Justin Engel

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Justin Engel
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Born (2007-10-01) 1 October 2007 (age 17)
Nuremberg, Germany
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2024
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachHorst Engel,
Philipp Kohlschreiber [1]
Prize moneyUS $214,963
Singles
Career record4–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 208 (21 July 2025)
Current rankingNo. 223 (18 August 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open Q1 (2025)
Doubles
Career record2–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 280 (23 June 2025)
Current rankingNo. 285 (18 August 2025)
Last updated on: 18 August 2025.

Justin Engel (born 1 October 2007) is a German tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 208, achieved on 21 July 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 280, attained on 23 June 2025. [2]

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Career

2023: Maiden ITF title

In May, at the age of 16, Engel became the youngest German men's title winner since 2003 when he won an ITF World Tennis Tour tournament in Villach, Austria. [3]

2024: ATP Tour debut

In July, Engel made his Challenger main draw debut at the Tennis Open Karlsruhe, having received a wildcard. He defeated world No. 138 and five-time major doubles champion Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the first round to claim his first Challenger main draw win and first top-150 win. [4]

In October, at the age of 17, Engel made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the Almaty Open after receiving a main draw wildcard. He defeated Coleman Wong in straight sets to claim his first ATP Tour main draw win, becoming the youngest player to do so since Carlos Alcaraz at the 2020 Rio Open and the first player born in the year 2007 to win an ATP match. [5]

2025: ATP quarterfinal, wins on three different surfaces

In May, at the 2025 Hamburg Open where he entered the main draw as wildcard, Engel defeated compatriot Jan-Lennard Struff to record only his second ATP Tour level win. [6]

In June, at 17 years and eight months, at the 2025 BOSS Open, Engel became only the second-youngest player since 1990 to win a tour-level match (excluding Davis Cup) on three surfaces: hardcourt, clay court and grass after Rafael Nadal who accomplished the feat at a younger age (at 17 years and two months). [7] It was his first professional win on grass courts. [8] He reached his first quarterfinal on the ATP Tour by defeating seventh seed Alex Michelsen in the second round, his first win over a top 50 player. He became the youngest quarterfinalist in the history of the tournament [9] and the youngest at a grass tournament since Boris Becker at Wimbledon in 1985. [10] He lost to fourth seed Félix Auger-Aliassime in the quarterfinals.

Singles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.

Current through the 2025 Austrian Open Kitzbühel.

Tournament 2024 2025 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA0 / 00–0
French Open AA0 / 00–0
Wimbledon AA0 / 00–0
US Open A Q1 0 / 00–0
Win–loss0–00–00 / 00–0
Career statistics
Tournaments156
Hard win–loss1–10–01–1
Clay win–loss0–01–31–3
Grass win–loss0–02–22–2
Overall win–loss1–13–54–6
Year-end ranking396

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 5 (5 titles)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0May 2024M15 Villach, AustriaClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jérôme Kym 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win2–0Jul 2024M15 Uslar, GermanyClay Flag of Argentina.svg Lautaro Agustín Falabella6–2, 6–4
Win3–0Aug 2024M15 Trier, GermanyClay Flag of Germany.svg Milan Welte 6–1, 6–4
Win4–0Sep 2024M15 Cap d'Agde, FranceClay Flag of France.svg Lucas Bouquet2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win5–0Jan 2025M15 Cadolzburg, GermanyCarpet (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hamish Stewart7–6(7–2), 6–3

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Sep 2023M15 Oberhausen, GermanyClay Flag of Germany.svg Yannik Kelm Flag of Germany.svg Adrian Oetzbach
Flag of Germany.svg Jakob Schnaitter
5–7, 4–6

References

  1. "Kohlschreiber trainiert Toptalent Engel". sportschau.de (in German). 25 October 2024.
  2. "Justin Engel - Overview". ATP Tour.
  3. "Engel, 16, becomes youngest German men's title winner since 2003". ITF. 20 May 2024.
  4. "Justin Engel: "Ich will mich einfach nur auf den Tennissport konzentrieren"". tennis.de (in German). 20 September 2024.
  5. "Justin Engel earns first ATP win in Almaty, follows Carlos Alcaraz's numbers". Tennis World USA. 14 October 2024.
  6. "Engel shocks Struff – victory over his former babysitter". 20 May 2025.
  7. "Only Nadal did this before 17-year-old Engel..." ATPTour. 11 June 2025.
  8. "Engel claims upset win in first professional match on grass in Stuttgart". Reuters. 10 June 2025.
  9. "Teen sensation Justin Engel sets new record in Stuttgart: "It motivates me to do more!"". 12 June 2025.
  10. "La sensation Justin Engel, 17 ans, plus jeune quart de finaliste sur gazon depuis 1985". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2025-06-13.