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
Prize money$23,840
Singles
Career record1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 458 (14 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 458 (14 October 2024)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 1208 (15 July 2024)
Current rankingNo. 1861 (14 October 2024)
Last updated on: 16 October 2024.

Justin Engel (born 1 October 2007) is a German tennis player.

Contents

Engel has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 458, achieved on 14 October 2024. [1]

Career

In May 2024, 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. [2]

Engel made his ATP Challenger Tour main draw debut at the 2024 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. [3] Engel came through qualifying to reach the main draw at the 2024 JC Ferrero Challenger Open and claimed his second top-150 win after defeating world No. 121 (and former world No. 63) Luca Van Assche in the second round. Engel reached his first Challenger quarterfinal at the tournament, where he eventually lost to Jérôme Kym.

At the age of 17, he made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the 2024 Almaty Open after receiving a main draw wildcard. Engel 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. [4]

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 2024 Almaty Open.

Tournament 2024 2025 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A0 / 00–0
French Open A0 / 00–0
Wimbledon A0 / 00–0
US Open A0 / 00–0
Win–loss0–00–00 / 00–0
Career statistics
Tournaments101
Overall win–loss1–10–01–1
Year-end ranking

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 4 (4 titles)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (3–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0May 2024M15 Villach, AustriaHard 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

Doubles: 1 (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

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References

  1. ↑ "Justin Engel - Overview". ATP Tour.
  2. ↑ "Engel, 16, becomes youngest German men's title winner since 2003". ITF. 20 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Justin Engel: "Ich will mich einfach nur auf den Tennissport konzentrieren"". tennis.de (in German). 20 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "Justin Engel earns first ATP win in Almaty, follows Carlos Alcaraz's numbers". Tennis World USA. 14 October 2024.
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