Overview
- Vacherot defeated Rinderknech 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to capture the Shanghai Masters 1000 title, his ninth straight win from qualifying.
- He becomes the first player representing Monaco to win an ATP title and will rise to No. 40 in the next ATP rankings.
- Rinderknech reached his first Masters 1000 final after a three-set win over Daniil Medvedev and will climb to No. 28.
- The family showdown followed Vacherot’s straight-sets semi-final win over Novak Djokovic, who required a medical timeout.
- Vacherot, ranked 204 at the tournament’s start, is now the lowest-ranked champion of a Masters 1000 event since the series began in 1990.