Dominik Koepfer

Koepfer made his ATP main draw debut at the Winston-Salem Open as a lucky loser. He won his first ATP Challenger Tour title in doubles at the 2017 Columbus Challenger, partnering Denis Kudla.

Koepfer won his first match on the ATP Tour, again as a lucky loser at the Winston-Salem Open, defeating Tennys Sandgren.

By winning his first Challenger in singles at the Ilkley Trophy Koepfer gained a wildcard for the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.[2] There, he won his first Grand Slam main draw match by defeating Filip Krajinović in the first round before losing to Diego Schwartzman in straight sets.

He reached for the first time the fourth round of the 2019 US Open as a qualifier, where he lost to Daniil Medvedev in four sets.[3]

Koepfer reached his first ATP Tour Masters 1000 quarterfinal at the Italian Open defeating Gael Monfils en route for his first top-10 win.

He reached the second round of the 2020 French Open for the first time where he lost to Stan Wawrinka in four sets.

Koepfer started his season at the first edition of the Great Ocean Road Open. He lost in the first round to Australian Christopher O'Connell.[4] At the Australian Open, he was defeated in the second round by third seed and last year finalist, Dominic Thiem.[5]

Seeded sixth at the Córdoba Open, Koepfer was eliminated in the first round by Federico Coria.[6] In Buenos Aires, he fell in the second round to fifth seed Albert Ramos Viñolas.[7] At the Mexican Open, he reached his first ATP tour semifinal beating Mexican wildcard Gerardo López Villaseñor,[8] fourth seed Milos Raonic,[9] and Cameron Norrie.[10] He ended up losing to second seed, compatriot, and eventual champion, Alexander Zverev.[11] With this result, Koepfer climbed into the top 60 in the rankings to a career-high of No. 54 in singles. At the Miami Open, he was beaten in the first round by Hugo Gaston.[12]

Koepfer began the clay-court season at the Monte-Carlo Masters. Getting past qualifying, he lost in the first round to fellow qualifier Marco Cecchinato.[13] Next, he competed at the Barcelona Open. He was defeated in the first round by fellow leftie Corentin Moutet.[14] Playing in Munich, he was eliminated in the second round by seventh seed, compatriot, and eventual finalist Jan-Lennard Struff.[15] At the Madrid Open, he was beaten in his second-round match by 16th seed Cristian Garín.[16] His final tournament before the second Grand slam of the year was the Geneva Open. He upset seventh seed Benoît Paire in a three-set first round victory.[17] He ended up losing in the quarterfinals to third seed and eventual champion, Casper Ruud.[18] At the French Open, he reached the third round for the first time and was defeated by eighth seed, former world number one, and 2009 champion Roger Federer.[19]

Koepfer opened his grass-court season at the Stuttgart Open. He lost in the first round to Jurij Rodionov.[20] In Halle, he faced third seed Alexander Zverev in the first round. He pushed Zverev to three sets but ended up losing the match.[21] At Wimbledon, he made it to the third round for the first time where he fell to eighth seed Roberto Bautista Agut.[22]

After Wimbledon, Koepfer played at the Hamburg Open. He was eliminated in the second round by top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.[23] Representing Germany at the Summer Olympics, he reached the third round and lost to sixth seed and eventual bronze medalist, Pablo Carreño Busta.[24]

Starting his US Open preparation at the Canadian Open, Koepfer was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Canadian wildcard Peter Polansky.[25] In Cincinnati, he fell in the final round of qualifying to Marcos Giron. However, he earned a spot into the main draw. He was eliminated in the second round by seventh seed Pablo Carreño Busta.[26] Seeded 16th at the Winston-Salem Open, he made it to the third round where he was beaten by top seed Pablo Carreño Busta.[27] At the US Open, he lost in the second round to second seed and eventual champion, Daniil Medvedev.[28]

Competing at the first edition of the San Diego Open, Koepfer was defeated in the first round by Cameron Norrie.[29] At the Indian Wells Masters, he fell in the first round to Emil Ruusuvuori in three sets.[30] In Vienna, he was eliminated in the final round of qualifying by Gianluca Mager. Entering the main draw as a lucky loser, he lost in the first round to Lorenzo Sonego.[31] At the Paris Masters, he lost in the final round of qualifying to Miomir Kecmanović. Due to the withdrawal of Jenson Brooksby, he entered the tournament's main draw as a lucky loser.[32] He defeated Andy Murray in the first round; he had to save seven match points to get the victory in one of the top-5 comebacks for 2021 season.[33][34] In the second round, he upset ninth seed Félix Auger-Aliassime. With that win, he ended the Canadian's hopes for the ATP finals.[35] In the third round, he lost to seventh seed Hubert Hurkacz.[36]

At the 2022 Australian Open he reached the second round defeating Carlos Taberner. He skipped the entire clay season and his ranking plummeted down to No. 149 on 18 July 2022, out of the top 150 at No. 159 on 22 August 2022 and further out of the top 250 at No. 259 on 7 November 2022.

Following his title at the 2022 Calgary National Bank Challenger, he returned to the top 200 at world No. 195 climbing 64 positions up in the rankings on 14 November 2022 only to drop again to No. 202 on 28 November 2022.

Ranked No. 262, Koepfer won his third Challenger at the 2023 Mexico City Open and returned to the top 200 at world No. 179 up more then 80 positions in the rankings.[37][38][39] The following week, he reached a second final at the 2023 San Luis Open Challenger. As a result he moved another 25 positions into the top 155.

Current through the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters