Austin Krajicek
Country (sports) | United States |
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Residence | Plano, Texas, U.S.[1] |
Born | [2][3] Tampa, Florida, U.S.[2] | June 16, 1990
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [4] |
Turned pro | 2012 |
Plays | Left-handed[2] (two-handed backhand) |
College | Texas A&M Aggies[5] |
Coach | John Farrington |
Prize money | US$1,551,706 |
Singles | |
Career record | 12–24 (33.3%) (in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)[6] |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 94 (26 October 2015)[3] |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2016) |
French Open | Q1 (2014, 2015) |
Wimbledon | Q3 (2016) |
US Open | 2R (2015) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 105–96 (52.2% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)[7] |
Career titles | 4 |
Highest ranking | No. 35 (27 May 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 43 (13 September 2021) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2020) |
French Open | 2R (2015, 2020, 2021) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2014) |
US Open | QF (2018) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | SF – 4th (2020) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2020) |
French Open | 2R (2019) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2021) |
US Open | SF (2021) |
Last updated on: 27 September 2021. |
Austin Krajicek (born June 16, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking in doubles of World No. 35 achieved on 27 May 2019 and in singles of World No. 94 achieved on 26 October 2015. He is a distant cousin of Dutch tennis player and former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek.[8] He played college tennis at Texas A&M.
College[]
Krajicek attended Texas A&M, where he lettered from 2008–11. He won the doubles title with Jeff Dadamo at the 2011 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships, which was the first national title in program history.
He was a four-time doubles All-American (2008–11), and a two-time singles All-American (2010 & 2011). Krajicek was the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, and in his junior and senior seasons was the Big 12 Player of the Year.
Professional career[]
Early years: 2012-2017[]
Prior to 2018 Krajicek competed mainly on the ITF Futures and ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles.
2018-2019: First ATP title, Top 50 debut and career high ranking in doubles[]
Krajicek reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 US Open doubles tournament partnering Tennys Sandgren, his best showing at a Grand Slam in doubles. He entered the top 50 in doubles reaching a career-high of No. 44 on 22 October 2018. He later reached the top 40 with a career-high of World No. 35 on 27 May 2019.
2020-2021: Fourth ATP doubles title and tenth final, Olympics debut, Maiden Masters 1000 final[]
He reached the third round of the 2020 Australian Open partnering Franko Škugor and the pair also won the title at the 2020 Austrian Open in Kitzbühel.
Partnering Vasek Pospisil, he reached his tenth final at the 2021 Hall of Fame Open where he lost to fellow Americans Jack Sock and William Blumberg.
At the Olympics, he reached the semifinals partnering again with Tennys Sandgren where they lost to eventual champions Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic. The pair lost subsequently in the bronze medal match to the New Zealand pair of Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus.
Partnering with Steve Johnson, he reached his first Masters 1000 final at the 2021 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati defeating No. 3 seeded Colombian pair Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah in a tight three-set match.[9] The pair last competed at the 2020 edition of the Cincinnati Masters where they reached the semifinals.
