Daniel Altmaier
Daniel Altmaier (born 12 September 1998) is a German tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 65, achieved on 2 May 2022.
| Country (sports) |  Germany | 
|---|---|
| Residence | Kempen, Germany | 
| Born | 12 September 1998 Kempen, Germany | 
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 
| Turned pro | 2014 | 
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | 
| Prize money | $810,572 | 
| Singles | |
| Career record | 15–25 (37.5% in ATP Tour events) | 
| Career titles | 0 | 
| Highest ranking | No. 65 (2 May 2022) | 
| Current ranking | No. 65 (2 May 2022) | 
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2022) | 
| French Open | 4R (2020) | 
| Wimbledon | Q2 (2021) | 
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 2–11 (15.4%) | 
| Career titles | 0 | 
| Highest ranking | No. 300 (31 January 2022) | 
| Current ranking | No. 313 (2 May 2022) | 
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2022) | 
| Last updated on: 2 May 2022. | |
Tennis career
    
Altmaier made his ATP main draw debut as a qualifier at the 2017 Geneva Open, defeating Alexander Ward and Petr Michnev in qualifying. He lost to Sam Querrey in the first round.
He won his first ATP tour-level match as a lucky loser at the 2017 Antalya Open when he beat Víctor Estrella Burgos. In the next round, he defeated wildcard Marsel İlhan to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost to Yūichi Sugita. Both of his victories were decided by a third set tiebreak.[1]
Shoulder and hip injuries held back Altmaier’s progress in his tennis career, but victories in qualifying over Tallon Griekspoor and Ruben Bemelmans led to his Grand Slam debut at the 2020 French Open, where he defeated Feliciano Lopez, 30th seed Jan-Lennard Struff and 7th seed Matteo Berrettini, all of them in straight sets.[2][3] In the fourth round, he lost to Pablo Carreño Busta.
Altmaier made his debut in the top 100 on 15 November 2021 at World No. 98 following the final at the 2021 Knoxville Challenger. He followed this by winning his third Challenger title for the year at the 2021 Puerto Vallarta Open.
Singles performance timeline
    
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH | 
Current through the 2022 Bavarian International Tennis Championships.
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 
| French Open | A | A | A | 4R | A | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | NH | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | NH | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 
| Miami Open | A | A | A | NH | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 
| Career statistics | ||||||||
| Tournaments | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 25 | |
| Overall win–loss | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 7–8 | 3–10 | 15–25 | |
| Year-end ranking | 275 | 370 | 279 | 130 | 84 | 38% | ||
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
    
    Singles: 23 (12–11)
    
| ATP Challenger (3–3) | 
| ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (9–8) | 
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2015 | Italy F26, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay |  Lorenzo Sonego | 5–7, 4–6 | 
| Win | 1–1 | Jun 2016 | Belgium F2, Havré | Futures | Clay | .svg.png.webp) Maxime Authom | 6–2, 6–2 | 
| Win | 2–1 | Jul 2016 | Belgium F6, Knokke | Futures | Clay |  Casper Ruud | 6–7(3–7), 6–1, 7–6(7–3) | 
| Loss | 2–2 | Oct 2016 | Italy F33, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay |  Stefano Travaglia | 4–6, 6–2, 1–6 | 
| Loss | 2–3 | Nov 2016 | Kuwait F3, Mishref | Futures | Hard |  Marcus Willis | 3–6, 6–7(8–10) | 
| Win | 3–3 | Dec 2016 | Qatar F4, Doha | Futures | Hard |  Jonny O'Mara | 7–5, 6–3 | 
| Loss | 3–4 | Dec 2016 | Thailand F5, Hua Hin | Futures | Hard |  Kwon Soon-woo | 2–6, 2–6 | 
| Win | 4–4 | Feb 2017 | Switzerland F2, Bellevue | Futures | Carpet (i) |  Tim Pütz | 7–5, 7–6(7–5) | 
| Win | 5–4 | Apr 2017 | Qatar F1, Doha | Futures | Hard |  Antoine Escoffier | 6–4, 6–3 | 
| Loss | 5–5 | Apr 2017 | Qatar F2, Doha | Futures | Hard |  Antoine Escoffier | 2–6, 7–6(7–2), 4–6 | 
| Loss | 5–6 | Oct 2017 | Germany F16, Hamburg | Futures | Hard (i) |  Daniel Masur | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 | 
| Loss | 5–7 | Dec 2017 | Hong Kong F4, Hong Kong | Futures | Hard |  Cheong-Eui Kim | 3–6, 6–3, 5–7 | 
| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2018 | Burnie, Australia | Challenger | Hard |  Stéphane Robert | 1–6, 2–6 | 
| Loss | 5–8 | Mar 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Viktor Durasovic | 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6 | 
| Win | 6–8 | Jun 2019 | M15 Kaltenkirchen, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Christian Lindell | 6–1, 6–3 | 
| Win | 7–8 | Nov 2019 | M25 Malibu, United States | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Alexander Sarkissian | 6–2, 6–4 | 
| Win | 8–8 | Nov 2019 | M15 East Lansing, United States | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | .svg.png.webp) Michael Geerts | 4–6, 6–3, 6–0 | 
| Win | 9–8 | Dec 2019 | M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Jan Choinski | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 | 
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2021 | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay |  Henri Laaksonen | 6–1, 6–2 | 
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2021 | Lüdenscheid, Germany | Challenger | Clay |  Nicolas Jarry | 7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–3 | 
| Loss | 2–2 | Nov 2021 | Knoxville, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Christopher Eubanks | 3–6, 4–6 | 
| Win | 3–2 | Nov 2021 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Challenger | Hard |  Alejandro Tabilo | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | 
| Loss | 3–3 | Mar 2022 | Phoenix, United States | Challenger | Hard |  Denis Kudla | 6–2, 2–6, 3–6 | 
Doubles: 11 (6–5)
    
