Jenson Brooksby opened ATP Eastbourne 2026 with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Aleksandar Vukic on Court 12 in Eastbourne. The straight-sets result sent Brooksby into the second round after 1 hour, 24 minutes and 28 seconds.
Brooksby at Court 12
The match sat inside the round of 32, and Brooksby handled it in two sets without needing a tiebreak. He now moves on with an opening win already on the board at Eastbourne.
That scoreline also matched the clean start Brooksby wanted on grass. He reached the final in Eastbourne a year earlier, and this first-round result keeps his tournament run moving in the same direction.
Vukic’s qualifying run
Vukic came through qualifying as the seventh seed, so he arrived with extra match time before the main draw began. He beat Harry Wendelken 7:5, 6:3 and then Hamish Stewart 7:6, 4:6, 6:4 to earn his place.
That background made the first-round meeting a different kind of test for Brooksby. Vukic had already played two qualifying matches, but Brooksby still took control by winning the last four games of the first set and then opening the second with a 6-1 finish.
Eastbourne’s second round
The result leaves Brooksby in the second round of ATP Eastbourne 2026, while Vukic’s main-draw stay ends after one match. The early win gives Brooksby a fast start in Eastbourne and leaves the draw tighter from here.
