Joel Josef Schwärzler (born 27 January 2006) is an Austrian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 311 achieved on 10 February 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 378 achieved on 21 October 2024.

Early life

Schwärzler is the son of a South African mother and an Austrian father from

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. He grew up in

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. He began playing tennis at the age of 5. He began training at the ÖTV performance centre in Südstadt in 2021. He won the Austrian U18 national championship titles in singles and doubles in 2022, and followed this up by winning the U16 European Championships in July 2022 in

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, Czech Republic, defeating top seed Martin Landaluce in the final.

Career

Juniors: Masters and French Open Champion

Schwärzler reached the final of the 2023 US Open – Boys' doubles alongside partner

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, where they lost to

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and

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despite twice having a match point. In October 2023, he won two titles in two weeks, claiming victory at J500 event in

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and following that up with victory at the ITF Junior Masters event in

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, China defeating

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of Mexico in the boys’ final. He became the first Austrian player to win the title. As a result he reached world No. 3 in the junior rankings. At the 2024 French Open, Schwärzler won his first junior Grand Slam title in the boys' doubles, partnering with

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2024: Maiden Challenger title, ATP & top 350 debuts

In May , Schwärzler won his first

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title at the 2024 Macedonian Open in Skopje, defeating Sergey Fomin,

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, Gerard Campana Lee and

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in the process. He achieved a new career high ranking of No. 387 with the win, and became the first player born in 2006 to win a Challenger title.

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, Schwärzler,

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and

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became the youngest champions of 2024 at that level. He was also just the fourth player to win an ATP Challenger Tour title while holding the Junior No. 1 ranking after Nick Kyrgios, Taylor Fritz and Wu Yibing. Schwärzler made his ATP debut at the 2024 Generali Open Kitzbühel, losing to

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in the first round. He also received a wildcard for the 2024 Erste Bank Open but lost to top seed

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ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwärzler, Joel 2006 births Living people Austrian male tennis players French Open junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Sportspeople from Vorarlberg 21st-century Austrian sportsmen