STOCKHOLM/WASHINGTON, November 13, 2026 (by Michael Dickens)
Thiago Agustin Tirante became the 12th-active Argentine player to reach an ATP Tour singles final after advancing to the Bybit Stockholm Open title match on Friday.
The 51st-ranked Tirante earned a personal-best 31st tour-level victory with his 7-5, 7-6 (1) win over No. 31 Alejandro Tabilo of Chile in one hour and 46 minutes on Center Court in the day’s first semifinal match of the ATP 250 indoor hard-court tournament.
Tirante, 25, shook off some match-closing nerves in defeating the fourth seed Tabilo. Although he failed to serve out the match at 5-4 in the second set, he recovered nicely and dominated the tie-break that closed out the semifinal.
Tirante’s Time!
The Argentine closes it out against Tabilo to reach his first ATP Tour final! 👏
#bybitstockholmopen https://t.co/TB7rKiwf1S
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) November 13, 2026
“You always have nerves in matches, and playing a semifinal in front of a lot of people is very special for me,” Tirante said during his on-court interview afterward. “At important moments you start [to feel it]. I think I didn’t play a good game [at 5-4], but I kept believing in myself and my team to close it out in the tie-break.”
Tirante accumulated 14 aces and hit 35 winners to 20 unforced errors. He converted both of his break-point opportunities and outpointed Tabilo 74-67.
A native of La Plata, Argentina, Tirante joined Sebastian Baez (12); Francisco Cerundolo (8); Tomas Martin Etcheverry and Mariano Navonne (4 each); Facundo Bagnis, Juan Manuel Cerundolo, Federico Coria and Horacio Zeballos (2 each); Roman Andres Barruchaga, Facundo Diaz Acosta and Marco Trungelliti (1 each) as active Argentines who have been ATP Tour singles finalists.
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Taylor Fritz (photo: Brigitte Urban)
In Saturday’s title match, Tirante will face World No. 10 and top seed Taylor Fritz of the United States, who marched past third seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy, 6-4, 6-2, in 63 minutes to reach his sixth ATP Tour final this season.
Fritz struck 26 winners and converted three of four break points en route to earning his Tour-leading 15th victory indoors this season. He denied the 25th-ranked Musetti of reaching his 11th ATP Tour singles final.
With Friday’s win, Fritz avenged his loss to Musetti in the Lyon final last month. However, the 24-year-old Italian still leads their lifetime head-to-head 5-4.
“I played really well,” Fritz said during his on-court interview, after improving his 2026 win-loss record to 45-22. “I just lost to Lorenzo in a final not too long ago, so I knew I had to change a lot of things and play a certain type of way. I executed what I wanted to do really well.”
Dominant display 😳
Taylor Fritz takes down Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 6-2 to reach his sixth final of 2026!
#bybitstockholmopen https://t.co/P2yqIrfLDC
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) November 13, 2026
Around the Kungliga Tennishallen
In doubles, No. 1 seeds Nikola Mektic of Croatia (ranked 26th) and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (29th) of France received a walkover into Saturday’s final. They were scheduled to face Czech duo Adam Pavlasek and Patrik Rikl in the first semifinal Friday afternoon.
Later, in the second semifinal, Swedish wild cards Erik Grevelius and Adam Heinonen (ranked 126th and 113th, respectively) advanced to the title match with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Constantin Frantzen of Germany and Bart Stevens of the Netherlands. The Swedes saved all three break points they faced and outpointed their opponents 58-43.
Friday’s Bybit Stockholm Open results
Saturday’s Bybit Stockholm Open order of play
By the numbers
Thiago Agustin Tirante is the third Argentinian finalist in event history after David Nalbandian (2008) and Juan del Potro (2016-17). He’s also the first Argentine to reach an ATP Tour indoor final since Diego Schwartzman in 2021 at Antwerp.
“Quotable …”
“I am very happy I am going to play my first ATP final. Actually, I am very happy to play it here. This is my third semifinal , and my first one was in Bastad. So, I think Sweden is a good place for me.”
– Thiago Agustin Tirante of Argentina, during his on-court interview Friday afternoon defeating qualifier Alejandro Tabilo of Chile to advance to Saturday title match.
