Alexander Blockx

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Alexander Blockx
Country (sports)  Belgium
Residence Antwerp
Born (2005-04-08) 8 April 2005 (age 19)
Antwerp, Belgium
Plays Right-handed
Singles
Career record 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior W (2023)
French Open Junior 2R (2022)
Wimbledon Junior 3R (2022)
US Open Junior QF (2022)
Doubles
Career record 0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior F (2023)
French Open Junior 1R (2022)
Wimbledon Junior 1R (2022)
US Open Junior 2R (2022)

Alexander Blockx (born 8 April 2005) is a Belgian tennis player. He has a career high junior tennis ranking of 10 in singles and doubles both achieved on 2 January 2023. He made his ATP Tour debut at the European Open, held at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium in October 2022. In January 2023, he won the 2023 Australian Open in the boys singles and reached the final in the boys doubles.[1][2]

Early life

Blockx is from Antwerp in Belguim.[3] He was trained since childhood by Philippe Cassiers at his Forest Hills tennis academy in Belgium.[4]

Career

2022

In 2022 Blockx reached the third round and then quarter-finals of the junior events at 2022 Wimbledon Championships and the US Open, respectively. Shortly after the US Open, Blockx and sometime junior doubles partner Gilles-Arnaud Bailly were invited to the Belgian Davis Cup team by captain Johan Van Herck to train and mix with the professionals. Blockx was given a wildcard for the European Open qualifying where he lost credibly 6–4 6–4 to Swiss pro Dominic Stricker.[5] 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 game.[6]

2023

Blockx reached the final at the 2023 Australian Open in both the boys singles[7] and, alongside Brazilian João Fonseca, the boys doubles which they lost to Learner Tien and Cooper Williams.[8] Blockx gained revenge over Tien by winning the boys singles final in 3 sets. Although De Gilles reached two grand slam junior finals in 2022, the last Belgian male to win a junior grand slam, prior to Blocx, was Kimmer Coppejans at the 2012 French Open. No Belgian male had previously won the boys singles in Melbourne.[9]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 2023 Australian Open Hard United States Learner Tien 6–1, 2–6, 7–6(11–9)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2023 Australian Open Hard Brazil João Fonseca United States Learner Tien
United States Cooper Williams		 4–6, 4–6

References

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