Stefanos Tsitsipas is seeded seventh in Almaty and opens against Aleksandar Kovacevic. The Tennis.com draw checked October 19, 2026 labels the opening round October 19-20. The ATP 250 is played on indoor hard courts in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Daniil Medvedev, Luciano Darderi, Alexander Bublik and Andrey Rublev are the top four seeds and receive byes into the last sixteen. Tsitsipas therefore has an opening-round match to win despite being seeded.
Below Tsitsipas and Kovacevic sit Mikhail Kukushkin against Stefanos Sakellaridis and Miomir Kecmanovic against James Duckworth. Darderi waits at the end of that quarter for his opening opponent.
In the upper half, Bublik awaits the winner of Fabian Marozsan against Timofey Skatov. The draw lists the last sixteen for October 21 and the final for October 25. Players beginning in round one, including Tsitsipas, have their opening match before that stage.
