Sebastian Korda

Korda's career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 23 was achieved on October 16, 2023. He has won one ATP singles tournament, the 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open. He also won the junior title at the 2018 Australian Open, 20 years after his father Petr Korda won the Australian Open title.

Sebastian Korda

Korda in 2023
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Born	(2000-07-05) July 5, 2000 (age 23) Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Turned pro	2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Martin Štěpánek Radek Štěpánek
Prize money	$4,880,055
Singles
Career record	105–70 (60.0%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 23 (16 October 2023)
Current ranking	No. 26 (15 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (2023)
French Open	4R (2020)
Wimbledon	4R (2021)
US Open	2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	12–11 (52.2%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 176 (20 September 2021)
Current ranking	No. 180 (8 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	QF (2018)
French Open Junior	QF (2017)
Wimbledon Junior	SF (2017)
US Open Junior	1R (2017)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	QF (2022)
Last updated on: 9 April 2024.

Korda is the son of two Czech tennis players, former men's world number two Petr Korda and former top 30 women's player Regina Rajchrtová. His father was an Australian Open champion and French Open finalist in both singles and doubles. Sebastian's older sisters Jessica and Nelly are both LPGA golf professionals. 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. At age 11, he won a golf tournament in Prague, in which his sister Nelly also competed.

2018: ATP debut

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

2020: Major debut & fourth round at French Open

Korda made his Masters 1000 debut as a qualifier at the warm-up Western & Southern Open tournament prior to the US Open. Korda made his Grand Slam debut as a wildcard at the US Open where he was defeated by Denis Shapovalov.

As a qualifier, Korda reached the fourth round at the French Open after beating Andreas Seppi, 21st seed John Isner and fellow qualifier Pedro Martínez. He lost to defending (and eventual) champion Rafael Nadal in straight sets.

2021: First ATP title, Wimbledon fourth round, top 40

 

Korda reached his first ATP final at the Delray Beach Open defeating Cameron Norrie. He lost to Hubert Hurkacz in straight sets.

Korda made another breakthrough run at the Miami Masters, where he reached his first Masters 1000 quarterfinal. He beat 10th seed Fabio Fognini in three sets, 17th seed Aslan Karatsev in straight sets and scored his first top 10 win against Diego Schwartzman in three sets. He lost to 4th seed Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals. He also reached a then career-high ranking of ATP world No. 62 on April 12, 2021.

In May, Korda lifted his first career ATP Tour singles title at the Emilia-Romagna Open, an ATP 250 tournament first played in 2021 due to the one-week delay of the 2021 French Open. He beat Marco Cecchinato in the final and did not drop a set throughout the tournament. He also became the first American male tennis player to win on European clay since Sam Querrey in 2010. As a result of this successful run, he reached a new then career-high of No. 50 on May 31, 2021.

In June at the Halle Open, his first ever ATP event on grass, Korda picked up his second top 10 win against 6th seed Roberto Bautista Agut along with beating Kei Nishikori en route to the quarterfinals, where he lost to eventual champion Ugo Humbert.

A week later, in his debut at Wimbledon, Korda reached the fourth round for the first time in his career after defeating in-form player and 15th seed Alex de Minaur, qualifier Antoine Hoang, and 22nd seed Dan Evans. However, he lost in the fourth round to 25th seed Karen Khachanov in five tight sets with the score in the fifth set being 10–8 after thirteen breaks of serve. Despite the loss, he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 46 on July 12, 2021.

At the Paris Masters, Korda defeated 13th seed Aslan Karatsev and former world No. 3 Marin Čilić. The win over Karatsev ended the Russian's push to qualify for the season-ending ATP Finals.

2022: Australian Open & three Masters third rounds, top 30

Korda started his 2022 season by playing at the Australian Open. In his debut, he upset world No. 12, Cameron Norrie, in the first round for his first victory at this event. He went on to defeat Corentin Moutet in the second round in a tight five-set match with a super tiebreak in the fifth set to reach the third round for the first time at this Major. In the third round, he lost to 19th seed and world No. 21, Pablo Carreño Busta.

Seeded fifth at the Delray Beach Open, Korda reached the quarterfinals where he was defeated by top seed and eventual champion, Cameron Norrie. In Acapulco, he was beaten in the first round by Dušan Lajović. Representing the USA during the Davis Cup tie against Colombia, he beat Nicolás Mejía in his debut. In the end, the USA won the tie over Colombia 4–0 to advance to the Davis Cup Finals. In March, he competed at the BNP Paribas Open. He defeated qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis in the first round. In the second round, he faced fourth seed, former world No. 1, and three-time champion, Rafael Nadal. Despite serving a breadstick in the second set and leading 5–2 in the final set, he lost to the eventual finalist in a third-set tiebreak. At the Miami Open, he was knocked out of the tournament in the third round by Miomir Kecmanović.

