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ATP Tour – Tuesday Feb. 18, 2026 final results

Carlos Alcaraz took the court in Doha for the first time since winning the Australian Open just a couple of weeks ago.

Time flies quickly. It feels like yesterday – and might feel that way to him, too.

Tennis never stops.

Also in: Andrey Rublev and Jiri Lehecka in Doha.

And Joao Fonseca in Rio, playing a countryman in one of those matches that means so very much to both. he got through, which hopefully will be the start of something.

AND Canadian Gabriel Diallo in Delray Beach, against lucky loser Adam Walton and looking for a win. And not getting one.

(Rio is 2 hours behind ET; Doha is 8 hours ahead; Delray Beach is on ET)

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Rio Open
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Category: ATP 500 
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: Feb. 16 – 22, 2026
Prize Money: $2,469,450
Draws: S32 – D16

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026
Final results

Singles, first round

Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG) def [2] Luciano Darderi (ITA) 61 36 64

[LL] Jaime Faria (POR) def [4] Sebastian Baez (ARG) 75 61

Roman Andres Burruchaga (ARG) def [5] Camilo Ugo Carabelli (ARG)63 64 

[1] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) def. Mariano Navone (ARG) 63 64

[3] Joao Fonseca (BRA) def. [Q] Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 76 (1) 61

[8] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) def Francisco Comesana (ARG) 36 63 64

Matteo Berrettini (ITA) def. [LL] Tomas Barrios Vera (CHI) 76 (1) 75

Damir Dzumhur (BIH) def Pedro Martinez (ESP) 06 76 (5) 64

[Q] Vilius Gaubas (LTU) def. [WC] Luis “Guto” Miguel (BRA) 63 26 62 

[LL] Francesco Passaro (ITA) def [Q] Dino Prizmic (CRO) 63 64

Doubles, first round

[2] Maximo Gonzalez / Andres Molteni (ARG) def. [Q] Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 63 63

[WC] Felipe Meligeni Alves / Marcelo Zormann (BRA) def Sander Gille (BEL) / Sem Verbeek (NED) 46 76 (4) [11-9] 

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Qatar ExxonMobil Open
Location: Doha, Qatar
Category: ATP 500 
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 16 – 21, 2026
Prize Money: $2,833,335
Draws: S32 – D16

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026
Final results

Singles, second round

[1] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def. Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 64 76 (5)

[5] Andrey Rublev  (RUS) def. Jesper de Jong (NED) 64 63 

[7] Karen Khachanov (RUS) def. [LL] Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) 61 36 64

Zizou Bergs (BEL) def. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) 63 67 (5) 64

Marton Fucsovics (HUN) def. [WC] Hady Habib (LIB) 63 63

[LL] Quentin Halys (FRA) def [Q] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) 46 75 63

[8] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) def. Jenson Brooksby (USA) 63 63

Fabian Marozsan (HUN) def Ugo Humbert (FRA) 63 61 

Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) def. [WC] Moez Echargui (TUN) 64 64

[PR] Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) def. [Q] Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) 64 64

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Doubles, first round

[2] Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Mate Pavic (CRO) def. [LL] Petr Nouza / Patrik Rikl (CZE) 76 (5) 76 (6)

[4] Francisco Cabral (POR) / Lucas Miedler (AUT) def. Sander Arends (NED) / Romain Arneodo (MON) 63 76 (4)

Simone Bolelli / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) def Adam Pavlasek (CZE) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 46 63 [10-4]

Alexei Popyrin (AUS) / Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) def. [LL] Victor Vlad Cornea (ROU) / Szymon Walkow (POL) 63 60

[Q] Quentin Halys / Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) def. [WC] Reda Bennani (MAR) / Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) 62 60

Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Andre Goransson (SWE) def [WC] Moez Echargui (TUN) / Mubarak Shannan Zayid (QAT) 62 63 

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Delray Beach Open
Location: Delray Beach, Fla.
Category: ATP 250 
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 16 – 22, 2026
Prize Money: $700,045
Draws: S28 – D16

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026
Final results

Singles, first round

[LL] Adam Walton (AUS) def Gabriel Diallo (CAN) 76 (4) 63

[5] Tommy Paul (USA) def. Corentin Moutet (FRA) 46 63 64 

[7] Brandon Nakashima (USA) def. Marin Cilic (CRO) 76 (4) 76 (5)

[NG] Rafael Jodar (ESP) def Ethan Quinn  (USA) 62 63

Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) def. Mattia Bellucci (ITA) 61 64

Sebastian Korda (USA) def. [WC] Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 64 75

[Q] Zachary Svajda (USA) def Aleksandar Kovacevic  (USA) 76 (4) 63  

Doubles, first round

[3] Robert Cash / J.J. Tracy (USA) def. Nuno Borges (POR) / Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) 63 62

Vasil Kirkov (USA) / Bart Stevens (NED) def Alex Michelsen / Rajeev Ram (USA) 64 64

[WC] Benjamin Kittay / Ryan Seggerman (USA) def N Sriram Balaji (IND) / Neil Oberleitner (AUT) 76 (4) 76 (2)

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