Top Seed Alex de Minaur Prevails in Men's Draw of the 2024 Libéma Open
The Australian faced off against Sebastian Korda of the United States in the final.
Alex de Minaur of Australia, 25, defeated Sebastian Korda of the United States, 23, to win the Men’s Singles title at the 2024 Libéma Open in ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (an ATP 250 event). The score in the final was 6-2 and 6-4 in favor of de Minaur.
This was the fourth match de Minaur and Korda have played against each other on the ATP Tour - with de Minaur leading 2-1 in their prior meetings. Today’s victory was the second title de Minaur has won on the 2024 ATP Tour and the ninth title of his career in single’s competition. Moreover, this was the second title he has claimed from a grass court event. And finally, he was the first player representing Australia to win in ’s-Hertogenbosch since Lleyton Hewitt in 2001.
Heading into this tournament, de Minaur was ranked as the Number 9 tennis player on the 2024 ATP Tour, while Korda carried the Number 26 designation. By winning in ’s-Hertogenbosch, de Minaur has received 250 points in the overall rankings. Meanwhile, Korda has picked up 165 points.
Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands (No. 23) was the tournament’s reigning champion. This year though, he lost against Korda during the semifinals. de Minaur and Korda were the event’s first and seventh seeds, respectively. The competition allowed the Top 4 seeds to advance directly to the second round.
de Minaur arrived in the final after winning against Zizou Bergs of Belgium (No. 81), Milos Raonic of Canada (No. 197), and Ugo Humbert of France (No. 16). He prevailed against the event’s third and seventh seeds to win the title.
In the other half of the main draw, Korda defeated Tristan Schoolkate of Australia (No. 185), Luca Nardi of Italy (No. 73), Tommy Paul of the United States (No. 13), and Griekspoor. He knocked out the event’s second and sixth seeds to reach the final.
The revised rankings for the 2024 ATP Tour will be officially released on Monday, June 17. The tour will then play two tournaments between June 17 and 23: the Halle Open in Halle, Germany (an ATP 500 event) and the Queen’s Club Championships in London, United Kingdom (an ATP 500 event). Both competitions will be played on grass courts.
Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan (No. 17) is the reigning champion at the Halle Open. He is looking to defend the title as the event’s seventh seed this year - facing Max Purcell of Australia (No. 100) in the first round.
Meanwhile, Carlos Alcaraz of Spain (No. 2) is the reigning champion at the Queen’s Club Championships. He too is attempting a title defense as the event’s top seed this year - facing Francisco Cerúndolo of Argentina (No. 27) in the first round. de Minaur and Korda have also entered the main draw - with de Minaur as the second seed and Korda as unseeded. In the first round, de Minaur battles Lorenzo Musetti of Italy (No. 30) while Korda encounters Karen Khachanov of Russia (No. 22).