MOUILLERON-LE-CAPTIF/STARNBERG, October 8, 2023

Tomas Machac from the Czech Republic has claimed the title of the 10th edition of the Open de Vendée held at the Vendespace Arena in Mouilleron-Le-Capitf, France. The No. 8 seed of the €118,000 ATP Challenger Tour event beat British qualifier Arthur Fery 6-3, 6-4 in Sunday’s singles final.

Machac battled his way to the championship match with wins in the bottom half of the draw against Gijs Brouwer from the Netherlands, local wild card entry Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Luca Nardi of Italy and French wild card Lucas Pouillan.

The 96th-ranked Machac sent down six aces and won 79 per cent of his first-service points to prevail after one hour and 19 minutes.

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Tomas Machac wins his 6th career Challenger title after defeating Fery 6-3, 6-4 in the @OpenVendee final!#ATPChallenger | @jsmeceskytenis pic.twitter.com/Zug4MbNpNE

— ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) October 8, 2023

This win marked Machac’s second title in two weeks, following his triumph at the Open d’Orléans, and his sixth overall. The 22-year-old Beroun native pocketed €16,020 in prize money as well as 100 ATP Ranking points.