Sebastian Korda

Sebastian Korda

Korda in 2017
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Born	(2000-07-05) July 5, 2000 Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Petr Korda
Prize money	US$208,909
Singles
Career record	3-4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 132 (12 October 2020)
Current ranking	No. 132 (12 October 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2019)
French Open	4R (2020)
US Open	1R (2020)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 314 (9 March 2020)
Current ranking	No. 316 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	QF (2018)
French Open Junior	QF (2017)
Wimbledon Junior	SF (2017)
US Open Junior	1R (2017)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

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 No. 205 achieved on August 31, 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 professionals.

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.

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

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

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	0%
French Open	Q1	A	4R	0 / 1	3–1	75%
Wimbledon	A	A	NH	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q2	Q1	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	3–2	0 / 2	3–2	60%

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]

External links

• Sebastian Korda at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Sebastian Korda at the International Tennis Federation
• Sebastian Korda Profile Q&A