{"id":823288,"date":"2026-07-25T16:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T16:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/823288\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T16:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T16:44:15","slug":"dream-day-halys-serves-up-maiden-atp-title-in-dynamic-kitzbuhel-final-tennis-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/823288\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream Day: Halys Serves Up Maiden ATP Title in Dynamic Kitzb\u00fchel\u00a0Final \u2013 Tennis Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quentin Halys slammed 17 aces and did not drop serve to claim his maiden ATP crown in style.<\/p>\n<p>By Richard Pagliaro | Saturday, July 25, 2026<br \/>Photo credit: Generali Open Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Reaching up for the ball, Quentin Halys brought the thunder to piece the title promised land.<\/p>\n<p>Fulfilling a career-long quest, Halys hammered 17 aces and did not face a break point dethroning defending champion Alexander Bublik 6-4, 7-6(6) to capture his maiden ATP championship on the red clay of Kitzb\u00fchel in today\u2019s Generali Open final.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tennisexpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/610X150-Slide_PRO-PLAYER7-13-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68391\" style=\"width:730px;height:auto\"  data-\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facing one of the game\u2019s biggest servers, Halys did not blink turning the red clay into Boom Town for his service blasts.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old Frenchman was nearly untouchable on serve. Halys won 33 of 38 first-serve points, including winning 20 of 22 first-serve points in a tight second-set test.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"adslot inline-ad\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisexpress.com\/womens-racquets?utm_source=tennisnow&amp;utm_medium=article_ad&amp;utm_campaign=inarticle_racquets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tennis Express<\/p>\n<p>Grass-Court RacquetsThe frames the pros swing<\/p>\n<p>Shop racquets \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Halys said his 15-year journey to ATP title land evoked deep emotions, particularly gratitude for the sacrifices his family made for his pursuit of tennis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s tough not to think about my family, because since I was a kid the goal was to win an ATP title and today the dream came true,\u201d Halys said. \u201cSo thanks to my parents, my grandparents and everybody who made this possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former junior world No. 3 Halys is the first Frenchman in Open Era history to raise the Generali Open title trophy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just crazy. I\u2019m so happy,\u201d Halys said in his on-court interview afterward. \u201cI think I played an amazing match today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSascha is such an amazing player, so I knew I had to play and amazing match to win and that\u2019s what I did, so I\u2019m so happy. The crowd was crazy, and I hope everybody enjoyed it as much as I did today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The top-seeded Bublik, who saw his seven-match Kitzb\u00fchel winning streak snapped, poured celebratory champagne over the Frenchman\u2019s head to commemorate Halys\u2019 milestone title breakthrough. Bublik fell to 9-8 in career Tour-level finals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think winning a first ATP title is going to mean a lot,\u201d Bublik told the Frenchman during the trophy presentation. \u201cI remember my first one. I was chasing it for maybe five or six finals, and you did it in the second one, so big congrats to you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnjoy. It\u2019s always going to be a special one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"adslot inline-ad\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisexpress.com\/womens-tennis-apparel?utm_source=tennisnow&amp;utm_medium=article_ad&amp;utm_campaign=inarticle_apparel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tennis Express<\/p>\n<p>Wimbledon WhitesOn-court apparel, shipped fast<\/p>\n<p>Shop apparel \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Richard Pagliaro. Richard Pagliaro is Tennis Now Managing Editor. He is a graduate of New York University and has covered pro tennis for more than 35 years. Richard was tennis columnist for Gannett Newspapers in NY, served as Managing Editor for TennisWeek.com and worked as a writer\/editor for Tennis.com. He has been TennisNow.com managing editor since 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quentin Halys slammed 17 aces and did not drop serve to claim his maiden ATP crown in style.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-823288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}