Taylor Fritz

Taylor Fritz

Fritz at the 2016 US Open
Full name	Taylor Harry Fritz
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Rancho Santa Fe, California, U.S.
Born	October 28, 1997 Rancho Santa Fe, California, U.S.
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Coach(es)	David Nainkin and Christian Groh
Prize money	$440,375
Singles
Career record	14–19 (42.42% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 3 Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 53 (29 August 2016)
Current ranking	No. 76 (28 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2016)
French Open	1R (2016)
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
US Open	1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	2–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 449 (18 July 2016)
Current ranking	No. 449 (18 July 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	1R (2015)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open	1R (2014, 2015)
Last updated on: 30 August 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
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 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 at the Australian Open, 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 1988, 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.

Fritz's grass court season was highlighted by a close three set loss to Roger Federer at Stuttgart. He would end up peaking in the rankings at No. 53 towards the end of the summer. At the US Open, Fritz drew Jack Sock in the first round of a grand slam for the second time this year, again losing in five sets.

To cap off the year, Fritz won the ATP Star of Tomorrow for being the youngest player in the Top 100, having just turned 19 years old.

Playing style

Fritz possesses a dominant serve that can reach 130 mph and solid groundstrokes off both wings.^[7]

Personal life

When Fritz played his first match against Roger Federer, he recalled when in computer class in the 5th grade, he live streamed the 2009 US Open final between Federer and Juan Martin del Potro.^[8]

He married tennis player Raquel Pedraza in California in July 2016, after dating for over two years.^[9]

ATP career finals

Singles: (0–1)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Finals by Surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by Surface Outdoors (0–0) Indoors (0–1)

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

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current through the 2016 Paris Masters.

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	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	Q1	Q1	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–4	0 / 4	0–4	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	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	-
Canadian Open	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Shanghai Masters	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Paris Masters	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	2–5	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Career statistics
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1		0%
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	1–1	15–22	16–23		41%
Year-end Ranking	1149	174	76

References

1. "Taylor Fritz reaches Memphis Open final.". 13 February 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
2. "At 17, Taylor Fritz could be the next big thing in American men's tennis". 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
3. "Taylor Fritz and Dalma Galfi crowned 2015 ITF Junior World Champions". Retrieved 10 January 2016.
4. "Ferrer, Lopez Lead Nottingham Field". 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
5. "Fritz goes back to back". 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
6. "Fritz reaches Memphis Final". 14 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
7. "Is Fritz the future of American tennis?". USA Today. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
8. "Fritz Sets Federer Clash; Del Potro Makes Winning Return". Retrieved 7 June 2016.
9. "At 18, Taylor Fritz has a huge serve and a new wife. Just don't call him a kid.". Retrieved 19 July 2016.

External links

• Taylor Fritz at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Taylor Fritz at the International Tennis Federation