Alexander Erler (; born 27 October 1997) is an Austrian professional

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player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 322, achieved on 4 October 2021. He has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 32, achieved on 8 May 2023. He has won four doubles titles on the

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with compatriot

Lucas Miedler Lucas Miedler (; born 21 June 1996) is an Austrian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP ranking of World No. 201 achieved on 15 October 2018 and a doubles ranking of No. 53 achieved 7 November 2022. He has won two doubles titles on ...

, the home tournaments in Kitzbühel and in

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, and in Acapulco and

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. On the

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Tour, Erler has reached 15 ITF singles finals, with a record of 7 wins and 8 losses. He has also reached 38 ITF doubles finals, with a record of 25 wins and 13 losses.

Professional career

2015: ATP doubles debut

Erler made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Generali Open Kitzbühel in the doubles draw, partnering

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2021: ATP singles debut and first match win, maiden doubles ATP title

At the 2021 Generali Open Kitzbühel, Erler won his first ATP match as a wildcard defeating future world no. 1

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who was then ranked No. 55. At the same tournament, he won the doubles title partnering

2022: First ATP 500 doubles title, top 50 debut

The Austrian team of Erler/Miedler clinched their second and biggest title on home soil at the ATP 500

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without dropping a set. As a result, he made his top 50 debut in the doubles rankings on 31 October 2022.

2023: Major and Masters debuts & first win, Second ATP 500 title, top 40

At the 2023 Australian Open the pair Erler/Miedler made their Grand Slam debut where they defeated tenth seeds

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and

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. At the Mexican Open Erler won his third title with compatriot Miedler defeating en route top seeds

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. Erler made his Masters 1000 debut with Miedler at the

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. At the

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the pair Erler/Miedler reached the final defeating fifth seeds

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and

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. They lost in the final to

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and

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. They won their fourth title at the

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in Munich, Germany. They entered the

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as alternate pair on their debut at this tournament.

Doubles performance timeline

''Current through the 2023 Italian Open.''

ATP career finals

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 15 (7–8)

Doubles: 39 (26–13)

References

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