Alexandre Müller (; born 1 February 1997) is a French professional

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player. He has been ranked by the

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(ATP) as high as world No. 76 in singles, which he achieved on 16 July 2023. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 273, attained on 9 May 2022. Since turning professional in 2014, Müller has spent most seasons on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour and

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, where he has won 17 total singles and doubles titles across both circuits. He sealed his top 150 debut in July 2022, a month after winning his first Challenger title in

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. The following season, Müller made his breakthrough on the

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after reaching his first tour final in

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, which earned him his top 100 debut.

Professional career

2017-19: Grand Slam debut

Müller made his ATP main draw debut at the

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after receiving a wildcard to the singles main draw. He was defeated by Thiago Monteiro in the first round. He qualified for the

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but lost in the first round to

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2021: First Grand Slam win, top 200 debut

At the

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Müller won his first Grand Slam match as a lucky loser defeating

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. As a result, he entered the top 200 at a career-high of World No. 194 on 22 February 2021.

2022: First Challenger title, top 150 debut

In June, Müller won his first Challenger tournament in

, France, defeating Nikola Milojevic. A month later, he made his top 150 debut 25 July 2022 at world No. 149.

2023: First ATP final, top 100 and Masters debuts

At the 2023 Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Müller as a qualifier reached his first ATP quarterfinal in his career, defeating

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and eighth seed

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. He lost to

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. At the

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he reached a second quarterfinal defeating sixth seed

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and Francesco Passaro. Next he defeated top seed

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to reach his first ATP semifinal in a close to two hours match. He then faced Russian Pavel Kotov, defeating him also in two hours in straight sets to reach his first ATP final, before losing to Roberto Carballes Baena. As a result he secured a new carrier high singles ranking into the top 100 at world No. 96 on 10 April 2023. At the

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where he made his Masters 1000 debut as a qualifier, he recorded his first win defeating

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. Müller reached a new career-high ranking of No. 82 on 26 June 2023 following his title at the 2023 Emilia-Romagna Open Challenger in

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, Italy, defeating

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. This represented Müller's first win at a Challenger 125 tournament level. He made his debut at Wimbledon, beating fellow countryman

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in the first round for his second career win in a Grand Slam tournament. He then lost in the second round against top seed

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Singles performance timeline

''Current through the 2023 Wimbledon.''

Singles

ATP finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 25 (9–16)

Doubles: 16 (8–8)

References

External links

* * 1997 births Living people French male tennis players People from Poissy Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Sportspeople from Yvelines Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis {{France-tennis-bio-stub