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.

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$116,894 [1]
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) [2]
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 223 (9 March 2020) [3]
Current rankingNo. 224 (16 March 2020) [4]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2019)
US OpenQ2 (2018)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 314 (9 March 2020) [5]
Current rankingNo. 316 (16 March 2020) [6]
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open JuniorQF (2018)
French Open JuniorQF (2017)
Wimbledon JuniorSF (2017)
US Open Junior1R (2017)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

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

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (0–5)
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF Futures Tour (0–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–5)
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(6-8)

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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