Joel Schwärzler
Full name | Joel Schwärzler |
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ITF name | Joel Schwaerzler |
Country (sports) | Austria |
Born | 27 January 2006 |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Jürgen Melzer[1] |
Prize money | $53,343 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–1(atATP Tourlevel,Grand Slamlevel, and inDavis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 371 (12 August 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 374 (23 September 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian OpenJunior | 1R (2023) |
French OpenJunior | SF (2024) |
WimbledonJunior | 1R (2023) |
US OpenJunior | 1R(2023) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–2(atATP Tourlevel,Grand Slamlevel, and inDavis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 381 (16 September 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 383 (23 September 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian OpenJunior | 2R (2023) |
French OpenJunior | W(2024) |
WimbledonJunior | 1R (2023) |
US OpenJunior | F (2023) |
Last updated on: 24 September 2024. |
Joel Josef Schwärzler(born 27 January 2006) is an Austrian tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of No. 371 achieved on 12 August 2024.[2]
Early life
[edit]Schwärzler is the son of a South African mother and an Austrian father fromVorarlberg.He grew up inHard, Austria.He began playing tennis at the age of 5. 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 inPrerov,Czech Republic,defeating top seedMartin Landalucein the final.[3][4]
Professional career
[edit]Early years
[edit]He began training at the ÖTV performance centre in Südstadt in 2021.[5]
2023: Junior Masters Champion
[edit]He reached the final of the2023 US Open – Boys' doublesalongside partner Federico Bondioli where they lost toMax DahlinandOliver Ojakäärdespite twice having a match point.[6]
In October 2023, he won two titles in two weeks, claiming victory at J500 event inOsakaand following that up with victory at theITF Junior Mastersevent inChengdu,China defeatingRodrigo Pacheco Méndezof Mexico in the boys’ final.[7][8]He became the first Austrian player to win the title.[9]This title guaranteed him the third place in the world junior rankings.[10]
2024: Maiden ATP Challenger title, French Open doubles Junior champion
[edit]In May, Schwärzler won his firstATP Challenger Tourtitle at the2024 Macedonian Openin Skopje, defeatingSergey Fomin,Ergi Kırkın,Andrew Paulson,Gerard Campana Lee andKamil Majchrzakin 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.João Fonseca,Schwärzler,Gabriel DebruandLearner Tienbecame 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.[11]
At the2024 French Open,Schwärzler won his first juniorGrand Slamtitle in the boys' doubles, partnering withNicolai Budkov Kjær.[citation needed]
ATP Challenger Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 1 (1 title)
[edit]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | May 2024 | Skopje,North Macedonia | Challenger | Clay | Kamil Majchrzak | 6–3, 6–3 |
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2024 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Filip Cristian Jianu | 1–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 4 (4 titles)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 2023 | M15 Kottingbrunn, Austria | WTT | Clay | Dominik Kellovský | Miloš Karol David Pichler |
3–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
Win | 2–0 | Nov 2023 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | WTT | Hard | Neil Oberleitner | Sergis Kyratzis Eleftherios Neos |
6–0, 6–3 |
Win | 3–0 | Nov 2023 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | WTT | Hard | Neil Oberleitner | Pavlos Tsitsipas Petros Tsitsipas |
7–6(7–4),6–2 |
Win | 4–0 | Mar 2024 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Jan Hrazdil | Mert Alkaya S Mert Özdemir |
6–1, 6–0 |
Junior Grand Slam finals
[edit]Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
[edit]Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2023 | US Open | Hard | Federico Bondioli | Max Dahlin Oliver Ojakäär |
6–3, 3–6, [9–11] |
Win | 2024 | French Open | Clay | Nicolai Budkov Kjær | Federico Cinà Rei Sakamoto |
6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
References
[edit]- ^Huiber, Jens (22 October 2023)."Joel Schwärzler - It's time to celebrate".tennisnet.com.Retrieved23 October2023.
- ^"Joel Schwärzler".ATP.Retrieved8 September2023.
- ^"Joel Schwärzler has every shot in the game".Krone.at.4 January 2023.Retrieved8 September2023.
- ^"Joel Schwärzler is U16 European Champion!".tennisnet.com.24 July 2022.Retrieved8 September2023.
- ^Wachta, Manuel (20 October 2023)."Bravo, Joel! Schwärzler bei ITF Junior Finals unter den letzten Vier".oetv.at.Retrieved23 October2023.
- ^Fink, Nikolas (10 September 2023)."US Open 2023: Two match points awarded! Joel Schwärzler misses the junior doubles title".tennisnet.Retrieved23 October2023.
- ^McLean, Ross (23 October 2023)."KORNEEVA AND SCHWAERZLER TRIUMPH AT ITF JUNIOR FINALS IN CHENGDU".ITFTennis.com.Retrieved23 October2023.
- ^Mortsch, Christian (23 October 2023)."Joel Schwärzler is on the trail of Dominic Thiem".sn.at(in German).Retrieved23 October2023.
- ^"Schwärzler sensationally wins ITF finals".Vorarlberg.orf.at(in German). 22 October 2023.Retrieved23 October2023.
- ^"Sensational! Joel Schwärzler wins the ITF Junior Finals".laola1.at(in German). October 22, 2023.Retrieved22 October2023.
- ^"Challenger Q2: #NextGenATP teens Schwaerzler, Debru shine".ATPTour.17 July 2024.Retrieved9 September2024.