History! This will happen for the first time in more than 44 years Sunday…
It has been more than 44 years since the first and second seeds have played in the final of three ATP Tour events in the same week. That will change on Sunday.
At the Nexo Dallas Open, the ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam and the IEB+ Argentina Open, the first and second seeds will clash for the trophies. It will be the first time that has happened since the week of 19 October 1981 in Melbourne, Tokyo and Vienna. The only other time on record it has happened was the week of 6 October 1980 in Barcelona, Brisbane and Tel Aviv.
Ivan Lendl, one of 29 members of the ATP No. 1 Club, was involved in both weeks and both times claimed glory (Barcelona in 1980 and in Vienna in 1981).
Week Of 19 October 1981
| Event | Final |
| Melbourne | (1) Peter McNamara d. (2) Vitas Gerulaitis |
| Tokyo-1 | (2) Balazs Taroczy d. (1) Eliot Teltscher |
| Vienna | (1) Ivan Lendl d. (2) Brian Gottfried |
Week of 6 October 1980
|
Event |
Final |
| Barcelona | (2) Ivan Lendl d. (1) Guillermo Vilas |
| Brisbane | (1) John McEnroe d. (2) Phil Dent |
| Tel Aviv | (1) Harold Solomon d. (2) Shlomo Glickstein |
This week, four members of the Top 10 in the PIF ATP Rankings will play for a title, with two championship clashes exclusively featuring Top-10 players.
Top seed Taylor Fritz will take on second seed Ben Shelton in the Dallas final. They have split their two previous Lexus ATP Head2Head series meetings, including Shelton’s win in last year’s Toronto semi-finals en route to his first ATP Masters 1000 title.
Top seed Alex de Minaur is the first man to make the Rotterdam final in three consecutive seasons in tournament history and will try to finish the week on a high note against second seed Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Top seed Francisco Cerundolo hopes his third Buenos Aires final will be the charm. The Argentine will try to claim his maiden title on home soil against second seed Luciano Darderi.
Week of 9 February 2026
|
Event |
Final |
| Dallas | (1) Taylor Fritz vs. (2) Ben Shelton |
| Rotterdam | (1) Alex de Minaur vs. (2) Felix Auger-Aliassime |
| Buenos Aires | (1) Francisco Cerundolo vs. (2) Luciano Darderi |