Krawietz/Pütz win finals
Triumph in the crime thriller: German duo crowns their tennis fairy tale
November 17, 2024, 4:51 p.m
Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz have done it: The German tennis duo starts the ATP Finals as absolute outsiders, and at the end of an exhilarating week the professionals are crowned unofficial tennis world champions. After a dramatic semi-final, the final is also a thriller.
Historic success in Turin: Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz became the first German tennis doubles team to win the ATP Finals and caused a big surprise at the end of the season. The German Davis Cup duo prevailed in the dramatic final in Turin with 7:6 (7:5), 7:6 (8:6) against the world number one Marcelo Arevalo/Mate Pavic (El Salvador/Croatia) and celebrated on At the end of the second season together, the first really big title. “It’s just unbelievable. Two weeks ago I couldn’t even walk,” said Pütz, who together with his partner secured a total of around 730,000 US dollars in prize money by winning the final. “I can’t find the words. We are proud of ourselves,” said Krawietz.
Krawietz and Pütz also made a leap up in the doubles world rankings at the end of the year. The German duo from Coburg and Frankfurt is the first doubles seed in eighth place to win the finals. After the triumph in Hamburg in the summer, it was the second title of the season for Krawietz/Pütz.
One day after Germany’s top star Alexander Zverev was eliminated in the singles, Krawietz/Pütz gained a lot of self-confidence for the Davis Cup with the DTB selection. The professionals will travel directly from Turin to Malaga in Spain. The quarter-finals of the traditional national competition take place there on Wednesday, with Germany meeting Canada.
Dramatic semi-final
The Germans, who have been on the tour together since the start of the 2023 season, fended off a match point in the semifinals against the Australians Max Purcell/Jordan Thompson on Saturday and dramatically made it to the final a little later.
Krawietz/Pütz had already won against the world number one in the group phase and in the semi-finals of the US Open in September, and on Sunday it was a duel at absolute level. Both teams showed no weakness in their own serves, the tiebreak had to decide – and in this, as so often in the tournament, Krawietz/Pütz showed better nerves.
In the second round, the same picture emerged, there were no chances of a break. The 13,000 spectators in the Inalpi Arena saw a high-class match, and again it went to a tiebreak. After 1:37 hours, Krawietz/Pütz converted their second match point.
