Daniel Altmaier (born 12 September 1998) is a German professional

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player. He has a career high

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singles ranking of world No. 53, achieved on 23 May 2022.

Tennis career

2017: ATP debut

Altmaier made his ATP main draw debut as a qualifier at the 2017 Geneva Open, defeating

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and Petr Michnev in qualifying. He lost to

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in the first round. He won his first ATP tour-level match as a

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at the 2017 Antalya Open when he beat Víctor Estrella Burgos. In the next round, he defeated wildcard

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to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost to

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. Both of his victories were decided by a third set tiebreak.

2020: Grand Slam debut & fourth round & first top-10 win

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and

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led to his Grand Slam debut at the

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, where he defeated Feliciano Lopez, 30th seed

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and 7th seed

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, all of them in straight sets. In the fourth round, he lost to

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2021: Top 100 debut

Altmaier made his debut in the top 100 on 15 November 2021 at World No. 98 following the final at the

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. He followed this by winning his third Challenger title for the year at the

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2022: Grand Slam debut at three majors, top 60

He made his Grand Slam debut at the

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and

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. At the 2022 US Open also on his debut, he took

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to five sets in his first round match.

Singles performance timeline

''Current through the

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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 26 (15–11)

Doubles: 11 (6–5)

Record against top 10 players

Altmaier'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 are considered:

Top 10 wins

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Altmaier, Daniel 1998 births Living people German male tennis players Tennis people from North Rhine-Westphalia