When Taylor Fritz walked out for the 2024 US Open final, he became the first American man to play for a Grand Slam title in 15 years. He’s a 6-foot-5 Californian with one of the biggest serves in tennis, the son of a former world No. 10, and a father since he was 19. Fritz has won 11 ATP titles, including the 2022 Indian Wells Masters, climbed to world No. 4, and earned more than $32 million in prize money.
| Date of Birth | October 28, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Age | 29 years |
| Nationality | American |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Occupation | Professional tennis player |
| Full Name | Taylor Harry Fritz |
| Birthplace | Rancho Santa Fe, California |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Plays | Right-handed, two-handed backhand |
| Turned Pro | 2015 |
| Career-High Ranking | No. 4 (November 18, 2024) |
| ATP Singles Titles | 11 |
| Best Grand Slam Result | US Open runner-up (2024) |
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Taylor Harry Fritz was born on October 28, 1997, in Rancho Santa Fe, an upscale area of San Diego County, California. He’s the youngest of three boys. His two older brothers, Chris and Kyle, are his half-brothers from his mother’s earlier marriage.
Tennis runs deep in the family. His mother, Kathy May, reached a career-high of world No. 10 in 1977, won seven WTA titles and made three Grand Slam quarterfinals, according to Tennis365. She retired at 24. Her family also has a famous business name: Fritz’s great-great-grandfather, David May, founded the May Department Stores Company, which later became part of Macy’s.
His father, Guy Fritz, played on the ATP Tour and reached a best ranking of No. 301 before turning to coaching. Guy coached Taylor through his junior years and was named a USTA Team USA developmental coach of the year. “I did everything I possibly could to make him a champion,” Guy once told a newspaper, as quoted by TODAY. He even had Taylor walking on a balance board as a toddler.
Fritz says the choice to play was his own. “I feel like I always had the idea that it was cool to do what your parents did, so I played tennis,” he said, as quoted by TODAY in September 2024. He added, “There was never pressure from my parents to play, so I just tried everything.” Tennis won because he was best at it.
The relationship with his father wasn’t always easy. Speaking to New York Magazine, Fritz called Guy “a pretty hard critic on my tennis game” and said, “That is something I wish could have been different.” His mother took a softer role. “My mom kind of took a step back, but she’s gone to tournaments with me and it’s worked out great,” he told Tennis.com in 2021. His parents later divorced, when he was 18.
Fritz went to Torrey Pines High School, then switched to Laurel Springs School, an online school, a few months into his sophomore year so he could play junior events full time.
Career
Junior years
Fritz was one of the best juniors in the world. In 2015 he reached the French Open boys’ final, where he lost to fellow American Tommy Paul. A few months later he beat Paul in the US Open boys’ final to win the title at Flushing Meadows.
He finished 2015 as the world’s No. 1 junior and was named ITF Junior World Champion. Only two other American boys, Andy Roddick in 2000 and Donald Young in 2005, had finished a year at the top of the junior rankings.
Turning pro and the early climb
Fritz turned professional in 2015. He won his first ATP match on a wild card at Nottingham that June, beating Pablo Carreno Busta. In February 2016, in only his third ATP event, he reached the final in Memphis and lost to Kei Nishikori. The ATP named him its Star of Tomorrow for 2016.
The next few years were slower. Paul Annacone, the former coach of Pete Sampras and Roger Federer, joined his team in 2018, working alongside Michael Russell. Fritz won his first ATP title on the grass at Eastbourne in June 2019, beating Sam Querrey in the final, and finished that year at No. 32.
In 2021 he had knee surgery and his ranking slipped out of the top 40. Speaking at Wimbledon in July 2025, he remembered that low point: “My ranking was slipping. I was coming back from a surgery and I felt like I was just not playing to the level where I felt like I should be playing at.” He wrote himself a blunt note that summer. “I was ranting to my girlfriend about it and she said, you know, write it down,” he said.
Indian Wells and the top 10
The breakthrough came in March 2022. Fritz won the Indian Wells Masters, beating Rafael Nadal 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) in the final despite an ankle injury. He was the first American man to win Indian Wells since Andre Agassi in 2001.
He added titles at Eastbourne and Tokyo that year, where he beat Frances Tiafoe in the final. He also reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at Wimbledon, losing to Nadal in a fifth-set tiebreak. Fritz finished 2022 at No. 9, his first year-end top-10 ranking.