World TeamTennis[]
Krajicek made his World TeamTennis debut in 2020 with the Orange County Breakers at The Greenbrier.[10]
Significant finals[]
Masters 1000 finals[]
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2021 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | Steve Johnson | Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos |
6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7) |
Olympic medal matches[]
Doubles: 1 (4th place)[]
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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4th Place | 2021 | 2020 Summer Olympics, Japan | Hard | Tennys Sandgren | Marcus Daniell Michael Venus |
6–7(3–7), 2–6 |
ATP career finals[]
Doubles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2016 | Chennai Open, India |
250 Series | Hard | Benoît Paire | Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin |
3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–2 | Feb 2018 | Ecuador Open, Ecuador |
250 Series | Clay | Jackson Withrow | Nicolás Jarry Hans Podlipnik-Castillo |
6–7(6–8), 3–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Sep 2018 | Chengdu Open, China |
250 Series | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Ivan Dodig Mate Pavić |
2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–3 | Oct 2018 | Kremlin Cup, Russia |
250 Series | Hard (i) | Rajeev Ram | Max Mirnyi Philipp Oswald |
7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
Loss | 1–4 | Mar 2019 | Mexican Open, Mexico |
500 Series | Hard | Artem Sitak | Alexander Zverev Mischa Zverev |
6–2, 6–7(4–7), [5–10] |
Win | 2–4 | Jun 2019 | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands |
250 Series | Grass | Dominic Inglot | Marcus Daniell Wesley Koolhof |
6–4, 4–6, [10–4] |
Win | 3–4 | Jul 2019 | Atlanta Open, United States |
250 Series | Hard | Dominic Inglot | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [11–9] |
Loss | 3–5 | Aug 2019 | Los Cabos Open, Mexico |
250 Series | Hard | Dominic Inglot | Romain Arneodo Hugo Nys |
5–7, 7–5, [14–16] |
Win | 4–5 | Sep 2020 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria |
250 Series | Clay | Franko Škugor | Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos |
7–6(7–5), 7–5 |
Loss | 4–6 | Jul 2021 | Hall of Fame Open, United States |
250 Series | Grass | Vasek Pospisil | William Blumberg Jack Sock |
2–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Loss | 4–7 | Aug 2021 | Cincinnati Masters, United States |
Masters 1000 | Hard | Steve Johnson | Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos |
6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7) |
Loss | 4–8 | Aug 2021 | Winston-Salem Open, United States |
250 Series | Hard | Ivan Dodig | Marcelo Arévalo Matwé Middelkoop |
7–6(7–5), 5–7, [6–10] |
Challenger and Futures finals[]
Singles: 12 (8–4)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2010 | USA F20, Godfrey | Futures | Hard | Robbye Poole | 3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–2 | Jan 2012 | China F1, Shenzhen | Futures | Hard | Jiří Veselý | 3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 1–2 | Jan 2012 | China F2, Shenzhen | Futures | Hard | Zhang Ze | 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Win | 2–2 | Oct 2012 | USA F27, Austin | Futures | Hard | Joshua Milton | 6–0, 6–1 |
Loss | 2–3 | Mar 2013 | Canada F1, Gatineau | Futures | Hard (i) | Tim Pütz | 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 3–3 | Mar 2013 | Canada F2, Sherbrooke | Futures | Hard (i) | Moritz Baumann | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
Win | 4–3 | Apr 2013 | USA F10, Little Rock | Futures | Hard | Luke Saville | 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 5–3 | May 2013 | USA F13, Tampa | Futures | Clay | Christian Harrison | w/o |
Win | 6–3 | Jul 2013 | Canada F4, Saskatoon | Futures | Hard | Tennys Sandgren | 7–5, 7–6(8–6) |
Win | 7–3 | Sep 2014 | Medellín, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | João Souza | 7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 8–3 | Apr 2015 | León, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Adrián Menéndez Maceiras | 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Loss | 8–4 | Aug 2015 | Aptos, USA | Challenger | Hard | John Millman | 5–7, 6–2, 3–6 |
Doubles: 50 (31–19)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2008 | USA F19, Godfrey | Futures | Hard | Conor Pollock | Daniel Garza Nicolas Santos |
6–1, 6–7(6–8), [10–6] |
Win | 2–0 | Jun 2009 | USA F12, Loomis | Futures | Hard | Conor Pollock | Alejandro González Eduardo Struvay |
6–2, 7–6(7–1) |
