Father,Petr, is his coach and a former World No. 2. Mother, Regina (Rajchrtova), peaked at No. 26 in WTA and coached him as a child. Sisters, Jessica and Nelly, are pro golfers on LPGA Tour.
Four Kordas have won Australian Open championships: Sebastian (2018 boys' singles), Petr (1998 men's singles), Jessica (2012 LPGA) and Nelly (2019 LPGA).
Began playing hockey at age 3 and dreamed of making it to NHL.
Started pursuing tennis at age 9 after attending US Open.
Idols growing up were Radek Stepanek,Rafael Nadal and his father.
Cat, Rafa, is named after Nadal.
Asked Nadal to sign a shirt after losing to him in 2020 Roland Garros 4R.
Mentored by former World No. 1s Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, whom he trained with prior to 2021 season.
Favourite surface is hard, shot is backhand and tournamentis US Open.
If he wasn't a tennis player, he would have liked to have been a hockey player or golfer.
Favourite sports team isBoston Bruins (NHL).
(UPDATED 12 OCTOBER2023)
Achieved career-high No. 25on 26 June 2023 after reaching SF at Queen's Club in London (d. No. 10 Tiafoe, No. 13 Norrie, l. to eventual champion Alcaraz).
In January 2023, defeated World No. 8 and 2-time finalist Medvedev for 1st Top win of career in a Grand Slam event en route to QF atAustralian Open(ret. vs. Khachanov due to a right wristinjury). Was sidelined for nearly 3 months in 2023 before returning in April in Madrid.
Did not drop a set en route to 2021 Parma title, joining PetrKorda as 3rd father-son duo to win a tour-level championship in Open Era (Phil & Taylor Dent, Ramanathan & Ramesh Krishnan).
Advanced to 2020 Roland Garros 4R as Q and 2021 Wimbledon 4R, becoming 3rd men’s player in Open Era to reach 4R in debut at both events (Borg in 1973, Pernfors in 1986).
Became World No. 1 junior by winning2018 Australian Open boys’ singles title 20 years after his father won Australian Open men's singles title.
Father, Petr, peaked at No. 2 on ATP Tour; mother, Regina, peaked at No. 26 in WTA; sister, Nelly, became World No. 1 women’s golfer in 2021; sister, Jessica, peaked at No. 8 in women’s golf.
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