FOUR MEN FOR THE TOP 50

ANDY MURRAY AGE: 32 .............................. RANK: 125

ABOVE all, he needs a clean bill of health that could stretch his career towards his mid-thirties. During his remarkable triumph in Antwerp he showed that class is permanent and also that there are things he can still improve upon, providing his body lets him. Smart scheduling and training regimes will be important, but he knows all about that now.

DAN EVANS AGE: 29 ....... RANK: 39

THIS year’s great redemption story, Evans will find himself more of a marked man in the coming season as players become more familiar with the threat he poses. While he will always have physical limitations, his unusual talent and playing style — and competitiveness — should continue to win him matches.

CAM NORRIE AGE: 24 ........... RANK: 53

The slightly unconventional southpaw is now two years into his full professional career, after standout performances in college, and he’s looking more the part. Needs to keep trying to add heft to his game, especially on the forehand. But ought to be moving back towards the low 40s, where he was in May.

KYLE EDMUND AGE: 24 ........... RANK: 69

LOOKED much more his old self late in the season and should be optimistic about climbing back towards the top 20. Needs to gel with his highly-regarded new coach Franco Davin, stay physically and mentally robust and not be too introspective — in other words, different to much of 2019.