After Roland Garros, this year's grass season began to start. Last week, Stuttgart Open took place. The most impressive names for the tournament are Stefanos Tsitsipas, Taylor Fritz, Hubert Hurkacz, Frances Tiafoe or Nick Kyrgios.
However, the above players are disappointed and eliminated early. Finally, the two names reached the final, Frances Tiafoe and Jan-Lennard Struff. In the end, Tiafoe won 4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (8) to crown the championship.
Stuttgart Open is the third ATP title in Tiafoe's career. Earlier, the American star was crowned at Delray Beach 2018 Vaf Houston Open 2023. These three championships came in 3 different pitches. Only the other player in the Top 10 won the ATP title on all three pitches, Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Notably, with the title at Stuttgart, Tiafoe officially rose to 10th place on the ATP rankings. This is also the first time in this player's career in the Top 10. Before that, he was ranked 12.
With Viet Taylor Fritz ranked 8th, this is the first time two American tennis players have reached the top 10 ATP since May 2012. At that time, two names were in the top 10 of the world, Marty Fish and John Isner (9th and 10).
