Sebastian Ofner

Sebastian Ofner (born 12 May 1996) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 119 achieved on 17 April 2023.

Sebastian Ofner
Ofner at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Austria
ResidenceSankt Marein im Mürztal, Austria
Born (1996-05-12) 12 May 1996
Bruck an der Mur, Austria
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachWolfgang Thiem (2017-),[1] Stefan Rettl,[2]
Alexander Peya (2019)[3][4]
Prize moneyUS$ 1,006,410
Singles
Career record11–15 (42.3% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 119 (17 April 2023)
Current rankingNo. 130 (24 April 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2023)
French Open1R (2022)
Wimbledon3R (2017)
US OpenQ2 (2018, 2022)
Doubles
Career record0–4 (0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 299 (27 May 2017)
Last updated on: 30 April 2023.

Professional career

2017: ATP and Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon & third round

Ofner made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships after going through qualifying, defeating Kimmer Coppejans, Miljan Zekić and Jay Clarke. In the first round, he beat Thomaz Bellucci in straight sets. In the next round, he upset world No. 18 Jack Sock in a five-setter.[1][5]

In August, Ofner caused another surprise in front of his home crowd at the 2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel by defeating first seed Pablo Cuevas as a wildcard in the second round.[6] He then won over Renzo Olivo to reach the semifinals where he fell to João Sousa.

2018-22: Maiden Challenger titles, French Open debut

Ofner won his maiden ATP Challenger title at the 2018 President's Cup in Astana.

At the 2022 French Open he qualified to make his Grand Slam main draw debut at this Major.[7] He lost to World No. 3 Alexander Zverev in the first round.[8]

2023: Tenth Challenger final, Top 120

In the first three months of the season he reached three Challenger tour finals in Tenerife,[9][2] Antalya[10] and in Zadar.[11][12]

He qualified for his first ATP tournament for the season in Estoril where he lost in the first round to Dominic Thiem.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 21 (8–13)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–8)
ITF Futures Tour (5–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–8)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2015 Austria F8, Vogau Futures Clay Kazakhstan Dmitry Popko 0–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2016 Turkey F14, Antalya Futures Hard Germany Marc Sieber 7–5, 5–7, 3–6
Win 1–2 Jul 2016 Austria F3, Bad Waltersdorf Futures Clay France Corentin Denolly 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win 2–2 Aug 2016 Austria F5, Innsbruck Futures Clay Portugal Gonçalo Oliveira 6–2, 6–3
Win 3–2 Sep 2016 Austria F5, St. Pölten Futures Clay Italy Riccardo Bellotti 7–5, 6–4
Loss 3–3 Nov 2016 Greece F10, Heraklion Futures Hard Czech Republic Václav Šafránek 6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Win 4–3 Nov 2016 Greece F11, Heraklion Futures Hard Czech Republic Dominik Kellovský 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss 4–4 Dec 2016 Qatar F5, Doha Futures Hard India Ramkumar Ramanathan 5–7, 3–6
Loss 4–5 Dec 2016 Qatar F6, Doha Futures Hard India Ramkumar Ramanathan 5–7, 3–6
Win 5–5 Feb 2017 Turkey F5, Antalya Futures Hard Czech Republic Michal Konečný 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 5–6 May 2017 Mestre, Italy Challenger Clay Portugal João Domingues 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 6–6 Jul 2018 Astana, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard Germany Daniel Brands 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 7–6 May 2019 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Challenger Hard Australia John-Patrick Smith 7–6(10–8), 3–6, 6–3
Loss 7–7 Nov 2019 Ortisei, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Italy Jannik Sinner 2–6, 4–6
Loss 7–8 Nov 2020 Hamburg, Germany Challenger Hard (i) Japan Taro Daniel 1–6, 2–6
Loss 7–9 Mar 2021 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay Czech Republic Tomáš Macháč 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win 8–9 Apr 2022 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Czech Republic Dalibor Svrčina 6–0, 6-4
Loss 8–10 Jan 2023 Tenerife, Spain Challenger Hard Alexander Shevchenko 5–7, 2–6
Loss 8–11 Mar 2023 Antalya, Turkey Challenger Clay Hungary Fábián Marozsán 5–7, 0–6
Loss 8–12 Mar 2023 Zadar, Croatia Challenger Clay Italy Alessandro Giannessi 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 8–13 May 2023 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Switzerland Dominic Stricker 6–7(7–9), 3–6

