Axel Geller (born 1 April 1999) is an

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former

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player. Geller was

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as high as world No. 539 in singles, which he achieved in August 2019, by the

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(ATP), and had claimed six singles and doubles titles on the

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(ITF)'s World Tennis Tour between 2018 and 2019. In 2017, he became the No. 1-ranked junior after winning the doubles title at

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and placing runner-up in both singles finals at

and the US Open. Geller later attended

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, where he played for the men's tennis team. Following his graduation from Stanford in 2022, he announced his retirement from tennis in order to pursue a career in finance.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (3–0)

Doubles: 3 (3–0)

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, Jody Maginley
Justin Roberts , 6–7^(5–7), 6–1, {10–6] , - , style="background:#98FB98" , Win , 2–0 , , style="background:#cffcff;", M25,

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, Ricardo Rodríguez
Keenan Mayo , 6–4, 6–3 , - , style="background:#98FB98" , Win , 3–0 , , style="background:#cffcff;", M25,

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, Alan Kohen

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, 6–1, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (2 finals)

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, Grass ,

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (born 5 June 1999) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 27 achieved on 18 April 2022 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 213 achieved on 17 May 20 ...

, 6–7^(2–7), 3–6 , - style="background:#ccf;" , style="background:#ffa07a;", Loss ,

, US Open , Hard ,

Wu Yibing Wu Yibing (; ; born 14 October 1999) is a Chinese professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of No. 58, achieved on 13 February 2023, and a doubles ranking of No. 295, achieved on 23 April 2018. He is the first Chinese man ...

, 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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, Grass ,

Hsu Yu-hsiou Hsu Yu-hsiou ( zh, 許育修; born 2 April 1999) is a Taiwanese tennis player. Hsu has a career high ATP singles ranking of 331 achieved on 7 March 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 163 achieved on 13 June 2022. Junio ...

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, 6–4, 6–4

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