Fritz headlines 2025's finest Grand Slam comebacks

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Fritz headlines 2025’s finest Grand Slam comebacks

Davidovich Fokina, Bublik, Monfils, Jarry all characteristic in Prime 5 checklist

December 06, 2025

To mark the top of one other thrilling season, ATPTour.com is unveiling our annual ‘Greatest Of’ sequence, which can replicate on essentially the most intriguing rivalries, matches, comebacks, upsets and extra. Right now we spotlight 5 standout Grand Slam comebacks from this season.

5-set tennis stays one of many sport’s biggest levels for chaos, braveness, and the sort of momentum swings that may stick in reminiscence for years. Throughout the 2025 majors, the dramatic comebacks got here thick and quick.

5) Wimbledon R1: Jarry d. Rune 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4When Nicolas Jarry fell two units behind to eighth seed Holger Rune, it appeared like his main-draw keep at Wimbledon may finish nearly as quickly because it started. However the Chilean refused to depart quietly, digging deep to earn his maiden five-set win after beforehand going 0-5 in deciding units at majors.

Competing because the No. 143 participant within the PIF ATP Rankings, Jarry got here by means of qualifying to achieve the All England Membership. Early on, he struggled to impose his aggressive recreation towards Rune, however as soon as he discovered his vary on the slick grass, the 6’7” powerhouse caught hearth. He launched 63 winners, together with 31 aces, in a shocking turnaround that marked his first main-draw win at a significant because the 2023 US Open.

That victory lit the fuse for an impressed Wimbledon run. After ousting Rune, Jarry took out #NextGenATP abilities Learner Tien and Joao Fonseca earlier than bowing out to house favorite Cameron Norrie within the fourth spherical — his joint-best displaying at a significant match.

Nicolas Jarry” type=”width:100%;” src=”https://www.atptour.com/-/media/photographs/information/2025/11/27/13/28/jarry-2025-wimbledon-comebacks.jpg”>Nicolas Jarry defeats Holger Rune in 5 units at Wimbledon. Photograph: Dan Istitene/Getty Photographs

4) Roland Garros R1: Monfils d. Dellien 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(4), 6-1Leave it to Gael Monfils to show a painful collision into the spark for one more late-night Parisian spectacle. After crashing into an promoting board on simply the fifth level of the match towards Hugo Dellien in his Roland Garros opener, the Frenchman slowly shook off the scare and braced for battle.

Dellien took management of the opening two units, silencing the group with a clear show of clay-court tennis. However then ‘La Monf’ mode kicked in. With renewed power, the then-38-year-old danced round Courtroom Philippe-Chatrier, amping up the facility and feeding off the roaring house devoted.

A blinding backhand winner sealed the fourth-set tie-break, and from there, Monfils surged by means of to his fortieth Roland Garros victory, tying 1983 champion Yannick Noah for essentially the most amongst Frenchmen within the Open Period.

“Each time I play Roland-Garros it is magical,” Monfils advised the group afterwards. “The power was excessive and I knew the second the Marseillaise rang out that it had turned. It is moments like that, after I know I’ve gained the momentum after which, with this communion with you, I do know it is gained.”

Gael Monfils ” type=”width:100%;” src=”https://www.atptour.com/-/media/photographs/information/2025/11/27/13/32/monfils-2025-roland-garros-comebacs.jpg”>Gael Monfils defeats Hugo Dellien in 5 units at Roland Garros. Photograph: FRANCK FIFE/AFP by way of Getty Photographs

3) Roland Garros R2: Bublik d. De Minaur 2-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2Sometimes a comeback begins merely with waking up. That’s precisely how Alexander Bublik described his emphatic rally towards then-World No. 9 Alex de Minaur at Roland Garros — and after successful simply 4 video games throughout the primary two units, he instantly snapped to life.

As soon as he loosened up, the Kazakhstani unleashed his signature mix of audacious drop photographs and uncooked energy, utterly flipping the momentum and catching De Minaur off guard. The Australian, often the one scrambling opponents into errors, discovered himself outfoxed as Bublik rattled off the ultimate three units with stunning ease to finish the turnaround.

