[p]It was a career-first ATP title in front of home support for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/davidovich-fokina-alejandro/0zQXLfz4/"]Davidovich Fokina[/a], the world number 25.[/p][p]The result means the 27-year-old Davidovich Fokina is now 1-5 in tour-level finals.[/p][p]After five final defeats -- including four in 2025 -- Davidovich Fokina fought through in one hour and 43 minutes in his first meeting with the 63rd-ranked American.[/p][embed guid="04e4bb30-f64d-4ba8-98ca-ac8798eeab76" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2070885103459246478" social-type="twitter" /][p]"[b]It feels amazing to have the first title[/b]," said Davidovich Fokina who [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/davidovich-fokina-a-0zQXLfz4/quinn-e-fDEtnFgg/?mid=f1iwb9wQ"]sealed victory with his sixth ace of the match[/a].[/p][p]"[b]Today was a very tough battle, he played amazing. In the end I knew that this one has to be mine, in Spain, at home, the first one. It should be mine and I pushed a lot[/b].”[/p][p]With this maiden ATP title, the Spaniard will rise to world number 23 on Monday as Wimbledon begins, while 22-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/quinn-ethan/fDEtnFgg/"]Quinn[/a] will reach a career-high ranking of 47.[/p][embed guid="5027f870-5bf1-4c15-bb95-9a550bf8147d" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2070890624929132817" social-type="twitter" /][p]In the first round of Wimbledon, Davidovich Fokina will face Argentine [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cerundolo-juan-manuel/A93TM7BR/"]Juan Manuel Cerundolo[/a], while Quinn will play against another Argentine [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/giron-marcos/OWOgryOk/"]Marco Trungiletti[/a].[/p]
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina downs Ethan Quinn in Mallorca for maiden ATP title
Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Ethan Quinn 7-6(4), 6-3 to win the pre-Wimbledon warm-up Mallorca Championships on Saturday.
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