DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (January 7, 2025) – The 2025 Delray Beach Open, which runs Feb. 7-16 at the Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center, will welcome back former champions and record holders Reilly Opelka and Kei Nishikori, both who reached ATP finals last week in stellar comebacks from extended injury layoffs. Fans can watch them next month in Delray from the comfort of new stadium seating options.
Tickets for individual sessions and series packages are available now at DelrayBeachOpen.com. A variety of up-close, unique seating experiences including on-court Best Seats in the House, shaded Veranda seats, courtside Box and Reserved seats are available. 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.
Opelka and Nishikori will be joined by two-time defending champion Taylor Fritz and last year’s runner-up Tommy Paul in the field for this year’s event.
Opelka, the 2020 champion and 2022 finalist, defeated 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic in straight sets last week in Brisbane, Australia enroute to his first final in nearly three years. He also defeated 2024 ATP Most Improved Player Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and No. 37 Matteo Arnaldi. Arnaldi also will play in the DBO this year.
Opelka holds the Delray Beach Open record for most aces in a tournament, serving up 99 in 2022. But just a few months later he was off the tour, playing just one match from mid-2022 to mid-2024 due to wrist and hip injuries. He reached the semifinals in Newport at his first tournament back last July.
Nishikori became the tournament’s youngest champion when he won his first career title at the 2008 Delray Beach Open as an 18-year-old qualifier. It kick-started a career that saw him rise to No. 4 in the world and reach a US Open final. Out with injuries all of 2022 and most of 2023, he ended last year by winning five matches on the Challenger circuit and extended his win streak to nine matches by reaching the Hong Kong final last week, his first ATP Tour final in six years. Along the way he defeated former Top 10 players Denis Shapovalov, Karen Khachanov and Cameron Norrie, the 2022 DBO champion, before falling in a three-set final.
Nishikori’s result last week returned his ranking inside the Top 100 for the first time since June 2022, to No. 74. Now 35 years old and returning to the DBO after an 11-year hiatus, he would be the tournament’s second-oldest champion were he to hoist the trophy this year.
Arnaldi, a 23-year-old Italian, is playing in Delray Beach for the second time. During the 2024 season, he defeated two Top 10 players including two-time DBO defending champion Fritz. He also reached the French Open fourth round and the semifinals at the Masters 1000 event in Montreal, defeating Nishikori in the quarterfinals.
Fritz, currently ranked No. 4 in the world, will attempt the first three-peat in tournament history while No. 12 Paul will look to win one more match than he did in last year’s finalist effort. Fritz became the first American man to reach the US Open final last year since Andy Roddick in 2006, and he and Paul, a three-time title winner in 2024, teamed up to win the Olympic doubles bronze medal. Last week, Fritz and Delray Beach resident Coco Gauff led the United States to the United Cup team title in Sydney.
The full initial entry list for the Delray Beach Open will be released next week.
Former Champions Return to the Beach
The Legends event runs Friday-Sunday, Feb. 7-9 to kick off the ATP tournament that runs through Feb. 16. Legends matches will feature a lineup of Hall of Famers, former Grand Slam champions, Olympic medalists and DBO winners, while current players will be fighting to qualify for the ATP 250 event on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 8-9.
Six-time DBO doubles champions and 16-time Grand Slam winners Bob and Mike Bryan, who will be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame this summer, and Grand Slam champions Luke and Murphy Jensen will be joined by DBO singles champions Sam Querrey, Jack Sock, Xavier Malisse and Tommy Haas along with local pros Jesse Levine and Scoville Jenkins in the three-day Legends competition.
The Delray Beach stop on the global ATP Tour annually plays in front of more than 50,000 fans and reaches television audiences in over 100 countries.
Some of the world’s best players launched their careers at the Delray Beach Open. Delray Beach champions include former US Open winners Marin Cilic and Juan Martin del Potro and Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson. Other competitors over the tournament’s 32 years of ATP tennis include a roster of Hall of Famers and Grand Slam champions such as Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt, Patrick Rafter, Jim Courier, Michael Chang, Ivan Lendl, Mats Wilander, Andres Gomez and Jimmy Connors.
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About The Delray Beach Open: Featuring a Legends event and an ATP 250 Tour event in the same week at the same venue, the tournament is held in Delray Beach, Florida, February 7-16, 2025 at the Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center. The ATP Tour's first North American hard court event of the outdoor season is one of just eight ATP Tour events in the United States. The 3-day Legends event is in its 16th year. The 2025 edition of the ATP 250 event will be its 33rdt overall. Each year the Delray Beach Open brings world-class tennis players and thousands of visitors to Delray Beach and Palm Beach County. In 2010, the tournament received the Discover The Palm Beaches Florida's annual Providencia Award for its extraordinary contribution to tourism. The City of Delray Beach was also a finalist for the USTA's "Best Tennis Town'' Award and in 2003, the tournament was the recipient of an "ATP Award of Excellence." For more information please visit DelrayBeachOpen.com.
About The ATP
As the global governing body of men’s professional tennis, the ATP’s mission is to serve tennis. We entertain a billion global fans, showcase the world’s greatest players at the most prestigious tournaments, and inspire the next generation of fans and players. From the United Cup in Australia, to Europe, the Americas and Asia, the stars of the game battle for titles and PIF ATP Rankings points at ATP Masters 1000, 500 and 250 events, and Grand Slams. All roads lead towards the Nitto ATP Finals, the prestigious season finale held in Turin, Italy. Featuring only the world’s top 8 qualified singles players and doubles teams, the tournament also sees the official crowning of the year-end ATP World No. 1, presented by PIF, the ultimate achievement in tennis. For more information, please visitwww.ATPTour.com.
About The City of Delray Beach: In southeast Palm Beach County, along the Atlantic seashore, a Village by the Sea that began as an agricultural community in 1895 has become one of Florida's most popular destinations for visitors, new families and seasonal residents. The City of Delray Beach encompasses slightly over 16 square miles with a permanent population of nearly 65,000 and growing. The city’s charm continues to garner national awards. In 2017 alone the city received three awards: the “All-America City” award from the National Civic League (NCL) for literacy strides (the NCL also recognized Delray Beach in 1993 and 2001), a “Playful City USA” designation for providing 24 playgrounds for residents, and the recognition of Atlantic Avenue as one of the “10 Great American Shopping Streets” by USA Today. In 2012 during the nationally televised "Best of the Road" special, Delray Beach was chosen by Rand McNally, USA Today and the Travel Channel as the "Most Fun Small Town" in America. In 2014, USA Today named Delray as one of the "Best Atlantic Beaches in Florida."
