After the promising 2024 season, when reaching the final of the US Open and ATP Finals, Taylor Fritz had the first half of the 2025 season. He could not pass the fourth round in any Masters 1000 and soon stopped at Roland Garros from the first round.
However, when entering the pitch season – which is a forte, Fritz is like 'completely transformed'. It was clearly shown at Stuttgart Open, when the American tennis player did not lose any set. He defeated both Félix Auger -anssime and Ben Shelton before meeting the No. 1 seed Zverev in the final.
This match, Fritz started strongly, won the only break in Set 1's eighth game after Zverev made a double mistake and missed the volley decided. After the rest of the rain, Zverev risen but still could not stop Fritz pulling the match into the tie-break series. In this series of “gun battles”, seed No. 2 showed absolute superiority when winning white 7-0 to close the match.
In the end, Fritz won 6-3, 7-6 (0) and officially crowned the Stuttgart Open championship. Notably, the American tennis player won Zverev throughout the last year of confrontation, including the fourth round of Wimbledon and the US Open quarter -finals last year.
On Zverev's side, this failure made him continue to miss the first title on the pitch. The 28 -year -old player lost two finals in Halle (2016, 2017) and now Stuttgart 2025. This season, he still maintains a stable performance with a achievement of 32 wins – 12 losses and crowned in Munich, but the pitch is still a challenge that has not been conquered.
