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After rain had delayed the final from Sunday to Monday, Fritz and Jodar both dominated on serve in the first set before the American found greater depth on return in the first-set tie-break to draw errors from Jodar and lead. The third seed then kept his foot on the gas at the start of the second set to race 3-0 ahead.

Fritz found greater depth on his groundstrokes in the second set, striking with authority whenever Jodar offered even the slightest opening to become just the second American to lift the Washington trophy since 2008, joining 2024 champion Sebastian Korda.

In a dramatic final game, Fritz saved one break point and eventually claimed victory on his fifth match point after one hour and 49 minutes. The American, who was bent over between points in the last game, collapsed to the ground after triumphing, before he returned to his feet to embrace the home crowd.

“Thank you guys for everything,” Fritz said to his team during the trophy ceremony. “I have given this speech a lot recently but not as a winner, so it is nice to actually mean it a little bit more this time. Thank you so much for everything you do, staying on top of me all the time. I know it is not easy.”

Competing in a Tour-leading third ATP 500 final of the season, Fritz was determined to end the week on top after runner-up finishes in Dallas, Halle and at the ATP 250 event in Stuttgart earlier this year.

Fritz arrived in Washington having not competed since his quarter-final exit to Alexander Zverev at Wimbledon. The 28 year-old earned comfortable wins against Zizou Bergs and Kamil Majchrzak to reach the quarter-finals, before he saved a match point in a battling win against Alex Michelsen. Fritz then moved beyond Brandon Nakashima in three sets to book his place in the final, where he delivered another hard-fought performance to fend off Jodar.

The former World No. 4 is the eighth player this season to win an ATP Tour title after saving a match point during the tournament. Fritz leaves Washington up two places to No. 8 in the ATP Live Rankings and will next head to Montreal for the sixth ATP Masters 1000 event of the season.

Jodar has broken into the Top 20 for the first time after another impressive week. The 19 year-old was playing in just his second tour-level final after capturing his maiden ATP Tour title in Marrakech in April, while his run in Washington has also propelled him to 11th in the ATP Live Race To Turin.

The Spaniard is aiming to become just the third player, after Stefanos Tsitsipas and Carlos Alcaraz, to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals one year after competing at the Next Gen ATP Finals.

“It was a really tough final and you are having an amazing season and at 19, on your first season on Tour, what you and your dad are doing is just incredible,” Fritz said to Jodar. “You are so young and are only going to get so much better.”