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Ben Shelton Wins Munich Open, First American Since 2002

4/21/2026

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Ben Shelton, an American tennis player, won the Munich Open, becoming the first American to win a title above the ATP 250 level since Andre Agassi in 2002, defeating Flavio Cobolli 6-2, 7-5.
He is the fifth American this century to win a clay-court title outside the United States.
Shelton expressed his ambitions for the French Open to improve on clay.

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Ben Shelton, an American tennis player, won the Munich Open, becoming the first American to win a title above the ATP 250 level since Andre Agassi in 2002, defeating Flavio Cobolli 6-2, 7-5.
He is the fifth American this century to win a clay-court title outside the United States.
Shelton expressed his ambitions for the French Open to improve on clay.