In 2023 he won Delray Beach and Atlanta, helped the United States win the first United Cup, and reached the US Open quarterfinals. He was also one of the main faces of Netflix’s tennis series Break Point, which premiered on January 13, 2023.
The 2024 US Open final
2024 was his best year. Fritz defended his Delray Beach title, won Eastbourne again, and reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and Wimbledon. At the Paris Olympics, he and Tommy Paul won bronze in men’s doubles.
At the US Open, he beat Frances Tiafoe in a five-set semifinal to reach his first major final. He lost to Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. “This is like what I dreamed about my whole life,” he told reporters afterwards about walking onto Arthur Ashe Stadium. On court, he apologised to the home crowd. “I know we’ve been waiting for a champion for a long time, so I’m sorry I couldn’t get it done this time,” he said.
Two months later he reached the final of the ATP Finals in Turin, beating Daniil Medvedev, Alex de Minaur and Alexander Zverev before losing to Sinner again. On November 18, 2024, he rose to a career-high world No. 4, the highest ranking for an American man since Andy Roddick.
2025: a first Wimbledon semifinal
Fritz began 2025 by winning the United Cup with the US team for the second time. He won the grass-court titles in Stuttgart, beating Zverev in the final, and Eastbourne, his fourth title there. At Wimbledon he finally got past the quarterfinals, beating Karen Khachanov to reach the semifinals, where he lost to Carlos Alcaraz in four sets.
“I’m really happy with how I’ve really turned, I guess, my career around over the last four years or so,” he said on court after that quarterfinal. “I’ve put in a lot of work and it’s great to see the results.”
He also reached the US Open quarterfinals, where he lost to Novak Djokovic, and the Tokyo final, where he lost to Alcaraz.
2026 so far
2026 started with near misses. Fritz reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, then lost three finals in a row: to Ben Shelton in Dallas and Stuttgart, and to Tiafoe in Halle. He reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals again, losing to Zverev.
On August 3, 2026, he ended that run by winning the Washington DC Open. He beat Spain’s Rafael Jodar 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 in a rain-delayed Monday final for his 11th ATP title, and moved back up to No. 8. The rest of the season has been quieter. He lost in the third round of the US Open, in the first round in Tokyo, and in the third round in Shanghai in October to Stefanos Tsitsipas. He was ranked No. 12 at the end of September.
Business and Gaming
Fritz is a serious gamer who streams on Twitch. In December 2019 he invested in ReKTGlobal, the esports company behind the Rogue team and the London Royal Ravens, joining investors such as Rudy Gobert and Steve Aoki, as Esports Insider reported. The size of his stake was never made public. ReKTGlobal was later bought by Infinite Reality in 2022.
Awards and Honours
Fritz’s honours include the 2015 US Open boys’ singles title and the 2015 ITF Junior World Champion award. The ATP named him Star of Tomorrow in 2016, and World TeamTennis made him its Male MVP in 2020.
As a pro, he won the 2022 Indian Wells Masters, the bronze medal in men’s doubles at the 2024 Paris Olympics with Tommy Paul, and the United Cup with Team USA in 2023 and 2025. He was runner-up at the 2024 US Open and the 2024 ATP Finals.
Personal Life
Marriage to Raquel Pedraza
Fritz married young. He proposed to fellow junior player Raquel Pedraza at the Eiffel Tower during the 2016 French Open, and the couple married on July 7, 2016, in Rancho Santa Fe. Both were 18.
He gave her credit for keeping his career on track. “My wife’s been handling everything. She handles all of the off-court stuff so I can be on court more than I was before,” he told Tennis.com at Indian Wells in March 2017. The couple divorced in December 2019.
His son
Fritz and Pedraza’s son was born in January 2017, when Fritz was 19. They share custody, and their son lives mainly with his mother, Pro Football Network reported in August 2025.
Fritz has been open about how hard the travel is. “I have a son that I don’t get to see near as much as I’d like,” he said on Netflix’s Break Point. In February 2025 he told Palm Springs Life that he plans his time so he can “FaceTime, call, just talk to him as much as possible.”
