AMERICAN TEENAGE TALENT TAYLOR FRITZ WINS THE U.S. OPEN BOYS’ SINGLES TENNIS TITLE

Written by: on 13th September 2015
Taylor Fritz
Taylor Fritz defeats Tommy Paul on Court 17 at the 2015 US Open at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY. Photo by USTA/Rachel Kaplan

September 13, 2015 - Taylor Fritz defeats Tommy Paul on Court 17 at the 2015 US Open at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY  |

Taylor Fritz Wins US Open Boys’ Singles Title

American Boys Win Three of Four Junior Grand Slam Singles Titles in 2015

 

World No. 1-ranked junior Taylor Fritz (17, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) captured the US Open boys’ singles title on Sunday, defeating countryman and No. 5 seed Tommy Paul, 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-2, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

 

Fritz joins Paul, who beat Fritz in the French Open boys’ final in June, and Reilly Opelka (Wimbledon) as Americans to win Grand Slam boys’ singles titles this year. Fritz’s victory marks the first time since the US Open began hosting junior championships in 1973 that three different American boys won junior Slam titles in the same year.

 

In the girls’ singles final, American Sofia Kenin fell to No. 2 seed Dalma Galfi, of Hungary, 7-5, 6-4. In the boys’ doubles final, the American team of Brandon Holt and Riley Smith lost to the Canadian pair of Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov, 7-5, 7-6(3).

 

Boys’ singles final:

World No. 1-ranked Taylor Fritz (17 years old ,from Rancho Sante Fe, Calif.) def. No. 5 seed Tommy Paul, 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-2.

 

Girls’ singles final:

Dalma Galfi (Hungary) def. No. 9 seed Sofia Kenin (16, Pembroke Pines, Fla.), 7-5, 6-4.

 

Boys’ doubles final:

Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) and Denis Shapovalov (Canada) def. Brandon Holt (17, Rolling Hills, Calif.) and Riley Smith (Los Alamitos, Calif.), 7-5, 7-6(3).

Taylor Fritz defeats Tommy Paul on Court 17 at the 2015 US Open at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY. Photo by USTA/Rachel Kaplan

 

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