Alex de Minaur

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In my brain, I don’t associate playing in Australia as playing with pressure. I associate it with just excitement. Since I was a kid, this is where I wanted to be, playing in front of packed crowds.

Alex de Minaur, 24 January 2026
Alex de Minaur celebrates a winning shot

Biography

On Court

  • Won the Australian 14/u Championships at Melbourne Park in December 2013 and the 16/u Australian Championships the following year
  • Contested his first Futures tournaments in Spain in July 2015; debuted on the ATP rankings in August 2015 at No.1544
  • Reached the US Open 2015 boys’ singles semifinals
  • Represented Australia in the Junior Davis Cup final of 2015 in Madrid, Spain
  • Progressed to first professional final at ITF Futures event in Spain in February 2016
  • At Wimbledon 2016, advanced to the boys’ singles final
  • Won his first ITF Futures title in 2017 in Portugal
  • Made ATP Challenger debut in 2016 in Canberra
  • Favourite surface is grass
  • Made Grand Slam debut in 2017 at the Australian Open
  • Won the Australian Open Play-off in December 2017, to earn a wildcard at AO2018
  • Won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2018 Nottingham Open
  • Cracked the top 50 after reaching his second ATP final of 2018 in Washington DC (first came at the Sydney International)
  • Became Australia’s No.1 male player on 8 October 2018 (when he rose to a then career-high ranking of No.33)
  • Made top 100 debut in doubles in August 2020 after winning ATP Masters 1000 title with Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta at Cincinnati
  • Made first Grand Slam singles quarterfinal at the US Open in 2020
  • Won first ATP-level grass-court title at Eastbourne in June 2021, propelling him into the world’s top 15 for the first time
  • Played a starring role to help Australia reach the 2022 Davis Cup final
  • Won his seventh career tour title in Acapulco in March 2023 – his first at ATP 500 level
  • Reached his first ATP Masters 1000 final in Toronto in August 2023
  • Scored three top-10 wins representing Australia at the United Cup in 2024
  • Made his top-10 debut in January 2024, becoming the first Australian man to hold a top-10 ranking in 17 years
  • Defended an ATP title for the first time in March 2024, with his second straight triumph in Acapulco
  • Rose to a career-high world No.6 after advancing to the singles quarterfinals at Wimbledon 2024
  • Made his Olympic debut in Paris 2024, playing doubles alongside Alexei Popyrin. A hip injury prevented De Minaur from contesting singles
  • Newcombe Medal 2024 winner
  • Reached the ATP Finals for the first time in 2024
  • Made his maiden Australian Open quarterfinal in 2025, his fourth straight Grand Slam quarterfinal
  • Won the third ATP 500 title of his career in Washington, DC in 2025, having saved three championship points against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
  • Only player unbeaten in three matches at Laver Cup in Team World's victory over Team Europe in San Francisco in 2025
  • Scored maiden ATP Finals win over world No.6 Taylor Fritz in 2025, reaching the final four for the first time
  • Finished 2025 with the most hardcourt wins on the men's tour.

Off Court

  • Lived in Sydney until age five before relocating to Spain; has since moved between Australia and Spain
  • Mother is Spanish, father is Uruguayan; has three younger siblings (two sisters and one brother)
  • Speaks English and Spanish.

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Key statistics

Born17 February 1999
BirthplaceSydney, Australia
Height183cm
PlaysRight-handed
CoachAdolfo Gutierrez

Singles titles

  • 2025: Washington
  • 2024: Acapulco, 's-Hertogenbosch
  • 2023: Acapulco
  • 2022: Atlanta
  • 2021: Antalya, Eastbourne
  • 2019: Sydney International, Atlanta, Zhuhai
  • 2018: Nottingham Challenger

Singles finals

  • 2025: Rotterdam
  • 2024: Rotterdam
  • 2023: Queen’s, Los Cabos, Toronto Masters
  • 2020: Antwerp
  • 2019: Basel, ATP Next Gen Finals
  • 2018: Sydney International, Alicante Challenger, Surbiton Challenger, Washington, ATP Next Gen Finals
  • 2017: Segovia Challenger
  • 2016: Wimbledon juniors

Doubles titles

  • 2020: Cincinnati Masters (w/ Pablo Carreno Busta)
  • 2016: Australian Open juniors (w/ Blake Ellis)

Year-end singles ranking history

YearWorld ranking
20257
20249
202312
202224
202134
202023
201918
201831
2017208
2016354
20151551

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