Alexandre Müller

Alexandre Müller

Müller at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	France
Born	(1997-02-01) 1 February 1997 (age 27) Poissy, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Jean-Christophe Faurel
Prize money	US$1,959,370
Singles
Career record	27–39
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 68 (21 October 2024)
Current ranking	No. 68 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2021)
French Open	2R (2024)
Wimbledon	2R (2023, 2024)
US Open	2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	3–8
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 273 (9 May 2022)
Current ranking	No. 308 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2024)
French Open	1R (2018, 2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2024)
US Open	1R (2023, 2024)
Medal record Men's tennis Representing  France Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona Doubles
Last updated on: 9 September 2024.

Alexandre Müller (French pronunciation: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ mylɛʁ];^[1] born 1 February 1997) is a French professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the ATP as high as world No. 70 in singles, which he achieved on 9 September 2024. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of 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 ATP Challenger Tour, 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 Blois. The following season, Müller made his breakthrough on the ATP Tour after reaching his first tour final in Marrakesh, which earned him his top 100 debut.

Müller made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 French Open after receiving a wildcard to the singles main draw.^[2][3] He was defeated by Thiago Monteiro in the first round.

He qualified for the 2019 French Open but lost in the first round to Roberto Carballes Baena.

At the 2021 Australian Open Müller won his first Grand Slam match as a lucky loser defeating Juan Ignacio Londero. As a result, he entered the top 200 at a career-high of World No. 194 on 22 February 2021.

In June, Müller won his first Challenger tournament in Blois, France, defeating Nikola Milojevic. A month later, he made his top 150 debut 25 July 2022 at world No. 149.

At the 2023 Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Müller as a qualifier reached his first ATP quarterfinal in his career, defeating Nikoloz Basilashvili and eighth seed Botic van de Zandschulp.^[4] He lost to Andy Murray.^[5]

At the 2023 Grand Prix Hassan II he reached a second quarterfinal defeating sixth seed Richard Gasquet and Francesco Passaro. Next he defeated top seed Lorenzo Musetti to reach his first ATP semifinal in a close to two hours match.^[6] 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.^[7] He made his Masters debut at the 2023 Italian Open (tennis) as a qualifier and recorded his first win defeating Kyle Edmund.

Müller reached a new career-high ranking of No. 82 on 26 June 2023 following his first title at a Challenger 125 level at the 2023 Emilia-Romagna Open in Montechiarugolo, Italy, defeating Francesco Maestrelli. He made his debut at Wimbledon, defeating compatriot Arthur Rinderknech in the first round for his second win in a Major. He then lost to top seed Carlos Alcaraz.^[8]

At the US Open, Müller faced second seed Novak Djokovic in the first round, losing in straight sets.^[9] He received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2023 Rolex Paris Masters.

Following a quarterfinal showing as a qualifier at the 2024 ASB Classic where he defeated compatriot Benjamin Bonzi and third seed Francisco Cerúndolo, he reached the top 75 in the rankings on 15 January 2024.

In February, Muller lost to Andy Murray in the first round of the ATP Qatar Open. This was Andy Murray's first victory since October 2023.^[10]

In May, Müller reached the fourth round of a Masters at the Italian Open for the first time in his career by defeating Márton Fucsovics, compatriot and 31st seed Arthur Fils,^[11] and fourth seed Andrey Rublev, having reached the main draw as a qualifier. The win against Rublev ended the Madrid champion seven-match winning streak and was his first career win against a top 10 player.^[12][13][14] As a result he made it back to the top 100 climbing close to 20 positions up in the rankings. He lost to Nicolás Jarry in the fourth round.^[15][16]

In June, Müller reached his first Challenger final in a year in Lyon, losing to top seed Hugo Gaston in the final.^[17] In July, he won his first Challenger title in more than a year in San Marino, defeating Tseng Chun-hsin in the final.^[18]

He received a wildcard for the main draw of the US Open,^[19] where he reached the second round, losing to fourth seed Alexander Zverev.

In October, Müller reached the third round at a Masters for the second time in his career at the Shanghai Masters, defeating Luca Nardi in the first round and eighteenth seed Félix Auger-Aliassime in the second round before losing to tenth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the third round.^[20]

