First Rate: Teenager Tagger Wins Maiden Title at Prague Open

By Richard Pagliaro | Sunday, July 26, 2026
Photo credit: Livesport Prague Open

Eighteen-year-old Lilli Tagger powered to a tennis coming of age milestone.

Tagger torched nine aces defeating Daria Snigur 7-6(3), 6-2 to capture her maiden WTA title at the Livesport Prague Open.

Tagger is the first Austrian to win Prague and joins Roland Garros champion Mirra Andreeva as the second teenager to win a Tour-level title this season.

A joyous Tagger thanked her family, who came to Prague for today’s final, Czech fans and coach Francesca Schiavone, the 2010 Roland Garros champion, for helping her claim her first title.

“It was an amazing week. The atmosphere was just incredible,” Tagger told fans. “Without you this stadium wouldn’t have all this energy so thank you for coming out all week and cheering for us.

“Today is quite a special day because my family is here. Normally, they watch every match at home, but today they came to watch. Thank you very much. I think everything I’ve accomplished in life would not be possible with you.”

Aggressive baseliner Tagger was at her best dictating the direction of rallies with her heavy serve and fierce forehand throughout this title run. Tagger dropped just one set in five tournament wins.

Yesterday, Tagger charged through six of the last seven points edging home hero Barbora Krejcikova 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(4) to battle into her second career final.

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World No. 74 Tagger rockets 29 spots up the rankings to a new-career high ranking of No. 49 in the WTA Live Rankings. Snigur also achieves a new career-high ranking of No. 43 in the Live Rankings after a week that saw her reach her first Tour-level final permitting just one set along the way.

Throughout this title run, a fearless Tagger continuously attacked her shots and drilled down the line drives with authority off both her topspin forehand and her whipping one-handed backhand.

The eighth-seeded Snigur broke in Tagger’s opening service game and eventually extended her lead to 4-1.

The 24-year-old Ukrainian served for the opening set at 5-3, but Tagger unloaded on some deep drives to break back at 15.

In the first-set tiebreaker, Tagger raced out to a 5-1 lead then closed the set on her first set point.

The Austrian teenager was swinging more freely as the second set progressed. Tagger won eight of her first nine service points of the second set and broke Snigur for a 3-1 lead.

A confident Tagger tore through six straight service points then broke Snigur again to seal her maiden title in 89 minutes.