WASHINGTON — Sebastian Korda completed a father-son double Sunday night in the Mubadala Citi DC Open for his second ATP Tour title.
Thirty-two years after father Petr won the then-Sovran Bank Classic in 1992, the fourth-seeded Korda beat 10th-seeded Flavio Cobolli of Italy 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 in a match delayed at the start because of rain.
They are the first father-son tandem to win the same ATP Tour event.
“We have a lot of history with this tournament,” Korda said during the trophy presentation. “Obviously, one of my biggest goals was one day coming here and hopefully winning the tournament and putting my name up there on the stadium. Now that I have the opportunity, this is probably the most special moment of my career so far.”
The 24-year-old Korda, a 6-foot-5 right-hander, is the younger brother of golf stars Nelly and Jessica Korda. His mother, Regina Rajchrtova, played on the WTA Tour.
“Proud is an understatement,” Jessica Korda said in a retweet of a video showing her brother lifting the trophy.
Korda is the first American to win the Washington event since Andy Roddick in 2007. Korda’s previous victory on the tour came in May 2021 in the Emilia-Romagna Open, an ATP 250 tournament.
He will jump to a career-high 18th on Monday when the new ranking comes out.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