Current through the 2024 Italian Open.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2023	Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	250 Series	Clay	Roberto Carballés Baena	6–4, 6–7(3–7), 2–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2015	Tunisia F32, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Nikola Milojević	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Mar 2016	Egypt F8, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Marko Tepavac	6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss	0–3	May 2016	Algeria F1, Oran	Futures	Clay	Sadio Doumbia	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–4	Jun 2016	Macedonia F1, Skopje	Futures	Clay	Danilo Petrović	3–6, 6–4, 6–7(6–8)
Win	1–4	Jul 2016	Macedonia F2, Skopje	Futures	Clay	Dimitar Grabul	6–2, 6–4
Loss	1–5	Aug 2016	Morocco F6, Tanger	Futures	Clay	Maxime Hamou	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	1–6	Oct 2016	Croatia F9, Bol	Futures	Clay	Riccardo Bellotti	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–7	Nov 2016	Greece F8, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Václav Šafránek	5–7, 4–6
Win	2–7	Nov 2016	Cyprus F2, Limassol	Futures	Hard	Lucas Miedler	6–2, 6–2
Loss	2–8	Dec 2016	Israel F17, Ramat Gan	Futures	Hard	David Guez	7–5, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	2–9	Feb 2017	Indonesia F3, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Sebastian Fanselow	1–6, 3–6
Loss	2–10	May 2017	France F10, Grasse	Futures	Clay	Corentin Moutet	4–6, 3–6
Win	3–10	Jul 2017	Poland F3, Mrągowo	Futures	Clay	Markus Eriksson	6–3, 0–6, 6–3
Win	4–10	Jul 2017	France F16, Uriage	Futures	Clay	Corentin Denolly	5–7, 7–6(7–1), 6–4
Win	5–10	Oct 2017	Tunisia F32, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Olaso	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	5–11	Mar 2018	Tunisia F8, Jerba	Futures	Hard	Moez Echargui	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 1–6
Loss	5–12	Sep 2018	Lebanon F1, Jounieh	Futures	Clay	Jordi Samper Montaña	3–6, 4–6
Win	6–12	Oct 2018	Lebanon F2, Jounieh	Futures	Clay	Fabien Reboul	6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–13	Dec 2018	Tunisia F42, Monastir	Futures	Hard	Aslan Karatsev	4–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	6–14	Sep 2019	Glasgow, Great Britain	Challenger	Hard (i)	Emil Ruusuvuori	3–6, 1–6
Loss	6-15	Oct 2019	M25 Tavira, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Frederico Ferreira Silva	2–6, 1–6
Win	7-15	Nov 2019	M25 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Petros Chrysochos	3–6, 7–6 (7-5), 6–2
Win	8–15	Jun 2022	Blois, France	Challenger	Clay	Nikola Milojevic	7–6(7-3), 6–1
Loss	8–16	Feb 2023	Waco, Texas	Challenger	Hard	Aleksandar Kovacevic	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	9–16	Jun 2023	Montechiarugolo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Francesco Maestrelli	6–1, 6–4
Loss	9–17	Jun 2024	Lyon, France	Challenger	Clay	Hugo Gaston	2–6, 6–1, 1–6
Win	10–17	Jul 2024	San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Chun-Hsin Tseng	6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7-3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2015	Greece F8, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Corentin Denolly	Lloyd Glasspool Joshua Ward-Hibbert	w/o
Win	1–1	Jan 2016	France F1, Bagnoles-de-l'Orne	Futures	Clay (i)	Corentin Denolly	Benjamin Bonzi Grégoire Jacq	2–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Win	2–1	May 2016	Algeria F1, Oran	Futures	Clay	Fabien Reboul	Adria Mas Mascolo Pol Toledo Bagué	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–1	May 2016	Algeria F2, Algiers	Futures	Clay	Grégoire Jacq	Jordi Muñoz Abreu Fabien Reboul	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–2	Jul 2016	Italy F20, Casinalbo	Futures	Clay	Pirmin Hänle	Riccardo Balzerani Enrico Dalla Valle	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3–3	Aug 2016	Morocco F5, Tanger	Futures	Clay	Gianni Mina	Sander Gillé Antoine Hoang	4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss	3–4	Aug 2016	Morocco F6, Tanger	Futures	Clay	Gianni Mina	Felipe Cunha Silva Julian Ocleppo	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3–5	Nov 2016	Greece F8, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Florent Diep	Adrian Bodmer Jakob Sude	2–6, 1–6
Loss	3–6	Dec 2016	Cyprus F3, Larnaca	Futures	Hard	Markos Kalovelonis	Lucas Miedler Maximilian Neuchrist	3–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Win	4–6	Jan 2017	Egypt F1, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Antoine Escoffier	Adrian Bodmer Jakob Sude	6–2, 3–6, [11–9]
Win	5–6	Jul 2017	Belgium F4, Lasne	Futures	Clay	Corentin Denolly	Maxence Brovillé Clément Tabur	6–1, 6–3
Win	6–6	Jul 2017	France F16, Uriage	Futures	Clay	Corentin Denolly	Antoine Bellier Johan Sébastien Tatlot	6–3, 7–5
Loss	6–7	May 2018	France F9, Grasse	Futures	Clay	Corentin Denolly	Hugo Gaston Clément Tabur	2–6, 4–6
Win	7–7	Jun 2019	Blois, France	Challenger	Clay	Corentin Denolly	Sergio Galdós Andreas Siljeström	7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–6]
Loss	7–8	Feb 2022	Bangalore, India	Challenger	Hard	Hugo Grenier	Saketh Myneni Ramkumar Ramanathan	3-6, 2-6
Win	8–8	Apr 2022	Sanremo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Geoffrey Blancaneaux	Flavio Cobolli Matteo Gigante	4–6, 6–3, [11–9]

• Alexandre Müller at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Alexandre Müller at the International Tennis Federation