Basel Open 2026: Swiss Indoors Schedule, Draw, Results So Far and How to Watch

Valentin Vacherot won the 2026 Swiss Indoors Basel, which most fans call the Basel Open, on Sunday, Nov. 1. He came from a set down to beat Jiří Lehečka 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the final and became the first player from Monaco to win an ATP 500 title, per the ATP. In the doubles final, Théo Arribagé and Albano Olivetti beat Swiss wild cards Henry Bernet and Dominic Stricker 7-6(6), 7-6(6). This page is pinned to Sunday, Nov. 1 at 18:33 UTC (1:33 p.m. EST), after both finals had ended.

It was a big week at St. Jakobshalle. Stan Wawrinka played the last match of his career. A Swiss wild card ranked No. 222 going into the week, per the tournament, knocked out the top seed. Novak Djokovic, back in Basel for the first time in 15 years, went out in his second match. And Vacherot, unseeded, beat three top-25 players on his way to the title. Below you’ll find how the final went, the draw, every singles result, the doubles final, prize money and where to find replays.

A note on scores: we use the ATP style throughout. In 7-6(5), the player won the tiebreak, and the number in parentheses is the points the loser scored in it (so this tiebreak finished 7-5). Doubles uses a match tiebreak instead of a third set, shown in brackets, like [10-8].

What is the Basel Open, and when was it in 2026?

“Basel Open” is the informal name for the Swiss Indoors Basel, an ATP 500 men’s tournament played on indoor hard courts at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland. The main draw ran Monday, Oct. 26 to Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. Qualifying was played Saturday, Oct. 24 and Sunday, Oct. 25.

• Level: ATP 500, so the champion earns 500 ranking points
• Draw size: 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams
• Venue: St. Jakobshalle, Basel; both finals were on Center Court
• Same week: The Erste Bank Open in Vienna, the week’s other ATP 500, ran on the same days (see our Vienna Open 2026 guide )
• History: Roger Federer holds the record with 10 Basel singles titles. His 2019 title is the last by a Swiss player, according to the ATP

Defending champion João Fonseca withdrew before the tournament.

Who won the Basel Open 2026?

Vacherot won the title by beating Lehečka, the No. 8 seed, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 in 1 hour 54 minutes on Sunday, Nov. 1. Lehečka broke Vacherot’s serve three times to take the first set. After that, Vacherot saved all five break points he faced over the next two sets, the ATP reported, and Lehečka could not recover after losing his serve early in the second set.

What the result means, according to the ATP:

• It is Vacherot’s first title of 2026 and the second of his career. His first was the 2025 Shanghai Masters.
• He is the first player from Monaco to win an ATP 500 title since the series began in 2009.
• He beat three top-25 players in Basel: No. 11 Rafael Jódar in the second round, No. 13 Taylor Fritz in the semifinals and No. 21 Lehečka in the final. Vacherot came into the week ranked No. 31.
• He leads Lehečka 2-1 in their head-to-head and is 9-1 indoors this season. Lehečka had beaten him in the Tokyo semifinals in October.
• Lehečka was playing for his first ATP 500 title. The ATP says he rises six places to No. 15 in the rankings dated Monday, Nov. 2.

The singles final followed the doubles final on Center Court. It was not scheduled to start before 15:30 CET (9:30 a.m. EST, because US clocks fell back that morning).

Who is in the 2026 Swiss Indoors draw?

The singles draw had 32 players. Ben Shelton was the top seed, and the No. 5 and No. 7 seeds withdrew before play began. Seeds were based on the Oct. 19 rankings. No. 5 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and No. 7 Alexander Bublik withdrew, so No. 9 Casper Ruud and No. 10 Hubert Hurkacz moved into seeded places in the draw. The seeds who took part:

1. Ben Shelton (USA)
2. Arthur Fils (France)
3. Rafael Jódar (Spain)
4. Novak Djokovic (Serbia), wild card
5. Taylor Fritz (USA)
6. Jiří Lehečka (Czech Republic)
7. Casper Ruud (Norway)
8. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)

Other entries in the main draw:

• Wild cards: Djokovic, Jérôme Kym, Dominic Stricker and Stan Wawrinka
• Special exempt: Jan-Lennard Struff
• Qualifiers: Rémy Bertola, Juan Manuel Cerúndolo, Yannick Hanfmann and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• Lucky losers: Daniel Altmaier, Mika Brunold, Rinky Hijikata and Aleksandar Kovacevic

Neither finalist was a top-five seed: Vacherot was unseeded and Lehečka was the No. 8 seed. The other two semifinalists were Fritz, the No. 6 seed, and Struff, a special exempt.

