Taylor Fritz
_(9657573994).jpg) Fritz at the 2013 US Open | |
| Full name | Taylor Harry Fritz |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  United States |
| Residence | Rancho Santa Fe, California |
| Born | October 28, 1997 Rancho Santa Fe, California |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Turned pro | 2015 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) |
| Coach | David Nainkin and Christian Groh |
| Prize money | $163,771 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 5–3 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 102 (15 February 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 102 (15 February 2016) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2016) |
| US Open | Q1 (2014, 2015) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 2–2 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 486 (15 February 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 486 (15 February 2016) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| US Open | 1R (2015) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| US Open | 1R (2014, 2015) |
| Last updated on: 15 February 2016. | |
Taylor Harry Fritz (born October 28, 1997) is an American professional tennis player. He is the fastest American ever to reach an ATP final, accomplishing the feat in just his 3rd career event.[1]
Both of his parents played professional tennis and his mother Kathy May Fritz was a Top 10 player.[2] He reached the finals in boys' singles at the 2015 French Open and lost to fellow American Tommy Paul in three sets. He avenged the loss by defeating Paul in the boys' singles final at the 2015 US Open.
Junior career
In 2015, Fritz reached at least the quarterfinal of all 4 junior grand slam tournaments, including the final at the French Open where he lost to Tommy Paul and the final at the U.S. Open where he defeated Paul. This grand slam success helped him finish the year as the number one ranked boy's junior tennis player, for which he was named the 2015 ITF Junior World Champion. He is the first American to hold this title since Donald Young in 2005 and Andy Roddick in 2000.[3]
| Junior Grand Slam Finals | |||||||||
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score | ||||
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| Runner-up | 2015 | French Open | Clay |  Tommy Paul
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6–7(4–7), 6–2, 2–6 | ||||
| Winner | 2015 | US Open | Hard | Tommy Paul
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6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–2 | ||||
Professional
2015: Challenger Tour success
Fritz played his first ATP Tour tournament at the 2015 Aegon Open Nottingham, where he received a wild card and won his first ATP match. [4]
In September 2015, Fritz turned pro after winning the Junior U.S. Open. He quickly rose from the 600s into the Top 250 of the ATP Rankings by becoming the 9th player at age 17 to win multiple Challenger Tour titles – doing so in back-to-back weeks. The others to accomplish that feat include Top 20 players Bernard Tomic, Tomas Berdych, Richard Gasquet, and Juan Martin del Potro as well as Number 1 overall players Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.[5]
2016
After losing in the final of his last tournament of 2015, Fritz reached a final again in his first tournament of 2016, this time winning against Top 100 player Dudi Sela at Happy Valley to catapult to a ranking in the 150s. In the following week, he made it through Australian Open Qualifying to reach his first main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, where he would lose in the 1st round to fellow American Jack Sock in five sets.
Fritz was awarded a wild card into his first ATP 250 tournament of 2016 at Memphis and knocked off the 2nd-seeded Steve Johnson, who at No. 29 is the highest ranked player Fritz had ever defeated. With his victory over Ricardas Berankis in the semi-final, he became the youngest American to reach an ATP final since Michael Chang in 1989 and also the fastest American ever to reach an ATP final, doing so in just his 3rd career ATP tournament.[6] He would lose in the final to three-time defending champion and Top 10 player Kei Nishikori.
ATP career finals
Singles: (0–1)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | February 14, 2016 | Memphis Open, Memphis, United States | Hard (i) |  Kei Nishikori
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4–6, 4–6 |
Challenger finals
Singles: (3–1)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | October 11, 2015 | Sacramento | Hard | Jared Donaldson
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6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2. | October 18, 2015 | Fairfield | Hard |  Dustin Brown
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6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 3. | November 21, 2015 | Champaign | Hard (i) |  Henri Laaksonen
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6–4, 2–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 4. | January 10, 2016 | Happy Valley | Hard |  Dudi Sela
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7–6(9–7), 6–2 |
Singles performance timeline
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | SR | W–L | Win % | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||
| French Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0% | ||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0% | ||||||||
| US Open | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0% | ||||||||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||
| Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |||||||||
| Year End Ranking | 1149 | 174 | $163,771 | ||||||||||
References
- ^ "Fritz reaches Memphis Final". February 14, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
- ^ "At 17, Taylor Fritz could be the next big thing in American men's tennis". July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ^ "Taylor Fritz and Dalma Galfi crowned 2015 ITF Junior World Champions". Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- ^ "Ferrer, Lopez Lead Nottingham Field". June 22, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ "Fritz goes back to back". October 19, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ "Fritz reaches Memphis Final". February 14, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
External links
- Taylor Fritz at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
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