Doubles: 10 (3–7)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ITF Futures Tour (2–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2013 Austria F5, Bad Waltersdorf Futures Clay Austria Patrick Ofner Austria Philip Lang
Austria Richard Ruckelshausen		 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2015 Austria F5, Bad Waltersdorf Futures Clay Austria Philip Lang Slovenia Tom Kočevar-Dešman
Austria Lucas Miedler		 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2016 Austria F3, Bad Waltersdorf Futures Clay Austria Sebastian Bader Austria Bernd Kossler
Austria Gregor Ramskogler		 4–6, 6–2, [4–10]
Loss 0–4 Aug 2016 Austria F6, Vogau Futures Clay Austria Lenny Hampel Bolivia Hugo Dellien
Bolivia Federico Zeballos		 5–7, 4–6
Win 1–4 Nov 2016 Greece F11, Heraklion Futures Hard Austria Lenny Hampel Croatia Domagoj Bilješko
Croatia Antun Vidak		 7–5, 6–2
Loss 1–5 Dec 2016 Qatar F4, Doha Futures Hard Austria Lenny Hampel United Kingdom James Marsalek
United Kingdom Jonny O'Mara		 4–6, 4–6
Win 2–5 Feb 2017 Turkey F4, Antalya Futures Hard Austria Alexander Erler Ukraine Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi
Russia Anton Zaitcev		 6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss 2–6 Jun 2018 Shymkent, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay Austria Lucas Miedler Italy Lorenzo Giustino
Portugal Gonçalo Oliveira		 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 3–6 Apr 2019 León, Mexico Challenger Hard Austria Lucas Miedler Australia Matt Reid
Australia John-Patrick Smith		 4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 3–7 Feb 2023 Chennai, India Challenger Hard Croatia Nino Serdarušić United Kingdom Jay Clarke
India Arjun Kadhe		 0–6, 4–6

Singles performance timeline
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.

Current through the 2023 Australian Open.

Tournament201520162017201820192020202120222023 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 A Q3 0–0
French Open A A A Q1 Q2 Q3 Q1 1R 0–1
Wimbledon A A 3R Q1 Q1 NH Q3 Q3 2–1
US Open A A Q1 Q2 Q1 A Q1 Q2 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2
National representation
Davis Cup A A A Z1 Z1 A 0–2
Career statistics
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 5–3 1–3 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–2 11–14
Year-end ranking 743 288 143 179 156 159 193 195 44%

References
  1. "Who? Sebastian Ofner is the latest Cinderella story at Wimbledon". 7 July 2017.
  2. https://www.tennisnet.com/en/news/interview-with-sebastian-ofner-i-want-to-bite-through-this-season
  3. https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/ATP_Tennis/74605/sebastian-ofner-adds-alexander-peya-to-his-coaching-staff/
  4. https://www.tennisnet.com/en/news/interview-with-sebastian-ofner-hope-we-play-with-dominic-thiem
  5. "#NextGenATP Ofner Enjoying Dream Run At Wimbledon". ATP World Tour. 6 July 2017.
  6. "Six Seeds Fall In Kitzbühel". ATP World Tour. 2 August 2017.
  7. "#NextGenATP Italian Giulio Zeppieri Seals Roland Garros Qualification | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  8. "Alexander Zverev Breezes Past Sebastian Ofner in Roland Garros Opener | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  9. "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Cazaux Stopped by Shimabukuro, Titles for Shevchenko and Collarini". 23 January 2023.
  10. "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Benoit Paire Back in the Winners' Circle". 14 March 2023.
  11. "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Final Comebacks Everywhere". 27 March 2023.
  12. "Heart-stopping Finals Aplenty in Week 12 of ATP Challenger Tour | ATP Tour | Tennis".
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