Taylor Fritz comments on something unusual that has happened during his 2024 season

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Taylor Fritz shared his thoughts on something strange that has taken place during his 2024 campaign.

The 26-year-old has enjoyed a solid year in which he is firmly back in the top 10 and reached his first Grand Slam final at the US Open.

The American is now aiming to win the first Masters 1000 title of his career in Shanghai and build momentum towards November’s ATP Finals.

He defeated Japanese qualifier Yosuke Watanuki to reach the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters 1000 event for the first time.

Why has Taylor Fritz had more success on clay than hard courts at Masters 1000 level in 2024?

Taylor Fritz has stepped up at Grand Slam level this year but he has yet to replicate that form at Masters 1000 level.

He has not won a Masters 1000 event since the 2022 Indian Wells Masters, an event he thoroughly enjoys playing.

But in 2024, not only has Fritz not won at this level, but his better results have come on clay, his weakest surface.

“A little bit [surprised] yeah, I feel like normally the stretch where I pick up a lot of points is that Indian Wells and Miami stretch, but I wasn’t playing my best tennis at that point,” Fritz said during his on-court interview after beating Watanuki.

“I feel like the clay court season is where I started to pick up some momentum and I was feeling really good about my game.

“So I don’t think it matters about the surface but just where I’m at with my game and how I’m feeling mentally and how I’m feeling extra locked in and motivated and for me it just came at that part of the season.”

What are Taylor Fritz’s 2024 clay court results at Masters 1000 level?

Fritz enjoyed some encouraging showings at the clay court events at Masters 1000 level in 2024.

At the Madrid Open, Fritz reached the semi-finals, where he was beaten by eventual champion Andrey Rublev.

In Rome, Fritz made it to the quarter-finals, but lost to Alexander Zverev, who claimed the title in the Italian capital.

In contrast to the hard court Masters 100 events, Fritz only reached the fourth round at Indian Wells and lost his first match in Miami.

He then claimed a combined total of just three wins over the Canadian Open and Cincinnati Open, before turning his form around at the Flushing Meadows.