What are the full Basel Open 2026 results?

Vacherot beat Lehečka in the final. Every top-four seed went out before the semifinals. The tables show who won, who lost and the score, using the tiebreak style explained above.

Final (Sunday, Nov. 1):

Semifinals (Saturday, Oct. 31):

Lehečka saved a match point on his serve at 4-5 in the second set, broke in the first game of the third and hit 22 aces, per the ATP. It was his first Basel final and his third final of the season, after Miami and Tokyo. Vacherot’s semifinal is covered under the upsets below.

Quarterfinals (Friday, Oct. 30):

Round of 16 (Wednesday, Oct. 28 and Thursday, Oct. 29):

Round of 32 (Oct. 26 to Oct. 28), winners first:

• Shelton (1) d. Kovacevic (LL) 6-7(4), 7-6(3), 7-6(4)
• Kym (WC) d. Arthur Rinderknech 7-6(1), 6-4
• Altmaier (LL) d. Cerúndolo (Q) 6-7(5), 7-6(4), 6-4
• Lehečka (8) d. Wawrinka (WC) 7-5, 7-6(2)
• Djokovic (4) d. Ugo Humbert 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Struff (SE) d. Hanfmann (Q) 6-4, 6-3
• Nuno Borges d. Brunold (LL) 6-3, 6-1
• Ruud (9) d. Stricker (WC) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Hurkacz (10) d. Zizou Bergs 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Holger Rune d. Quentin Halys 6-4, 6-7(2), 7-6(5)
• Vacherot d. Mariano Navone 6-3, 7-6(4)
• Jódar (3) d. Alejandro Tabilo 6-4, 6-2
• Fritz (6) d. Hijikata (LL) 6-4, 7-6(3)
• Denis Shapovalov d. Bertola (Q) 6-4, 6-2
• Alex Michelsen d. Botic van de Zandschulp 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
• Fils (2) d. Mpetshi Perricard (Q) 7-6(5), 7-5

How did Stan Wawrinka’s last match go?

Wawrinka’s career ended on Tuesday, Oct. 27, when the No. 8 seed Lehečka beat him 7-5, 7-6(2) in the first round on Center Court. The tournament billed the evening as Wawrinka’s farewell. It reported that 9,200 fans were already on their feet when he walked out, and that the match ended at 11:01 p.m. local time, after 985 matches on the ATP Tour.

Wawrinka, who entered on a wild card, won three Grand Slam singles titles: the 2014 Australian Open, the 2015 French Open and the 2016 US Open. The tournament also thanked him for 19 appearances in Basel.

What were the biggest upsets at the 2026 Basel Open?

Jérôme Kym’s win over top seed Ben Shelton and Jan-Lennard Struff’s win over Novak Djokovic were the two headline upsets, and both came in Thursday’s (Oct. 29) session. The unseeded Vacherot also beat No. 3 seed Jódar that Thursday, then No. 6 seed Fritz and No. 8 seed Lehečka on his way to the title.

• Kym d. Shelton 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-6(1): Kym, a 23-year-old Swiss wild card from Aargau, was ranked No. 222 at the start of the week, per the tournament, which called the match the biggest win of his career. Shelton came in ranked No. 4 in the world. Kym won the deciding tiebreak 7-1, and the match finished shortly before 1 a.m. local time on Friday. His run ended in Friday’s quarterfinals, where Lehečka beat him 6-4, 6-2.
• Struff d. Djokovic 6-7(4), 7-5, 7-6(5): According to the tournament, this was Struff’s first win over Djokovic in nine meetings. The 36-year-old German saved all six break points he faced and finished the match with an ace after 2 hours and 36 minutes. Djokovic, the No. 4 seed and a wild card, was back in Basel for the first time in 15 years. The tournament had noted before his opener that he was also chasing a place at the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin.
• Vacherot d. Jódar (3) 7-6(4), 2-6, 7-6(5): Vacherot, who plays for Monaco, followed it by beating Holger Rune 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.
• Vacherot d. Fritz (6) 7-6(5), 6-3: Vacherot trailed 1-4 in the first-set tiebreak and won six of the next seven points, then broke at 4-3 in the second set, the ATP reported. It sent him to his first final of 2026 and his first at ATP 500 level.
• Borges d. Ruud (9) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4: Nuno Borges came back from losing the first set, then lost to Struff in the quarterfinals.

