Jan-Lennard Struff conquers Taylor Fritz 7-5 6-3 in the final in Munich on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes. This is the first time that Struff conquered this tournament. His most significant achievement in this event so far was reaching the final. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Jan-Lennard added € 36,725 to his prize money after conquering this final. He has earned € 88,125 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Taylor Fritz BMW Open – Munich
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:19
At the end of the match, the German scored 68 points vs. the American’s 54.
Struff
The German served very well to win 79% of the points (26/33) behind his first serve. However he won only 48% points (12/25) on his second serve. The German won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Fritz
On the other side, the American was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Struff and Fritz is 2-1 for Jan-Lennard.
This was the maiden title for Struff. This was his 5 final as he was the runner up in Memphis 2016, in Atlanta 2019, in Los Cabos 2019, in Acapulco 2020 and in St. Petersburg 2021. Taylor remains with 8th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Struff had a favorable start in this set after breaking Taylor Fritz in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Struff to win the set because the American found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Struff maintained his cool to break Taylor in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
The German wasted a good opportunity to break Fritz in the 7th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The American was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Struff converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (5-5 0-40) and the 13th game (7-4 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the American converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 78 points. Struff was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than the American (44-34). The German dropped 13 points on serve (26-13). In addition, on the other side, Fritz conceded 18 points on serve (21-18).
Struff conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Taylor Fritz in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Struff to win the set since the American found the way to break back in the 8th (3-5) game. The German maintained his focus to break the American in the 9th (6-3) game.
Struff failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 0.
Struff converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (4-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Fritz was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (2-5 0-40).
They contested 44 points. Jan-Lennard conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Fritz (24-20). Jan-Lennard dropped 7 points on serve (12-7). On the other side, the American conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
