Day twelve at 2025 Shanghai Rolex Masters produced one of the most extraordinary finishes in the Masters 1000 history when the qualification Vacherot completed its Sago driving by defeating Cousin Arthur Rinderknech 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to capture his Maiden ATP title.
From qualification rounds to keeping the trophy high, Vacherot’s week has been nothing but miraculous. The 26-year-old Monegasque is ranked outside the top 200 at the beginning of the tournament and becomes the lowest ranked Masters 1000 winner in history, and only the third qualifier that ever raises a trophy at this level.
After losing the opening set, Vacherot again showed his resilience, following the same pattern that defined his driving through the draw by turning the match with exact, aggressive baseline game and almost flawless serving under pressure.
During a year dominated by Sinner and Alcaraz, Shanghai produced once in the generation story: a qualifying master and a Masters final questioned between cousins that many relaxed tennis fans had not even heard of two weeks ago.
Day twelve shanghai masters 2025 final result
| Winner | Loser | Results line |
|---|---|---|
| Valentine vacherot (q) | Arthur Rinderknech | 4-6 6-3 6-3 |
Fast Match -Summary
The qualifier Valentin Vacherot ended a historical fairy tale at Rolex Shanghai Masters 2025 and gathered past his cousin Arthur Rinderknech 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in a 2-hour, 11-minute final.
During the process, Vacherot has won his Virgin ATP Tour title and become the lowest ranked ATP Masters 1000 Champion in history
He also became the third qualification that won a Masters 1000 title (joined Roberto Carretero, Hamburg in 1996, and Albert Portas, Hamburg 2001) and the fifth man who demanded his virgin turn level at this level.
Maybe the fact is that they are related, but both men have a very similar tennis style; They serve in a similar way, have similar physical buildings, and their ground sections are also similar to each other.
Rinderknech dominated the opener with 12 winners and only two winged errors, and broke in the third game with early ball team.
You would think it would wobble Vacherot, but he has been down six times in Shanghai and he changed momentum in the second and kept Rinderknech deep and dictated with the first strike grates.
When it came to EN-Set Shootout for the title delivered Vacherot, created 12 break points in the third and made only two executed errors to get it done.
His victory caps a week where he played victories over Laslo Djere, Alexander Bublic, Tomas Machac, Tallon Griekspoor, Holger Rune and Novak Djokovic. He is up to 40th place in the ranking (from 204) and has doubled his career prize money with $ 1,124,380 to the $ 594,077 he previously served since 2015.
Match statistics
| Arthur Rinderknech | Valentin Vacherot | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | 13 | 12 |
| Unwavering errors | 11 | 9 |
| Ace | 11 | 8 |
| Double error | 1 | 1 |
| 1st Earn % | 71% (63/89) | 68% (49/72) |
| 1st serving points won | 68% (43/63) | 78% (38/49) |
| 2nd serving points won | 56% (14/25) | 74% (17/23) |
| Break Points saved | 79% (11/14) | 0% (0/1) |
| Service Games | 79% (11/14) | 93% (13/14) |
| 1st return score won | 22% (11/49) | 32% (20/63) |
| 2nd return points won | 26% (6/23) | 44% (11/25) |
| Break Points won | 100% (1/1) | 21% (3/14) |
| Return games | 7% (1/14) | 21% (3/14) |
| Pressure points | 80% (12/15) | 20% (3/15) |
| Service points | 64% (57/89) | 76% (55/72) |
| Return points | 24% (17/72) | 36% (32/89) |
| Net points | 95% (18/19) | 85% (11/13) |
| Total score | 46% (74/161) | 54% (87/161) |
| Match points saved | 1 | 0 |
| Max points in line | 5 | 8 |
| Total games | 43% (12/28) | 57% (16/28) |
| Max -game in line | 3 | 5 |
