America’s Ben Shelton defeated compatriot Taylor Fritz in the final of the BOSS Open on Sunday. With this win, the left-hander registered his first grass-court title. Shelton claimed a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 triumph against the previous edition’s winner, Fritz.

Interestingly, Shelton won all of the matches at ATP 250 in three sets and got over the line in the summit clash against his countryman in one hour and 48 minutes.

“It means a lot to me,” Shelton said in his on-court interview. “Certainly a difficult week, not an easy week to get through. I’m pretty exhausted, but to play the way I did against the quality of opponents I played in very tight matches and getting a win today against one of the best grass-court players in the world is a huge boost for my confidence. I’m just happy to get my first title here in Stuttgart.”

Shelton converted his first match point to improve to 3-1 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with Fritz. The lefty admitted he didn’t make things easy for himself, but also credited Fritz for his level.

“A lot of stress. I didn’t make things easy on myself, but every guy that I played I thought played really well and made things really difficult,” Shelton said. “Taylor for a period of the match today was completely unplayable. So I’ve got to give a lot of credit to the guys I played. But for me, being tough and getting through the tough matches, day in and day out, is the first step to getting to where I want to be and being in the groove that I want to be in this grass-court season.”

Shelton will compete next week as the second seed at the Terra Wortmann Open in Halle.