Alex De Minaur
De Minaur at the 2015 US Open | |
Country (sports) | Australia |
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Residence | Alicante, Spain |
Born |
[1] Sydney, Australia | 17 February 1999
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) |
Prize money | $168,702 |
Singles | |
Career record | 2–4 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 184 (7 August 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 184 (7 August 2017) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2017) |
French Open | 1R (2017) |
Wimbledon | Q2 (2017) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–1 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 852 (31 October 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 1015 (31 July 2017) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2017) |
Last updated on: 3 April 2017. |
Alex De Minaur[2] (Spanish: Álex de Miñaur;[3] born 17 February 1999) is an Australian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 184 achieved on 7 August 2017.
Personal life
Born in Sydney to a Spanish mother and a Uruguayan father, De Minaur spent the first five years of his life in Australia before relocating to Alicante, Spain.[4] Despite being based in Spain, he continued to represent Australia through the junior levels of tennis competitions.
De Minaur is fluent in English, Spanish and French.[5]
Junior tennis career
De Minaur reached a career-high ranking of 2 on the juniors circuit, and won the 2016 Australian Open boys' doubles championships alongside Blake Ellis.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 2016 | Wimbledon | Grass | Denis Shapovalov | 6–4 ,1–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 2016 | Australian Open | Hard | Blake Ellis | Lukáš Klein Patrik Rikl |
3–6, 7–5, [12–10] |
Professional career
2015-16
De Minaur made his professional debut in July 2015 at the Spain F22, reaching the quarter final. De Minaur was given a wild card into the qualifying rounds of the 2016 Australian Open, but lost in round one. De Minaur spent the majority of the 2016 season playing in the ITF circuit in Spain, reaching two finals. In October, De Minaur made his first ATP Challenger Tour final in Eckental Germany after qualifying.
2017: Grand Slam debut
De Minaur commenced the year at the Brisbane International, where he defeated Mikhail Kukushkin and Frances Tiafoe in qualifying to reach his first ATP main draw. He lost in the first round to Mischa Zverev. The following week he received a wildcard into the Apia International Sydney where he defeated world no. 46 Benoit Paire to claim his first tour level win. In the second round, he retired after the first set against Andrey Kuznetsov. De Minaur made his grand slam debut at the 2017 Australian Open after receiving a wild card. He faced Gerald Melzer in the first round and won in five sets after saving a match point in the fourth set.[6] He lost to Sam Querrey in round 2. In February, De Minaur reached round 2 of the Launceston Challenger, defeating the number 1 seed Go Soeda in round 1. In March, De Minaur lost in the final round of qualifying for Indian Wells, before returning to the challenger circuit.
In May, De Minaur made his French Open debut after being awarded a wild card. He lost the opening round to Robin Haase in straight sets. [7]
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 5 (1–4)
Legend (Singles) |
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Challengers (0–1) |
Futures (1–2) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 21 February 2016 | Spain F4, Murcia, Spain | Clay | Steven Diez | 3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 22 May 2016 | Spain F14, Vic, Spain | Clay | Jaume Munar | 6–7, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 3. | 5 November 2016 | Eckental, Germany | Hard | Steve Darcis | 4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 4. | 10 July 2017 | Portugal F11, Povoa de Varzim, Portugal | Hard | Frederico Ferreira Silva | 6-1, 2–6, 6-2 |
Runner-up | 5. | 6 August 2017 | Open Castilla y León, Spain | Hard | Jaume Munar | 3-6, 4-6 |
Doubles: 3 (2–1)
Legend (Singles) |
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Challengers (0–0) |
Futures (2–1) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 10 April 2016 | Spain F8, Madrid, Spain | Hard | Carlos Boluda-Purkiss | Carlos Gómez-Herrera Akira Santillan |
6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 8 May 2016 | Spain F12, Lleida, Spain | Clay | Carlos Boluda-Purkiss | Ramkumar Ramanathan David Vega Hernández |
3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 3. | 10 July 2017 | Portugal F11, Povoa de Varzim, Portugal | Hard | Roberto Ortega-Olmedo | Edward Bourchier Daniel Nolan |
6–2, 6-1 |
Performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Current through the 2017 French Open
Singles
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | SR | W–L | ||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||
Australian Open | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||
French Open | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||
Wimbledon | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
US Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | ||
ATP Masters Series | ||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Miami Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Madrid Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Italian Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Canadian Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
Cincinnati Masters | A | 0 / 0 | 0-0 | |||
Shanghai Masters | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
Paris Masters | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
National representation | ||||||
Summer Olympics | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Davis Cup | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0-0 | ||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Career statistics | ||||||
2016 | 2017 | Career | ||||
Tournaments | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Overall Win–Loss | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–4 | |||
Year-end ranking | 349 |
References
- ↑ "Alex De Minaur - Overview - ATP World Tour - Tennis".
- ↑ "Alex De Minaur: The future of Australian tennis?". 16 January 2017.
- ↑ "La historia del español que juega por Australia en siete razonamientos".
- ↑ Aussie prodigy Alex De Minaur taking advice from Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic
- ↑ Australian Open 2017: How sleepover at the Hewitts' helped Alex De Minaur
- ↑ "Alex De Minaur wins through to second round on Australian Open debut". The Guardian. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ↑ "DE MINAUR AWARDED WILDCARD FOR ROLAND GARROS". Tennis Australia. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
External links
- Alex De Minaur at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Alex De Minaur at the International Tennis Federation