George Loffhagen (born 19 April 2001) is a British professional

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player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 337. He has won 3 ITF singles titles.

Early life

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

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. In April 2023, he won the ITF M25 Mysuru Open in

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, defeating Australian Blake Ellis in the final. In May 2023, he won an M25 tournament held in

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, for his second career title at that level in as many months. In June 2023 he secured his first win at the

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level when he defeated top-150 ranked Finn Otto Virtanen at the 2023 Nottingham Open. He backed that win up with a victory over higher-ranked

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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 2023 Wimbledon Championships, where he lost out to

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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 Rafa Nadal after a personal recommendation by

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{{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