PLAYER PROFILE

Alex de Minaur

1
AUSTRALIAN
RANKING
11
ATP
RANKING
  • Age26
  • Born17 February 1999
  • Birth PlaceSydney, Australia
  • LivesAlicante, Spain
  • PlaysRight-handed
  • CoachAdolfo Gutierrez
“It's going to be my first match this whole tournament where I'm the underdog and don't have all the pressure and expectation of having to win.”

— Alex de Minaur, 21 Jan 2025

» Alex de Minaur: Rising to the occasion at AO 2025

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.

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.

Year-end rankings history

2023 12
2022 24
2021 34
2020 23
2019 18
2018 31
2017 208
2016 354
2015 1551

 

Alex de Minaur in the news

Ranking Movers: Perez returns to top 10 after Abu Dhabi crown
Ellen Perez and Jelena Ostapenko (Getty Images)
11 February, 2025

Ellen Perez holds a WTA top 10 doubles ranking for the first time since September after she prevailed with a first-time partner this week in Abu Dhabi.
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Ruthless De Minaur roars into Rotterdam final
Alex de Minaur advances to a second straight final in Rotterdam; Getty Images
8 February, 2025

Alex de Minaur becomes the first ATP player to win 11 matches this season as he beats Mattia Bellucci to reach the Rotterdam final for a second straight year.
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De Minaur eyes another career milestone in Rotterdam
Alex de Minaur is through to the final four in Rotterdam; Getty Images
7 February, 2025

Alex de Minaur advances to the final four of the ATP 500 tournament in Rotterdam, placing a 10th career title within reach.
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Davis Cup bringing out the best for De Minaur, Vukic and co  
Aleksandar Vukic makes a successful Davis Cup debut.
1 February, 2025

Lleyton Hewitt, captain of the Culture Amp Australian Davis Cup Team, is delighted with the multiple positives among the tight-knit group.
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