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Taylor Fritz Age: 28 (28 October 1997) Birth place: Rancho Santa Fe, California Career high: World No. 4 Singles titles: 10 Miami Open Best: Semifinals in 2025 Prize Money: $29,533,384 www.instagram.com/taylor_fritz Taylor Fritz turned professional in 2015 and immediately delivered on his junior promise. That same year, he won the boys’ singles title at the US Open, confirming his status as one of the top American prospects. In early 2016, at 18, he reached his first ATP final in Memphis, becoming the youngest American man to reach an ATP final since Michael Chang. Raised in Rancho Santa Fe, California, Fritz grew up in a tennis household. His mother, Kathy May, was a top-10 player, and his father, Guy Fritz, is a coach. The sport was not an experiment. It was part of daily life. When the tour heads to South Florida for the Miami Open, the setting feels different for him. Asked what comes to mind when he thinks about Miami, his answer is immediate and personal. “Honestly, the first thing I think of is just my place, just being at my place in Miami.” In a sport built on constant travel, that sense of having a base matters. Miami also demands technical adjustments that fans may not notice. Fritz is clear about one priority. “I think a big thing for me in Miami is trying to get as much time on the center court as possible,” he says. “For me, I’ve always found that center court plays pretty different from the other courts.” He explains that many of the outside courts are permanent, while center court is laid down each year. “I always find that it plays quite differently from the other courts.” Because of his ranking, he often expects to play in the main stadium. “If I get an idea that I’m going to be playing my matches on center court, which normally I have been, which is good, that I’m in the position I’m in, because I can kind of assume that I’m going to be playing on center court, I try to get as much time as possible on it because I find the conditions there can play different from the other courts.” For him, preparation in Miami is specific and deliberate. His first ATP title came at Eastbourne International in 2019. That same season, he won the Atlanta Open. The defining moment of his career so far came in 2022, when he captured the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, defeating Rafael Nadal