Alexander Blockx

Alexander Blockx (born 8 April 2005) is a Belgian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of No. 646 achieved on 16 October 2023. He also reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 1 in singles and doubles on 1 May 2023 [2] after winning the 2023 Australian Open in the boys singles and reaching the final in the 2023 boys doubles.[3]

Alexander Blockx
Country (sports) Belgium
ResidenceAntwerp
Born (2005-04-08) 8 April 2005
Antwerp, Belgium
PlaysRight-handed
CoachPhilippe Cassiers
Prize money$19,829
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 646 (16 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 646 (16 October 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open JuniorW (2023)
French Open Junior3R (2023)
Wimbledon Junior3R (2022)
US Open JuniorQF (2022)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)[1]
Highest rankingNo. 1162 (17 July 2022)
Current rankingNo. 1206 (16 October 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open JuniorF (2023)
French Open Junior1R (2022)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2022)
US Open Junior2R (2022)
Last updated on: 16 October 2023.

Early life

Blockx is from Antwerp in Belgium.[4] He has trained since childhood with Philippe Cassiers at his Forest Hills tennis academy in Belgium.[5] By 2022, he was training at the Tennis Vlaanderen centre in Wilrijk, alongside the likes of Tibo Colson, Zizou Bergs, with Cristopher Haymen and Ruben Bemelmans.[6][7]

Career

2022: ATP doubles debut

In 2022, Blockx reached the third round and then quarterfinals of the junior events at Wimbledon and the US Open, respectively. Shortly after the US Open, Blockx and sometimes junior doubles partner Gilles-Arnaud Bailly were invited to train with the Belgium Davis Cup team by captain Johan Van Herck.

Blockx made his ATP Tour qualifying debut at his home tournament, the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium, where he was given a wildcard. He lost to Swiss Dominic Stricker in straight sets.[8] He was also given a wildcard into the main draw of the doubles, playing alongside Ruben Bemelmans in what proved to be Bemelmans' last professional match.[9]

2023: ATP singles debut

Blockx reached the final at the 2023 Australian Open in both the boys' singles[10][11] and, alongside Brazilian João Fonseca, the boys' doubles, which they lost to Learner Tien and Cooper Williams.[12] Blockx gained revenge over Tien by winning the boys' singles final in three sets. Although Gilles-Arnaud Bailly reached two junior Grand Slam finals in 2022, the last Belgian male to win a junior Major, prior to Blockx, was Kimmer Coppejans at the 2012 French Open. No Belgian male had previously won the boys' singles in Melbourne.[13]

In March 2023, he made his Masters 1000 qualifications debut after receiving a wildcard for the 2023 Miami Open where he lost to Yosuke Watanuki.

He received a wildcard for the qualifying competition at the Antwerp Open and qualified into the main draw on his ATP singles debut.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)
Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2023 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Georgia (country) Saba Purtseladze 3–6, 4–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)
Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 2023 Australian Open Hard United States Learner Tien 6–1, 2–6, 7–6(11–9)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2023 Australian Open Hard Brazil João Fonseca United States Learner Tien
United States Cooper Williams		 4–6, 4–6

References
  1. "Alexander Blockx". atp.com.
  2. "Alexander Blockx". itftennis.com.
  3. "Alexander Blockx, Alina Korneeva win Australian Open junior titles". ESPN. 28 January 2023.
  4. "Remember the name: Alexander Blockx, 17-year-old Belgian, is in singles and doubles finals at Australian Open". hln.be.
  5. "Australian Open: Philippe Cassiers, coach of Alexander Blockx: "A great experience for him"". rtbf.be.
  6. Mulders, Johan (30 September 2023). "Gilles-Arnaud Bailly in Italy, Tibo Colson in Sweden: double Limburg success at M25 tournaments". hblv.be. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  7. D'haene, Bart (16 June 2022). "After a tournament victory in Montenegro, Christopher Heyman also wants to score in Duffel: "I have a clear plan in mind"". gva.be. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  8. "Alexander Blockx: the next big promise in Belgian men's tennis". Proximus.be.
  9. "Topweek voor Alexander Blockx op European Open: "Trainen met Auger-Aliassime, dat kan maar één keer per jaar"". hln.be.
  10. "AUSTRALIAN OPEN. Alexander Blockx naar finale juniorentoernooi". Nieuwsblad.be.
  11. "Australian Open: Belgian Alexander Blockx qualifies for the final of the junior table". rtbf.be.
  12. "17-jarige Alexander Blockx staat in halve finales van juniorentoernooi op Australian Open". Sporza.bel. 26 January 2023.
  13. "Juniors wrap: Korneeva wins marathon, Blockx stacks up". ausopen.com.
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