The unknown Dutch tennis player Tim van Rijthoven won the tournament on the grass in 's-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), beating the Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-1, after in 1h05' of play.
It is the first title for 25-year-old Van Rijthoven, 205 / o in the world rankings.
So far the Dutchman had only performed in the lower ATP tournaments.
His only participation in a main circuit tournament was in 2016, in Winston-Salem.
Despite the defeat, Medvedev will recover the first place in the world rankings on Monday at the expense of Novak Djokovic.
Holder of a 'wild card' invitation to 's-Hertogenbosch, Van Rijthoven is the winner of the tournament with the lowest ATP position of the season.
Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo had done even better last year, winning the title in front of his home crowd in Cordoba when he was 335 / o of the ATP.
Medvedev will still have to wait to raise the first trophy since he won the US Open in September 2021, nor will he be able to do so at Wimbledon, from which he is excluded along with all the Russians and Belarusians, due to the invasion of the