Overview
- Ben Shelton beat top seed Taylor Fritz 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, saving three championship points while serving at 4-5 in the deciding set.
- Fritz controlled the opener behind dominant serving but a late third‑set double fault at 5-5 helped Shelton earn the decisive break.
- Shelton came from a set down in each of his last three matches and improved to 4-0 in ATP finals.
- The final featured the world’s two highest‑ranked American men, guaranteeing a home champion and underscoring a week defined by tight service holds and tiebreaks.
- Paths to the final included Fritz defeating Marin Cilic in consecutive tiebreaks and Shelton edging defending champion Denis Shapovalov in a third‑set tiebreak, after Fritz earlier reported an elbow scare in his quarterfinal.