Loss | 2–1 | Jul 2009 | USA F16, Pittsburgh | Futures | Clay | Rhyne Williams | Haydn Lewis Denis Zivkovic |
3–6, 6–3, [3–10] |
Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2011 | USA F16, Innisbrook | Futures | Clay | Jeff Dadamo | Benjamin Rogers John-Patrick Smith |
6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Jul 2011 | USA F20, Godfrey | Futures | Hard | Jeff Dadamo | Joel Kielbowicz Chris Kwon |
6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 4–2 | Nov 2011 | Knoxville, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Steve Johnson | Adam Hubble Frederik Nielsen |
3–6, 6–4, [13–11] |
Loss | 4–3 | Jan 2012 | China F2, Shenzhen | Futures | Hard | Devin Britton | Hsieh Cheng-peng Lee Hsin-han |
6–7(5–7), 0–6 |
Win | 5–3 | Jan 2012 | Mexico F1, Monterrey | Futures | Hard | Devin Britton | Roman Borvanov Christopher Díaz Figueroa |
6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 6–3 | Feb 2012 | Mexico F2, Mexico City | Futures | Hard | Devin Britton | Víctor Estrella Burgos Piero Luisi |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 6–4 | May 2012 | Spain F13, Getxo | Futures | Clay | Rhyne Williams | Iván Arenas-Gualda Enrique López Pérez |
7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [7–10] |
Win | 7–4 | Jul 2012 | Lexington, USA | Challenger | Hard | John Peers | Tennys Sandgren Rhyne Williams |
6–1, 7–6(7–4) |
Win | 8–4 | Sep 2012 | USA F26, Irvine | Futures | Hard | Devin Britton | Marcos Giron Dennis Novikov |
6–2 ret. |
Loss | 8–5 | Oct 2012 | Sacramento, USA | Challenger | Hard | Devin Britton | Tennys Sandgren Rhyne Williams |
6–4, 4–6, [10–12] |
Win | 9–5 | Oct 2012 | USA F27, Austin | Futures | Hard | Devin Britton | Carsten Ball Chase Buchanan |
6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 10–5 | Nov 2012 | Champaign, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Devin Britton | Jean Andersen Izak van der Merwe |
6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 11–5 | Mar 2013 | Canada F2, Sherbrooke | Futures | Hard (i) | Chase Buchanan | Daniel Garza Vahid Mirzadeh |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 12–5 | Apr 2013 | USA F10, Little Rock | Futures | Hard | Chase Buchanan | David Rice Sean Thornley |
6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 13–5 | May 2013 | Tallahassee, USA | Challenger | Clay | Tennys Sandgren | Greg Jones Peter Polansky |
1–6, 6–2, [10–8] |
Loss | 13–6 | Jun 2013 | Mexico F10, Quintana Roo | Futures | Hard | Jean-Yves Aubone | Luis David Martínez David Souto |
4–6, 6–4, [6–10] |
Win | 14–6 | Jul 2013 | Canada F4, Saskatoon | Futures | Hard | Tennys Sandgren | Roman Borvanov Milan Pokrajac |
6–4, 3–6, [10–6] |
Win | 15–6 | Sep 2013 | İzmir, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Tennys Sandgren | Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia |
7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
Win | 16–6 | Oct 2013 | Tiburon, USA | Challenger | Hard | Rhyne Williams | Bradley Klahn Rajeev Ram |
6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 16–7 | Nov 2013 | Champaign, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Tennys Sandgren | Edward Corrie Daniel Smethurst |
6–7(5–7), 6–0, [7–10] |
Win | 17–7 | Jan 2014 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Challenger | Hard | Tennys Sandgren | Ante Pavić Blaž Rola |
7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Loss | 17–8 | May 2014 | Taipei, Chinese Taipei | Challenger | Carpet (i) | John-Patrick Smith | Sam Groth Chris Guccione |
4–6, 7–5, [8–10] |
Loss | 17–9 | May 2014 | Gimcheon, Korea, Rep. | Challenger | Hard | John-Patrick Smith | Sam Groth Chris Guccione |
7–6(7–5), 5–7, [4–10] |
Win | 18–9 | Aug 2014 | Vancouver, Canada | Challenger | Hard | John-Patrick Smith | Marcus Daniell Artem Sitak |
6–3, 4–6, [10–8] |
Win | 19–9 | Sep 2014 | Medellín, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | César Ramírez | Roberto Maytín Andrés Molteni |
6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 19–10 | Nov 2014 | Ortisei, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | James Cluskey | Sergey Betov Aliaksandr Bury |
4–6, 7–5, [6–10] |
Win | 20–10 | Jan 2015 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Challenger | Hard | Tennys Sandgren | Jarmere Jenkins Bradley Klahn |
7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), [10–5] |
Win | 21–10 | Apr 2015 | León, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Guillermo Durán Horacio Zeballos |
6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 22–10 | Apr 2015 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Marcelo Demoliner Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela |
