Marc-Andrea Hüsler

Marc-Andrea Hüsler (born 24 June 1996) is a Swiss tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 47, achieved on 13 February 2023. In doubles, he achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 132 on 25 October 2021. He is currently the No. 1 Swiss player.[1]

Marc-Andrea Hüsler
Country (sports) Switzerland
ResidenceRüschlikon, Switzerland
Born (1996-06-24) 24 June 1996
Zürich, Switzerland
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2016
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,169,340
Singles
Career record25–32 (in ATP Tour events)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 47 (13 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 76 (24 April 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French Open1R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US Open1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record14–13 (in ATP Tour events)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 132 (25 October 2021)
Current rankingNo. 288 (10 April 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2023)
Last updated on: 30 April 2023.

Tennis career

2017: ATP debut and first ATP win in doubles

Hüsler made his ATP main-draw doubles debut at the Swiss Indoors tournament, where he partnered former world No 1. Nenad Zimonjić, having received a wildcard into the tournament.[2] The pair defeated Adrian Mannarino and Benoît Paire to give Hüsler a win in his first tour level match, before losing in the quarterfinals to Marcus Daniell and Dominic Inglot.

2018: First Challenger doubles title, ATP singles debut and first win

Hüsler claimed his first ATP Challenger Tour doubles title in his first final, partnering Sem Verbeek at the Winnipeg Challenger.[3]

Just over a week later, Hüsler made his ATP main draw singles debut at the Swiss Open Gstaad, where he recorded his first ATP win defeating former top-10 player Nicolás Almagro in a third-set tiebreaker in the first round, before losing to Facundo Bagnis in the second round.[4] Hüsler received a wildcard into the doubles draw for the Swiss Indoors for the second consecutive year, this time with Verbeek as his partner.[5] The pair upset Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen, the top seeds for the tournament and world No. 7 doubles partnership in the 2018 Doubles Team Race Rankings in the first round.

2019: First Challenger singles title & Top 300 debut

On April 21, 2019, Hüsler won his first Challenger title at the 2019 San Luis Open Challenger Tour by beating Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 7–5, 7–6 in the final.[6] As a result, he moved 70 positions up into the top 300 on 22 April at world No. 281 in singles.

2020: Two Challengers titles, First ATP semifinal & Top 150 debut

Hüsler reached the semifinals of the Austrian Open Kitzbühel, where he beat world No. 12 Fabio Fognini in the second round.[7] As a result, he reached the top 150 at world No. 149 on 9 November 2020.

2021: Maiden ATP doubles title

He won his maiden ATP doubles title at the 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad, partnering Dominic Stricker, defeating Polish pair Szymon Walków and Jan Zielinski.

In September, partnering also with Stricker, he reached the final of the 2021 Challenger Biel/Bienne, Switzerland but withdrew. As a result, he reached a month later a new career-high doubles ranking of World No. 132 on 25 October 2021. He also reached the final in singles, where he lost to Liam Broady but climbed to No. 155 on 18 October 2021.

He finished the year ranked No. 188 in singles.

2022: Major & Masters & top 60 debut, Swiss No. 1, Maiden ATP singles title

In April he won two more Challenger titles in Mexico. As a result, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 121 on 9 May 2022.

In June, at the 2022 Halle Open he qualified for his first ATP 500 tournament but lost to Mackenzie McDonald. Hüsler made his Grand Slam debut after qualifying for Wimbledon,[8][9] where he lost to lucky loser Hugo Grenier, who was also making his debut, in the first round in five sets.[10][11]

At the 2022 Swedish Open he defeated seventh seed Holger Rune in the first round before losing to Laslo Djere. As a result, he reached the top 100 at World No. 99 on 18 July 2022. He became the Swiss No. 1 player until 8 August 2022.

At the 2022 Winston-Salem Open he reached only his second career quarterfinal as a qualifier after getting a second round bye after seventh seed Sebastian Baez withdrew, defeating previous year finalist and wildcard Mikael Ymer and defending champion and eleventh seed Ilya Ivashka.[12] Next, he reached the semifinals for the second time ever in his career defeating thirteenth seed Jack Draper in straight sets. He was only the fourth qualifier to reach the tournament semifinals ever.[13] He lost again to Laslo Đere in the semifinal. As a result, he reached a new career high ranking of No. 85 becoming again the Swiss No. 1 player on 29 August 2022.

