J.J. Wolf
Full name | Jeffrey John Wolf |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Residence | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Born | Indian Hill, Ohio, U.S. | December 21, 1998
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
Turned pro | 2019 |
Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) |
College | Ohio State University |
Coach | Patrick Thompson, David Kass |
Prize money | $353,116 [1] |
Singles | |
Career record | 2–6 (25.0%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 120 (14 September 2020)[2] |
Current ranking | No. 142 (21 June 2021) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | Q2 (2020) |
French Open | Q1 (2020) |
US Open | 3R (2020) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–1 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 606 (16 May 2019) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (2016) |
Last updated on: 14 June 2021. |
Jeffrey John "J.J." Wolf (born December 21, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 120 in September 2020. Wolf played collegiately at The Ohio State University.[3] Wolf began playing semi-pro tennis in 2016 and three years later, in July 2019, signed with Topnotch Management to play professionally.[4]
Early years[]
Wolf was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and attended Cincinnati Country Day School in Indian Hill, Ohio.[5] In 2016, as the nation's third ranked recruit, he committed to playing collegiate tennis for the Ohio State Buckeyes.[6]
On the junior tour, Wolf has a career-high ranking of No. 18 achieved on 16 May 2016.
College[]
In his first season, at Ohio State University, Wolf was named 2017 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and First-Team All Big Ten. [7]
As of April 23, 2019 Wolf was the No. 1 ranked college player in the U.S.[8]
In 2019, Wolf had a combined record of 45–3 between singles and doubles.[9] On April 25, 2019, Wolf was named Big Ten Men's Tennis Athlete of the Year.[10]
Career[]
2016-2017: Grand Slam doubles debut[]
Wolf made his Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2016 US Open in the doubles event, partnering with John McNally. He received a wildcard to play in the men's singles qualifying competition for the 2017 US Open, but did not win a set.[11]
2018: First top 100 win[]
On August 12, 2018, Wolf defeated world No. 85 Jozef Kovalik in the first round of qualifying at the 2018 Western and Southern Open in Mason, Ohio.[12] Wolf won the match 7-6, 7-6. This upset marked Wolf's first win against an ATP top 100 player.
2019: Turning professional[]
Wolf turned professional in July of 2019 and signed with Topnotch Management. [13]
On September 22, Wolf made it to the finals of the Columbus 3 Challenger event, losing to Peter Polansky. He beat fellow rising American Michael Mmoh in the round of 16 and top seed Emilio Gómez in the semifinals.[14]
Wolf reached a career-high of No. 189 in the ATP singles rankings on November 18, 2019 after winning the 2019 Champaign Challenger, defeating Sebastian Korda in a tight two-and-a-half hour match.[15][16] In January 2020 he started the year by winning the ATP Challenger Tour final in Nouméa, defeating Yuichi Sugita in the final.
2020: Grand Slam singles debut, US Open third round[]
As of August 2020, Wolf has won four Challenger titles and has been victorious in three of his last five events dating back to the previous season. He was 14-2 with two titles during the first two months of 2020 before play was suspended due to the pandemic. Wolf turned pro in 2019 after going 35-2 and earning Big Ten Player of the Year honors as a junior at Ohio State.
He qualified for the Western & Southern Open and was awarded a wildcard to the main draw at the 2020 U.S. Open. At the U.S. Open, Wolf defeated 29th-seeded Guido Pella of Argentina 6–2, 0–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the first round. Wolf went on to defeat Spain’s Roberto Carballés Baena 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 in round two, before losing in the third round to Russian Daniil Medvedev 6–3, 6–3, 6–2.[17] Wolf is only the third Ohio State Buckeye to reach the third round at the US Open after Francisco González in 1980 and Roger Smith in 1994.[18]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[]
Singles: 7 (6–1)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2017 | USA F34, Harlingen | Futures | Hard | Evan Zhu | 6–7(1–7), 6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 2–0 | Jan 2019 | Columbus, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Mikael Torpegaard | 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 2–1 | Sep 2019 | Columbus, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Peter Polansky | 3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 3–1 | Nov 2019 | Champaign, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Sebastian Korda | 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(8–6) |
Win | 4–1 | Jan 2020 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Challenger | Hard | Yūichi Sugita | 6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 5–1 | Mar 2020 | Columbus, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Denis Istomin | 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 6–1 | Oct 2021 | Las Vegas, USA | Challenger | Hard | Stefan Kozlov | 6–4, 6–4 |
Performance timeline[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles[]
Current through the 2021 BNP Paribas Open.
Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||||||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||||||||||
French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||||||||||
US Open | Q1 | A | Q1 | 3R | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | |||||||||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | |||||||||||||||||
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | Q2 | NH | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||||||||||||
Miami Open | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||||||||||
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||||||||||
Madrid Open | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||||||||||
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||||||||||
Canadian Open | A | A | A | NH | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati Masters | A | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||||||||||||
Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | |||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | Career total: 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Overall Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% | |||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | 658 | 364 | 188 | 127 | 174 | $353,116 |
References[]
- ^ "Jeffrey John Wolf". ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "J.J. Wolf | Overview". ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "JJ Wolf - Player Profile". Ohio State Buckeyes. The Ohio State University. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
- ^ "JJ Wolf Signs With Topnotch Management". Cracked Racquets. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "JJ Wolf - Player Information". Tennis Recruiting Network. Tennis Recruiting Network.
- ^ Jones, Ali (April 25, 2016). "JJ Wolf Stays Home at Ohio State". tennisrecruiting.net. Tennis Recruiting Network. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
- ^ "Big Ten Men's Tennis All-Conference Teams and Individual Awards Announced". BIG TEN Men's Tennis. BIG TEN. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
- ^ "ITA Men's Singles Rankings". Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Men's Tennis Season Statistics". Ohio State Buckeyes. The Ohio State University. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Big Ten Men's Tennis All-Conference Teams and Individual Awards Announced". BIGTen. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Kypson Digs Deep For Second Kalamazoo Title". Tennis Recruiting Network. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ Brennan, Patrick (August 12, 2018). "Cincinnati Country Day's J.J. Wolf Scores Upset at Western & Southern Open". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
- ^ "JJ Wolf Signs With Topnotch Management". Cracked Racquets. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Polansky Takes Columbus Challenger Title". Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "ATP Singles Rankings". Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "JJ Wolf Wins Champaign Challenger". Ohio State University. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Daniil Medvedev ends J.J. Wolf's run at the 2020 US Open". US Open. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "J.J. Wolf onto the third round at the US Open". Ohio State Buckeyes. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
External links[]
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