Two-time Delray Seaside Open defending champion Taylor Fritz will play his first match within the quest for a historic three-peat on Thursday evening, Feb. 13 not earlier than 8 p.m. on the Delray Seaside Stadium & Tennis Middle, the match introduced in the present day.
Tickets are on sale now at DelrayBeachOpen.com for the ATP Tour match that runs Feb. 7-16.
If he wins the title, the world’s No. 4-ranked participant can be:
the primary participant to win the occasion 3 times within the match’s 33-year historical past
the thirty fourth man for the reason that Open Period {of professional} tennis started in 1968 to win not less than one particular match three years in a row
the primary American man born after 1990 to three-peat at an ATP Tour occasion
After profitable his second straight title in Delray Seaside final February, Fritz went on to turn into the primary American man to succeed in the US Open closing since 2006. He later was a finalist on the ATP Tour’s year-end championships to complete the yr ranked contained in the world’s Prime 5 gamers.
With the 2025 DBO title, Fritz would be part of an elite record of gamers who’ve gained a males’s match three consecutive years together with legends of tennis Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg.
Among the many gamers trying to snap Fritz’s eight-match win streak on the match are No. 9-ranked Tommy Paul of Boca Raton, 2022 champion Cameron Norrie, 2020 winner Reilly Opelka of Delray Seaside and 2008 titlist Kei Nishikori.
Earlier than the principle draw will get underway on Feb. 10, Opening Weekend on Feb. 7-9 will function a Legends occasion and qualifying rounds. Former Delray Seaside Open and Grand Slam singles champion Juan Martin del Potro is returning for the primary time in six years to play within the match’s Legends occasion and can face off towards Bob and Mike Bryan, the perfect doubles staff of all time. French Open champs Luke and Murphy Jensen, Delray singles champions Sam Querrey, Tommy Haas and Xavier Malisse, and two-time semifinalist Steve Johnson will spherical out a stellar Opening Weekend of Legends and qualifying matches.
Opening Weekend schedule:
Friday, Feb. 7
Legends matches:
6 p.m. – Luke Jensen / Murphy Jensen vs. Xavier Malisse / Sam Querrey
8 p.m. – Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan vs. Juan Martin del Potro / Jesse Levine
Occasions & Gives: Particular Youngsters Pricing, Blended Doubles Mega Mixer
