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 Heart, the event introduced immediately.
Tickets are on sale now at DelrayBeachOpen.com for the ATP Tour event that runs Feb. 7-16.
If he wins the title, the world’s No. 4-ranked participant could be:
the primary participant to win the occasion thrice within the event’s 33-year historical past
the thirty fourth man for the reason that Open Period {of professional} tennis started in 1968 to win no less than one particular event 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 out to be the primary American man to succeed in the US Open remaining since 2006. He later was a finalist on the ATP Tour’s year-end championships to complete the 12 months ranked contained in the world’s High 5 gamers.
With the 2025 DBO title, Fritz would be a part of an elite listing of gamers who’ve gained a males’s event 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 seeking to snap Fritz’s eight-match win streak on the event 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 primary 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 event’s Legends occasion and can face off in opposition to Bob and Mike Bryan, the perfect doubles workforce 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 & Provides: Particular Children Pricing, Combined Doubles Mega Mixer
