Maxime Cressy (born May 8, 1997) is a French-American professional

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player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 31 by the

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(ATP), achieved on August 8, 2022. He has been ranked as high as world No. 180 in doubles, achieved on November 18, 2019. Cressy has won one title on the

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and three singles titles and two doubles titles on the

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. Before 2018, he played for his country of birth, France.

College career

On May 25, 2019, he and Keegan Smith won the 2019 NCAA tennis doubles championship at UCLA.

Professional career

2019–20: Grand Slam debut in doubles and singles and first win

Cressy made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2020 US Open as a wildcard entrant where he reached the second round after defeating

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. He lost in the second round to fourth seed

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2021: Top 150 debut

He qualified for the

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and reached the second round by defeating

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. However, he lost in the second round to sixth seed Alexander Zverev. After qualifying for the main draw at the 2021 US Open, Cressy won a five-set match with a fifth set tiebreak against ninth seed and two-time US Open semifinalist

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, after coming back from two sets to love down to win in a tiebreak, saving four match points in the process. Cressy then qualified for the main draw at the

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. He defeated

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in the first round before falling to 11th seed

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in 3 sets. Cressy served for the match against Schwartzman in the third set, but could not convert two match points. He reached the final in the 2021 Challenger Eckental where he lost to German

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. As a result he hit a new career-high of world No. 128 on 8 November 2021.

2022: First ATP title, major fourth round, top 35

Cressy started his 2022 season at the first edition of the Melbourne Summer Set 1. Getting past qualifying, he saved two match points in the second round to beat second seed, world No. 26, and compatriot,

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. He defeated

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in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals of an ATP tournament for the first time. He then defeated third seed and world No. 28,

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, in the semifinals to reach his first ATP Tour final. He lost in the final to top seed and world No. 6,

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. Despite losing in the final, he reached a career-high of world No. 70 on January 17, 2022. At the Sydney Classic, he reached the quarterfinals where he fell to third seed, world No. 26, and 2017 finalist, Dan Evans. Cressy qualified for direct entry at the

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after the withdrawal of

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. He defeated the 22nd seed, fellow American

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in five sets with three tiebreaks in the first round for his second win at this Grand Slam. Cressy advanced to the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career after defeating qualifier

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in four sets. He then beat Australian wildcard

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to progress to the fourth round for the first time at any Major. As a result he made his top 60 debut in the rankings at world No. 59 on January 31, 2022. Cressy would lose in the fourth round to second seed

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. At the 2022 Eastbourne International he reached his second final after defeating leading British player Jack Draper. En route to the final, he defeated World No. 12 and top seed

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. As a result he moved into the top 50 in the singles rankings. On his debut at the

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, he defeated World No. 9 and sixth seed

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for his first top-10 win. He won his first

title at the 2022 Hall of Fame Open in Newport, RI. Seeded fourth, he reached his third final of the season and in his career after defeating second seed

. He would go on to win the title after defeating third seed

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in the final, coming back from a set and a break down. As a result he reached a new career-high of No. 33 on 18 July 2022.

Playing style

Cressy is a big server who plays a predominantly

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style in his service games. His second serve is nearly as fast as, and sometimes faster than, his first serve. He has an aggressive return of serve. He has a good forehand and backhand but is most dangerous when he is chipping-and-charging and volleying.

Performance timelines

Singles

''Current through the

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Doubles

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Doubles: 14 (13 titles, 1 runner-ups)

Record against top-10 players

Cressy's record against those who have been

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in the top 10, with active players in boldface.

Wins over top 10 players

Cressy has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cressy, Maxime 1997 births Living people American male tennis players French emigrants to the United States Tennis players from Paris People from Hermosa Beach, California UCLA Bruins men's tennis players French male tennis players