Morgan Riddle and the 2026 split
Fritz began dating influencer Morgan Riddle in June 2020 after they met on the dating app Raya. She became one of the best-known faces in tennis players’ boxes and appeared with him on Break Point. After the 2024 US Open final he thanked “Morgan” and his parents in his on-court speech.
The relationship ended in April 2026, after nearly six years. People reported the split on April 25, 2026, and Riddle posted a photo of herself that day in a “World’s best ex-girlfriend” top. Our Taylor Fritz dating history covers his relationships in more detail.
Timeline
October 28, 1997: Taylor Fritz is born in Rancho Santa Fe, California.
1999: He starts hitting tennis balls at about age two.
June 2015: He wins his first ATP match, against Pablo Carreno Busta at Nottingham.
June 2015: He loses the French Open boys’ final to Tommy Paul.
September 2015: He beats Paul to win the US Open boys’ title.
2015: He finishes as world junior No. 1, is named ITF Junior World Champion and turns pro.
February 2016: He reaches his first ATP final in Memphis, losing to Kei Nishikori.
May 31, 2016: He announces his engagement to Raquel Pedraza after proposing in Paris.
July 7, 2016: He marries Pedraza in Rancho Santa Fe.
2016: The ATP names him Star of Tomorrow.
January 2017: His son is born.
2018: Paul Annacone joins his coaching team.
June 2019: He wins his first ATP title at Eastbourne.
December 2019: He invests in esports company ReKTGlobal.
December 2019: He and Pedraza divorce.
June 2020: He starts dating Morgan Riddle.
2021: He has knee surgery and drops out of the top 40.
March 2022: He beats Rafael Nadal to win Indian Wells.
July 2022: He reaches his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at Wimbledon.
January 2023: He helps the US win the United Cup, and Break Point premieres on Netflix.
August 2024: He wins Olympic doubles bronze with Tommy Paul in Paris.
September 8, 2024: He loses the US Open final to Jannik Sinner.
November 2024: He reaches the ATP Finals final and a career-high ranking of No. 4.
January 2025: He wins the United Cup again with Team USA.
June 2025: He wins Stuttgart and his fourth Eastbourne title.
July 2025: He reaches his first Wimbledon semifinal.
February to June 2026: He loses finals in Dallas, Stuttgart and Halle.
April 2026: He and Morgan Riddle split after nearly six years.
August 3, 2026: He wins the Washington DC Open, his 11th ATP title.
October 2026: He loses to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the third round in Shanghai.
Net Worth
Taylor Fritz’s net worth is estimated at $15–20 million. Most of it comes from prize money. By August 2026 he had earned more than $32 million on court, according to ATP figures reported by Tennis365, with his biggest paydays coming from the 2024 US Open final and the 2024 ATP Finals.
His sponsors add a lot on top. Forbes put his earnings at $15.6 million for the year to August 2025, with $8.6 million from tennis and $7 million from deals with brands such as Boss, Chipotle and Motorola. He also wears ASICS shoes and plays with a Head racquet. That net worth figure allows for the large share of his earnings that goes to taxes, coaches and travel, and it doesn’t count his ReKTGlobal stake, which has no published value.
That puts him above most American players of his generation. Celebrity Net Worth puts Tommy Paul at $8 million, the same figure it gives Frances Tiafoe. He’s still well behind Andy Roddick, the last American man to reach world No. 1, whose fortune Celebrity Net Worth puts at $40 million. With his sponsors in place and a few more years at the top, his wealth should keep climbing.
Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Taylor Fritz?
Taylor Fritz was born on October 28, 1997, so he is 28 years old. He turns 29 on October 28, 2026.
Who are Taylor Fritz’s parents?
His father is Guy Fritz, a former ATP player and coach. His mother is Kathy May, a former world No. 10 who won seven WTA titles.
Does Taylor Fritz have a child?
Yes. He has a son, born in January 2017, with his ex-wife Raquel Pedraza.
Is Taylor Fritz still with Morgan Riddle?
No. Fritz and Morgan Riddle split in April 2026 after nearly six years together.
Has Taylor Fritz won a Grand Slam?
Not yet. His best result is the 2024 US Open final, which he lost to Jannik Sinner. He also reached the Wimbledon semifinals in 2025.
What is Taylor Fritz’s net worth?
Taylor Fritz’s net worth is estimated at $15–20 million, mostly from more than $32 million in prize money and sponsors such as Boss, ASICS and Motorola.
