Vacherot Wins Swiss Indoors Basel Title
The Monegasque rallies from a set down against Jiří Lehečka for his second career title.
Valentin Vacherot came from a set down to beat eighth seed Jiří Lehečka 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the Swiss Indoors Basel final for the second title of his career and his first of the season.
Vacherot, 27 and unseeded, lost his serve three times in the first set, then saved all five break points he faced over the next two sets. He broke Lehečka at 2–1 in the second set and closed out the match in 1 hour 54 minutes.
He is the first player from Monaco to win an ATP 500 title. Vacherot, ranked 31st, beat three top-25 players during the week, including 11th-ranked Rafael Jodar and Taylor Fritz, and is 9–1 indoors this season. His only other title came at the 2025 Shanghai Masters.
Lehečka, who saved a match point against Jan-Lennard Struff in the semifinals, rises six places to 15th in the rankings.
Valentin Vacherot came from a set down to beat eighth seed Jiří Lehečka 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the Swiss Indoors Basel final for the second title of his career and his first of the season.
Vacherot, 27 and unseeded, lost his serve three times in the first set, then saved all five break points he faced over the next two sets.
He broke Lehečka at 2–1 in the second set and closed out the match in 1 hour 54 minutes when a Lehečka backhand landed long.
He is the first player from Monaco to win an ATP 500 title. His only other title came at the 2025 Shanghai Masters, where he came through qualifying.
Vacherot, ranked 31st, beat three top-25 players during the week, including 11th-ranked Rafael Jodar in the second round and Taylor Fritz in the semifinals.
He took a 2–1 lead in his head-to-head with Lehečka, who beat him in the Tokyo semifinals in October. Vacherot is 9–1 indoors this season.
Lehečka, who saved a match point against Jan-Lennard Struff in the semifinals, rises six places to 15th in Monday's rankings.