Axel Geller

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Axel Geller
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (1999-04-01) 1 April 1999 (age 24)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Retired2022
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$21,675
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 539 (5 August 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Junior1R (2017)
Wimbledon JuniorF (2017)
US Open JuniorF (2017)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 622 (17 February 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open JuniorQF (2017)
Wimbledon JuniorW (2017)
US Open JuniorQF (2017)
Last updated on: 19 July 2022.

Axel Geller (born 1 April 1999) is an Argentine former tennis player. Geller was ranked as high as world No. 539 in singles, which he achieved in August 2019, by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and had claimed six singles and doubles titles on the International Tennis Federation (ITF)'s World Tennis Tour between 2018 and 2019.

In 2017, he became the No. 1-ranked junior after winning the doubles title at Wimbledon and placing runner-up in both singles finals at Wimbledon and the US Open. Geller later attended Stanford University, where he played for the men's tennis team. Following his graduation from Stanford in 2022, he announced his retirement from tennis in order to pursue a career in finance.[1][2]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[edit]

Singles: 3 (3–0)[edit]

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (3–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2018 USA F22, Edwardsville, Illinois Futures Hard United States Sebastian Korda 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–0)
Win 2–0 Jun 2019 M15, Cancun Mexico World Tennis Tour Hard United States Nick Chappell 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 3–0 Sep 2019 M15, Champaign United States World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Adam Walton 6–3, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 3 (3–0)[edit]

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (3–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2019 M15, Cancun Mexico World Tennis Tour Hard Colombia Nicolás Mejía Antigua and Barbuda Jody Maginley
The Bahamas Justin Roberts
6–7(5–7), 6–1, {10–6]
Win 2–0 Jul 2019 M25, Champaign United States World Tennis Tour Hard Bolivia Juan Carlos Aguilar Venezuela Ricardo Rodríguez
United States Keenan Mayo
6–4, 6–3
Win 3–0 Jul 2019 M25, Dallas United States World Tennis Tour Hard Bolivia Juan Carlos Aguilar Argentina Alan Kohen
Argentina Santiago Rodríguez Taverna
6–1, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals[edit]

Singles: 2 (2 finals)[edit]

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponents Score
Loss 2017 Wimbledon Grass Spain Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Loss 2017 US Open Hard China Wu Yibing 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[edit]

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2017 Wimbledon Grass Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou Austria Jurij Rodionov
Czech Republic Michael Vrbenský
6–4, 6–4

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Un pilarense número 1 del mundo deja el tenis por su carrera". www.pilaradiario.com.
  2. ^ Tamagni, Roi (18 July 2022). "Era número 1 del mundo, dejó el tenis para estudiar en Estados Unidos y decidió no volver a jugar: "Un día dije 'no tengo ganas de hacer esto nunca más'"". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2022.

External links[edit]

Awards and achievements
Preceded by ITF Junior World Champion
2017
Succeeded by