Taylor Fritz has just made a big surprise when beating Rafael Nadal after only 2 sets of the Idian Wells Master 2022 final.
Taylor Fritz has the full name Taylor Harry Fritz. He was born on October 28, 1997 (11 years younger than Nadal) at Rancho Santa Fe, California (USA) and up to 1m96 tall.
Taylor Fritz has played a professional tennis since 2015. Fritz is right -handed (like most other players) and has the ability to make left -handed blows with two powerful hands.
He only ranked 20th among the players attending the Indian Wells Masters 2022. With the first Masters 1000 championship this year, Taylor Fritz rose to the 13th place on the ATP rankings. This is also the highest ranking in the career of the 24 -year -old player.
Indian Wells Masters 2022 is the second title in ATP's competition system that Taylor Fritz has won (including single and double play). Fritz's first title took place at Eastbourne International 2019. He won the tournament after defeating Sam Querrey with a score of 2-0 in the final.
Taylor Fritz first attended a Grand Slam in 2018. That year he played in the US expansion. Up to now, Fritz has competed in all 4 Grand Slam tournaments. His best achievement in Grand Slam tournament is only to the fourth round (Australia expanded 2022).
Indian Wells Masters 2022 is of course the first Masters 1000 title in Taylor Fritz's career. He became the first American player to be crowned in this tournament since Andrre Agassi in 2001. Fritz has also become the first player to defeat Nadal since he entered 2022.