7–5, 4–6, [10–6] |
Loss | 22–11 | Sep 2015 | Cary, USA | Challenger | Hard | Nicholas Monroe | Chase Buchanan Blaž Rola |
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [4–10] |
Loss | 22–12 | Nov 2015 | Champaign, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Nicholas Monroe | David O'Hare Joe Salisbury |
1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 22–13 | Apr 2016 | Le Gosier, Guadeloupe | Challenger | Hard | Mitchell Krueger | James Cerretani Antal van der Duim |
2–6, 7–5, [8–10] |
Loss | 22–14 | Sep 2016 | Cary, USA | Challenger | Hard | Stefan Kozlov | Philip Bester Peter Polansky |
2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 23–14 | Nov 2016 | Champaign, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Tennys Sandgren | Liam Broady Luke Bambridge |
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2) |
Win | 24–14 | Jan 2017 | USA F2, Long Beach | Futures | Hard | Jackson Withrow | Luke Bambridge Joe Salisbury |
6–3, 3–6, [10–8] |
Win | 25–14 | Jan 2017 | Maui, USA | Challenger | Hard | Jackson Withrow | Bradley Klahn Tennys Sandgren |
6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 26–14 | Feb 2017 | Morelos, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Jackson Withrow | Kevin King Dean O'Brien |
6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), [11–9] |
Win | 27–14 | Jul 2017 | USA F21, Tulsa | Futures | Hard | Jackson Withrow | Tommy Paul Nathan Ponwith |
6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 27–15 | Oct 2017 | USA F33, Houston | Futures | Hard | Thai-Son Kwiatkowski | Aron Hiltzik Dennis Nevolo |
6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
Loss | 27–16 | Nov 2017 | Shenzhen, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | Jackson Withrow | Sriram Balaji Vishnu Vardhan |
6–7(3–7), 6–7(3–7) |
Loss | 27–17 | Nov 2017 | Hua Hin, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | Jackson Withrow | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana |
4–6, 7–5, [5–10] |
Win | 28–17 | Mar 2018 | Indian Wells, USA | Challenger | Hard | Jackson Withrow | Evan King Nathan Pasha |
6–7(3–7), 6–1, [11–9] |
Loss | 28–18 | Jun 2018 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Challenger | Grass | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Frederik Nielsen Joe Salisbury |
6–7(5–7), 1–6 |
Win | 29–18 | Jun 2018 | Ilkley, Great Britain | Challenger | Grass | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies |
6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 30–18 | Jul 2018 | Winnetka, USA | Challenger | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Roberto Maytín Christopher Rungkat |
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–5] |
Win | 31–18 | Nov 2018 | Houston, USA | Challenger | Hard | Nicholas Monroe | Marcelo Arévalo James Cerretani |
4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–5] |
Loss | 31–19 | Mar 2019 | Phoenix, USA | Challenger | Hard | Artem Sitak | Jamie Murray Neal Skupski |
7–6(7–2), 5–7, [6–10] |
Record against other players[]
Record against top 10 players[]
Krajicek's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10. Players who have been No. 1 are in boldface.
- Kevin Anderson 1–2
- Marcos Baghdatis 0–1
- Tomáš Berdych 0–1
- Pablo Carreño Busta 0–1
- John Isner 0–1
- Stan Wawrinka 0–1
- Kei Nishikori 0–2
- * As of 10 August 2016.
References[]
- ^ https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/austin-krajicek/ka00/overview
- ^ a b c "ITFTennis.com - Austin Krajicek Pro Circuit Player Profile".
- ^ a b "ATP.com - Austin Krajicek Profile".
- ^ "ITFTennis.com - previous Austin Krajicek Men's Circuit Player Biography (now dead link)".
- ^ "Aggieathletics.com - Austin Krajicek Biography". Archived from the original on May 24, 2012.
- ^ "ATP.com - Austin Krajicek Singles Playing Activity in all tournaments".
- ^ "ATP.com - Austin Krajicek Doubles Playing Activity in all tournaments".
- ^ "NCAA champs storm E'ville Futures event". August 11, 2011.
- ^ "Marcel Granollers & Horacio Zeballos Reach Cincinnati Final | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- ^ "2020 Breakers Roster". breakerstennis.com. July 25, 2020.
External links[]
- Austin Krajicek at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Austin Krajicek at the International Tennis Federation
- 1990 births
- Living people
- American male tennis players
- American people of Czech descent
- Sportspeople from Bradenton, Florida
- Tennis players from Tampa, Florida
- Texas A&M Aggies men's tennis players
- Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic tennis players of the United States