The Six Kings Slam originated last year in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with the premise that six kings of tennis will duke it out for big money. Each player gets a guaranteed $1.5 million, and the winner takes home $6 million, a bigger cash prize than a Grand Slam champion earns. This is not an ATP-sanctioned event. It is an exhibition that takes place over a four day period in October. It is back for 2025, and this year’s poster has me a bit confused.
First, let’s take a look at last year’s poster.
2024 Six Kings Slam Poster
Since this is an exhibition set in Saudi Arabia, there is definitely a more artsy and marketing-driven theme to get fans interested. The 2024 had our six kings: Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Holger Rune, and Daniil Medvedev in historic costumes implying a battle of ancient proportions was coming.
🚨🇸🇦 The Saudi ‘Six Kings’ exhibition is now confirmed to place from October 16th-19th, with the 18th being a day off, as ATP rules don’t allow players to play three consecutive days of exhibitions.
Nadal, Djokovic, Alcaraz, Sinner, Medvedev, and Rune are participating.
The… pic.twitter.com/mC2aWU8Htu
— Olly Tennis 🎾🇬🇧 (@Olly_Tennis_) August 29, 2024
2025 Six Kings Slam Poster
This year’s poster features three returning kings: Djokovic, Sinner (defending champion), and Alcaraz. They are joined by newcomers Jack Draper, Alexander Zverev, and Taylor Fritz.
The poster has a much different vibe than last year’s. It consists of pencil drawings of the players wearing crowns. However, the graffiti look is confusing. I also did not recognize Taylor Fritz (even though he is my favorite American male player). Thankfully, his name was on the poster so I could figure out it was supposed to be him.
Take a look.
For all the tennis lovers 🎾
The kings are back 👑
The world’s top 6 tennis players clash in #SixKingsSlam
Championship, part of #RiyadhSeason this October 🔥😎#BigTime pic.twitter.com/KdUg2MSYra— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alalshikh) August 6, 2025
Taylor Fritz looks more like Andy Murray than himself in this poster. Don’t you agree?