Korda started his clay-court season at the Monte-Carlo Masters. He upset eighth seed, world No. 11, and recent Miami Open champion, Carlos Alcaraz, in the second round for the biggest win of his season; he gained revenge for his defeat to Alcaraz at the Next Generation ATP Finals. He lost in the third round to 10th seed, world No. 13, and compatriot, Taylor Fritz. In Barcelona, he fell in the first round to Spanish qualifier Carlos Taberner. Seeded eighth at the Estoril Open, he stunned top seed and world No. 10, Félix Auger-Aliassime, in the quarterfinals avenging a 2021 Acapulco loss, for his third top-10 win.

At the 2022 US Open, he reached the second round for the first time at this Major after defeating Facundo Bagnis before losing in a five sets, all-American clash with Tommy Paul.

At the 2022 Gijón Open he reached the third final of his career defeating en route third seed Roberto Bautista Agut, Andy Murray in the quarterfinals and Arthur Rinderknech in the semifinals. He lost to top seed Andrey Rublev in straight sets. He followed it by a fourth final at the 2022 European Open in Antwerp defeating Dominic Thiem before losing to second seed Félix Auger-Aliassime.

2023: Two ATP finals, First Major quarterfinal & top-5 win & Masters semifinal, top 25

Korda started his 2023 season at the Adelaide International 1. He reached his fifth ATP singles final by beating former world No. 1 Andy Murray, world No. 21 Roberto Bautista Agut, sixth seed and world No. 15, Jannik Sinner, and Yoshihito Nishioka via retirement. In the final, he lost to top seed and world No. 5, Novak Djokovic, in three sets despite having a championship point. Seeded 29th at the Australian Open, he stunned seventh seed, world No. 8, and two-time finalist, Daniil Medvedev, in the third round. In the fourth round, he beat 10th seed and world No. 11, Hubert Hurkacz, to reach the quarterfinals of a Major for the first time in his career. He retired during his quarterfinal match against 18th seed and world No. 20, Karen Khachanov, due to a right-wrist injury. Due to his success at the Australian Open, his ranking improved from No. 31 to No. 26.

Korda's right-wrist injury kept him out of action for the next few months. He returned to the tour during the week of April 24 at the Madrid Open. Seeded 22nd, he lost in the second round to French qualifier Hugo Grenier. Seeded 22nd at the Italian Open, he was defeated in the second round by qualifier Roman Safiullin. He also lost in the second round at the 2023 French Open to another qualifier, Austrian Sebastian Ofner.

At the 2023 Queen's Club Championships he reached the semifinals without dropping a set, defeating Dan Evans, fourth seed Frances Tiafoe and fifth seed Cameron Norrie. Following this good run, he lost in the first round at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships to Jiří Veselý who was using protected ranking.

He also lost in the first round to Márton Fucsovics at the US Open. Starting the Asian swing at the 2023 Zhuhai Championships he defeated Alexandre Müller and fifth seed Tomás Martín Etcheverry to reach another semifinal. The following week he reached his sixth final at the 2023 Astana Open defeating wildcard Hamad Medjedovic before losing to sixth seed Adrian Mannarino. At the Shanghai Masters he defeated second seed Daniil Medvedev, his second win of the season against the Russian, and first top-5 and top-3 win of his career to reach the fourth round. Next he defeated 20th seed Francisco Cerúndolo to reach the quarterfinals. He reached his first Masters semifinal defeating compatriot Ben Shelton.

2024: 100th win

He recorded his 100th win at the 2024 Open 13 Provence over qualifier Hugo Grenier.

Singles

Current through the 2024 Țiriac Open.

Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2021	Delray Beach Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Hubert Hurkacz	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	May 2021	Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy	250 Series	Clay	Marco Cecchinato	6–2, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Oct 2022	Gijón Open, Spain	250 Series	Hard (i)	Andrey Rublev	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Oct 2022	European Open, Belgium	250 Series	Hard (i)	Félix Auger-Aliassime	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Jan 2023	Adelaide International 1, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Novak Djokovic	7–6(10–8), 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss	1–5	Sep 2023	Astana Open, Kazakhstan	250 Series	Hard (i)	Adrian Mannarino	6–4, 3–6, 2–6

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	Nov 2021	Next Generation ATP Finals, Italy	Hard (i)	Carlos Alcaraz	3–4(5–7), 2–4, 2–4

Singles: 10 (2–8)

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	Futures	Hard	Nicolás Álvarez	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Aug 2018	USA F22, Edwardsville	Futures	Hard	Axel Geller	2–6, 6–4, 6–7(0–7)
Loss	0–4	Feb 2019	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Dmitry Popko	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	0–5	Mar 2019	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Dmitry Popko	7–5, 5–7, 5–7
Loss	0–6	Apr 2019	M15 Sunrise, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Dmitry Popko	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	0–7	Jul 2019	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Evgeny Donskoy	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 4–6
Loss	0–8	Nov 2019	Champaign, United States	Challenger	Hard (i)	J. J. Wolf	4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–7(6–8)
Win	1–8	Nov 2020	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Ramkumar Ramanathan	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–8	Jan 2021	Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Filip Horanský	6–1, 6–1

