Basel 2026 Results: Valentin Vacherot Beats Jiri Lehecka in the Final

Vacherot wins the final after losing the first set

Valentin Vacherot won Basel 2026, an ATP 500 tournament on hard courts, beating Jiri Lehecka in the final 2–6 6–3 6–3. Vacherot came in unseeded and ranked No. 31 in the ATP ranking of 26 October 2026, while Lehecka was seeded 8 and ranked No. 21.

Lehecka took the first set 6–2, and Vacherot won the next two 6–3 6–3. Over the week Vacherot saved 32 of 41 break points, against 14 of 21 for Lehecka. Lehecka won 185 of 235 first-serve points and Vacherot 230 of 302, and the aces were 63 for Vacherot and 61 for Lehecka.

The path to the title

Vacherot beat Mariano Navone (No. 43) 6–3 7–6 in the round of 32 and Rafael Jodar (No. 11) 7–6 2–6 7–6 in the round of 16. He then beat Holger Rune 6–3 3–6 6–3 in the quarterfinals.

In the semifinals he beat Taylor Fritz (No. 13) 7–6 6–3, before facing Lehecka (No. 21) in the final.

Seeds out early and the biggest upsets

Seed 1 Ben Shelton, seed 3 Rafael Jodar, seed 4 Novak Djokovic and seed 10 Hubert Hurkacz all lost in the round of 16. Seed 2 Arthur Fils lost in the quarterfinals and seed 6 Taylor Fritz in the semifinals.

The biggest upset by ranking was Jerome Kym (No. 222) beating Ben Shelton (No. 4) in the round of 16, a gap of 218 places. Jan-Lennard Struff (No. 47) beat Djokovic (No. 12) in the same round, with 66 winners in that match, and Kym had earlier beaten Arthur Rinderknech (No. 61) in the round of 32.

The betting market against the results

The betting market did not favour Vacherot against Jodar, giving him a 29% chance, or against Fritz, giving him a 28% chance. It gave Struff a 25% chance against Djokovic and Kym a 25% chance against Shelton.

Across the tournament, the betting market's favourite won 21 of the 31 main-draw matches it priced. Of the 31 main-draw matches completed, 16 went to a deciding third set and 21 sets were decided by a tie-break.

What the week did to the ranking and the Race

Vacherot earns 500 ranking points for the title and Lehecka 330 as runner-up. In the live ranking of 1 November 2026, Lehecka is No. 15 with 2,555 points (No. 21 in the official ranking), and Fritz is No. 12 with 3,105 points (No. 13 officially).

In the same live ranking, Fils is No. 7 with 3,525 points (No. 8 officially), Jodar No. 10 with 3,209 (No. 11 officially) and Djokovic No. 11 with 3,150 (No. 12 officially). Shelton is No. 4 with 4,530 points, and No. 4 in the official ranking.

In the live ATP Race, Jannik Sinner is out of the Nitto ATP Finals with a knee injury, so the eight places go to the next players in the Race. Shelton is No. 4 with 4,530 points and already qualified, Fils is No. 7 with 3,525 points, and Jodar is No. 9 with 3,219 points in the last qualifying place.

Djokovic is No. 11 in the live Race with 2,900 points, 319 behind Jodar. Fritz is No. 12 with 2,895 points, 324 behind, and Lehecka is No. 14 with 2,590 points, 629 behind.

Basel history and the 2025 points

Vacherot had not won Basel before in our archive of 49 finals. The 2025 champion was Joao Fonseca, who beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in that final, and neither is in the 2026 draw.

Ugo Humbert scored 200 ranking points at Basel 2025 and defends them in the 2026 draw. Casper Ruud and Denis Shapovalov scored 100 each and defend them, as do Botic Van De Zandschulp with 63 and Ben Shelton with 50.