Austrian tennis player
Alexander Erler Country (sports) Austria Residence Kufstein , AustriaBorn (1997-10-27 ) 27 October 1997 (age 27) Innsbruck , AustriaHeight 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Turned pro 2015 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach Daniel Huber, Thomas Weindorfer Prize money $657,617 Career record 1–1 (in ATP Tour events) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 322 (4 October 2021) Current ranking No. 1382 (18 March 2024) Career record 46–38 Career titles 8 Highest ranking No. 32 (8 May 2023) Current ranking No. 40 (28 October 2024) Australian Open 2R (2023 ) French Open 2R (2024 ) Wimbledon 2R (2023 ) US Open 2R (2024 ) Last updated on: 30 October 2024.
Alexander Erler (Austrian German pronunciation: [alɛkˈsandɐ ˈɛrlɐ] ; born 27 October 1997) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 32, achieved on 8 May 2023. He has a career high singles ranking of No. 322, achieved on 4 October 2021.
Erler has won eight doubles titles on the ATP Tour , seven with compatriot Lucas Miedler , at the home tournaments in 2021 and in 2023 Kitzbühel , in 2022 and in 2024 Vienna , as well as in Acapulco , Munich , Antwerp , plus one with Andreas Mies at the 2024 Kitzbühel .
On the ITF Futures Tour, Erler has reached 15 ITF singles finals, with a record of 7 wins and 8 losses. He has also reached 38 ITF doubles finals, with a record of 25 wins and 13 losses.
Professional career
2015: ATP doubles debut
Erler made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Generali Open Kitzbühel in the doubles draw, partnering Philipp Kohlschreiber .
2021: ATP singles debut and first match win, maiden doubles ATP title
At the 2021 Generali Open Kitzbühel , Erler won his first ATP match as a wildcard defeating future world no. 1 Carlos Alcaraz who was then ranked No. 55.[ 1] At the same tournament, he won the doubles title partnering Lucas Miedler .
2022: First ATP 500 doubles title, top 50 debut
The Austrian team of Erler/Miedler clinched their second and biggest title on home soil at the ATP 500 2022 Erste Bank Open without dropping a set.[ 2] As a result, he made his top 50 debut in the doubles rankings on 31 October 2022.
2023: Major and Masters debuts & first win, Second ATP 500 title, top 35
At the 2023 Australian Open the pair Erler/Miedler made their Grand Slam debut where they defeated tenth seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden .[ 3]
At the ATP 500 Mexican Open Miedler won his third title with compatriot Erler defeating en route top seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski .[ 4] [ 5] Erler made his Masters debut with Miedler at the 2023 Miami Open .
At the 2023 Grand Prix Hassan II the pair Erler/Miedler reached the final defeating fifth seeds Maxime Cressy and Albano Olivetti .[ 6] They lost in the final to Andrea Vavassori and Marcelo Demoliner .[ 7]
They won their fourth title at the 2023 BMW Open in Munich, Germany.[ 8]
At the 2023 Generali Open Kitzbühel , they won their fifth doubles title.[ 9]
2024: Three doubles titles
Partnering Andreas Mies , Erler won the doubles title at the Generali Open in Kitzbühel, defeating Constantin Frantzen and Hendrik Jebens in the final.[ 10]
In October he won back-to-back doubles titles partnering Lucas Miedler , claiming the European Open in Antwerp[ 11] followed by the Vienna Open .[ 12] [ 13]
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Current through the 2024 US Open .
