Austrian teenager Lilli Tagger rallied from an early deficit to defeat Ukraine’s Daria Snigur on Sunday and capture her first WTA Tour singles title at the Livesport Prague Open.
No. 8 seed Snigur broke early and built a 5-2 lead in the opening set before the 18-year-old Tagger found her rhythm. The Austrian won three straight games to level the set at 5-5 before taking the tiebreak 7-3.
Tagger carried the momentum into the second set, breaking serve to move ahead 3-1 and never looked back. She sealed a 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory in 1 hour, 29 minutes.
The youngest player currently ranked inside the Top 100 on the WTA Tour Driven by Mercedes-Benz, Tagger fired nine aces and converted three of seven break-point opportunities. Snigur, playing in her first WTA Tour singles final, hit one ace, seven double faults and converted one of two break-point chances.
The victory was Tagger’s third win over a seeded opponent during the tournament, following victories over No. 3 seed Sara Bejlek and No. 2 seed Barbora Krejcikova.
She became the first Austrian to win the Prague title and only the second teenager, after Mirra Andreeva, to win a WTA singles title in 2026.
Ranked outside the Top 500 at this time last year, Tagger is the lowest-ranked player to win the Prague title and is projected to break into the Top 50 for the first time when the WTA rankings are updated Monday.