At the 2022 Sofia Open he reached his first ATP final with a win over fourth seed Lorenzo Musetti.[14] He defeated again fifth seed Holger Rune to win his maiden ATP title.[15] As a result, he climbed 31 spots to a new career-high of No. 64 in the rankings on 3 October 2022.[16]

He made his Masters 1000 debut at the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters after defeating Hugo Gaston and Laslo Djere in qualifying. On his debut, he defeated 11th seed Jannik Sinner in his first round match.[17] He lost to Karen Khachanov in the second round. As a result he reached a career-high ranking of world No. 58 on 7 November 2022.

2023: Top 50 debut

He reached the top 50 at world No. 49 following the 2023 Australian Open on 6 February 2023.

Davis Cup

Hüsler made his Davis Cup debut for Switzerland in the 2018 Davis Cup World Group tie with Kazakhstan, where he partnered Luca Margaroli in the doubles. The pair were defeated, coming back from two sets to love down, but losing the fifth set to Timur Khabibulin and Aleksandr Nedovyesov. Hüsler made his singles debut in the following rubber, which by this point was dead as Switzerland were already 3–0 down. Hüsler won in straight sets over Roman Khassanov, salvaging the only point for Switzerland in the tie.[18] He opened up Switzerland's World Group Play-off tie against Sweden, losing from two sets to love up against Markus Eriksson, as Switzerland were relegated from the World Group.

Singles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

Current through the 2022 Australian Open.

Tournament2018201920202021 2022SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A NH Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1
National representation
Davis Cup 1R QR A A WG1 0 / 1 1–2
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 2 2 14 20
Overall win–loss 2–2 0–2 4–2 0–2 11–12 19–20
Year-end ranking 371 277 148 188 58 49%

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–0)
Indoor (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2022 Sofia Open, Bulgaria 250 Series Hard (i) Denmark Holger Rune 6–4, 7–6(10–8)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland 250 Series Clay Switzerland Dominic Stricker Poland Szymon Walków
Poland Jan Zieliński		 6–1, 7–6(9–7)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (7–2)
Legend
ATP Challenger (5–1)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2017 Switzerland F5, Sion Futures Clay Japan Hiroyasu Ehara 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Dec 2017 Mexico F7, Metepec Futures Hard Ecuador Gonzalo Escobar 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–1 Jun 2018 USA F17, Tulsa Futures Hard United States Sam Riffice 6–4, 6–2
Win 3–1 Apr 2019 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay Spain Adrián Menéndez Maceiras 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Win 4–1 Sep 2020 Sibiu, Romania Challenger Clay Argentina Tomás Martín Etcheverry 7–5, 6–0
Win 5–1 Oct 2020 Ismaning, Germany Challenger Carpet Netherlands Botic van de Zandschulp 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–2), 7–5
Loss 5–2 Sep 2021 Biel/Bienne, Switzerland Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Liam Broady 5–7, 3–6
Win 6–2 Apr 2022 Mexico City, Mexico Challenger Clay Argentina Tomás Martín Etcheverry 6–4, 6–2
Win 7–2 Apr 2022 Aguascalientes, Mexico Challenger Clay Argentina Juan Pablo Ficovich 6–4, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 22 (11–11)
Legend
ATP Challenger (4–6)
ITF Futures (7–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–8)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2015 Italy F5, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Switzerland Loïc Perret Italy Davide Melchiorre
Italy Riccardo Sinicropi		 5–7, 0–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2016 Germany F14, Oberhaching Futures Hard (i) Switzerland Raphael Baltensperger Germany Hannes Wagner
Germany Louis Wessels		 1–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Jun 2017 Italy F19, Basilicanova Futures Clay Austria Lenny Hampel Brazil Wilson Leite
Brazil Bruno Sant'Anna		 5–7, 4–6
Win 1–3 Jul 2017 Austria F1, Telfs Futures Clay Germany Lukas Ollert Austria Pascal Brunner
Australia Gavin van Peperzeel		 7–5, 7–5
Loss 1–4 Oct 2017 Germany F14, Oberhaching Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom Neil Pauffley Germany Johannes Härteis
Germany Daniel Masur		 6–4, 5–7, [5–10]
Loss 1–5 Nov 2017 Mexico F5, Campeche Futures Hard Switzerland Jessy Kalambay Colombia José Daniel Bendeck
Colombia Alejandro Gómez		 3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 2–5 Nov 2017 Mexico F6, Monterrey Futures Hard Switzerland Jessy Kalambay Ecuador Gonzalo Escobar
Bolivia Federico Zeballos		 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 3–5 Feb 2018 Switzerland F1, Oberentfelden Futures Carpet (i) Switzerland Jakub Paul Czech Republic Jan Mertl
Czech Republic Michael Vrbenský		 4–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–8]
Win 4–5 Mar 2018 France F6, Villers-lès-Nancy Futures Hard (i) France Hugo Voljacques France Dan Added
France Maxime Tchoutakian		 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
Win 5–5 Jun 2018 USA F13, Winston-Salem Futures Hard Netherlands Sem Verbeek United States Trevor Allen Johnson
United States Ronnie Schneider		 7–6(9–7), 6–1
Win 6–5 Jul 2018 Canada F5, Saskatoon Futures Hard Netherlands Sem Verbeek Canada Alexis Galarneau
Canada Benjamin Sigouin		 6–3, 6–3
Win 7–5 Jul 2018 Winnipeg, Canada Challenger Hard Netherlands Sem Verbeek Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Gerard Granollers Pujol		 6–7(5–7), 6–3, [14–12]
Win 8–5 Aug 2018 Switzerland F3, Sion Futures Clay Switzerland Jakub Paul Argentina Juan Pablo Ficovich
Argentina Tomás Lipovšek Puches		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 8–6 Sep 2018 Cassis, France Challenger Hard Portugal Gonçalo Oliveira Australia Matt Reid
Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky		 2–6, 3–6
Loss 8–7 Nov 2018 Andria, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Netherlands David Pel Poland Karol Drzewiecki
Poland Szymon Walków		 6–7(10–12), 6–2, [9–11]
Win 9–7 Feb 2019 Morelos, Mexico Challenger Hard Sweden André Göransson Ecuador Gonzalo Escobar
Venezuela Luis David Martínez		 6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss 9–8 Jun 2019 Shymkent, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay Sweden André Göransson Serbia Nikola Ćaćić
Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua		 4–6, 4–6
Win 10–8 Oct 2020 Hamburg, Germany Challenger Hard (i) Poland Kamil Majchrzak United Kingdom Lloyd Glasspool
United States Alex Lawson		 6–3, 1–6, [20–18]
Loss 10–9 Jan 2021 Quimper, France Challenger Hard (i) United States James Cerretani France Grégoire Barrère
France Albano Olivetti		 7–5, 6–7(7–9), [8–10]
Win 11–9 Feb 2021 Potechefstroom, South Africa Challenger Hard Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář Canada Peter Polansky
Canada Brayden Schnur		 6–4, 2–6, [10–4]
Loss 11–10 Sep 2021 Biel/Bienne, Switzerland Challenger Hard (i) Switzerland Dominic Stricker Belgium Ruben Bemelmans
Germany Daniel Masur		 w/o
Loss 11–11 Jan 2022 Traralgon, Australia Challenger Hard Switzerland Dominic Stricker France Manuel Guinard
Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář		 3–6, 4–6