ATP Tour finals
Doubles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (3–1)
ATP 250 (5–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (5–3)
Indoors (3–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Jul 2021
Austrian Open Kitzbühel , Austria
ATP 250
Clay
Lucas Miedler
Roman Jebavý Matwé Middelkoop
7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Win
2–0
Oct 2022
Vienna Open , Austria
ATP 500
Hard (i)
Lucas Miedler
Santiago González Andrés Molteni
6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Win
3–0
Mar 2023
Mexican Open , Mexico
ATP 500
Hard
Lucas Miedler
Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow
7–6(11–9) , 7–6(7–3)
Loss
3–1
Apr 2023
Grand Prix Hassan II , Morocco
ATP 250
Clay
Lucas Miedler
Marcelo Demoliner Andrea Vavassori
4–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Win
4–1
Apr 2023
Bavarian Championships , Germany
ATP 250
Clay
Lucas Miedler
Kevin Krawietz Tim Pütz
6–3, 6–4
Win
5–1
Aug 2023
Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria (2)
ATP 250
Clay
Lucas Miedler
Gonzalo Escobar Aleksandr Nedovyesov
6–4, 6–4
Loss
5–2
Feb 2024
Rio Open , Brazil
ATP 500
Clay
Lucas Miedler
Nicolás Barrientos Rafael Matos
4–6, 3–6
Loss
5–3
Apr 2024
Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco
ATP 250
Clay
Lucas Miedler
Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten
6–3, 4–6, [4–10]
Win
6–3
Jul 2024
Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria (3)
ATP 250
Clay
Andreas Mies
Constantin Frantzen Hendrik Jebens
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win
7–3
Oct 2024
European Open , Belgium
ATP 250
Hard (i)
Lucas Miedler
Robert Galloway Aleksandr Nedovyesov
6–4, 1–6, [10–8]
Win
8–3
Oct 2024
Vienna Open, Austria (2)
ATP 500
Hard (i)
Lucas Miedler
Neal Skupski Michael Venus
4–6, 6–3, [10–1]
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Doubles: 13 (8–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (3–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Oct 2021
Sibiu , Romania
Clay
Lucas Miedler
James Cerretani Luca Margaroli
3–6, 1-6
Loss
0–2
Nov 2021
Ortisei , Italy
Hard (i)
Lucas Miedler
Antonio Šančić Sam Weissborn
6–7(8–10) , 6–4, [8–10]
Win
1–2
Nov 2021
Helsinki , Finland
Hard (i)
Lucas Miedler
Harri Heliövaara Jean-Julien Rojer
6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Win
2–2
Dec 2021
Forlì , Italy
Hard (i)
Lucas Miedler
Marco Bortolotti Sergio Martos Gornés
6-4, 6-2
Win
3–2
Feb 2022
Bangalore , India
Hard
Arjun Kadhe
Saketh Myneni Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–3, 6–7(4–7) , [10–7]
Win
4–2
Apr 2022
Ostrava , Czech Republic
Clay
Lucas Miedler
Hunter Reese Sem Verbeek
7–6(7–5) , 7–5
Loss
4–3
May 2022
Tunis , Tunisia
Clay
Lucas Miedler
Nicolás Barrientos Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
7–6(7–3) , 3–6, [9–11]
Loss
4–4
Jul 2022
Salzburg , Austria
Clay
Lucas Miedler
Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow
5–7, 7–5, [9–11]
Win
5–4
Jul 2022
Tampere , Finland
Clay
Lucas Miedler
Karol Drzewiecki Patrik Niklas-Salminen
7–6(7–3) , 6–1
Win
6–4
Aug 2022
Como , Italy
Clay
Lucas Miedler
Dustin Brown Julian Lenz
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win
7–4
Sep 2022
Tulln an der Donau , Austria
Clay
Lucas Miedler
Zdeněk Kolář Denys Molchanov
6–3, 6–4
Loss
7–5
Sep 2022
Sibiu , Romania
Clay
Lucas Miedler
Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov
6–3, 5–7, [4–10]
Win
8–5
May 2023
Cagliari , Italy
Clay
Lucas Miedler
Máximo González Andrés Molteni
7–6(8–6) , 6–3
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 15 (7–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (6–3)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Sep 2018
Egypt F18, Cairo
Clay
Simone Roncalli
6–2, 7–5
Win
2–0
Sep 2018
Egypt F19, Cairo
Clay
Jordan Correia
6–3, 6–1
Win
3–0
Sep 2018
Egypt F20, Cairo
Clay
Dante Gennaro
6–4, 6–1
Loss
3–1
Oct 2018
Egypt F24, Cairo
Hard
Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss
3–2
Jul 2019
M15 Telfs , Austria
Clay
Sandro Ehrat
4–6, 7–6(8–6) , 3–6
Win
4–2
Jul 2019
M15 Wels , Austria
Clay
Duje Kekez
6–4, 6–4
Loss
4–3
Sep 2019
M25 Trieste , Italy
Clay
