Fis, the 30th ranked tennis player in the world, defeated 15 lower ranked player, Russian Andrei Rublev, 2:0 – 6:2, 7:6 (2) in the grand final after exactly 100 minutes of play.
Rublev opened the match well, taking a 2:0 lead, but Artur won six games in a row and took the opening set 6:2.
The second set was far more uncertain and exciting. Fis led 5:2, at 5:4 he squandered three tied match points, and Andrej went from 2:5 to 6:5 and was in a position to take the match to the third set. However, the Frenchman returned the break and in the tie-break with seven points in a row (losing 2:0) finished the job in two sets.
Fiss won his fourth career ATP title in Barcelona, while Rublev remained in 17th place.
