Alex Michelsen
Alex Michelsen
Alex Michelsen
Alex Michelsen
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    • Started playing tennis at age three, hitting backhands in the garage.
    • Has committed to the University of Georgia, beginning in the fall of 2023.
    • Father, Erik, is a lawyer and played college tennis at the University of Redlands, where he was a three-time All-American.
    • Mother, Sondra, is a retired teacher and played college tennis at San Diego State University, where she earned the prestigious Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship in 1989.
    • Says his mother has inspired him the most: "She taught me how to play and I was hitting with her almost every day until I was 15 or 16. My earliest tennis memory was when I was four and it started raining and I was crying to her because I couldn't play."
    • Brother, Jake, is three years older.
    • Favourite surface is hard and shot is backhand.
    • Favourite tournament is Wimbledon and city on tour is Paris.
    • Believes that winning the 2022 Wimbledon boys' doubles title, with countryman Sebastian Gorzny, has had the biggest impact on his young career: "Holding a Wimbledon trophy, even juniors, was super cool for me. I never thought that would happen. By far my favourite moment in tennis."
    • Tennis idol is Gael Monfils.
    • Enjoys playing basketball and is a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers.
    • Favourite athlete is Lionel Messi.
    • Biggest passion outside tennis is coin collecting. Owns over $10,000 in various coins.
    • Favourite book is Harry Potter, movie is Star Wars, TV show is Family Guy and actor is Tom Cruise.
    • Guilty pleasure is 'sweets'.
    • Favourite school subject is history.
    • Says his best quality is that he's 'caring' and worst quality is being 'too competitive'.

    (UPDATED 28AUGUST2023)

    • Youngest American (19)in Top 200 Pepperstone ATP Rankings at career-high No. 127on 28August 2023, one month afterwinning his 1st ATP Challenger Tour title in Chicago. Thefollowing week in only his 2nd career ATP Tour main draw in Newport, defeated defending champion Cressy in 1R and 4-time Newport winner Isner in SF before losing to Mannarino in final. He wasyoungest American to reach an ATP Tour final at 18y, 10m since Fritz (18y, 3m) in 2016 Memphis (l to Nishikori). After the2 tournaments jumped from No. 250 to No. 140.
    • Received a wild card into his 1st Grand Slam tournament at 2023 US Open.
    • Made ATP Tour main draw debut at 2023 Mallorca as a LL (l. to eventual champion Eubanks in 3 sets).
    • Has a 18-9Challenger record in 2023 and advanced to first final at Rome, Georgia (l. to Thompson).
    • Opened 2023 campaign with runner-up in Malibu and title at Edmond event on ITF World Tennis Tour. Has a 35-10 career record, including 16-3 in 2023.
    • Closed 2022 season by reaching final at Winston-Salem and winning title at East Lansing event on ITF World Tennis Tour.

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