George Loffhagen (born 19 April 2001) is a British professional tennis player. He has a career high

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singles ranking of No. 337. He has won 3 ITF singles titles.

Early life

From

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, West London, he attended St Benedict’s School. From the age of eight he was coached by

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’s former coach Alan Jones and later his son Ryan Jones, and joined a tennis academy based at Chiswick and Northwood in Middlesex, run by David Felgate, where he was a regular practice partner of Jack Draper.

Career

Loffhagen competed in the boys' singles events in 2017 at

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and the US Open, reaching the third round in both. He also competed in the boys' doubles at those tournaments, partnering Jack Draper. He made his senior professional debut in an F6 Futures in Britain in September 2017. He became the first male tennis player born in 2001 to reach a professional final in May 2018, at a F1 Futures event in Uganda. In April 2023, he won the ITF M25 Mysuru Open in India, defeating Australian Blake Ellis in the final. In May 2023, he won an M25 tournament held in Nottingham, for his second career title at that level in as many months. In June 2023 he secured his first win at the ATP Challenger Tour level when he defeated top-150 ranked Finn

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at the

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. He backed that win up with a victory over higher-ranked Shang Juncheng in the next round to make the quarter-finals in Nottingham, at 176th in the world, Juncheng started the match 238 places higher than Loffhagen. He was awarded a wildcard for his main draw debut at the

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, where he lost out to Holger Rune in straight sets in the first round.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (3–5)

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Personal life

Loffhagen is the son of legal professionals. He has sisters called Grace and Emma. As a sixteen year-old, he was able to practise with

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after a personal recommendation by Tim Henman.

References

External links

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LTA profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Loffhagen, George English male tennis players Sportspeople from London British male tennis players 2001 births Living people People educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing