Alex De Minaur
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De Minaur at the 2015 US Open
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| Country (sports) |
 Australia
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| Residence | Alicante, Spain |
| Born |
17 February 1999 Sydney, Australia |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) |
| Prize money | $99,674 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 2–3 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 245 (13 February 2017) |
| Current ranking | No. 245 (13 February 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2017) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–1 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 852 (31 October 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 872 (13 February 2017) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2017) |
| Last updated on: 30 January 2017. | |
Alex De Minaur (Spanish: Álex de Miñaur; born 17 February 1999) is an Australian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 245 achieved on 13 February 2017.
Born in Sydney to a Spanish mother and a Uruguayan father, De Minaur spent the first five years of his life in Australia before relocating to Alicante, Spain. Despite being based in Spain, he continued to represent Australia through the junior levels of tennis competitions.
De Minaur is fluent in the languages of English, Spanish and French.
De Minaur reached a career-high ranking of 2 on the juniors circuit, and won the 2016 Australian Open boys' doubles championships alongside Blake Ellis.
De Minaur made his professional debut in July 2015 at the Spain F22, reaching the quarter final. De Minaur was given a wild card into the qualifying rounds of the 2016 Australian Open, but lost in round one. De Minaur spent the majority of the 2016 season playing in the ITF circuit in Spain, reaching two finals. In October, De Minaur made his first ATP Challenger Tour final in Eckental Germany after qualifying.
De Minaur commenced the year at the Brisbane International, where he defeated Mikhail Kukushkin and Frances Tiafoe in qualifying to reach his first ATP main draw. He lost to in the first round to Mischa Zverev. The following week he received a wildcard into the Apia International Sydney where he defeated world no. 46 Benoit Paire to claim his first tour level win. In the second round, he retired after the first set against Andrey Kuznetsov. De Minaur made his grand slam debut at the 2017 Australian Open after receiving a wild card. He faced Gerald Melzer in the first round and won in five sets after saving a match point in the fourth set. He lost to Sam Querrey in round 2.
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