Justin Engel

Justin Engel
Country (sports) Germany
Born (2007-10-01) 1 October 2007 (age 17)
Nuremberg, Germany
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2024
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachHorst Engel,
Philipp Kohlschreiber[1]
Prize moneyUS$43,125
Singles
Career record1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 393 (2 December 2024)
Current rankingNo. 398 (6 January 2025)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 1208 (15 July 2024)
Current rankingNo. 2094 (6 January 2025)
Last updated on: 6 January 2025.

Justin Engel (born 1 October 2007) is a German tennis player.

Engel has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 393, achieved on 2 December 2024.[2]

Career

2024

In May, at the age of 16, Engel became the youngest German men's title winner since 2003 when he won an ITF World Tennis Tour tournament in Villach, Austria.[3]

Engel made his ATP Challenger Tour main draw debut at the Tennis Open Karlsruhe, having received a wildcard. He defeated world No. 138 and five-time major doubles champion Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the first round to claim his first Challenger main draw win and first top-150 win.[4]

At the age of 17, Engel made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the Almaty Open after receiving a main draw wildcard. He defeated Coleman Wong in straight sets to claim his first ATP Tour main draw win, becoming the youngest player to do so since Carlos Alcaraz at the 2020 Rio Open and the first player born in the year 2007 to win an ATP match.[5]

Singles performance timeline

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 ATP Tour.

Tournament 2024 2025 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0 1
Overall win–loss 1–1 0–0 1–1
Year-end ranking 396

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 4 (4 titles)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (3–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2024 M15 Villach, Austria Hard Switzerland Jérôme Kym 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 2024 M15 Uslar, Germany Clay Argentina Lautaro Agustín Falabella 6–2, 6–4
Win 3–0 Aug 2024 M15 Trier, Germany Clay Germany Milan Welte 6–1, 6–4
Win 4–0 Sep 2024 M15 Cap d'Agde, France Clay France Lucas Bouquet 2–6, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2023 M15 Oberhausen, Germany Clay Germany Yannik Kelm Germany Adrian Oetzbach
Germany Jakob Schnaitter 		5–7, 4–6

References

  1. ^ "Kohlschreiber trainiert Toptalent Engel". sportschau.de (in German). 25 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Justin Engel - Overview". ATP Tour.
  3. ^ "Engel, 16, becomes youngest German men's title winner since 2003". ITF. 20 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Justin Engel: "Ich will mich einfach nur auf den Tennissport konzentrieren"". tennis.de (in German). 20 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Justin Engel earns first ATP win in Almaty, follows Carlos Alcaraz's numbers". Tennis World USA. 14 October 2024.