Axel Geller

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Axel Geller
Country (sports)Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Born (1999-04-01) 1 April 1999 (age 24)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Retired2022
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$21,675
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 539 (5 August 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open  Junior1R (2017)
Wimbledon  JuniorF (2017)
US Open  JuniorF (2017)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 622 (17 February 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open  JuniorQF (2017)
Wimbledon  JuniorW (2017)
US Open  JuniorQF (2017)
Last updated on: 19 July 2022.

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.

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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 finals

Singles: 3 (3–0)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (3–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Aug 2018USA F22, Edwardsville, Illinois FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Sebastian Korda 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–0)
Win2–0Jun 2019M15, Cancun MexicoWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United States.svg Nick Chappell 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win3–0Sep 2019M15, Champaign United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Walton 6–3, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 3 (3–0)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (3–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jun 2019M15, Cancun MexicoWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Colombia.svg Nicolás Mejía Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Jody Maginley
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Justin Roberts		6–7(5–7), 6–1, {10–6]
Win2–0Jul 2019M25, Champaign United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Juan Carlos Aguilar Flag of Venezuela.svg Ricardo Rodríguez
Flag of the United States.svg Keenan Mayo		6–4, 6–3
Win3–0Jul 2019M25, Dallas United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Juan Carlos Aguilar Flag of Argentina.svg Alan Kohen
Flag of Argentina.svg Santiago Rodríguez Taverna 		6–1, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (2 finals)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentsScore
Loss 2017 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Loss 2017 US Open Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Yibing 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2017 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsu Yu-hsiou Flag of Austria.svg Jurij Rodionov
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michael Vrbenský 		6–4, 6–4

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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.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by ITF Junior World Champion
2017		Succeeded by



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