Sebastian Korda


Sebastian Korda is an American tennis player. He won the junior title at the 2018 Australian Open.
Korda has a career high ATP singles ranking of 223 achieved on 9 March 2020.

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. He is the son of former Czech tennis players Petr Korda and 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 pros.

Professional career

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

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (0–5)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1USA F33, HoustonFuturesHard Thai-Son Kwiatkowski2–6, 2–6
Loss0–2USA F21, Decatur, IllinoisFuturesHard Nicolás Álvarez4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss0–3USA F22, Edwardsville, IllinoisFuturesHard Axel Geller2–6, 6–4, 6–7
Loss0–4Nur-Sultan, KazakhstanChallengerHard Evgeny Donskoy6–7, 6–3, 4–6
Loss0–5Champaign, USAChallengerHard Jeffrey John Wolf4-6, 7–6, 6–7

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Valldoreix, SpainFuturesClay Orlando Luz Michiel de Krom
Felipe Meligeni Alves
3–6, 6–2,
Loss1–12020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells – Men's Doubles|Indian Wells, USAChallengerHard Mitchell Krueger Denis Kudla
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
3–6, 6–2,