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Maxime Cressy (born May 8, 1997) is a French-American professional
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player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 31 by the ATP, achieved on 8 August 2022. He has been ranked as high as world No. 64 in doubles, achieved on 8 May 2023. Cressy has won one title on the
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and four singles titles and two doubles titles on the
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. Before 2018, he played for his country of birth, France.


Early life and Juniors

Maxime Cressy was born the youngest of three boys in
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to a French father, Gérard, and an American mother, Leslie. She is a former university volleyball player at the
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and helped the team win two
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championships. He has two brothers. From 2009 to 2013, he trained at the in Saint-Raphaël, on the
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, one of the most prominent training centers for tennis players in France. In 2014, he moved to the United States, where he joined a Californian academy. He did school at home at the French National Centre for Distance Education (CNED), where he had a French ''
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''. He made his debut in 2016 and won the
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in December 2018. The following week he began representing the United States.


College career

On May 25, 2019, he and Keegan Smith won the 2019 NCAA tennis doubles championship at
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(UCLA).


Professional career


2019–2020: Grand Slam debut in doubles and singles and first win

Cressy made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2020 US Open as a wildcard entrant where he reached the second round after defeating
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. He lost in the second round to fourth seed
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.


2021: Top 150 debut

He qualified for the
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and reached the second round by defeating
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. However, he lost in the second round to sixth seed
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. After qualifying for the main draw at the 2021 US Open, Cressy won a five-set match with a fifth set tiebreak against ninth seed and two-time US Open semifinalist
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, after coming back from two sets to love down to win in a tiebreak, saving four match points in the process. Cressy then qualified for the main draw at the 2021 BNP Paribas Open. He defeated
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in the first round before falling to 11th seed
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in 3 sets. Cressy served for the match against Schwartzman in the third set, but could not convert two match points. He reached the final in the 2021 Challenger Eckental where he lost to German
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. As a result he hit a new career-high of world No. 128 on 8 November 2021.


2022: First ATP title, Major fourth round, top 35

Cressy started his 2022 season at the first edition of the Melbourne Summer Set 1. Getting past qualifying, he saved two match points in the second round to beat second seed, world No. 26, and compatriot,
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. He defeated
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in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals of an ATP tournament for the first time. He then defeated third seed and world No. 28,
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, in the semifinals to reach his first ATP Tour final. He lost in the final to top seed and world No. 6,
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. Despite losing in the final, he reached a career-high of world No. 70 on January 17, 2022. At the Sydney Classic, he reached the quarterfinals where he fell to third seed, world No. 26, and 2017 finalist, Dan Evans. Cressy qualified for direct entry at the
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after the withdrawal of
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. He defeated 22nd seed, world No. 25, and compatriot,
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, in five sets with three tiebreaks in the first round for his second win at this Grand Slam. He advanced to the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career after defeating qualifier,
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, in the second round in four sets. He then beat Australian wildcard,
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, in the third round to progress to the fourth round for the first time at any Major. As a result he made his top 60 debut in the rankings at world No. 59 on January 31, 2022. Cressy would lose in the fourth round to second seed, last year finalist, and eventual finalist,
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. Seeded sixth at the first edition of the Dallas Open, Cressy lost in the first round to qualifier
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. Seeded eighth at the
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, he was defeated in the first round by
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in three tiebreaker sets. In March, he competed at the
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in Indian Wells. He was beaten in the first round by qualifier and compatriot,
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. At the 2022 Eastbourne International he reached his second final after defeating leading British player
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. En route to the final, he defeated World No. 12 and top seed
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. As a result he moved into the top 50 in the singles rankings. On his debut at the
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, he defeated World No. 9 and sixth seed
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for his first top-10 win. He won his first
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title at the 2022 Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Rhode Island. Seeded fourth, he reached his third final of the season and in his career after defeating second seed
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. He would go on to win the title after defeating third seed
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in the final, coming back from a set and a break down. As a result he reached a new career-high of No. 33 on 18 July 2022.


2023-2025: ATP 500 title & top 70 in doubles, 200 positions drop in singles

Cressy started his season at the Adelaide International 1. He lost in the first round to Australian wildcard
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. At the
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, he was defeated in the second round by ninth seed and world No. 10
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. In February, Cressy played at the 2023 Open Sud de France. He defeated seventh seed
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in the second round. In the quarterfinals, he defeated third seed and world No. 23
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. In the semifinals, he upset top seed and world No. 9 Holger Rune to reach his fourth ATP singles final. He lost in the final to second seed and world No. 17
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. In doubles, he and his partner
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made it to the final; however, they lost to
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and
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. In
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, he was defeated in the second round by world No. 25
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in three sets. In doubles, he won his first ATP doubles title and first on the 500-level with
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, defeating third seeds
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and
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. As a result, his doubles ranking moved 45 positions up into the top 75. Seeded 32nd at the 2023 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, he lost in the second round to qualifier
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. Seeded 30th in
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, he was defeated in the second round by
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. Cressy started his clay court season at the 2023 Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakesh. Seeded fifth, he lost in the first round to eventual champion
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in three sets. Seeded fifth in doubles with Albano Olivetti, they reached the semifinals where they lost to third seeds Alexander Erler and
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. In Monte-Carlo, he was beaten in the first round by world No. 22
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. In
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, he pushed 2013 finalist and three-time Grand Slam champion
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in the first round to three sets, but ended up losing the match. At the 2023 Italian Open, he lost in the first round to
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. Cressy started his grass court season at the 2023 Libéma Open. Seeded eighth, he lost in the first round to
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. In
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, he lost in the first round to second seed and world No. 6 Holger Rune in straight sets despite leading 5-2 in the first set. He lost also in the first round at the
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to
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in four sets with four tiebreaks. As a result of poor form and multiple first round losses, he dropped out of the top 100 in singles on 17 July 2024. At the 2023 Hall of Fame Open where he was the defending champion, Cressy was defeated by eventual finalist
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. In September 2023, Cressy won the 2023 Open de Rennes, his first title on the
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in two years, defeating
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in the final. He dropped out of the top 180 at world No. 186 on 1 July 2024. At
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he reached the third qualifying round but lost to
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in five sets. Ranked No. 180, at the 2024 Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Rhode Island, he recorded his first ATP win over
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in a year, since July 2023 in Atlanta. He also qualified for the main draw of the
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in Washington, defeating two Australians Tristan Schoolkate and Marc Polmans. At the 2024 US Open he lost to Jan Choinski in the last round of qualifying on three sets with a supertiebreak in the third, having three match points. Having been unable to defend his ranking points from the previous year title at the Rennes Challenger, he dropped out of the top 200 on 16 September 2024 and out of the top 300 on 17 February 2025.


Playing style

Cressy is a big server who plays a predominantly
serve-and-volley Serve-and-volley is a style of play in tennis where the player (volleyer) serving moves quickly towards the net after hitting a serve, to attempt to hit a volley afterwards. In the serve-and-volley playstyle, the server attempts to hit a volley ...
style in his service games. His second serve is nearly as fast as, and sometimes faster than, his first serve. He has an aggressive return of serve. He has a good forehand and backhand but is most dangerous when he is chipping-and-charging and volleying.


Performance timelines


Singles

''Current through the 2024 Mubadala Citi DC Open.''


Doubles


ATP career finals


Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)


Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals


Singles: 12 (6–6)


Doubles: 15 (13–2)


Wins over top 10 players

Cressy has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.


References


External links

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