Alexander Blockx
| Country (sports) |  Belgium |
|---|---|
| Residence | Antwerp |
| Born | 8 April 2005 Antwerp, Belgium |
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Coach | Philippe Cassiers |
| Prize money | US $117,920 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 224 (30 September 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 252 (4 November 2024) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q1 (2024) |
| Australian Open Junior | W (2023) |
| French Open Junior | 3R (2023) |
| Wimbledon Junior | 3R (2022) |
| US Open Junior | QF (2022) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)[1] |
| Highest ranking | No. 1162 (17 July 2023) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open Junior | F (2023) |
| French Open Junior | 1R (2022) |
| Wimbledon Junior | 1R (2022) |
| US Open Junior | 2R (2022) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | 0–1 |
| Last updated on: 8 November 2024. | |
Alexander Blockx (born 8 April 2005) is a Belgian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of No. 224 achieved on 30 September 2024. He also reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 1 in singles and doubles on 1 May 2023 [2] after winning the 2023 Australian Open in the boys singles and reaching the final in the boys doubles.[3]
Early life
[edit]Blockx is from Antwerp in Belgium. He has trained since childhood with Philippe Cassiers at his Forest Hills tennis academy in Belgium.[4][5][6] By 2022, he was training at the Tennis Vlaanderen centre in Wilrijk, Antwerp alongside the likes of Tibo Colson, Zizou Bergs and Ruben Bemelmans.[7][8]
Career
[edit]2022: ATP doubles debut
[edit]In 2022, Blockx reached the third round and then quarterfinals of the junior events at Wimbledon and the US Open, respectively. Shortly after the US Open, Blockx and sometimes junior doubles partner Gilles-Arnaud Bailly were invited to train with the Belgium Davis Cup team by captain Johan Van Herck.
Blockx made his ATP Tour qualifying debut at his home tournament, the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium, where he was given a wildcard. He lost to Swiss Dominic Stricker in straight sets.[9] He was also given a wildcard into the main draw of the doubles, playing alongside Ruben Bemelmans in what proved to be Bemelmans' last professional match.[10]
2023: Australian Open Junior Champion, ATP singles and top 500 debuts
[edit]Blockx reached the final at the 2023 Australian Open in both the boys' singles[11][12] and, alongside Brazilian João Fonseca, the boys' doubles, which they lost to Learner Tien and Cooper Williams.[13] Blockx gained revenge over Tien by winning the boys' singles final in three sets. Although Gilles-Arnaud Bailly reached two junior Grand Slam finals in 2022, the last Belgian male to win a junior Major, prior to Blockx, was Kimmer Coppejans at the 2012 French Open. No Belgian male had previously won the boys' singles in Melbourne.[14]
In March 2023, he made his Masters 1000 qualifications debut after receiving a wildcard for the 2023 Miami Open where he lost to Yosuke Watanuki.
He received a wildcard for the qualifying competition at the Antwerp Open and qualified into the main draw on his ATP singles debut. In his very first ATP Tour singles main draw match ever in own hometown, he lost to fifth seed Yannick Hanfmann in two close sets. Just a week after his first appearance in the ATP circuit, he won his first ITF title in Glasgow. And a week later, he remained unbeatable, he won his second title in Sunderland. Partly due to his first qualification for an ATP tournament and winning two ITF titles, he entered the top 500 for the first time in his career on 6 November 2023.
2024: Top 255
[edit]He received a wildcard for the qualifying competition at the 2024 Australian Open. He reached a new career high ranking in the top 300 of No. 294 on 18 March 2024. He also received a qualifying wildcard for the 2024 Miami Open but lost to Pedro Martinez in the first round.
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
[edit]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2023 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | WTT | Hard |  Saba Purtseladze
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3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2023 | M25 Falun, Sweden | WTT | Hard | Tibo Colson
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5–7, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Oct 2023 | M25 Glasgow, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard |  Anton Matusevich
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5–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–2 | Nov 2023 | M25 Sunderland, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | Tibo Colson
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4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
Junior Grand Slam finals
[edit]Singles: 1 (1 title)
[edit]| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2023 | Australian Open | Hard |  Learner Tien
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6–1, 2–6, 7–6(11–9) |
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
[edit]| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2023 | Australian Open | Hard |  João Fonseca
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Learner Tien Cooper Williams
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4–6, 4–6 |
Performance timeline
[edit]| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
[edit]| Tournament | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||
| French Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||
| US Open | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Alexander Blockx". atp.com.
- ^ "Alexander Blockx". itftennis.com.
- ^ "Alexander Blockx, Alina Korneeva win Australian Open junior titles". ESPN. 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Building Blockx: #NextGenATP Belgian's childhood spark fueled 'unbelievable passion'". ATPTour. 19 September 2024.
- ^ "Remember the name: Alexander Blockx, 17-year-old Belgian, is in singles and doubles finals at Australian Open". hln.be (in Dutch).
- ^ "Australian Open: Philippe Cassiers, coach of Alexander Blockx: "A great experience for him"". rtbf.be (in French).
- ^ Mulders, Johan (30 September 2023). "Gilles-Arnaud Bailly in Italy, Tibo Colson in Sweden: double Limburg success at M25 tournaments". hblv.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ D'haene, Bart (16 June 2022). "After a tournament victory in Montenegro, Christopher Heyman also wants to score in Duffel: "I have a clear plan in mind"". gva.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "Alexander Blockx: the next big promise in Belgian men's tennis". Proximus.be (in Dutch).
- ^ "Topweek voor Alexander Blockx op European Open: "Trainen met Auger-Aliassime, dat kan maar één keer per jaar"". hln.be (in Dutch).
- ^ "AUSTRALIAN OPEN. Alexander Blockx naar finale juniorentoernooi". Nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch).
- ^ "Australian Open: Belgian Alexander Blockx qualifies for the final of the junior table". rtbf.be (in French).
- ^ "17-jarige Alexander Blockx staat in halve finales van juniorentoernooi op Australian Open". Sporza.bel (in Dutch). 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Juniors wrap: Korneeva wins marathon, Blockx stacks up". ausopen.com.
External links
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- Alexander Blockx at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Alexander Blockx at the International Tennis Federation
Association of Tennis Professionals Top Belgian male singles tennis players | |
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