Taylor Fritz of the U.S. reacts as he plays Germany’s Daniel Altmaier during their first round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Germany’s Daniel Altmaier reacts as he plays Taylor Fritz of the U.S. during their first round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Germany’s Daniel Altmaier serves against Taylor Fritz of the U.S. during their first round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
French Open: US Open runner-up Taylor Fritz loses to Daniel Altmaier in first round
PARIS (AP) — U.S. Open runner-up Taylor Fritz lost in the first round of the French Open as the tournament’s No. 4 seed on Monday, eliminated 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 by 66th-ranked Daniel Altmaier of Germany.
Taylor Fritz of the U.S. reacts as he plays Germany’s Daniel Altmaier during their first round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
PARIS (AP) — U.S. Open runner-up Taylor Fritz lost in the first round of the French Open as the tournament’s No. 4 seed on Monday, eliminated 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 by 66th-ranked Daniel Altmaier of Germany.
Altmaier broke Fritz’s big serve five times at Court Simonne-Mathieu and ended the Californian’s 15-match Grand Slam winning streak against players ranked outside the top 50.
Fritz’s exit followed another by a top-10 American: No. 9 Emma Navarro was bounced from the women’s bracket earlier Monday.
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In September, Fritz lost the U.S. Open trophy to Jannik Sinner, becoming the since Andy Roddick in 2009. In Paris, Fritz was the highest-seeded American man at the French Open since Roddick was No. 3 in 2007.
While hard courts are Fritz’s preferred surface, he did have a run to the second week on the red clay of Roland-Garros a year ago, making it into the fourth round before losing to Casper Ruud.
This is not Altmaier’s first big win at the French Open. He beat No. 8 seed Matteo Berrettini there in 2020, and Sinner in 2023.
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