Tournament news
History! This will happen on Sunday for the first time in more than 44 years…
Learn more about the significance of the finals in Dallas, Rotterdam and Buenos Aires
February 15, 2026
Taylor Fritz in action Saturday in Dallas.
By ATP staff
It has been more than 44 years since the first and second seeds played in the finals of three ATP Tour events in the same week. That will change on Sunday.
The first and second seeds will compete for the trophies at the Nexo Dallas Open, the ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam and the IEB+ Argentina Open. It will be the first time since the week of October 19, 1981 in Melbourne, Tokyo and Vienna. The only other recorded time this happened was the week of October 6, 1980 in Barcelona, Brisbane and Tel Aviv.
Ivan Lendl, one of the 29 members of the ATP No. 1 Club, was involved in both weeks and claimed glory both times (Barcelona in 1980 and Vienna in 1981).
Week of October 19, 1981
Week of October 6, 1980
This week, four members of the Top 10 in the PIF ATP Rankings will play for a title, with two championship matches featuring only Top-10 players.
Top seed Taylor Fritz will face second seed Ben Shelton in the Dallas final. They have split their two previous meetings in the Lexus ATP Head2Head series, including Shelton’s win in the Toronto semi-finals last year on his way to his first ATP Masters 1000 title.
Top seed Alex de Minaur has become the first man to reach the Rotterdam final in three consecutive seasons in tournament history and will look to end the week on a high against second seed Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Top seed Francisco Cerundolo hopes his third final in Buenos Aires will be the charm. The Argentine will look to claim his first title on home soil against second seed Luciano Darderi.
Week of February 9, 2026
#History #happen #Sunday #time #years.. #ATP #tour #Tennis