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Alexander Blockx

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Alexander Blockx (born 8 April 2005) is a Belgian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 205 achieved on 18 November 2024. He also reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 1 in singles and doubles on 1 May 2023 [2] after winning the 2023 Australian Open in the boys singles and reaching the final in the boys doubles.[3]

Alexander Blockx
Country (sports) Belgium
ResidenceAntwerp
Born (2005-04-08) 8 April 2005 (age 19)
Antwerp, Belgium
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
PlaysRight-handed
CoachPhilippe Cassiers
Prize moneyUS $140,050
Singles
Career record0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 205 (18 November 2024)
Current rankingNo. 205 (18 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)[1]
Highest rankingNo. 1162 (17 July 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open JuniorF (2023)
French Open Junior1R (2022)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2022)
US Open Junior2R (2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup0–1
Last updated on: 18 November 2024.

Early life

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Blockx is from Antwerp in Belgium. He has trained since childhood with Philippe Cassiers at his Forest Hills tennis academy in Belgium.[4][5][6] By 2022, he was training at the Tennis Vlaanderen centre in Wilrijk, Antwerp alongside the likes of Tibo Colson, Zizou Bergs and Ruben Bemelmans.[7][8]

Career

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2022: Professional debut

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In 2022, Blockx reached the third round and then quarterfinals of the junior events at Wimbledon and the US Open, respectively. Shortly after the US Open, Blockx and sometimes junior doubles partner Gilles-Arnaud Bailly were invited to train with the Belgium Davis Cup team by captain Johan Van Herck. [citation needed]

Blockx made his ATP Tour qualifying debut at his home tournament, the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium, where he was given a wildcard. He lost to Swiss Dominic Stricker in straight sets.[9] He was also given a wildcard into the main draw of the doubles, playing alongside Ruben Bemelmans in what proved to be Bemelmans' last professional match.[10]

2023: Australian Open Junior Champion, ATP and top 500 debuts

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Blockx reached the final at the 2023 Australian Open in both the boys' singles[11][12] and, alongside Brazilian João Fonseca, the boys' doubles, which they lost to Learner Tien and Cooper Williams.[13] Blockx gained revenge over Tien by winning the boys' singles final in three sets. Although Gilles-Arnaud Bailly reached two junior Grand Slam finals in 2022, the last Belgian male to win a junior Major, prior to Blockx, was Kimmer Coppejans at the 2012 French Open. No Belgian male had previously won the boys' singles in Melbourne.[14]

In March 2023, he made his Masters 1000 qualifications debut after receiving a wildcard for the 2023 Miami Open where he lost to Yosuke Watanuki. [citation needed]

He received a wildcard for the qualifying competition at the Antwerp Open and qualified into the main draw on his ATP singles debut. In his very first ATP Tour singles main draw match ever in own hometown, he lost to fifth seed Yannick Hanfmann in two close sets.[citation needed] Just a week after his first appearance in the ATP circuit, he won his first ITF title in Glasgow. And a week later, he remained unbeatable, he won his second title in Sunderland.[citation needed] Partly due to his first qualification for an ATP tournament and winning two ITF titles, he entered the top 500 for the first time in his career on 6 November 2023. [citation needed]

2024: First Challenger title, nearby top 200

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He received a wildcard for the qualifying competition at the 2024 Australian Open. He reached a new career high ranking in the top 300 of No. 294 on 18 March 2024. He also received a qualifying wildcard for the 2024 Miami Open but lost to Pedro Martinez in the first round.[citation needed]

In November he won his first Challenger title in Kobe, Japan after defeating Jurij Rodionov in straight sets. On his route to the title he defeated for the first time a top 100 and home player Taro Daniel, also in straight sets. Due to his first Challenger title, he rose to No. 205 on 18 November 2024 which gave him a direct place to play preliminary rounds of Grand Slams in 2025.[citation needed]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2024 Kobe, Japan Challenger Hard (i)   Jurij Rodionov 6–3 6–1

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
ITF WTT (2–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2023 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt WTT Hard   Saba Purtseladze 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2023 M25 Falun, Sweden WTT Hard   Tibo Colson 5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Win 1–2 Oct 2023 M25 Glasgow, United Kingdom WTT Hard   Anton Matusevich 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–2 Nov 2023 M25 Sunderland, United Kingdom WTT Hard   Tibo Colson 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
ITF WTT (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2023 M25 Arlon, Belgium WTT Clay   Alessio Basile   Gabriel Roveri Sidney
  Vladyslav Orlov 		6–0, 5–7, [5–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2023 Australian Open Hard   Learner Tien 6–1, 2–6, 7–6(11–9)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2023 Australian Open Hard   João Fonseca   Learner Tien
  Cooper Williams 		4–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

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Tournament 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

References

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  1. ^ "Alexander Blockx". atp.com.
  2. ^ "Alexander Blockx". itftennis.com.
  3. ^ "Alexander Blockx, Alina Korneeva win Australian Open junior titles". ESPN. 28 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Building Blockx: #NextGenATP Belgian's childhood spark fueled 'unbelievable passion'". ATPTour. 19 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Remember the name: Alexander Blockx, 17-year-old Belgian, is in singles and doubles finals at Australian Open". hln.be (in Dutch).
  6. ^ "Australian Open: Philippe Cassiers, coach of Alexander Blockx: "A great experience for him"". rtbf.be (in French).
  7. ^ Mulders, Johan (30 September 2023). "Gilles-Arnaud Bailly in Italy, Tibo Colson in Sweden: double Limburg success at M25 tournaments". hblv.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  8. ^ D'haene, Bart (16 June 2022). "After a tournament victory in Montenegro, Christopher Heyman also wants to score in Duffel: "I have a clear plan in mind"". gva.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Alexander Blockx: the next big promise in Belgian men's tennis". Proximus.be (in Dutch).
  10. ^ "Topweek voor Alexander Blockx op European Open: "Trainen met Auger-Aliassime, dat kan maar één keer per jaar"". hln.be (in Dutch).
  11. ^ "AUSTRALIAN OPEN. Alexander Blockx naar finale juniorentoernooi". Nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch).
  12. ^ "Australian Open: Belgian Alexander Blockx qualifies for the final of the junior table". rtbf.be (in French).
  13. ^ "17-jarige Alexander Blockx staat in halve finales van juniorentoernooi op Australian Open". Sporza.bel (in Dutch). 26 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Juniors wrap: Korneeva wins marathon, Blockx stacks up". ausopen.com.
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