Sebastian Ofner (born 12 May 1996) is an Austrian professional

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player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 126 achieved on 6 May 2019. He was a semifinalist at the 2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel in his home country.

Professional career

2017: ATP and Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon & third round

Ofner made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships after going through qualifying, defeating

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and Jay Clarke. In the first round, he beat

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in straight sets. In the next round, he upset world No. 18

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in a five-setter. In August, Ofner caused another surprise in front of his home crowd at the 2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel by defeating first seed

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as a wildcard in the second round. He then won over

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to reach the semifinals where he fell to

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2018: Maiden Challenger title

Ofner won his maiden ATP Challenger title at the

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in Astana.

2022: French Open debut

At the

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he qualified to make his Grand Slam main draw debut at this Major. He lost to World No. 3 Alexander Zverev in the first round.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 18 (8–10)

Doubles: 9 (3–6)

Singles performance timeline

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ofner, Sebastian 1996 births Living people Austrian male tennis players People from Bruck an der Mur Sportspeople from Styria 21st-century Austrian people