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Krawietz and Pütz reached the US Open final in 2022, but lost to Purcell and Thompson. Since then, they have achieved consistently good results, including victory at the 2024 ATP Finals.
The German doubles Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz have reached the final of the US Open for the second time. The two players won comfortably 6:3, 6:4 against three-time winners Rajeev Ram (USA) and Joe Salisbury (Great Britain). Krawietz and Pütz can therefore hope for their first Grand Slam title together.
Two years ago, the 34-year-old Krawietz and the 38-year-old Pütz lost together in the doubles final in New York against the Australians Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson. Now they will play in the final on Saturday against the winners of the game between Harri Heliövaara (Finland) and Henry Patten (Great Britain) and Christian Harrison (USA) and Neal Skupski (Great Britain).
The German doubles showed a strong performance from the start of the game and did not give up their serve once in the entire game. When the Germans managed an early break to make it 2-1 in the second set, Salisbury drove the ball into the stands of the Louis Armstrong Stadium in frustration. After just 1:18 hours, success was perfect for the German duo.
Krawietz won the French Open title twice
They had previously prevailed 6:7 (4:7), 6:4, 7:6 (10:7) against the third-seeded duo Marcelo Arévalo (El Salvador) and Mate Pavić (Croatia). It would be the duo's first doubles title together at a Grand Slam. However, Krawietz had already won the French Open twice with his former doubles partner Andreas Mies. Pütz won the 2023 mixed doubles title at the French Open with the Japanese Miyu Kato.
For Krawietz and Pütz, who come from Coburg and Frankfurt, the greatest shared success so far is the triumph at the ATP Finals 2024. The two are part of national coach Michael Kohlmann's Davis Cup team, which will fight against Croatia next week in Halle/Westphalia to qualify for the final tournament in Bologna in November.
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Krawietz and Pütz win the US Open final and secure their first Grand Slam title together.
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The German Davis Cup team qualifies for the final tournament in Bologna.
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