Yannick Hanfmann (born 13 November 1991) is a German professional

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player. He has a career-high

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singles ranking of world No. 92, first achieved in May 2021. He is known for his powerful serves (up to 143 mph) and groundstrokes. Hanfmann played college tennis at the

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. He is hearing-impaired, having been so since birth.

Professional career

2017: First career ATP final

Hanfmann made his ATP main draw debut at the

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after defeating Arthur De Greef and Uladzimir Ignatik in the qualifying rounds. He, ranked world No. 273, then upset both Gerald Melzer and Thomaz Bellucci to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost to second-seed Roberto Bautista Agut. At the

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, Hanfmann made a sensational run to the final after defeating Facundo Bagnis, third seed and defending champion Feliciano López, eighth seed João Sousa and sixth seed

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, again as a qualifier. In his semifinal victory over Haase he saved four match points. He lost to

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in the final.

2018–2019: Grand Slam debut at US and French Open, top 100

He reached the top 100 at World No. 99 on 16 July 2018 following his Challenger title in Braunschweig, Germany.

2020–2021: Second ATP final, Australian Open & Wimbledon & Miami debuts, top-10 win

Hanfmann reached his second career ATP Tour final at the

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in Austria, but lost that final in straight sets to Serbian Miomir Kecmanović. He recorded his maiden top-10 win against Gaël Monfils in the first round at the

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in Germany. He made his debut at a Masters 1000 level at the 2021 Miami Open where he defeated Steve Johnson (tennis).

2022: First Major win, ATP semifinal , out of top 100

At the 2022 Australian Open he won his first match at a Grand Slam defeating wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis. He skipped the clay season in Europe and was unable to qualify for the French Open and Wimbledon and as a result his ranking dropped to No. 152 on 18 July 2022. Following Wimbledon he reached the round of 16 at the

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as a qualifier. Next at the

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he reached his fourth ATP semifinal overall and second at this tournament defeating Dominic Thiem for one of his biggest wins in his career.

Singles performance timeline

''Current through the 2022 ATP Tour.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (11 titles, 6 runners-up)

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Record against top 10 players

Hanfmann's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered. * Marcos Baghdatis 1–0 * Gaël Monfils 1–0 *

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1–0 * Dominic Thiem 1–0 * Roberto Bautista Agut 0–1 *

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0–1 *

0–1 * Karen Khachanov 0–1 * Andrey Rublev 0–1 *

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0–1 * Rafael Nadal 0–2 :''* .''

Wins over top 10 players

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

References

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