Siddhant Banthia and Alexander Donski win Delhi Open doubles title
Siddhant Banthia and Alexander Donski won the doubles title at the 2026 Delhi Open, saving a match point in a thrilling final. Oliver Crawford and Stefanos Sakellaridis reached the singles final. The ATP Challenger 75 event ran from February 16-22
Hyderabad: Top seeds Siddhant Banthia (India) and Alexander Donski (Bulgaria) claimed the doubles title at the 2026 Delhi Open on Saturday, saving a match point in a thrilling final at the DLTA Complex. In the singles draw, fifth seed Oliver Crawford (Great Britain) and unseeded Stefanos Sakellaridis (Greece) advanced to set up a title clash on Sunday. The ATP Challenger 75 event, now in its sixth edition, is being held at the DLTA Complex from February 16 to 22, and began with 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams competing for top honours.
Banthia and Donski went down 4-6 in the opening set against the second-seeded pair of Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (India) and Pruchya Isaro (Indonesia) but bounced back to take the second set by the same scoreline. The match tie-break proved to be a tense affair. At 10-10, both teams had saved one match point each before Banthia and Donski sealed the contest 4-6, 6-4, 12-10 to clinch the title.
The victory marked Banthia’s second career ATP Challenger doubles title — both won alongside Donski — while it was Donski’s third ATP Challenger doubles crown.
Banthia and Donski earned 75 ranking points and a prize money cheque of $4,980, while Poonacha/Isaro gained 50 ranking points and a prize money cheque of $2,880.
This was the third time an Indian player has lifted the doubles trophy at the Delhi Open. Saketh Myneni/Sanam Singh and Yuki Bhambri/Mahesh Bhupathi had won the title in 2015 and 2016 respectively. With the Indian challenge in singles now over, Somdev Devvarman remains the only Indian singles champion in the tournament’s history, having won back-to-back titles in 2014 and 2015.
In the singles competition, Crawford progressed to the final after defeating second seed Rei Sakamoto of Japan 6-4, 6-3 in one hour and 38 minutes. The 26-year-old Brit, ranked No 215 in the world, secured a crucial break in the 10th game of the first set to convert his fourth set point. He added another break in the fourth game of the second set and held firm to close out the match. Crawford converted two of eight break-point opportunities and saved both break points on his serve.
