Axel Geller

Axel Geller

Country (sports)	Argentina
Born	(1999-04-01) 1 April 1999 (age 26) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Retired	2022
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$21,675
Singles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 539 (5 August 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open  Junior	1R (2017)
Wimbledon  Junior	F (2017)
US Open  Junior	F (2017)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 622 (17 February 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open  Junior	QF (2017)
Wimbledon  Junior	W (2017)
US Open  Junior	QF (2017)
Last updated on: 12 August 2024.

Axel Geller (born 1 April 1999) is an Argentine former tennis player. Geller was ranked as high as world No. 539 in singles, which he achieved in August 2019, by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and had claimed six singles and doubles titles on the International Tennis Federation (ITF)'s World Tennis Tour between 2018 and 2019.

In 2017, he became the No. 1-ranked junior after winning the doubles title at Wimbledon and placing runner-up in both singles finals at Wimbledon and the US Open. Geller later attended Stanford University, where he played for the men's tennis team. Following his graduation from Stanford in 2022, he announced his retirement from tennis in order to pursue a career in finance. ^{[1] [2]}

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF Futures/WTT (3–0)

Finals by surface Hard (3–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2018	USA F22, Edwardsville	Futures	Hard	Sebastian Korda	6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–0)
Win	2–0	Jun 2019	M15 Cancún, Mexico	WTT	Hard	Nick Chappell	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win	3–0	Sep 2019	M15 Champaign, USA	WTT	Hard	Adam Walton	6–3, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF WTT (3–0)

Finals by surface Hard (3–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2019	M15 Cancún, Mexico	WTT	Hard	Nicolás Mejía	Jody Maginley Justin Roberts	6–7(5–7), 6–1, [10–6]
Win	2–0	Jul 2019	M25 Champaign, USA	WTT	Hard	Juan Carlos Aguilar	Ricardo Rodríguez Keenan Mayo	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–0	Jul 2019	M25 Dallas, USA	WTT	Hard	Juan Carlos Aguilar	Alan Kohen Santiago Rodríguez Taverna	6–1, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2017	Wimbledon	Grass	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	6–7(2–7), 3–6
Loss	2017	US Open	Hard	Wu Yibing	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2017	Wimbledon	Grass	Hsu Yu-hsiou	Jurij Rodionov Michael Vrbenský	6–4, 6–4

References

1. "Un pilarense número 1 del mundo deja el tenis por su carrera". www.pilaradiario.com.
2. Tamagni, Roi (18 July 2022). "Era número 1 del mundo, dejó el tenis para estudiar en Estados Unidos y decidió no volver a jugar: "Un día dije 'no tengo ganas de hacer esto nunca más'"". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2022.

External links

• Axel Geller at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Axel Geller at the International Tennis Federation

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miomir Kecmanović	ITF Junior World Champion 2017	Succeeded by Tseng Chun-hsin