Denis Shapovalov capped a perfect week at the Dallas Open on Sunday when he earned his third Top 10 win of the week and captured his biggest career title.

The Canadian never wavered from his high level, ousting World No. 5 Casper Ruud 7-6(5), 6-3 in the ATP 500 final.

"There's a lot to be happy about," Shapovalov said in his on-court interview. "Of course it's the biggest title of my career. I had a good chance against [Daniil] Medvedev a couple years ago [in Vienna, 2022], but he played a terrific match after losing the first. I'm really happy to stay strong this time and get the win."

With all-time Aces leader John Isner and former NBA star Dirk Nowitzki in attendance, Shapovalov relied on his booming first serve — firing 13 aces — and tricky lefty game to send Ruud from corner to corner. The 25-year-old opened the court with his forehand and looked for opportunities to work his way forward, securing his first win against Ruud in their three Lexus ATP Head2Head clashes.

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Shapovalov’s Top 10 wins this week came against Ruud, World No. 9 and defending champion Tommy Paul in the semi-finals and World No. 4 Taylor Fritz in the second round. Fritz, Ruud and Paul were the Top 3 seeds in Dallas, respectively. Entering the week, the Canadian was 11-33 against Top 10 players, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index.

“I do think the win against Taylor gave me a lot of confidence, especially the way I was able to play in the second and third set. It really gave me that belief that I’m able to beat these guys again,” Shapovalov said.

"Obviously the position I’m in as well, there’s not much to lose playing guys like [Tomas] Machac and Tommy and Casper, they are all ranked ahead of me. So I knew I have the game to beat them and also I didn’t have the expectations — if I lost, it would’ve been okay. I was able to play freely and go for it.”

Following his title, Shapovalov is up to No. 32 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings, his highest position since September 2023. Shapovalov was forced to shut down his 2023 season after Wimbledon, where he suffered a knee injury. Last year, he fell to as low as No. 140 in the PIF ATP Rankings, but the former Top 10 player has shown some of his best tennis this week at the ATP 500.

“It’s been very, very difficult. There were a lot of times where I didn’t know if I was going to step back onto the tennis court, if I was even going to come back at all,” Shapovalov said earlier this week. “There were a lot of tough days, even when I started to play. It was difficult. Sometimes I had good days, sometimes I couldn’t even step with my leg because my knee was hurting.

“Everyone put in so much work and so much sacrifice to not even get me back to the level, but even just to get me back to the court. It’s incredible to be playing the way that I am. I’m definitely very happy to feel like my game is coming back.”

Shapovalov has earned all three of his tour-level titles on indoor hard courts, with his previous two coming in Stockholm (2019) and Belgrade (2024).

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