What happened in the Fritz vs. Fils quarterfinal?

Fils, the No. 2 seed, retired injured from his quarterfinal against Fritz on Friday, Oct. 30, while trailing 6-2, 2-0. The ATP said he retired due to injury after 45 minutes, having taken a medical timeout at 5-2 in the first set; it did not say what the injury was. The win sent Fritz, the No. 6 seed, into Saturday’s first semifinal, where Vacherot beat him 7-6(5), 6-3.

Who won the Basel doubles title?

Théo Arribagé and Albano Olivetti, the No. 3 seeds, won the doubles title on Sunday, Nov. 1, beating Swiss wild cards Henry Bernet and Dominic Stricker 7-6(6), 7-6(6). The French pair did not drop a set all week, the ATP says. It is their sixth title of 2026, after Auckland, Montpellier, Dallas, Halle and Mallorca, and makes them the first team to win six titles this season. They are 53-22 for the year, per the ATP.

In Saturday’s semifinals, winners first, per the tournament’s results page and ESPN:

• Arribagé/Olivetti (3) d. Constantin Frantzen/Robin Haase 7-6(4), 7-6(5)
• Bernet/Stricker (WC) d. Kevin Krawietz/Tim Pütz (1) 6-4, 6-4

The ATP doubles draw and the tournament’s results page show these quarterfinal results, winners first:

• Krawietz/Pütz (1) d. Marc Polmans/Jan Zieliński 7-6(3), 7-6(5)
• Bernet/Stricker (WC) d. Francisco Cabral/JJ Tracy (4) 2-6, 7-6(5), [14-12]
• Arribagé/Olivetti (3) d. Alex Michelsen/Botic van de Zandschulp 7-5, 6-1
• Frantzen/Haase d. Julian Cash/Lloyd Glasspool (2) 3-6, 7-6(6), [10-8]

Bernet and Stricker were the last Swiss players in the tournament.

How much prize money does the Basel winner get?

Vacherot, as singles champion, earned EUR 483,335 and 500 ranking points, out of a total financial commitment of EUR 2,584,155. These figures come from the ATP’s prize-money announcement of Oct. 22. In this table, “Points” means ATP ranking points and “Prize” is per player:

Arribagé and Olivetti shared EUR 158,740 and each earned 500 points. Bernet and Stricker, the doubles finalists, shared EUR 84,660.

How can I watch the Basel Open 2026?

Tennis TV, the ATP’s official subscription streaming service, carried every match live, subject to territorial rights, and is the first place to look for replays. The ATP’s website also has a highlights video of the singles final. Here is what we could confirm on official pages during the week:

• Most countries: Tennis TV, which carried every match live; replays on demand, subject to territorial rights
• Switzerland: SRF showed Basel matches live on SRF zwei during the week, per SRF Sport; check SRF’s own services for replays
• UK: Sky Sports’ tennis listings showed a combined “ATP Swiss Indoors / ATP Vienna Open” slot on Sky Sports Tennis. Check Sky’s on-demand service for replays
• US: Third-party TV guides listed Tennis Channel, but we could not confirm it on an official schedule. Check Tennis Channel’s on-demand listings

If you’re in Canada, Australia or elsewhere, check your local broadcaster’s on-demand service for replays. Tennis TV is the one service the ATP itself points to.

Sources

• Swiss Indoors Basel: results
• ATP Tour: Vacherot rallies past Lehecka to capture Basel crown (Nov. 1)
• ATP Tour: Arribage & Olivetti clinch sixth crown of 2026 in Basel (Nov. 1)
• Swiss Indoors Basel: official site
• Swiss Indoors Basel: match schedule
• Swiss Indoors Basel: “Kym beats the world number 4” (Oct. 29)
• Swiss Indoors Basel: “Merci, Stan – thank you” (Oct. 27)
• Swiss Indoors Basel: “Djokovic joins the fray on Wednesday” (Oct. 26)
• ATP Tour: Basel results
• ATP Tour: Basel singles draw
• ATP Tour: Basel doubles draw
• ATP Tour: Basel daily schedule
• ATP Tour: Vacherot upsets Fritz, Lehecka saves MP to reach Basel final (Oct. 31)
• ATP Tour: Fritz advances as Fils retires (Oct. 30)
• ATP Tour: Basel 2026 prize money
• ATP Tour: Basel 2026 history, draw and schedule
• ESPN: Swiss Indoors Basel scoreboard
• SRF Sport: tennis
• Sky Sports: tennis on Sky listings