Sebastian Korda

Sebastian Korda (/ˈkɔːrdə/ KORD-ə; born July 5, 2000) is an American professional tennis player. Korda's career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 38 was achieved on 18 October 2021. 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 senior Australian Open title.

Sebastian Korda
Korda at the 2021 French Open
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)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachPetr Korda
Prize money$1,276,993
Singles
Career record34–22 (60.7%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 38 (18 October 2021)
Current rankingNo. 39 (8 November 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2019)
French Open4R (2020)
Wimbledon4R (2021)
US Open1R (2020, 2021)
Doubles
Career record4–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 176 (20 September 2021)
Current rankingNo. 188 (8 November 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open JuniorQF (2018)
French Open JuniorQF (2017)
Wimbledon JuniorSF (2017)
US Open Junior1R (2017)
Last updated on: 1 November 2021.

Early life and background

Sebastian Korda is the son of Czech tennis player Petr Korda and former top 30 player Regina Rajchrtová, with his father having been 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.[1] At age 11, he won a golf tournament in Prague, in which sister Nelly also competed.[2]

Professional career

2018: ATP Debut

Korda made his ATP main draw debut at the New York Open. As a wild card entry, he lost in the first round to Frances Tiafoe in three sets.[3]

2020: Masters 1000 and Grand Slam debut at US Open, French Open fourth round

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.[4]

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.[5]

2021: Masters quarterfinal, first ATP title & top 40 debut, Wimbledon fourth round

Korda reached his first ATP final at the Delray Beach Open. He lost to Hubert Hurkacz in straight sets 3–6, 3–6.[6]

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.[7] He lost to 4th seed Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals. He also reached a then career-high ranking of ATP World No. 62 on 12 April 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.[8] As a result of this successful run, he reached a new then career-high of No. 50 on 31 May 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[9] along with beating Kei Nishikori en route to the quarterfinals,[10] where he lost to eventual champion Ugo Humbert.[11]

A week later, in his debut at the Wimbledon Championships, 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,[12] and 22nd seed Dan Evans.[13] 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.[14] Despite the loss, he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 46 on 12 July 2021.

At the Rolex 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.[15]

Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS P NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (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

Current through the 2021 Next Generation ATP Finals.

Tournament2018201920202021SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A 4R 1R 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Wimbledon A A NH 4R 0 / 1 3–1 75%
US Open Q2 Q1 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 3–2 3–3 0 / 5 6–5 55%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters Q1 A NH 2R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A NH QF 0 / 1 4–1 80%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A NH Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A Q1 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Shanghai Masters A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A A A 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 7–4 0 / 5 7–5 58%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0 3 18 Career total: 22
Titles 0 0 0 1 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 2 Career total: 2
Overall Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 3–3 31–18 1 / 22 34–22 61%
Year-end ranking 524 249 118 $1,276,993

ATP Tour career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–1)
Indoor (0–0)
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

ATP Next Generation finals

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

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (2–8)
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–2)
ITF Futures (0–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2017 Houston, United States Futures Hard Thai-Son Kwiatkowski 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2018 Decatur, United States Futures Hard Nicolás Álvarez 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 2018 Edwardsville, United States 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) Jeffrey John 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)
Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (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]
Win 2–0 Feb 2019 M25 Weston, United States Worth 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
Mircea-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]

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

Record against other players

Record against other 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
Rafael Nadal 0–1 0% 0–0 0–1 0–0 Lost (1–6, 1–6, 2–6) at 2020 French Open
Number 2 ranked players
Daniil Medvedev 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (6–4, 1–6, 3–6) at 2021 Paris
Number 3 ranked players
Marin Čilić 2–0 100% 2–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2021 Paris
Stefanos Tsitsipas 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (6–7(5–7), 3–6) at 2021 Cincinnati
Number 4 ranked players
Kei Nishikori 1–0 100% 0–0 0–0 1–0 Won (2–6, 6–3, 7–5) at 2021 Halle
Number 5 ranked players
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2021 Montpelier
Andrey Rublev 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (5–7, 6–7(7–9)) at 2021 Miami
Number 8 ranked players
John Isner 2–0 100% 1–0 1–0 0–0 Won (6–3, 4–6, 6–3) at 2021 Delray Beach
Diego Schwartzman 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–3, 4–6, 7–5) at 2021 Miami
Karen Khachanov 0–1 0% 0–0 0–0 0–1 Lost (6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 7–5, 8–10) at 2021 Wimbledon Championships
Number 9 ranked players
Fabio Fognini 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (1–6, 6–4, 6–2) at 2021 Miami
Roberto Bautista Agut 1–0 100% 0–0 0–0 1–0 Won (6–3, 7–6(7–0)) at 2021 Halle
Jannik Sinner 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (6–7(3–7), 6–7(3–7)) at 2021 Washington DC
Number 10 ranked players
Félix Auger-Aliassime 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2021 Acapulco
Hubert Hurkacz 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2021 Delray Beach
Denis Shapovalov 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6) at 2020 US Open
Total 9–9 50% 6–7
(46.15%)		 1–1
(50%)		 2–1
(66.67%)		 * Statistics correct as of 4 November 2021.

Wins over top 10 players

Korda has a 2–4 (33.3%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Season201920202021Total
Wins0022
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score SK Rank
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

References
  1. "Sebastian Korda's smart decision to trade his skates for a tennis racket". ESPN. February 13, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  2. "Keeping Up With The Kordas... Sporting Success Par For The Course". ATP Tour. October 2, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  3. "Frances Tiafoe beats Sebastian Korda at New York Open". Newsday. February 12, 2018.
  4. "Shapovalov Sees Off Korda To Advance At US Open". ATP Tour. August 31, 2020.
  5. "Sebastian Korda and the Runs That Make This French Open So Unpredictable". The New York Times. October 2, 2020.
  6. "Hubert Hurkacz beats Sebastian Korda in Delray Beach Open final for second career ATP Tour title". ESPN. January 13, 2021.
  7. "Rising U.S. star Sebastian Korda upsets No. 5 seed, reaches Miami Open quarterfinals". Miami Herald. March 31, 2021.
  8. "#NextGenATP Korda Claims First Title In Parma". ATP Tour. May 29, 2021.
  9. "Korda Upsets Bautista Agut In First Grass Match". ATP Tour. June 14, 2021.
  10. "Korda Battles Through Against Nishikori In Halle To Reach QF". ATP Tour. June 17, 2021.
  11. "Humbert: victory against Korda and a ticket to the Halle semi-finals". explica.co. June 18, 2021.
  12. "Korda Leads American Charge At Wimbledon". ATP Tour. June 30, 2021.
  13. "Wimbledon 2021: Andy Murray and Dan Evans lose in third round". BBC. July 2, 2021.
  14. "Khachanov Continues Russian Charge; Reaches Wimbledon QF In Five-Set Thriller". ATP Tour. July 5, 2021.
  15. "Korda Ends Karatsev's Turin Bid In Paris". ATP Tour. November 1, 2021.
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