Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Schwerin, Germany |
Born | Cardiff, Wales | 26 January 2008
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US $6,321 |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 1036 (8 August 2025) |
Current ranking | No. 1036 (8 August 2025) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open Junior | 1R (2025) |
French Open Junior | W (2025) |
Wimbledon Junior | 2R (2025) |
US Open Junior | 1R (2025) |
Doubles | |
Highest ranking | No. 1100 (3 March 2025) |
Current ranking | No. 2272 (8 August 2025) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open Junior | QF (2025) |
French Open Junior | 1R (2025) |
Wimbledon Junior | 1R (2025) |
US Open Junior | QF (2025) |
Last updated on: 8 August 2025. |
Niels McDonald (born 26 January 2008) is a German tennis player. He has a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 4, achieved on 9 June 2025. He won the boys' singles title at the 2025 French Open. [1]
McDonald was born in Cardiff to a German mother and a Scottish father; he himself has dual German and British citizenship. [2] [3] He lived near London until the age of four, when his family moved to Schwerin, Germany. [4] [5] He trains at Good to Great Tennis Academy and plays for Oldenburger TeV in the 2. Tennis-Bundesliga . [2] [6]
In May 2024, McDonald won both the singles and doubles titles at the J200 tournament in Hanover. [7] [8] The following month, he and compatriot Diego Dedura-Palomero won the doubles title at the J300 tournament in Bamberg. [9] He also won the singles title and reached the semifinals in doubles at the J200 Babolat Cup in Plzeň. [10] That September, he attempted to make his Junior Grand Slam debut at the US Open, but retired during his first-round singles qualifying match against Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar. [11] [12]
In January 2025, he and compatriot Jamie Mackenzie reached the boys' doubles quarterfinals of the Australian Open. [13] The following month, at the J200 Bavarian Junior Winter Championships in Oberhaching, he reached the quarterfinals in singles and won the doubles title with compatriot Max Schönhaus. [14] That March, he and Mackenzie won back-to-back J200 doubles titles in Valencia and Benicarló. [15] In June, he won the boys' singles title at the French Open, upsetting top seed Andrés Santamarta Roig in the process and defeating Schönhaus in the final. [16] [17] He was the first German to win the boys' singles title at the French Open since Daniel Elsner in 1997, and the first to win the boys' singles title at any major since Alexander Zverev in 2014. [18] [19]
In July 2024, McDonald made his ATP Challenger Tour debut with a wildcard into the doubles main draw of the Brawo Open, partnering compatriot Nicola Kuhn; they reached the quarterfinals. [20] [21]
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 2025 | French Open | Clay | ![]() | 6–7(5–7), 6–0, 6–3 |