On Sunday, Alexander Zverev will not only have an important final at the French Open on the biggest possible stage, but five other DTB professionals will be playing or playing in a final at smaller tournaments. This ended a sensational winning streak.
At the W15 tournament in Focsani, Romania, 22-year-old Sophie Greiner achieved a completely surprising winning run. The DTB player, who has only appeared sporadically on the tour since 2024, played her way into the main field through qualification, where she defeated four local heroes in a row and made it to the final. Above all, the victory against Anamaria Federica Oana (number 698 in the world rankings) in the first round was completely unexpected.
However, the big coup didn’t happen on Sunday. After six wins in a row, the series ended in the final against Ukrainian Daria Yespychuk (number 663 in the world rankings). Greiner had to narrowly admit defeat with 3:6 and 6:7. The last time the German played a game in the main draw of an ITF event was in August 2024 in Braunschweig (W35).
Meanwhile, 19-year-old German Ann-Akasha Ceuca suffered a rather surprising defeat in the final in Kayseri (W15).
DTB has two tournament winners
The number 601 in the world rankings, who was seeded second in the tournament and had not previously dropped a set, was defeated by the Turkish outsider Deniz Dilek 2:6 and 3:6. Dilek, who is currently not ranked in the world rankings, had the game firmly under control for long stretches and won a total of 20 points more than Ceuca, who missed out on her third title on the tour.
The week definitely produced two German tournament winners. In the final in Rosbach (M15), Niels McDonald (number 1014 in the world rankings), who won the junior competition at the French Open in 2025, prevailed against 30-year-old Kai Wehnelt (number 787 in the world rankings) and celebrated his first title on the ITF tour. In Szentendre, Hungary, 21-year-old Yannik Kelm (number 761 in the world rankings) clearly won the final of the M15 event against local hero Peter Makk (number 617 in the world rankings) 6:4 and 6:0.