Match Report
Germans Schnaitter/Wallner save championship point, triumph on home soil in Munich
Qualifiers capture first ATP Tour title together
April 19, 2026
BMW Open
Mark Wallner and Jakob Schnaitter celebrate winning the title in Munich on Sunday.
By ATP Staff
German qualifiers Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner captured their first ATP Tour title as a team on Sunday at the BMW Open by Bitpanda, where they overcame Frenchmen Theo Arribage and Albano Olivetti 4-6, 7-6(4), 12-10 on home soil in Munich.
Schnaitter and Wallner saved one championship point at 9/10 in the Match Tie-break and sealed victory mishit a forehand return that landed for a winner. Following their one-hour, 44-minute victory, the pair embraced and soaked in the applause from the home crowd.
“It is amazing and very special for us,” Schnaitter said. “Our friends and family have been here the whole week. It was a very difficult match and the crowd carried us through.”
The qualifiers are the fourth all-German team to win the title in Munich, while they are the second all-German team to lift a trophy on the ATP Tour this year, joining Monte-Carlo champions Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz.
“It is an incredible feeling,” Wallner said. “It is a bit surreal. I can’t really believe it. I hope it is going to hit me later today and then we will enjoy it. I don’t know how we saved the match point, it was such a blur. At the end, Jakob made that lucky shot over them and we won and I got goosebumps all over the body.”
Arribage and Olivetti were seeking their fourth title of a standout season, having triumphed in Dallas, Auckland and Montpellier. The Frenchmen are seventh in the PIF ATP Doubles Teams Rankings.
Did You Know?
It was third time lucky for Schnaitter, 30, and Wallner, 26, on Sunday in Munich. The Germans lost finals in Bucharest and Almaty in 2025.
