Sebastian Korda
American tennis player
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| Intro | American tennis player | ||||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||||
| is | Athlete Tennis player | ||||||
| Work field | Sports | ||||||
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| Birth | 2 July 2000, Bradenton, USA | ||||||
| Age | 24 years | ||||||
| Star sign | Cancer | ||||||
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Biography
Sebastian Korda (/ˈkɔːrdə/ KORD-ə; born July 5, 2000) is an American tennis player. He won the junior title at the 2018 Australian Open.
Korda has a career high ATP singles ranking of 544 achieved on August 20, 2018.
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)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 2018 | Australian Open | Hard | Tseng Chun-hsin | 7–6, 6–4 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 5 (0–5)
| Titles by Surface |
|---|
| Legend (Singles) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (0–2) |
| ITF Futures Tour (0–3) |
| Titles by Surface |
| Hard (0–5) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (0–2) |
| ITF Futures Tour (0–3) |
| Hard (0–5) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Oct 2017 | USA F33, Houston | Futures | Hard | Thai-Son Kwiatkowski | 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | Aug 2018 | USA F21, Decatur, Illinois | Futures | Hard | Nicolás Álvarez | 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 | |
| Loss | Aug 2018 | USA F22, Edwardsville, Illinois | Futures | Hard | Axel Geller | 2–6, 6–4, 6–7 | |
| Loss | Jul 2019 | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Hard | Evgeny Donskoy | 6–7, 6–3, 4–6 | |
| Loss | Nov 2019 | Champaign, USA | Challenger | Hard | Jeffrey John Wolf | 4-6, 7–6, 6–7 |
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
| Titles by Surface |
|---|
| Legend (Singles) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) |
| ITF Futures Tour (1–0) |
| Titles by Surface |
| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (1–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) |
| ITF Futures Tour (1–0) |
| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (1–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | May 2018 | Valldoreix, Spain | Futures | Clay | Orlando Luz | Michiel de Krom Felipe Meligeni Alves | 3–6, 6–2, [10–7] |