Daniel Altmaier
Daniel Altmaier (born 12 September 1998) is a German professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 53, achieved on 23 May 2022.
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Kempen, Germany |
Born | Kempen, Germany | 12 September 1998
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Turned pro | 2014 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$1,212,491 |
Singles | |
Career record | 18–43 (29.5% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 53 (23 May 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 97 (13 February 2023) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2022, 2023) |
French Open | 4R (2020) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2022) |
US Open | 1R (2022) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 3–17 (15.0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 300 (31 January 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 331 (12 December 2022) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2022) |
French Open | 1R (2022) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2022) |
US Open | 1R (2022) |
Last updated on: 12 December 2022. |
Tennis career
2017: ATP debut
Altmaier made his ATP main draw debut as a qualifier at the 2017 Geneva Open, defeating Alexander Ward and Petr Michnev in qualifying. He lost to Sam Querrey in the first round.
He won his first ATP tour-level match as a lucky loser at the 2017 Antalya Open when he beat Víctor Estrella Burgos. In the next round, he defeated wildcard Marsel İlhan to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost to Yūichi Sugita. Both of his victories were decided by a third set tiebreak.[1]
2020: Grand Slam debut & fourth round & first top-10 win
Shoulder and hip injuries held back Altmaier’s progress in his tennis career, but victories in qualifying over Tallon Griekspoor and Ruben Bemelmans led to his Grand Slam debut at the 2020 French Open, where he defeated Feliciano Lopez, 30th seed Jan-Lennard Struff and 7th seed Matteo Berrettini, all of them in straight sets.[2][3] In the fourth round, he lost to Pablo Carreño Busta.
2021: Top 100 debut
Altmaier made his debut in the top 100 on 15 November 2021 at World No. 98 following the final at the 2021 Knoxville Challenger. He followed this by winning his third Challenger title for the year at the 2021 Puerto Vallarta Open.
2022: Grand Slam debut at three majors, top 60
He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2022 Australian Open and 2022 Wimbledon Championships.
At the 2022 US Open also on his debut, he took Jannik Sinner to five sets in his first round match.[4]
Singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Current through the 2023 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships.
Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
French Open | A | A | A | 4R | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | NH | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 6 | 3–6 |
National representation | |||||||||
Davis Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | QR | 0 / 0 | 0–1 |
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | NH | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
Miami Open | A | A | A | NH | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | NH | A | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | NH | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 |
Career statistics | |||||||||
Tournaments | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 42 | |
Overall win–loss | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 7–8 | 5–21 | 1–7 | 18–43 | |
Year-end ranking | 275 | 370 | 279 | 130 | 84 | 94 | 30% |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 26 (15–11)
ATP Challenger (6–3) |
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (9–8) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2015 | Italy F26, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Jun 2016 | Belgium F2, Havré | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 2–1 | Jul 2016 | Belgium F6, Knokke | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(3–7), 6–1, 7–6(7–3) |
Loss | 2–2 | Oct 2016 | Italy F33, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–2, 1–6 |
Loss | 2–3 | Nov 2016 | Kuwait F3, Mishref | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–7(8–10) |
Win | 3–3 | Dec 2016 | Qatar F4, Doha | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 3–4 | Dec 2016 | Thailand F5, Hua Hin | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 4–4 | Feb 2017 | Switzerland F2, Bellevue | Futures | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
7–5, 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 5–4 | Apr 2017 | Qatar F1, Doha | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 5–5 | Apr 2017 | Qatar F2, Doha | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 7–6(7–2), 4–6 |
Loss | 5–6 | Oct 2017 | Germany F16, Hamburg | Futures | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Loss | 5–7 | Dec 2017 | Hong Kong F4, Hong Kong | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2018 | Burnie, Australia | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 5–8 | Mar 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tour | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 6–8 | Jun 2019 | M15 Kaltenkirchen, Germany | World Tour | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 7–8 | Nov 2019 | M25 Malibu, United States | World Tour | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 8–8 | Nov 2019 | M15 East Lansing, United States | World Tour | Hard (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 6–3, 6–0 |
Win | 9–8 | Dec 2019 | M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | World Tour | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
Win | 1–1 | Jul 2021 | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 2–1 | Aug 2021 | Lüdenscheid, Germany | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–2 | Nov 2021 | Knoxville, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Nov 2021 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 3–3 | Mar 2022 | Phoenix, United States | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 4–3 | May 2022 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 5–3 | Oct 2022 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–4 |
Win | 6–3 | Nov 2022 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Doubles: 11 (6–5)
ATP Challenger (0–0) |
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (6–5) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2015 | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(6–8), 6–3, [11–9] |
Loss | 1–1 | May 2015 | Jablonec, Czech Republic |
Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 2–1 | Sep 2016 | Damme, Belgium |
Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–0 |
Win | 3–1 | Oct 2016 | Pula, Italy |
Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–0 |
Win | 4–1 | Nov 2016 | Mishref, Kuwait |
Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
Loss | 4–2 | Nov 2016 | Mishref, Kuwait |
Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 5–2 | Nov 2016 | Mishref, Kuwait |
Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 6–2 | Feb 2017 | Bellevue, Switzerland |
Futures | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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7–5, 1–6, [11–9] |
Loss | 6–3 | Apr 2017 | Doha, Qatar |
Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–3, [7–10] |
Loss | 6–4 | Mar 2019 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |
World Tour | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 1–6, [7–10] |
Loss | 6–5 | Oct 2019 | Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany |
World Tour | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, [9–11] |
Record against top 10 players
Altmaier's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered:
Player | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last Match |
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Number 2 ranked players | ||||||
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (6–7(3–7), 1–6, 6–7(1–7)) at 2022 Australian Open |
Number 3 ranked players | ||||||
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2021 Indian Wells |
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 7–5, 4–6) at 2023 Davis Cup |
Number 6 ranked players | ||||||
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1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (6–2, 7–6(7–5), 6–4) at 2020 French Open |
Number 7 ranked players | ||||||
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0–2 | 0% | – | 0–2 | – | Lost (6–7(2–7), 6–3, 3–6) at 2021 Umag |
Number 8 ranked players | ||||||
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 6–7(1–7)) at 2023 Dallas |
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (6–7(3–7), 2–6) at 2022 Acapulco |
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (6–2, 3–6, 4–6) at 2022 Delray Beach |
Number 9 ranked players | ||||||
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 5–7) at 2022 Sydney |
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (7–5, 2–6, 1–6, 6–3, 1–6) at 2022 US Open |
Number 10 ranked players | ||||||
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0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (2–6, 5–7, 2–6) at 2020 French Open |
Total | 1–11 | 8% | 0–8 | 1–3 | 0–0 | Statistics correct as of 10 February 2023. |
Top 10 wins
Season | 2014–2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Total |
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Wins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
# | Opponent | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | DAR | |
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2020 | ||||||||
1. | ![]() |
8 | French Open, France | Clay | 3R | 6–2, 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | 186 |
References
- "Albot Ousts Second Seed Lorenzi In Antalya". ATP Tour. 28 June 2017.
- "Daniel Altmaier hits "the high notes" to extend envisioned major debut". Tennis.com. 1 October 2020.
- "Altmaier Upsets Berrettini In Biggest Career Win". ATP Tour. 3 October 2020.
- "Jannik Sinner Survives Daniel Altmaier Scare in New York | ATP Tour | Tennis".