Two-time defending champion Taylor Fritz will try a three-peat on the 2025 Delray Seashore Open, Feb. 7-16, because the ATP match declares the return of the world High 10 participant together with 2024 finalist Tommy Paul. Final February, Fritz turned simply the second participant to win back-to-back DBO titles within the 32 years of the match.
If he defends his title in 2025, Fritz would be the first participant to win the match 3 times, and the thirty fourth participant for the reason that Open Period {of professional} tennis started in 1968 to win a minimum of one particular match three years in a row.
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Fritz would be part of an elite listing of gamers who’ve gained a match three consecutive years together with legends of tennis Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg. Fritz can be the primary American born after 1990 to three-peat.
After defending his title in Delray Seashore final February and successful in Eastbourne, Fritz’s profitable yr continued in September when he reached his first Grand Slam last on the US Open. He turned the primary American man to achieve the ultimate there since Andy Roddick in 2006. Fritz is in good place to qualify for the year-end ATP Finals and can symbolize the US on the Davis Cup Finals and the United Cup.
Additionally returning to the match in 2025 is Palm Seashore County resident Paul. Along with his runner-up end in Delray Seashore, Paul gained three titles this yr and reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals. He briefly overtook Fritz twice this yr because the No. 1 American, and has equaled his career-high rating of world No. 12.
Fritz and Paul teamed as much as win the doubles Olympic bronze medal in Paris this yr, and Paul will be part of Fritz on the US workforce on the Davis Cup Finals subsequent month.
“We’re ecstatic to have each of our 2024 finalists again for 2025, and might’t wait to see if Taylor can pull off the three-peat for the primary time in match historical past,” mentioned Adam Baron, govt director of the Delray Seashore Open. “We’re proud to hold on the custom of giving our followers a closeup view of Grand Slam finalists and their superb video games, and to supply a chance for Individuals to play in entrance of their residence followers. There’s a resurgence of males’s U.S. tennis with 5 Individuals ranked on the earth’s High 25, and the DBO is one among simply eight ATP tournaments within the nation to see them.”