Doubles: 6 (2–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2018	Spain F11, Valldoreix	Futures	Clay	Orlando Luz	Michiel de Krom   Felipe Meligeni Alves	3–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Win	2–0	Feb 2019	M25 Weston, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Nicolás Mejía	Harrison Adams   Jordi Arconada	6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss	2–1	Mar 2019	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Nicolás Mejía	Vasile-Alexandru Ghilea   Alexandru Jecan	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2–2	Mar 2019	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Nicolás Mejía	Arklon Huertas del Pino   Conner Huertas del Pino	6–7(3–7), 6–4, [6–10]
Loss	2–3	Jul 2019	M15 Almaty, Kazakhstan	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Denis Yevseyev	Andrey Golubev   Konstantin Kravchuk	3–6, 2–6
Loss	2–4	Mar 2020	Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	Mitchell Krueger	Denis Kudla   Thai-Son Kwiatkowski	3–6, 6–2, [6–10]

Singles: 1 (1 title)

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

Record against top 10 players

Korda's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Andy Murray	2–0	100%	2–0	–	–	Won (7–6(7–3), 6–3) at 2023 Adelaide 1
Daniil Medvedev	2–2	50%	2–2	–	–	Lost (4–6, 7–5, 3–6) at 2024 Indian Wells
Carlos Alcaraz	1–3	25%	0–1	1–1	0–1	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2023 London
Novak Djokovic	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (7–6(10–8), 6–7(3–7), 4–6) at 2023 Adelaide 1
Rafael Nadal	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–	Lost (2–6, 6–1, 6–7(3–7)) at 2022 Indian Wells
Number 2 ranked players
Jannik Sinner	1–2	33%	1–1	0–1	–	Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2024 Monte-Carlo
Number 3 ranked players
Marin Čilić	2–0	100%	2–0	–	–	Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2021 Paris
Dominic Thiem	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–7(4–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)) at 2022 Antwerp
Grigor Dimitrov	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	Lost (1–6, 6–7(5–7)) at 2024 Marseille
Stefanos Tsitsipas	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–7(5–7), 3–6) at 2021 Cincinnati
Number 4 ranked players
Kei Nishikori	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	Won (2–6, 6–3, 7–5) at 2021 Halle
Number 5 ranked players
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2021 Montpellier
Taylor Fritz	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (6–7(4–7), 5–7) at 2022 Monte Carlo
Andrey Rublev	0–4	0%	0–4	–	–	Lost (4–6, 3–4 ret.) at 2024 Dubai
Number 6 ranked players
Félix Auger-Aliassime	1–2	33%	0–2	1–0	–	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2022 Antwerp
Number 7 ranked players
Richard Gasquet	2–0	100%	1–0	1–0	–	Won (4–6, 6–1, 7–6(9–7)) at 2023 Winston-Salem
Number 8 ranked players
Diego Schwartzman	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–3, 4–6, 7–5) at 2021 Miami
Cameron Norrie	3–1	75%	2–1	–	1–0	Won (6–4, 7–6(7–1)) at 2023 London
John Isner	2–1	67%	1–1	1–0	–	Lost (6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–7(4–7)) at 2022 Cincinnati
Karen Khachanov	2–3	40%	2–2	–	0–1	Lost (5–7, 4–6) at 2023 Zhuhai
Hubert Hurkacz	1–4	20%	1–4	–	–	Lost (6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6) at 2024 Miami
Number 9 ranked players
Roberto Bautista Agut	4–0	100%	3–0	–	1–0	Won (6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–4) at 2024 Miami
Fabio Fognini	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (1–6, 6–4, 6–2) at 2021 Miami
Alex de Minaur	1–2	33%	0–2	–	1–0	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2024 Rotterdam
Number 10 ranked players
Frances Tiafoe	2–3	40%	1–2	0–1	1–0	Won (7–6(7–2), 6–3) at 2023 London
Denis Shapovalov	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6) at 2020 US Open
Pablo Carreño Busta	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	Lost (4–6, 6–0, 3–6) at 2022 Halle
Total	32–36	47.06%	23–28 (45.1%)	4–5 (44.44%)	5–3 (62.5%)	* Statistics correct as of 10 April 2024[update].

Wins over top 10 players

Korda has a 6–15 (28.6%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	SKR
2021
1.	Diego Schwartzman	9	Miami Open, United States	Hard	4R	6–3, 4–6, 7–5	87
2.	Roberto Bautista Agut	10	Halle Open, Germany	Grass	1R	6–3, 7–6(7–0)	52
2022
3.	Félix Auger-Aliassime	10	Estoril Open, Portugal	Clay	QF	6–2, 6–2	37
2023
4.	Daniil Medvedev	8	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	3R	7–6(9–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)	31
5.	Frances Tiafoe	10	Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom	Grass	2R	7–6(7–2), 6–3	32
6.	Daniil Medvedev	3	Shanghai Masters, China	Hard	3R	7–6(10–8), 6–2	26