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No. 204 Qualifier Valentin Vacherot Beats Cousin to Win Shanghai Masters

Monaco now has its first ATP singles champion.

Overview

  • Vacherot rallied past Arthur Rinderknech 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to claim his first tour title in a rare all-family ATP Masters 1000 final.
  • He becomes the lowest-ranked Masters 1000 champion in the series era and just the third qualifier to win at this level.
  • The 26-year-old’s run included a 6-3, 6-4 semifinal win over Novak Djokovic, who took medical timeouts as he struggled physically.
  • Rinderknech reached the final by defeating 2019 Shanghai winner Daniil Medvedev 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 to set up the cousins’ first tour meeting.
  • Vacherot earns $1,124,380 in prize money and vaults into the Top 100 after entering the event as an alternate in qualifying.