The 2025 Delray Beach Open will once again delight American fans with plenty of home players. The draw for this ATP 250 event has already been released.
With two ATP Masters 1000 tournaments held in the United States in March, the Delray Beach Open gives the American players a great opportunity to stay in the country instead of competing in Europe.
On top of that, the Dallas Open is held in the week before, so it's not a surprise that there will be plenty of American players competing at the Delray Beach Open from February 10th until 16th.
Taylor Fritz is the top seed in Delray Beach. He recently slammed the tennis balls in use on the ATP Tour, blaming an injury on those balls. He wasn't the first, and likely also not the last, player to complain about the balls.
He will get a bit more time to get used to the balls in Delray Beach than most of his opponents. Fritz has a first-round bye, and in the second round, he will play against either Yunchaokete Bu or Rinky Hijikata.
On the opposite side of the draw is another home player. Tommy Paul is the second seed, and his second-round opponent could be the player who Fritz faced in Dallas only a few days ago.
Fritz easily outplayed Arthur Rinderknech in Dallas, and the French player could play against Paul in Delray Beach. He will set up this meeting if he beats one of the qualifiers in the first round of the tournament.
Alex Michelsen is another player who could delight the home crowd. He could also play against one of the qualifiers in the second round, but his opponent can also be Alexander Shevchenko, who will play against that qualifier.
Kei Nishikori will also play in Delray Beach. The Japanese player will take on Mackenzie McDonald in the first round of the tournament. Reilly Opelka and Christopher Eubanks, on the other hand, will play in the only all-American first-round match.
The 19-year-old Learner Tien will play in Delray Beach as well. The teenager stunned Daniil Medvedev at the Australian Open this year, and now, he will want to prove his qualities against Adam Walton in the first round of the tournament. If he succeeds, his second-round opponent will be the fourth-seeded Matteo Arnaldi.
Some of the interesting first-round matches include the meeting between Marcos Giron and Gabriel Diallo, or the match between Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and James Duckworth.
Player 1 | Player 2 |
Taylor Fritz [1] | BYE |
Yunchaokete Bu | Rinky Hijikata |
Kei Nishikori | Mackenzie McDonald [WC] |
James Duckworth | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina [8] |
Matteo Arnaldi [4] | BYE |
Learner Tien [WC] | Adam Walton |
Christopher Eubanks | Reilly Opelka [WC] |
Qualifier | Brandon Nakashima [6] |
Marcos Giron [5] | Gabriel Diallo |
Qualifier | Cameron Norrie |
Alexander Shevchenko | Qualifier |
BYE | Alex Michelsen [3] |
Miomir Kecmanovic [7] | Borna Gojo |
Yoshihito Nishioka | Aleksandar Vukic |
Qualifier | Arthur Rinderknech |
BYE | Tommy Paul [2] |