Sebastian Ofner

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Sebastian Ofner

Ofner at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Austria
Residence	Sankt Marein im Mürztal, Austria
Born	(1996-05-12) 12 May 1996 (age 25) Bruck an der Mur, Austria
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Wolfgang Thiem, Alexander Peya
Prize money	$604,764
Singles
Career record	10–12 (45.5%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 126 (6 May 2019)
Current ranking	No. 171 (1 March 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2019)
French Open	Q3 (2020)
Wimbledon	3R (2017)
US Open	Q2 (2018)
Doubles
Career record	0-4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 299 (27 May 2017)
Current ranking	No. 574 (1 March 2021)
Last updated on: 1 March 2021.

Sebastian Ofner (born 12 May 1996) is an Austrian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 126 achieved on 6 May 2019. He was a semifinalist at the 2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel in his home country.

Professional career[]

2017: ATP and Grand Slam debut, Wimbledon third round[]

Ofner made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships after going through qualifying, defeating Kimmer Coppejans, Miljan Zekić and Jay Clarke. In the first round, he beat Thomaz Bellucci in straight sets. In the next round, he upset world No. 18 Jack Sock in a five-setter.^[1]

In August, Ofner caused another surprise in front of his home crowd at the 2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel by defeating first seed Pablo Cuevas as a wildcard in the second round.^[2] He then won over Renzo Olivo to reach the semifinals where he fell to João Sousa.

2018[]

Ofner won his maiden ATP Challenger title at the President's Cup in Astana.

Challenger and Futures finals[]

Singles: 16 (7–9)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2015	Austria F8, Vogau	Futures	Clay	Dmitry Popko	0–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 2016	Turkey F14, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Marc Sieber	7–5, 5–7, 3–6
Win	1–2	Jul 2016	Austria F3, Bad Waltersdorf	Futures	Clay	Corentin Denolly	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win	2–2	Aug 2016	Austria F5, Innsbruck	Futures	Clay	Gonçalo Oliveira	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–2	Sep 2016	Austria F5, St. Pölten	Futures	Clay	Riccardo Bellotti	7–5, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Nov 2016	Greece F10, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Václav Šafránek	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Win	4–3	Nov 2016	Greece F11, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Dominik Kellovský	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss	4–4	Dec 2016	Qatar F5, Doha	Futures	Hard	Ramkumar Ramanathan	5–7, 3–6
Loss	4–5	Dec 2016	Qatar F6, Doha	Futures	Hard	Ramkumar Ramanathan	5–7, 3–6
Win	5–5	Feb 2017	Turkey F5, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Michal Konečný	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	5–6	May 2017	Mestre, Italy	Challenger	Clay	João Domingues	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win	6–6	Jul 2018	Astana, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Daniel Brands	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	7–6	May 2019	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	John-Patrick Smith	7–6(10–8), 3–6, 6–3
Loss	7–7	Nov 2019	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jannik Sinner	2–6, 4–6
Loss	7–8	Nov 2020	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	Taro Daniel	1–6, 2–6
Loss	7–9	Mar 2021	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Tomáš Macháč	6–4, 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 9 (3–6)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2013	Austria F5, Bad Waltersdorf	Futures	Clay	Patrick Ofner	Philip Lang Richard Ruckelshausen	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2015	Austria F5, Bad Waltersdorf	Futures	Clay	Philip Lang	Tom Kočevar-Dešman Lucas Miedler	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 2016	Austria F3, Bad Waltersdorf	Futures	Clay	Sebastian Bader	Bernd Kossler Gregor Ramskogler	4–6, 6–2, [4–10]
Loss	0–4	Aug 2016	Austria F6, Vogau	Futures	Clay	Lenny Hampel	Hugo Dellien Federico Zeballos	5–7, 4–6
Win	1–4	Nov 2016	Greece F11, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Lenny Hampel	Domagoj Bilješko Antun Vidak	7–5, 6–2
Loss	1–5	Dec 2016	Qatar F4, Doha	Futures	Hard	Lenny Hampel	James Marsalek Jonny O'Mara	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–5	Feb 2017	Turkey F4, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Alexander Erler	Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi Anton Zaitcev	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	2–6	Jun 2018	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Lucas Miedler	Lorenzo Giustino Gonçalo Oliveira	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	3–6	Apr 2019	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Lucas Miedler	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]

Singles performance timeline[]

Current through the 2021 US Open.

References[]

External links[]

• Sebastian Ofner at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Sebastian Ofner at the International Tennis Federation
• Sebastian Ofner at the Davis Cup