Sebastian Ofner
Sebastian Ofner (born 12 May 1996) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 58 achieved on 17 July 2023. He is currently the No. 1 Austrian player.

Professional career

2017: ATP and Grand Slam debut at 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.

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. He then won over Renzo Olivo to reach the semifinals where he fell to João Sousa.

2018–2022: Maiden Challenger title, French Open debut 
Ofner won his maiden ATP Challenger title at the 2018 President's Cup in Astana.

At the 2022 French Open he qualified to make his Grand Slam main draw debut at this Major. He lost to World No. 3 Alexander Zverev in the first round.

2023: Tenth Challenger final, Major fourth round, Austrian No. 1, top 100
In the first three months of the season he reached three Challenger tour finals in Tenerife, Antalya and in Zadar.

He qualified for his first ATP tournament for the season in Estoril where he lost in the first round to Dominic Thiem.

Ranked No. 118, he qualified for the main draw of the 2023 French Open for a second consecutive year and defeated Maxime Cressy for his first win at this Major. Next he defeated 24th seed Sebastian Korda to reach the third round for a second time at a Major. He went one step further and defeated Fabio Fognini to reach the fourth round of a Major for the first time in his career. He lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets. As a result he made his top 100 debut at world No. 81 and became the Austrian No. 1 player on 12 June 2023. He further reached the top 70 following a Challenger final showing at the 2023 Ilkley Trophy where he lost to Jason Kubler.
As a result of his run he received a wildcard for the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, where he made the third round in 2017.

Singles performance timeline 

Current through the 2023 French Open.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 23 (9–14)

Doubles: 10 (3–7)

Record against top 10 players
Ofner'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 and Davis Cup matches are considered:

References

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1996 births
Living people
Austrian male tennis players
People from Bruck an der Mur
Sportspeople from Styria
21st-century Austrian people