Sebastian Korda

Sebastian Korda (/ˈkɔːrdə/ KORD-ə; born July 5, 2000) is an American tennis player. He won the junior title at the 2018 Australian Open, 20 years after his father won senior Australian Open. Korda has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 88 achieved on February 1, 2021.

Sebastian Korda
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceBradenton, Florida, U.S.
Born (2000-07-05) July 5, 2000
Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachPetr Korda
Prize moneyUS$482,702 [1]
Singles
Career record7–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) [2]
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 88 (1 February 2021) [3]
Current rankingNo. 88 (1 February 2021) [4]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2019)
French Open4R (2020)
US Open1R (2020)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 314 (9 March 2020) [5]
Current rankingNo. 329 (11 January 2021) [6]
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open JuniorQF (2018)
French Open JuniorQF (2017)
Wimbledon JuniorSF (2017)
US Open Junior1R (2017)
Last updated on: 1 February 2021.

Early life and background

Korda grew up playing competitive junior ice hockey from the age of 3, but decided to switch to tennis at the age of 9 after accompanying his father to the 2009 US Open.[7] He is the son of former Czech tennis players Petr Korda and former top 30 player Regina Rajchrtová, with his father being a former Australian Open champion and French Open finalist in both singles and doubles. His older sisters Jessica and Nelly are both LPGA golf professionals.

Professional career

Korda made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 US Open. As a wild card entry, he lost in the first round to Frances Tiafoe in three sets.

Korda reached his first ATP final at the 2021 Delray Beach Open.

Grand Slam performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles
Tournament2018201920202021 SRW–LWin %
Australian Open A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0 0%
French Open Q1 A 4R 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Wimbledon A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q2 Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 0 / 2 3–2 60%

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)
Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 2018 Australian Open Hard Tseng Chun-hsin 7–6(8–6), 6–4

ATP Tour career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2021 Delray Beach Open, USA 250 Series Hard Hubert Hurkacz 3–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (2–5)
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–2)
ITF Futures Tour (0–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2017 USA F33, Houston Futures Hard Thai-Son Kwiatkowski 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2018 USA F21, Decatur, Illinois Futures Hard Nicolás Álvarez 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 2018 USA F22, Edwardsville, Illinois Futures Hard Axel Geller 2–6, 6–4, 6–7(0–7)
Loss 0–4 Jul 2019 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard Evgeny Donskoy 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 4–6
Loss 0–5 Nov 2019 Champaign, USA Challenger Hard Jeffrey John Wolf 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–7(6–f8)
Win 1–5 Nov 2020 Eckental, Germany Challenger Hard (i) Ramkumar Ramanathan 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–5 Jan 2021 Quimper, France Challenger Hard (i) Filip Horansky 6–1, 6–1

Doubles: 2 (1–1)
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF Futures Tour (1–0)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2018 Valldoreix, Spain Futures Clay Orlando Luz Michiel de Krom
Felipe Meligeni Alves		 3–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss 1–1 Mar 2020 Indian Wells, USA Challenger Hard Mitchell Krueger Denis Kudla
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski		 3–6, 6–2, [6–10]

References
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  7. "Sebastian Korda's smart decision to trade his skates for a tennis racket". ESPN. February 13, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2018.


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