SANTIAGO DE CHILE, March 2, 2020
#NextGenATP Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild completed a dream week at the Chile Dove Men+Care Open, riding his wild card to a maiden ATP Tour crown in Santiago by stunning second seed Casper Ruud 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in Sunday’s singles final.
The 19-year-old from Rio de Janeiro sent down 17 aces and won 71 per cent of his first-service points to prevail after two hours and 16 minutes.
¡CAMPEÓN HAY UNO SOLO! 🇧🇷🏆
Thiago Seyboth Wild conquista el primer título de su carrera obteniendo el Chile Dove Men Care Open tras derrotar por 7-5, 4-6 y 6-3 a Casper Ruud 🙌🏽🎾
⚠️ Pasará del 182 al 113 en el ranking ATP.
¡FELICITACIONES @thiagoswild ! 😍👏🏼 pic.twitter.com/qXkSRqM54k
— Chile Open (@chile_open) March 1, 2020
Seyboth Wild, No. 182 in the ATP Rankings, is the first #NextGenATP player to earn a tour-level title this season. The teenager is also the youngest Brazilian titlist in ATP Tour history.
“It’s an incredible achievement. It’s something I’ve always dreamed about,” Seyboth Wild said, quoted by the ATP Tour website. “I need to just take the best from the week and keep on going for the rest of the season.
“As the matches went by and I was feeling myself on court, I felt like I could go step by step. When I got to the final, I needed to play it just like another match, like I had been playing the whole week and take my chances.”
Seyboth Wild earned in Chile’s capital city 250 ATP Rankings points and $101,285 in prize money. Ruud picked up 150 points and $56,065.
Spaniards take doubles title
On Saturday, Roberto Carballes Baena and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina claimed their maiden ATP Tour doubles title. The unseeded Spanish duo upset the tournament’s No. 2 seeds Marcelo Arevalo from El Salvador and Jonny O’Mara from Great Britain 7-6(3), 6-1. The final lasted one hour and 10 minutes.
Carballes Baena and Davidovich Fokina each earn 250 ATP Doubles Ranking points and a share of $34,160.