“I used to be a bit sleepy within the first two units,” mentioned Bublik, who was competing because the World No. 62. “It was [the] key to get up after which play top-of-the-line Slam matches that I ever performed in my life.”

Bublik entered 2025 with simply 21 tour-level wins on clay, but his conquer De Minaur kickstarted an impressed surge. He then defeated Henrique Rocha and fifth seed Jack Draper to achieve the Roland Garros quarter-finals — his finest main displaying — regardless of clay being his least-proven floor. The 28-year-old then added titles in Gstaad and Kitzbuehel, wrapping the season with a 16-5 clay document, in line with the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index.

Alexander Bublik ” type=”width:100%;” src=”https://www.atptour.com/-/media/photographs/information/2025/11/27/13/36/bublik-2025-roland-garros-comebacks.jpg”>Alexander Bublik defeats Alex de Minaur in 5 units at Roland Garros. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Photographs

2) Australian Open R2: Davidovich Fokina d. Auger-Aliassime 6-7(7), 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-1, 6-3Few matches captured the chaos of Melbourne nights like Alejandro Davidovich Fokina’s thrilling five-set win towards Felix Auger-Aliassime that lasted 4 hours and 51 minutes.

After simply seven video games, each gamers agreed to shift courts because of the thunderous roar from the neighbouring Jacob Fearnley-Arthur Cazaux conflict. The interruption didn’t trouble Auger-Aliassime, who returned targeted and clinched a pair of tie-breaks to earn a two-set lead.

However Davidovich Fokina responded with resilience and poise. He clawed again the subsequent two units along with his gritty all-court type, forcing a decider previous midnight. Even some extent penalty for a time violation at 3-2 within the fifth — which was adopted by a four-minute delay — couldn’t derail him; he reset shortly, surged forward and accomplished the dramatic comeback at 1:15 a.m.

“It was a match the place we each performed at a excessive degree,” mentioned Davidovich Fokina, who rallied from two units down towards Jakub Mensik simply two days later. “It’s positively one of many matches of my profession that has given me essentially the most satisfaction. I had by no means been capable of win from two units down. The power I’ve gained from this match is immense.”

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina” type=”width:100%;” src=”https://www.atptour.com/-/media/photographs/information/2025/11/27/13/34/davidovich-fokina-australian-open-2025-comebacks.jpg”>Alejandro Davidovich Fokina defeats Felix Auger-Aliassime in 5 units on the Australian Open. Photograph: PAUL CROCK/AFP by way of Getty Photographs

1) Wimbledon R1: Fritz d. Mpetshi Perricard 6-7(6), 6-7(8), 6-4, 7-6(8), 6-4Trailing by two units to at least one, two factors from defeat, and staring down a person who had simply shattered the Wimbledon serving-speed document, Taylor Fritz appeared completed within the first spherical. However what adopted turned one of many defining turnarounds of the season, finally serving to him on his approach to the semi-finals at SW19 for the primary time.

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, who led 5/1 within the fourth-set tie-break and had two serves at 5/2, appeared poised to shut out the upset. Earlier, the 6’8” Frenchman had fired a 153 mph bomb that eclipsed Taylor Dent’s match document set in 2010. He drew gasps from the group along with his explosive serving as he took full management of the encounter.

Then Fritz turned the tables. With unwavering perception — and after titles in Stuttgart and Eastbourne — he reeled off seven of the ultimate eight factors of the fourth-set tie-break and unleashed a roar that signalled the match was removed from over. Because of the All England Membership’s 11 p.m. curfew, the American needed to end the job the subsequent day, however he did so in type to emerge victorious within the first Lexus ATP Head2Head assembly between two of the Tour’s most prolific servers.

“It was a very loopy match. I believed it was about to be throughout within the fourth-set tie-break final night time,” mentioned Fritz. “He got here again on me within the first two tie-breaks, so I believed I had one in me. I’m simply tremendous completely satisfied to get by means of.”

Taylor Fritz” type=”width:100%;” src=”https://www.atptour.com/-/media/photographs/information/2025/11/27/13/37/fritz-wimbledon-2025-comebacks-1.jpg”>Taylor Fritz celebrates towards Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard at Wimbledon. Photograph: Corinne Dubreuil/ATP Tour