| ATP Challenger (0–0) | 
| ITF Futures (6–5) | 
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2015 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Futures | Clay |  Tom Schönenberg |  José Checa Calvo  Rui Machado | 6–7(6–8), 6–3, [11–9] | 
| Loss | 1–1 | May 2015 | Jablonec, Czech Republic | Futures | Clay |  Paul Wörner |  Mateusz Kowalczyk  Adam Majchrowicz | 3–6, 5–7 | 
| Win | 2–1 | Sep 2016 | Damme, Belgium | Futures | Clay |  Marvin Netuschil |  Oscar Otte  Tom Schönenberg | 6–2, 6–0 | 
| Win | 3–1 | Oct 2016 | Pula, Italy | Futures | Clay |  Marvin Netuschil |  Claudio Fortuna  Omar Giacalone | 6–2, 6–0 | 
| Win | 4–1 | Nov 2016 | Mishref, Kuwait | Futures | Hard |  Fred Simonsson |  Sanjar Fayziev  Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev | 7–6(7–3), 6–2 | 
| Loss | 4–2 | Nov 2016 | Mishref, Kuwait | Futures | Hard |  Fred Simonsson |  Jordi Muñoz Abreu  David Pérez Sanz | 4–6, 4–6 | 
| Win | 5–2 | Nov 2016 | Mishref, Kuwait | Futures | Hard |  Marcus Willis |  Roy de Valk  Ronan Joncour | 6–1, 6–1 | 
| Win | 6–2 | Feb 2017 | Bellevue, Switzerland | Futures | Carpet (i) |  Marvin Netuschil |  Maximilian Neuchrist  David Pel | 7–5, 1–6, [11–9] | 
| Loss | 6–3 | Apr 2017 | Doha, Qatar | Futures | Hard |  Lucas Miedler |  Markus Eriksson  Milos Sekulic | 5–7, 6–3, [7–10] | 
| Loss | 6–4 | Mar 2019 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Futures | Hard |  Adrian Bodmer |  Enrico Dalla Valle  Francesco Forti | 6–4, 1–6, [7–10] | 
| Loss | 6–5 | Oct 2019 | Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany | Futures | Clay (i) |  Jan Choinski |  Lasse Muscheites  Stefan Seifert | 6–2, 3–6, [9–11] | 
Record against top 10 players
    
Altmaier's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:
| Player | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last Match | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number 3 ranked players | ||||||
|  Grigor Dimitrov | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2021 Indian Wells | 
|  Alexander Zverev | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (6–7(3–7), 1–6, 6–7(1–7)) at 2022 Australian Open | 
| Number 6 ranked players | ||||||
|  Matteo Berrettini | 1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (6–2, 7–6(7–5), 6–4) at 2020 French Open | 
| Number 7 ranked players | ||||||
|  Richard Gasquet | 0–2 | 0% | – | 0–2 | – | Lost (6–7(2–7), 6–3, 3–6) at 2021 Umag | 
| Number 8 ranked players | ||||||
|  Jack Sock | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (6–2, 3–6, 4–6) at 2022 Delray Beach | 
| Number 9 ranked players | ||||||
|  Fabio Fognini | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 5–7) at 2022 Sydney | 
| Number 10 ranked players | ||||||
|  Pablo Carreño Busta | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (2–6, 5–7, 2–6) at 2020 French Open | 
|  Cameron Norrie | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (6–7(3–7), 2–6) at 2022 Acapulco | 
| Total | 1–8 | 11% | 0–5 | 1–3 | 0–0 | * Statistics correct as of 4 April 2022. | 
Top 10 wins
    
| Season | 2014–2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| # | Opponent | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | DAR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||||||||
| 1. |  Matteo Berrettini | 8 | French Open, France | Clay | 3R | 6–2, 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | 186 | |
References
    
- "Albot Ousts Second Seed Lorenzi In Antalya". ATP Tour. 28 June 2017.
- "Daniel Altmaier hits "the high notes" to extend envisioned major debut". Tennis.com. 1 October 2020.
- "Altmaier Upsets Berrettini In Biggest Career Win". ATP Tour. 3 October 2020.


