From Tennis Now | @TennisNow | Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Photo: Andrew Patron/Delray Beach Open
Delpo is coming to Delray.
Former Delray Beach Open and Grand Slam champion Juan Martin del Potro is returning to DBO for the first time in six years to play in the tour’s Legends event on Opening Weekend, the tour announced.
Along with other legends he will face him Bob and Mike Bryanthe greatest doubles team of all time who won 16 Grand Slam titles and six DBO trophies. French Open Champions Luke and Murphy Jensenand Delray singles champions Sam Querrey, Jack Sock, Tommy Haas and Xavier Malisse will wrap up a stellar Opening Legends weekend February 7-9 that also includes qualifying rounds for the ATP event.
The ATP tour runs from February 10 to 16 with the two-time defending champion and world No. 4 Taylor Fritztogether with last year’s runner-up no. 11 Tommy Paul.
The number 35 of the world is also confirmed to play Brandon Nakashima and no. 39 Matteo Arnaldiand past champions Reilly Opelka and Kei Nishikori.
“I am very excited to return to Delray Beach, a very special place for me in my career,” said the 36-year-old del Potro. “I have great memories, especially when I won the title in 2011. I can’t wait to say hello to the fans and the whole organization.”
In 2009 del Potro, a 6-foot-6-inch Argentine with a big serve and a ferocious forehand, beat five-time defending champion Roger Federer to win the US Open as a 20-year-old after defeating Rafael Nadal in the semifinals. . He seemed to be the future of tennis at the time, but in 2010 he was sidelined by a wrist injury.
The Delray Beach Open was the first title in his comeback in 2011. He returned to the tour four more years, most recently in 2019 when he was ranked fourth in the world. He is tied for sixth on the all-time tournament wins list with 14.
Del Potro won a total of 22 titles during his career, reached the ranking of no. 3 in the world and won Olympic silver at the 2016 Rio Games. He officially retired from tennis last December in a sold-out exhibition in Buenos Aires against 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic, but played his final match on the ATP Tour in 2022 due to a knee injury.
Tickets for individual sessions and series packages are available now at DelrayBeachOpen.com.
