every player.”