Taylor Fritz
 Fritz at the 2016 Memphis Open | |
| Full name | Taylor Harry Fritz |
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| Country (sports) |
 United States |
| Residence | Rancho Santa Fe, California, U.S. |
| Born |
October 28, 1997 Rancho Santa Fe, California, U.S. |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Turned pro | 2015 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) |
| Coach(es) | David Nainkin and Christian Groh |
| Prize money | $243,861 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 8–7 (53.33% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 69 (11 April 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 71 (2 May 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. 473 (7 March 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 478 (18 April 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| US Open | 1R (2015) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| US Open | 1R (2014, 2015) |
| Last updated on: 18 April 2016. | |
Taylor Harry Fritz (born October 28, 1997) is an American professional tennis player. He is the 2nd-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 |
6–7(4–7), 6–2, 2–6 | ||||
| Winner | 2015 | US Open | Hard | Tommy Paul |
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: Surge into Top 100
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 2nd-fastest American ever to reach an ATP final, doing so in just his 3rd career ATP tournament. John Isner is the only American that was able to reach an ATP final faster.[1][6] Fritz would lose in the final to three-time defending champion and Top 10 player Kei Nishikori.
In February, Fritz cracked the Top 100 for the first time by reaching the quarter-finals in Acapulco at his first career ATP 500 event.
Playing style
Fritz possesses a dominant serve that can reach 130 mph and solid groundstrokes off both wings.[7]
ATP career finals
Singles: (0–1)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | February 14, 2016 | Memphis Open, Memphis, United States | Hard (i) |  Kei Nishikori |
4–6, 4–6 |
Challenger finals
Singles: (3–1)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | October 11, 2015 | Sacramento, CA, United States | Hard | Jared Donaldson |
6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2. | October 18, 2015 | Fairfield, CA, United States | Hard |  Dustin Brown |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 3. | November 21, 2015 | Champaign, IL, United States | Hard (i) |  Henri Laaksonen |
6–4, 2–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 4. | January 10, 2016 | Happy Valley, Adelaide, Australia | Hard |  Dudi Sela |
7–6(9–7), 6–2 |
Singles performance timeline
Current through the 2016 Miami Open.
| 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 | – | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| US Open | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Miami Open | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Madrid Open | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Rome Masters | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Canadian Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Paris Masters | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Career statistics | ||||||
| Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0% | |
| Overall Win–Loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 7–6 | 8–7 | 53% | |
| Year-end Ranking | 1149 | 174 | $ 228,999 | |||
References
- 1 2 "Taylor Fritz reaches Memphis Open final.". 13 February 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ "At 17, Taylor Fritz could be the next big thing in American men's tennis". 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- ↑ "Taylor Fritz and Dalma Galfi crowned 2015 ITF Junior World Champions". Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ↑ "Ferrer, Lopez Lead Nottingham Field". 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
- ↑ "Fritz goes back to back". 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
- ↑ "Fritz reaches Memphis Final". 14 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ↑ "Is Fritz the future of American tennis?". USA Today. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
External links
- Taylor Fritz at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Taylor Fritz at the International Tennis Federation
| Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by Andrey Rublev |
ITF Junior World Champion 2015 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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