Record against top 10 players

Hüsler's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 2 ranked players
Germany Alexander Zverev 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (6–2, 7–6(7–4)) at 2023 Davis Cup QR
Number 3 ranked players
Austria Dominic Thiem 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (7–5, 4–6, 4–6) at 2023 Munich 2R
Number 6 ranked players
Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (7–6(7–3), 4–6, 4–6) at 2022 Basel 1R
Number 7 ranked players
Denmark Holger Rune 2–1 67% 1–1 1–0 – Lost (6–7(5–7), 2–6) at 2023 Montpellier 2R
Number 8 ranked players
Italy Jannik Sinner 1–1 50% 1–1 – – Won (6–2, 6–3) at 2022 Paris 1R
Russia Karen Khachanov 0–3 0% 0–3 – – Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2023 Adelaide 2 2R
Number 9 ranked players
Spain Nicolás Almagro 1–0 100% – 1–0 – Won (6–7(8–10), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)) at 2018 Gstaad 1R
Italy Fabio Fognini 1–0 100% – 1–0 – Won (6–1, 6–2) at 2020 Kitzbühel 2R
Number 10 ranked players
Spain Pablo Carreño Busta 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (6–3, 3–6, 6–2) at 2022 Sofia 2R
Canada Denis Shapovalov 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 1–6) at 2022 US Open 1R
Total 7–8 46.67% 4–7
(36.36%)		 3–1
(75%)		 0–0
( – )		 * Statistics correct as of 4 February 2023.

References
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  2. "2017 Swiss Indoors doubles draw" (PDF).
  3. "Rebecca Marino atteint la finale du tournoi de Winnipeg (FR)". 14 July 2018.
  4. "Hüsler ringt Almagro bei Premiere nieder (DE)". 24 July 2018.
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  6. "Hüsler Hoists Maiden Challenger Trophy At San Luis Open (EN)". 23 April 2019.
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