World No. 1, Grand Slam Champions, Olympic Medalists Enter Delray Beach Open Doubles

The Delray Beach Open announced its world-class doubles entry list. Fans should be thrilled to watch some of the finest doubles players in the world including current and former No. 1 players, Grand Slam champions and Olympic medalists at the Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center Feb. 7-16.

Current doubles world No. 1 Marcelo Arevalo actually won back-to-back Delray Beach Open titles in 2022-23. He returns with new partner Horacio Zeballos, a former No. 1-ranked player currently at No. 7.

Meanwhile, former No. 1s Neal Skupski and Joe Salisbury are teaming up, as are Americans Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram. The Americans have both held the No. 1 ranking and won the Olympic silver medal together last summer in Paris, falling to John Peers in the gold medal match. Last week, Peers won the Australian Open mixed doubles title, defeating DBO entrant John-Patrick Smith in the final. Peers will partner with former No. 1 and DBO champion Jamie Murray in Delray Beach.

Above: Former world No. 1 doubles professional on the ATP Tour, Austin Krajicek, happens to be a Florida-based player who lives in Tampa. Photo credit: ATP Tour.

And an overview of the doubles entries so far reveal 15 Grand Slam men’s doubles titles among the DBO line-up this year: Rajeev Ram-4, Joe Salisbury-4, Jamie Murray-2, Marcelo Arevalo-2, Austin Krajicek-1, John Peers-1, Neal Skupski-1.

So who are all the doubles teams competing in this year's Delray Beach Open? Check out the full list below (with the exception of two wild card teams to be added):

Marcelo Arevalo (El Salvador)/Horacio Zeballos (Argentina)

Nathaniel Lammons (USA)/Jackson Withrow (USA)

Neal Skupski (Great Britain)/Joe Salisbury (Great Britain)

Jamie Murray (Great Britain)/John Peers (Australia)

Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

Ariel Behar (Uruguay)/Robert Galloway (USA)

Santiago Gonzalez (Mexico)/Lucas Miedler (Austria)

Miomir Kecmanovic (Serbia)/Brandon Nakashima (USA)

N. Sriram Balaji (India)/Miguel Reyes-Varela (Mexico)

Alex Michelsen (USA)/Mackenzie McDonald (USA)

Nicolas Barrientos (Colombia)/Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli (India)

James Duckworth (Australia)/Aleksandar Vukic (Australia)

Ryan Seggerman (USA)/John-Patrick Smith (Australia)

Christian Harrison (USA)/Evan King (USA)

A variety of up-close, unique seating experiences at this year's DBO include on-court Best Seats in the House, shaded Veranda seats, courtside Box and Reserved seats. New this year are Mezzanine Level two-top tables with food and beverage service right from the seats, and more than 1,000 new chairback seats that have replaced most of the bleacher seating in the upper level east stands as ticket demand has increased. These options and tickets for all individual sessions and series packages are available now at DelrayBeachOpen.com.

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Source: Delray Beach Open. Top photo credit: Dubreil/Kopatsch/Zimmer.