Stefanos, 21, fought hard to score 7-5, 5-6, 7-6 (6) win over Great Britain’s Oliver Crawford and was richer by $17,000 prize money.  

Greece’s Stefanos Sakellaridis fought hard to score 7-5, 5-6, 7-6 (6) win over Great Britain’s Oliver Crawford to clinch men’s singles title at the 2026 Delhi Open ATP Challenger at the DLTA Complex on Sunday.

It was Sakellaridis, 21, maiden ATP Challenger Tour win that lasted three hours and nine minutes.

With the win, Sakellaridis earned 75 ATP ranking points and $17,000 prize money. Crawford collected 44 ranking points and was richer by $ 9,600.

The final began with fluctuating momentum, as the opening set witnessed five breaks of serve before Sakellaridis edged it 7-5. The Greek carried the momentum into the second set, breaking early to take a 2-0 lead. However, Crawford responded strongly, drawing on his experience to turn the set around and level the match by taking it 6-4.
Sakellaridis broke in the opening game of the deciding set but was unable to consolidate his advantage.

Crawford then won six of the next seven games to surge ahead 5-2. Just when the match appeared to be slipping away, the Greek staged a remarkable comeback, winning three consecutive games to level the set at 5-5.
The contest was eventually decided in a tense final-set tie-break, where Sakellaridis prevailed 8-6 on his second match point to seal the title.

In its sixth edition of Delhi Open ATP Challenger held between February 16 to 22, 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams competing for top honours.

EOM