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]
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]
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
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.
In November he won his first Challenger title in Kobe, Japan after defeating Jurij Rodionov in straight sets. On his route to the title he defeated for the first time a top 100 and home player Taro Daniel, also in straight sets. Due to his first Challenger title he rose to no.205 which gives him a direct place to play preliminary rounds of Grand Slams in 2025.
Belgium
Jurij Rodionov
Saba Purtseladze
Anton Matusevich
Gabriel Roveri Sidney
Vladyslav Orlov
Learner Tien
