Alex De Minaur

Alex de Minaur is an Australian professional tennis player competing on the ATP Tour. Born in Sydney on 17 February 1999, he represents Australia and plays right-handed with a two-handed backhand. Known for elite speed, counter-punching, court coverage and competitive intensity, de Minaur reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 6 on 15 July 2024. Provider data identifies him as WTA sport code WTA, provider_id 666872, with status Inactive; this status is retained as supplied and is not inde…

Alex de Minaur was born in Sydney to a Uruguayan father and Spanish mother and spent parts of his childhood in Australia and Spain. He developed through the Australian junior system and made an early national breakthrough by winning the Australian under-14 championship at Melbourne Park in December 2013, followed by the Australian under-16 title in 2014. He represented Australia in the 2015 Junior Davis Cup final and turned professional in 2015. De Minaur began establishing himself on the senior circuit in 2017, making his Australian Open main-draw debut and reaching his first ATP-level final in Sydney in January 2018. He won his first ATP Tour title at the Sydney International in January 2019 and finished that season inside the world’s top 20. His playing identity is built around exceptional movement, defensive resilience, anticipation, a reliable two-handed backhand and an ability to turn extended rallies into pressure. Although primarily a singles player, he has also recorded a top-60 doubles ranking and one ATP doubles title. De Minaur has become a central figure in Australian men’s tennis and a regular leader of the national Davis Cup team. He helped Australia reach the 2022 and 2023 Davis Cup finals and was a key member of the 2020 ATP Cup team. In 2020 he reached his first Grand Slam quarter-final at the US Open. He later made Grand Slam quarter-finals at Roland-Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open in 2024, and at the Australian Open in both 2025 and 2026. In 2024 he qualified for the ATP Finals, becoming the first Australian singles player to qualify for the year-end event since Lleyton Hewitt in 2004. His most recent professional context in the supplied record is Inactive, while publicly available 2026 tournament information records him competing and winning the Rotterdam title earlier in the year.