Michael Mmoh
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Bradenton, Florida |
Born | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | January 10, 1998
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Turned pro | 2016 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Troy Hahn |
Prize money | US$1,127,692 [1] |
Singles | |
Career record | 10–23 (30.3%) [2] |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 96 (October 1, 2018) |
Current ranking | No. 224 (25 October 2021)[3] |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2020, 2021) |
French Open | 1R (2020) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2018) |
US Open | 2R (2020) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 3–3 (50.0%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 265 (12 April 2021) [4] |
Current ranking | No. 269 (26 April 2021) [5] |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
US Open | 2R (2014) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (2017, 2018) |
Last updated on: 22 March 2020. |
Michael Mmoh (/moʊ/ MOH;[6] born January 10, 1998) is an American tennis player. He won the USTA junior national championship in 2016. He has won 5 ATP Challenger titles and 4 ITF Futures tournaments, including his first at the age of 16.
Personal life[]
Born in Saudi Arabia, where he lived until the age of 13, Mmoh has both Irish and Nigerian ancestry. Michael's father Tony Mmoh was also a professional tennis player who represented Nigeria and reached a career-high ranking of 105. His mother was born in Ireland and is also an Australian citizen. Mmoh's parents named him after basketball superstar Michael Jordan.
Mmoh began playing tennis at age 3. He trains at the IMG Academy in Florida.[7]
Junior career[]
Mmoh peaked in the Boy's Junior rankings at No. 2 after reaching the semifinals at the 2015 Junior French Open. He won the 2016 USTA 18s Boys' National Championship to earn a wild card into the main draw of the US Open.
Professional career[]
Mmoh has enjoyed some early success on the ITF Futures tour, winning 3 titles before turning 18. In February 2016, Mmoh qualified for his first ATP-level tournament at Memphis by defeating fellow Americans Dennis Novikov and Bjorn Fratangelo. He then lost in the first round to eventual finalist Taylor Fritz, the highest ranked American teenager at the time. Following his 4th Futures title, Mmoh was awarded a wild card into the Miami Masters, where he lost to Alexander Zverev, the top-ranked 18 year-old in the world, after dropping two tiebreaks.
In September 2016, Mmoh broke into the Top 300 for the first time by reaching the final of the ATP Challenger event at Tiburon as a qualifier. In November, he reached the Top 200 and also won the 2017 Australian Open Wild Card Challenge largely by claiming his first career Challenger title at Knoxville. He would claim another Challenger title the following summer at Lexington.
To start off the 2018 season, Mmoh recorded his first career ATP-level match wins by defeating Federico Delbonis in the first round of the Brisbane International and world No. 33 Mischa Zverev to make the quarterfinals, where he lost to Alex de Minaur.[8]
In January 2019, Mmoh qualified for the first time via ranking in a Grand Slam main draw at the 2019 Australian Open where he lost in the first round to Radu Albot.
At the 2020 Australian Open, Mmoh recorded his first main draw victory with a straight sets win over Pablo Andújar. Following his 2020 Australian Open performance, Mmoh qualified for the main draw at the 2020 US Open, where he won his first round match against João Sousa in 4 sets.
Singles performance timeline[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | P | NH |
Current through the 2022 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying.
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 2R | Q1 | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | NH | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
US Open | A | Q1 | 1R | Q3 | 1R | Q1 | 2R | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 9 | 3–9 | 25% |
ATP Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | A | NH | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Miami Open | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | NH | 1R | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% | |
Canadian Open | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | NH | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||
Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | Career total: 23 | ||
Overall Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 6–6 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0 / 23 | 10–23 | 30% |
Year-end ranking | 659 | 455 | 197 | 175 | 103 | 218 | 174 | 239 |
Career finals[]
Singles: 13 (9–4)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2014 | USA F29, Brownsville | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–5), 6–1 |
Win | 2–0 | Jul 2015 | USA F22, Godfrey | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 7–5 |
Win | 3–0 | Oct 2015 | USA F30, Houston | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–1 | Jan 2016 | USA F2, Long Beach | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 0–6 |
Win | 4–1 | Mar 2016 | USA F10, Bakersfield | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1 |
Loss | 4–2 | Oct 2016 | Tiburon, US | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
Win | 5–2 | Nov 2016 | Knoxville, US | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
7–5, 2–6, 6–1 |
Loss | 5–3 | Jul 2017 | USA F23, Wichita | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 2–6, 5–7 |
Win | 6–3 | Aug 2017 | Lexington, US | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
Win | 7–3 | Sep 2018 | Columbus, US | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Win | 8–3 | Sep 2018 | Tiburon, US | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 8–4 | Sep 2019 | Cary, US | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6 |
Win | 9–4 | Nov 2019 | Knoxville, US | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Doubles: 1 (1–0)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2019 | Cary, US | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
Record against other players[]
Record against top 10 players[]
Mmoh's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface:
Player | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last Match |
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Number 1 ranked players | ||||||
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (1–6, 4–6, 2–6) at 2021 Australian Open |
Number 3 ranked players | ||||||
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7)) at 2016 Miami |
Number 6 ranked players | ||||||
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (1–6, 3–6, 3–6) at 2017 Australian Open |
Number 9 ranked players | ||||||
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1–1 | 50% | 1–1 | – | – | Lost (7–5, 2–6, 4–6, 1–6) at 2020 Australian Open |
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (6–4, 2–6, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)) at 2018 US Open |
Total | 1–5 | 17% | 1–5 (17%) |
0–0 ( – ) |
0–0 ( – ) |
* Statistics correct as of 2 November 2021. |
References[]
- ^ Database
- ^ Database
- ^ ATP Profile
- ^ Database
- ^ Database
- ^ "Full Interview: Francis Tiafoe and Michael Mmoh". YouTube.com. June 3, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
- ^ "Michael Mmoh is a rising hope". New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
- ^ "Teenager Alex De Minaur beats Michael Mmoh to reach Brisbane ATP semi-finals". Fox Sports. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
External links[]
- Michael Mmoh at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Michael Mmoh at the International Tennis Federation
- 1998 births
- Living people
- American male tennis players
- Tennis people from Florida
- American people of Irish descent
- American sportspeople of Nigerian descent
- American tennis biography stubs