Axel Geller (born 1 April 1999) is an

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former

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player. Geller was ranked as high as world No. 539 in singles, which he achieved in August 2019, by the

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(ATP), and had claimed six singles and doubles titles on the

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(ITF)'s World Tennis Tour between 2018 and 2019. In 2017, he became the No. 1-ranked junior after winning the doubles title at Wimbledon and placing runner-up in both singles finals at Wimbledon and the US Open. Geller later attended

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, where he played for the men's tennis team. Following his graduation from Stanford in 2022, he announced his retirement from tennis in order to pursue a career in finance.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (3–0)

Doubles: 3 (3–0)

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Justin Roberts , 6–7^(5–7), 6–1, {10–6] , - , style="background:#98FB98" , Win , 2–0 , , style="background:#cffcff;", M25,

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United States , style="background:#cffcff;", World Tennis Tour , Hard , Juan Carlos Aguilar , Ricardo Rodríguez
Keenan Mayo , 6–4, 6–3 , - , style="background:#98FB98" , Win , 3–0 , , style="background:#cffcff;", M25,

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, 6–1, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (2 finals)

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, Wimbledon , Grass , Alejandro Davidovich Fokina , 6–7^(2–7), 3–6 , - style="background:#ccf;" , style="background:#ffa07a;", Loss ,

, US Open , Hard , Wu Yibing , 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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, Wimbledon , Grass , Hsu Yu-hsiou ,

Jurij Rodionov Jurij Rodionov (born 16 May 1999) is an Austrian tennis player of Belarusian descent. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 120 achieved on 28 November 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 268 achieved on ...

Michael Vrbenský , 6–4, 6–4

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* * 1999 births Living people Stanford Cardinal men's tennis players Argentine male tennis players Tennis players from Buenos Aires Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles 21st-century Argentine people {{Argentina-tennis-bio-stub