2019: ATP and Grand Slam debut

On August 11, 2019, Svajda defeated Govind Nanda 6–7^(3–7), 7–5, 6–3, 6–1 to win the USTA Boys 18s National Championship. This victory earned the 16-year-old a wildcard into the main draw of the 2019 US Open, making him the youngest player to play in the men's US Open since Donald Young in 2005.^[9] There, despite succumbing to full-body cramps in a five-set first round loss to Paolo Lorenzi, he drew attention as a future prospect in American professional tennis for his solid ground strokes and adept net play.^[10]

2021: First Major win at the US Open

After defeating Ben Shelton 6–1, 6–4, 6–1 to defend his Boys 18s National Championship title, Svajda was given another wildcard into the US Open.^[11] There, ranked world No. 716, he beat world No. 81 Marco Cecchinato to progress to the second round^[12] before bowing out against 13th seed Jannik Sinner in four tight sets. The latter was an unexpectedly close match between two young players with a differential in ranking of over 700 spots.^[13]

2022: Maiden Challenger title

He won his maiden title at the 2022 Tiburon Challenger defeating compatriot Ben Shelton. As a result he climbed to a career-high No. 255 on 10 October 2022.^[14]

2023: Three Challenger titles, First ATP 500 win, Top 150 debut

He recorded his first ATP win outside a Major and first at an ATP 500 tournament at the 2023 Citi Open in Washington over Max Purcell as a qualifier. In August, Svajda entered the main draw of the US Open also as a qualifier.^[15] He won the 2023 Cary Challenger II.^[16] Two weeks later, he also won the 2023 Tiburon Challenger, making him the first player to win the tournament twice.^[17]

2024

He entered the main draw at the 2024 Dallas Open as a direct entry. He also qualified for the 2024 Delray Beach Open and defeated eight seed Max Purcell in the first round, for his second win over the Australian (first win was in previous season in Washington) and second ATP win outside of the Grand Slams. He received a qualifying wildcard for the 2024 Abierto Mexicano Telcel.

Singles: 8 (7–1)

More information Result, W–L ...

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2021	M25 Austin, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Eduardo Nava	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	Jun 2022	M15 Los Angeles, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Brandon Holt	7–5, 6–4
Win	3–0	Jul 2022	M15 Fountain Valley, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Sekou Bangoura	6–3, 6–1
Win	4–0	Oct 2022	Tiburon, USA	Challenger	Hard	Ben Shelton	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	5–0	Sep 2023	Cary, USA	Challenger	Hard	Rinky Hijikata	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–1
Win	6–0	Oct 2023	Tiburon, USA	Challenger	Hard	Adam Walton	6–2, 6–2
Win	7–0	Oct 2023	Fairfield, USA	Challenger	Hard	Nishesh Basavareddy	6–4, 6–1
Loss	7–1	Jan 2024	Indian Wells, USA	Challenger	Hard	Blaise Bicknell	3–6, 2–6

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