The tennis calendar had to be revised once again because of the Coronavirus pandemic. The postponement of the Australian Open by 3 weeks created a lot of mayhem in the schedules. Some tournaments had to be canceled, postponed, or rescheduled.
The ATP250 in Delray Beach found a brilliant solution. It was previously scheduled to be played in February. Still, given the clash with the Australian Open, they decided to anticipate it to the 1st week of January because many players were already in the area for the off season.
The entry list
Therefore, the tournament has a rather good entry list with the likes of Reilly Opelka, John Isner, Milos Raonic and Frances Tiafoe. Here the names
(14) Milos Raonic 29, CanadaÂ
(22) Cristian Garin 24, Chile
(25) John Isner  35, USA
(32) Daniel Evans 30, Great BritainÂ
(34) Hubert Hurkacz 23, Poland
(35) Adrian Mannarino 32, FranceÂ
(39) Reilly Opelka 23, USAÂ
(41) Kei Nishikori 30, Japan
(53) Sam Querrey 33, USAÂ
(54) Tommy Paul 23, USAappearance
(59) Frances Tiafoe 22, USAchampion
(60) Pablo Andujar 34, Spain
(61) Vasek Pospisil 30, Canada
(66) Dominik Koepfer 26, German
(71) Cameron Norrie 25, Great Britain
(82) Federico Delbonis 30, Argentina
(84) Thiago Monteiro 26, Brazil
(94) Mikael Ymer 22, Sweden
(95) Soonwoo Kwon 23, Korea
(100) Gianluca Mager 26, Italy
(101) Andrej Martin 31, Slovakia
The defending champion is Reilly Opelka that last year defeated Nishioka in the final.
Reilly Opelka in 2020
Currently the world no.39, Opelka played his last match on the 21st of October when he surrendered to Taylor Fritz 7-65 6-1 in the 1st round in Antwerp (draw).
This season Reilly has a 11-8 win-loss record. Opelka conquered 1 title in Delray Beach.
John Isner in 2020
At the moment ranked no.25, the American played his last match on the 30th of September when he surrendered to Sebastian Korda 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4 in the 2nd round of the French Open (draw).
John Isner’s best result of this year was getting to the semifinal in Auckland and Acapulco.
Reilly Opelka and John Isner faced off 4 times. Their actual head to head record is 3-1 for Opelka. Previously, the last time they squared off, Reilly Opelka won 7-62 6-75 7-65 in the 2nd round in Atlanta (BB&T Atlanta Open) in July 2019.
Milos Raonic in 2020
Now the world no.14, Milos played his last match on the 7th of November when he lost to Daniil Medvedev 6-4 7-64 in the semifinal in Paris (draw).
Milos Raonic’s most significant result of the present year was getting to the final in New York.
Frances Tiafoe in 2020
Currently the world no.59, Tiafoe played his last match on the 31st of October when he surrendered to John Millman 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Nur (draw).
Until now, during this year the American has a 19-15 record. Tiafoe has won 1 title in the Parma Challenger.
Milos Raonic and Frances Tiafoe played each other once. The head to head is 1-0 for Tiafoe. When they played, Frances Tiafoe won 7-64 4-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in Toronto (Rogers Cup) in August 2018.
