Sebastian Ofner

Sebastian Ofner

Ofner at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Austria
Residence	Sankt Marein im Mürztal, Austria
Born	(1996-05-12) 12 May 1996 Bruck an der Mur, Austria
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Wolfgang Thiem (2017-), Stefan Rettl, Alexander Peya (2019)
Prize money	US$ 1,035,347
Singles
Career record	14–15
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 118 (22 May 2023)
Current ranking	No. 118 (22 May 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2023)
French Open	4R (2023)
Wimbledon	3R (2017)
US Open	Q2 (2018, 2022)
Doubles
Career record	0–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 299 (27 May 2017)
Last updated on: 22 May 2023.

Sebastian Ofner (born 12 May 1996) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 118 achieved on 22 May 2023. He is currently the No. 2 Austrian player.

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 Kimmer Coppejans, Miljan Zekić and Jay Clarke. In the first round, he beat Thomaz Bellucci in straight sets. In the next round, he upset world No. 18 Jack Sock 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 Pablo Cuevas as a wildcard in the second round. He then won over Renzo Olivo to reach the semifinals where he fell to João Sousa.

2018–2022: Maiden Challenger titles, French Open debut

Ofner won his maiden ATP Challenger title at the 2018 President's Cup in Astana.

At the 2022 French Open 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.

2023: Tenth Challenger final, Major fourth round, Top 100

In the first three months of the season he reached three Challenger tour finals in Tenerife, Antalya and in Zadar.

He qualified for his first ATP tournament for the season in Estoril where he lost in the first round to Dominic Thiem.

Ranked No. 118, he qualified for the main draw of the 2023 French Open for a second consecutive year and defeated Maxime Cressy for his first win at this Major. Next he defeated 24th seed Sebastian Korda to reach the third round for a second time at a Major. He went one step further and defeated Fabio Fognini to reach the fourth round of a Major for the first time in his career. As a result he made his top 80 debut in the rankings.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 21 (8–13)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (3–8) ITF Futures Tour (5–5)

Titles by surface Hard (4–8) Clay (4–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2015	Austria F8, Vogau	Futures	Clay	Dmitry Popko	0–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 2016	Turkey F14, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Marc Sieber	7–5, 5–7, 3–6
Win	1–2	Jul 2016	Austria F3, Bad Waltersdorf	Futures	Clay	Corentin Denolly	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win	2–2	Aug 2016	Austria F5, Innsbruck	Futures	Clay	Gonçalo Oliveira	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–2	Sep 2016	Austria F5, St. Pölten	Futures	Clay	Riccardo Bellotti	7–5, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Nov 2016	Greece F10, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Václav Šafránek	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Win	4–3	Nov 2016	Greece F11, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Dominik Kellovský	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss	4–4	Dec 2016	Qatar F5, Doha	Futures	Hard	Ramkumar Ramanathan	5–7, 3–6
Loss	4–5	Dec 2016	Qatar F6, Doha	Futures	Hard	Ramkumar Ramanathan	5–7, 3–6
Win	5–5	Feb 2017	Turkey F5, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Michal Konečný	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	5–6	May 2017	Mestre, Italy	Challenger	Clay	João Domingues	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win	6–6	Jul 2018	Astana, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Daniel Brands	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	7–6	May 2019	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	John-Patrick Smith	7–6(10–8), 3–6, 6–3
Loss	7–7	Nov 2019	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jannik Sinner	2–6, 4–6
Loss	7–8	Nov 2020	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	Taro Daniel	1–6, 2–6
Loss	7–9	Mar 2021	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Tomáš Macháč	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	8–9	Apr 2022	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Dalibor Svrčina	6–0, 6-4
Loss	8–10	Jan 2023	Tenerife, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Alexander Shevchenko	5–7, 2–6
Loss	8–11	Mar 2023	Antalya, Turkey	Challenger	Clay	Fábián Marozsán	5–7, 0–6
Loss	8–12	Mar 2023	Zadar, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Alessandro Giannessi	4–6, 7–5, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	8–13	May 2023	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Dominic Stricker	6–7(7–9), 3–6

Doubles: 10 (3–7)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (1–2) ITF Futures Tour (2–5)

Titles by surface Hard (3–2) Clay (0–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2013	Austria F5, Bad Waltersdorf	Futures	Clay	Patrick Ofner	Philip Lang Richard Ruckelshausen	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2015	Austria F5, Bad Waltersdorf	Futures	Clay	Philip Lang	Tom Kočevar-Dešman Lucas Miedler	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 2016	Austria F3, Bad Waltersdorf	Futures	Clay	Sebastian Bader	Bernd Kossler Gregor Ramskogler	4–6, 6–2, [4–10]
Loss	0–4	Aug 2016	Austria F6, Vogau	Futures	Clay	Lenny Hampel	Hugo Dellien Federico Zeballos	5–7, 4–6
Win	1–4	Nov 2016	Greece F11, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Lenny Hampel	Domagoj Bilješko Antun Vidak	7–5, 6–2
Loss	1–5	Dec 2016	Qatar F4, Doha	Futures	Hard	Lenny Hampel	James Marsalek Jonny O'Mara	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–5	Feb 2017	Turkey F4, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Alexander Erler	Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi Anton Zaitcev	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	2–6	Jun 2018	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Lucas Miedler	Lorenzo Giustino Gonçalo Oliveira	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	3–6	Apr 2019	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Lucas Miedler	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss	3–7	Feb 2023	Chennai, India	Challenger	Hard	Nino Serdarušić	Jay Clarke Arjun Kadhe	0–6, 4–6

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	Q3	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q1	1R		0–1
Wimbledon	A	A	3R	Q1	Q1	NH	Q3	Q3		2–1
US Open	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	A	Q1	Q2		0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1		2–2
National representation
Davis Cup	A	A	A	Z1	Z1	A	A	A		0–2
Career statistics
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	5–3	1–3	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–2		11–14
Year-end ranking	743	288	143	179	156	159	193	195		44%

Record against top 10 players

Ofner's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches and Davis Cup matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last match
Number 1 ranked players
Daniil Medvedev	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2018 Davis Cup
Number 2 ranked players
Alexander Zverev	0–2	0%	–	0–1	0–1	Lost (2–6, 4–6, 4–6) at 2022 French Open
Number 3 ranked players
Marin Čilić	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	Lost (2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7)) at 2021 Queen's Club
Dominic Thiem	0–3	0%	–	0–3	–	Lost (6–3, 3–6, 4–6) at 2023 Estoril
Number 5 ranked players
Kevin Anderson	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	Lost (5–7, 6–7(3–7)) at 2021 Newport
Number 7 ranked players
Richard Gasquet	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (1–6, 7–5, 7–5) at 2022 Kitzbühel
Number 8 ranked players
Jack Sock	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	Won (6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, 6–2) at 2017 Wimbledon
Diego Schwartzman	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (2–6, 6–2, 5–7) at 2020 Kitzbühel
Number 9 ranked players
Fabio Fognini	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (5–7, 6–3, 7–5, 1–6, 6–4) at 2023 French Open
Number 10 ranked players
Lucas Pouille	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2017 Vienna
Total	3–10	23%	0–2 (0%)	2–5 (29%)	1–3 (25%)	* Statistics correct as of 2 June 2023.

External links

• Sebastian Ofner at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Sebastian Ofner at the International Tennis Federation
• Sebastian Ofner at the Davis Cup