Juan Pablo Varillas
7–6(8–6) , 1–6, 4–6
Win
5–3
Nov 2019
M15 Heraklion , Greece
Hard
Jan Zieliński
7–5, 6–1
Loss
5–4
Mar 2020
M25 Trento , Italy
Hard
Ruben Bemelmans
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Loss
5–5
Dec 2020
M15 Monastir , Tunisia
Hard
Omar Giacalone
3–6, 5–7
Loss
5–6
Jan 2021
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
Hard
Kaichi Uchida
4–6, 2–6
Loss
5–7
Feb 2021
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
Hard
Gauthier Onclin
1–6, 4–6
Win
6–7
Apr 2021
M25 Meerbusch , Germany
Clay
Arthur Cazaux
6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Win
7–7
May 2021
M15 Antalya , Turkey
Clay
Adrian Andreev
6–4, 6–1
Loss
7–8
May 2021
M15 Antalya, Turkey
Clay
Nick Hardt
0–6, 6–7(7–9)
Doubles: 26 (18–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (14–4)
Clay (3–3)
Carpet (1–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Nov 2015
Germany F18, Ismaning
Carpet
Constantin Frantzen
Kevin Krawietz Tim Sandkaulen
2–6, 7–6(7–5) , [10–8]
Win
2–0
Feb 2017
Turkey F4, Antalya
Hard
Sebastian Ofner
V Uzhylovskyi Anton Zaitcev
6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Win
3–0
Aug 2017
Austria F6, Innsbruck
Clay
Matthias Haim
Bernd Kossler Lukas Ollert
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss
3–1
Sep 2017
Turkey F35, Antalya
Clay
Vít Kopřiva
Johann Willem Michiel De Krom
7–6(7–0) , 2–6, [9–11]
Loss
3–2
Mar 2018
Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh
Hard
Jaroslav Pospíšil
Wilfredo Gonzalez Benjamin Lock
3–6, 4–6
Loss
3–3
Jul 2018
Austria F1, Telfs
Clay
Kirill Kivattsev
Mario Vilella Martínez Marco Bartolotti
1–6, 6–3, [4–11]
Win
4–3
Aug 2018
Austria F6, Innsbruck
Clay
Jakob Aichhorn
Alejo Vilaro Mariano Kestelboim
6–1, 1–6, [11–9]
Win
5–3
Sep 2018
Egypt F18, Cairo
Hard
Markos Kalovelonis
Aryan Goveas A Chandrasekar
6–4, 7–6(3–7)
Loss
5–4
Dec 2018
Tunisia F44, Monastir
Hard
Christian Hirschmueller
Aziz Dougaz Fred Gil
1–6, 3–6
Win
6–4
Mar 2019
M25 Trento , Italy
Hard
Markos Kalovelonis
Felix Corwin Danny Thomas
6–3, 6–4
Win
7–4
Nov 2019
M15 Heraklion , Greece
Hard
Neil Oberleitner
Luke Johnson Jan Zieliński
6–4, 6–0
Win
8–4
Feb 2020
M15 Heraklion, Greece
Hard
David Pichler
Valentin Guenther Kai Wehnelt
3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss
8–5
Mar 2020
M25 Trento , Italy
Hard
David Jordà Sanchis
Ruben Bemelmans Daniel Masur
6–7(7–9) , 2–6
Win
9–5
Mar 2020
M15 Heraklion , Greece
Hard
Bogdan Bobrov
A Cornut-Chauvinc Constantin Schmitz
2–6, 7–6(7–4) , [12–10]
Win
10–5
Sep 2020
M15 Caslano , Switzerland
Clay
David Pichler
A Cornut-Chauvinc Harold Mayot
7–5, 6–4
Win
11–5
Sep 2020
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
Hard
David Pichler
Fermin Tenti Ignacio Monzon
6–4, 6–1
Loss
11–6
Dec 2020
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
Hard
David Pichler
Théo Arribagé Titouan Droguet
6–4, 6–7(5–7) , [6–10]
Win
12–6
Dec 2020
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
Hard
David Pichler
Skander Mansouri Mats Rosenkranz
6–2, 7–6(14–12)
Win
13–6
Dec 2020
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
Hard
David Pichler
Skander Mansouri Dan Added
7–6(9–7) , 6–3
Win
14–6
Dec 2020
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
Hard
David Pichler
Alexander Kotzen C Dela Bassetiere
6–2, 6–2
Win
15–6
Jan 2021
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
Hard
David Pichler
Benjamin Pietri Théo Arribagé
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win
16–6
Feb 2021
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
Hard
Skander Mansouri
Naoki Nakagawa Ryota Tanuma
6–0, 7–5
Win
17–6
Feb 2021
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
Hard
Skander Mansouri
Lilian Marmousez G M Perricard
6–2, 5–7, [11–9]
Loss
17–7
Mar 2021
M25 Trimbach , Switzerland
Carpet
Elmar Ejupovic
Jakub Paul Yannik Steinegger
3–6, 5–7
Win
18–7
Apr 2021
M25 Biel , Switzerland
Hard
Maximilian Neuchrist
Lilian Marmousez G M Perricard
6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
Loss
18–8
May 2021
M15 Antalya, Turkey
Clay
Sandro Ehrat
Orlando Luz Gabriel Roveri Sidney
2–6, 6–7(2–7)
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