Alex De Minaur

Alex De Minaur

De Minaur at the 2015 US Open
Country (sports)  Australia
Residence Alicante, Spain
Born (1999-02-17) 17 February 1999[1]
Sydney, Australia
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
Runner-up 2016 Wimbledon Grass Canada Denis Shapovalov 6–4 ,1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 2016 Australian Open Hard Australia Blake Ellis Slovakia Lukáš Klein
Czech Republic 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)
Challengers (0–1)
Futures (1–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 21 February 2016 Spain F4, Murcia, Spain Clay Canada Steven Diez 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 22 May 2016 Spain F14, Vic, Spain Clay Spain Jaume Munar 6–7, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 5 November 2016 Eckental, Germany Hard Belgium Steve Darcis 4–6, 2–6
Winner 4. 10 July 2017 Portugal F11, Povoa de Varzim, Portugal Hard Portugal Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-1, 2–6, 6-2
Runner-up 5. 6 August 2017 Open Castilla y León, Spain Hard Spain Jaume Munar 3-6, 4-6

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Legend (Singles)
Challengers (0–0)
Futures (2–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 10 April 2016 Spain F8, Madrid, Spain Hard Spain Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Spain Carlos Gómez-Herrera
Japan Akira Santillan		 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 8 May 2016 Spain F12, Lleida, Spain Clay Spain Carlos Boluda-Purkiss India Ramkumar Ramanathan
Spain David Vega Hernández		 3–6, 1–6
Winner 3. 10 July 2017 Portugal F11, Povoa de Varzim, Portugal Hard Spain Roberto Ortega-Olmedo Australia Edward Bourchier
Australia Daniel Nolan		 6–2, 6-1

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current through the 2017 French Open

Singles

Tournament20162017SRW–L
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
20162017Career
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

  1. ↑ "Alex De Minaur - Overview - ATP World Tour - Tennis".
  2. ↑ "Alex De Minaur: The future of Australian tennis?". 16 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "La historia del español que juega por Australia en siete razonamientos".
  4. ↑ Aussie prodigy Alex De Minaur taking advice from Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic
  5. ↑ Australian Open 2017: How sleepover at the Hewitts' helped Alex De Minaur
  6. ↑ "Alex De Minaur wins through to second round on Australian Open debut". The Guardian. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "DE MINAUR AWARDED WILDCARD FOR ROLAND GARROS". Tennis Australia. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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