Sebastian Korda Claims First Delray Beach Open Title

Championship Sunday delivered a historic finish at the 2026 Delray Beach Open, with an unseeded American capturing the singles title and an Olympic medal-winning duo prevailing in a dramatic doubles final.

Championship Results

Singles Final – Sebastian Korda (USA) def. [5] Tommy Paul (USA) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles Final – [2] Austin Krajicek (USA) / Nikola Mektic (Croatia) def. [WC] Benjamin Kittay (USA) / Ryan Seggerman (USA) 6-7(3), 6-3, 11-9

11th Unseeded Champion

Unseeded Sebastian Korda became the 11th unseeded player to win the title when he defeated fifth seed Tommy Paul in the final 6-4, 6-3. Korda defeated the second, third and fifth seeds en route to the title.

Above: Tommy Paul and Sebastian Korda. Photo credit: Isabella Forcella.

All-American Final

For the fifth time in the tournament's 34-year history, two Americans battled for the singles title:

• 2026 – Sebastian Korda def. Tommy Paul
• 2024 – Taylor Fritz def. Tommy Paul
• 2016 – Sam Querrey def. Rajeev Ram
• 2003 – Jan-Michael Gambill def. Mardy Fish
• 1993 – Todd Martin def. David Wheaton

Most Champions By Country

A total of nine different Americans have won this title 11 times. The country with the next most singles titles is Australia with five.

Former Finalists Battled for Title

Both finalists had been in the DBO final before. Tommy Paul fell to Taylor Fritz in the 2024 final, while Sebastian Korda fell to Hubert Hurkacz in 2021.

Above: Sebastian Korda. Photo credit: Isabella Forcella.

Korda is Second National Junior Clay Court Winner to Win DBO

The Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center is also home to the USTA National Boys Clay Court Championships. Both Tommy Paul (2014) and Sebastian Korda (2016) have won that title.

Korda becomes the second junior clay court winner to also win the Delray Beach Open after Jack Sock, who won the national junior clay courts in 2009 and the ATP Tour's Delray Beach Open in 2017.

Olympic Medalists Prevail in Doubles Final

Nikola Mektic and Austin Krajicek are both former world No. 1s and Grand Slam champions. Mektic is an Olympic gold medalist (2020) from Croatia and Krajicek is a silver medalist (2024) from the United States.

Above: Austin Krajicek and Nikola Mektic. Photo credit: Isabella Forcella.

Opponents Benjamin Kittay and Ryan Seggerman were playing in their first ATP Tour final, with Kittay competing in his first ATP Tour event.

After splitting sets, the Olympic medalists saved championship point at 8-9 in the deciding tiebreak and eventually prevailed 11-9 to win their first title as a team. It was also Krajicek's first as a dad of his 2-month-old daughter.

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Source: Delray Beach Open. Photo credit (top): Isabella Forcella.