Frances Tiafoe survives Jan-Lennard Struff 4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(8) in the final in Stuttgart on Sunday after conquering a huge battle. The battle lasted 2 hours and 9 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career. Tiafoe will break in the top10 on Monday.
Tiafoe added € 45,530 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 109,270 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Jan-Lennard Struff Boss Open – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:09
At the end of the match, Tiafoe scored 113 points vs. the German’s 102.
Tiafoe
Frances served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (49/59) behind his first serve, and he won 72% points (28/39) on his second serve. Frances fired 13 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Frances wasn’t able to conquer any break point to win the match only at the tiebreaks.
Struff
On the other side, Struff was fantastic in converting the only break point that he converted. However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Struff is 2-1 for Frances.
This was the 4th career title for Frances. He won the previous title in Stuttgart. (see list of titles and finals). This was Jan-Lennard’s 3rd final after he lost in Munich 2021, in Madrid 2023 and in Stuttgart 2023. (see list of titles and finals)
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Jan-Lennard snatched in the 7th game (4-3) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
Struff was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, Struff didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 58 points. It’s worth to point out that, Jan-Lennard won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the American (28-30). The German dropped 8 points on serve (20-8). on the other side of the court, Tiafoe conceded 8 points on serve (22-8).
Tiafoe won the set after he broke the German .
The American was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Tiafoe didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 83 points. It’s worth to point out that, Tiafoe won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Struff (41-42). Frances dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). on the other side of the net, Struff conceded 21 points on serve (36-21).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, the American won a thrilling breaker 10-8 after a huge fight with 18 points played.
Tiebreak
Tiafoe won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 17th (9-8) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Struff won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 6th (3-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Tiafoe saved 2 set points when he was 4-5 and 6-7 down. Also, on the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 74 points. Frances conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the German (41-33). Frances conceded 7 points on serve (30-7). on the other side of the net, Struff conceded 11 points on serve (26-11).
Frances Tiafoe in Stuttgart |
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