Taylor Fritz is a bit richer after winning the Diriyah Tennis Cup on Saturday after defeating Daniil Medvedev in the final 7-6 7-6. The competition had glorious prize money, with the winner pocketing $1,000,000. Daniil Medvedev did not manage to defend his title. Nevertheless, he will still be a happy guy this week in Riyadh after pocketing half a million dollars in prize money for being the runner-up.
This was the championship point.
Taylor Fritz in 2022
Currently ranked no.9, Fritz played his last match on the 9th of December when he defeated world no.14 Cameron Norrie 7-6(4) 4-6 10-6 in the semifinal in (draw).
At the moment, during this season the American has a compiled 46-21 match record. Taylor clinched 3 titles in 2022 in Indian Wells, Eastbourne and Tokyo.
Daniil Medvedev in 2022
Now ranked no.7, Medvedev played his last match on the 9th of December when he beat world no.149 Stan Wawrinka 6-4 6-4
in the semifinal in (draw).During this season Daniil owns an overall 45-19 match record. The Russian conquered 2 titles in 2022 in Los Cabos and Vienna. The Russian was the runner-up at the Australian Open, Hertogenbosch and Halle.
Taylor Fritz and Daniil Medvedev squared off only once. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Medvedev. When they played, Daniil Medvedev won 7-6(1) 6-3 in the quarter in Cincinnati (Western & Southern Open) on the 19th of August 2022.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.