Austin Krajicek (/ˈkraɪtʃɛk/KRYE-chek; born June 16, 1990)[8] is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 1 in doubles by the ATP in June 2023.[9] He attained a career-high singles ranking of world No. 94 in October 2015.
A former player for Texas A&M University, Krajicek won the national doubles title at the 2011 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships, the first in the program's history. He turned professional in 2012 and made his top 100 singles debut in 2015, a year in which he made the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 in Tokyo and broke through on the major level by reaching the second round of the US Open. Krajicek has established more success in doubles and following his top 100 debut in 2013, he has won 13 doubles titles on the ATP Tour. Since partnering with Ivan Dodig in 2021, Krajicek has won one ATP Masters 1000 title at Monte-Carlo in 2023, and his first major title at the 2023 French Open, a victory that crowned him the ATP world No. 1 in June 2023.
He was a four-time doubles All-American (2008–11), and a two-time singles All-American (2010 & 2011). Krajicek was the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, and in his junior and senior seasons was the Big 12 Player of the Year.
Krajicek reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 US Open doubles tournament partnering Tennys Sandgren, his best showing at a Grand Slam in doubles. He entered the top 50 in doubles reaching a career-high of No. 44 on October 22, 2018. He later reached the top 40 with a career-high of World No. 35 on May 27, 2019.
At the Olympics, he reached the semifinals partnering again with Tennys Sandgren where they lost to eventual champions Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic. The pair lost in the bronze medal match to the New Zealand pair of Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus.
Partnering with Steve Johnson, he reached his first Masters 1000 final at the 2021 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, defeating Colombian pair Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah in a tight three-set match.[11] The pair last competed at the 2020 edition of the Cincinnati Masters where they reached the semifinals.
At the 2022 French Open, he reached the first major final in his career, partnering with Dodig and defeating top seeds Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram in the quarterfinals.[13] They lost to Marcelo Arevalo and Jean Julien Rojer in the final. As a result, he made his debut in the top 25 and became the American No. 2 player after Rajeev Ram.
At Halle and Eastbourne, he reached the semifinals with Dodig. As a result, he reached world No. 19 in the doubles rankings on June 27, and a couple of weeks later the top 15 on July 11.
At the Paris Masters, Krajicek and Dodig reached the semifinals, defeating Belgian pair Sander Gille/Joran Vliegen[18] and top seeds Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury to reach their seventh final for the season. On 5 November, the pair qualified for the 2022 ATP Finals after defeating German duo Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies to reach their seventh final of 2022 as a team.[19] Krajicek reached world No. 9 in the rankings on November 7, 2022 and finished the year ranked No. 10 on November 21, 2022.
Krajicek reached his third Masters final at the Miami Open with Nicolas Mahut[20] and fourth at the Monte-Carlo Masters with Dodig, the latter of which they won after defeating Romain Arneodo and Sam Weissborn.[21] As a result Krajicek moved to a new career high of world No. 3 and became the American No. 1 doubles player.
The successful momentum the pair found on clay boosted Krajicek and Dodig to a second consecutive final at the 2023 French Open,[22] where they won their first Major title together, a victory that crowned Krajicek the new World No. 1.[23][24][9][25] He won his second grass court title with Dodig at the 2023 Queen's Club Championships and reclaimed the No. 1 ranking before Wimbledon.[26]
At the US Open he reached the mixed doubles final with compatriot Jessica Pegula. At the same tournament he also made it to the semifinals in doubles with Dodig.
He finished the year as the world No. 1 player for the first time in his career.[27]
2024: Consecutive Miami final, Olympics silver medal
At the 2024 BNP Paribas Open, he reached the quarterfinals with Dodig having never gotten past the second round at this Masters. As a result, he reclaimed the world No. 1 ranking replacing Rohan Bopanna. At the 2024 Miami Open he reached the final for a second consecutive year, this time with Dodig, but lost to top seeds Bopanna and Ebden.
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.
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weeks record underlined.
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