{"id":572843,"date":"2026-04-09T00:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/572843\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T00:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:39:08","slug":"which-atp-tour-champions-saved-match-point-on-the-way-to-glory-in-2026-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/572843\/","title":{"rendered":"Which ATP Tour champions saved match point on the way to glory in 2026? | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        2026<br \/>\n    Which ATP Tour champions saved match point on the way to glory in 2026?<\/p>\n<p>Three players have made the most remarkable comebacks of the season so far\n<\/p>\n<p>April 08, 2026<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tommy-paul-match-points-april-2026.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy Paul lifted the Houston trophy in April.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>        Tommy Paul lifted the Houston trophy in April.<br \/>\n        By ATP Staff<\/p>\n<p>Winning an ATP Tour title is an achievement in itself. But doing so after coming back from the brink of defeat arguably adds another layer of significance.<\/p>\n<p>So far in the 2026 season, three players have managed to stage dramatic comebacks, saving match points en route to lifting a trophy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/ben-shelton\/s0s1\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Shelton<\/a> staged a great escape at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/dallas\/424\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nexo Dallas Open<\/a> in February when he saved three championship points to lift the title at the ATP 500 event. In April, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/mariano-navone\/n0bs\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mariano Navone<\/a> fended off two match points at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/bucharest\/4462\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tiriac Open presented by UniCredit Bank<\/a> in his semi-final clash. One day later, the Argentine lifted his first tour-level title.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/tommy-paul\/pl56\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tommy Paul<\/a> saved three championship points at the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fayez Sarofim &amp; Co. U.S. Men&#8217;s Clay Court Championship<\/a> to win his first tour-level crown since 2024 .<\/p>\n<p>View below the details of their triumphs:<\/p>\n<p>Watch Shelton vs. Fritz highlights from the Dallas final:<\/p>\n<p>Watch Navone vs. Van de Zandschulp highlights from Bucharest semi-finals:<\/p>\n<p>Watch Paul vs. Burruchaga highlights from the Houston final:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 Which ATP Tour champions saved match point on the way to glory in 2026? Three players have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-572843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}