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Alex de Minaur, born 17 February 1999, is an Australian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 11 on 2 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 58 on 12 October 2020.
Alex De Minaur was born in Sydney, Australia but of Uruguayan and Spanish descent. De Minaur has dual Australian and Spanish citizenship. He spent the first five years of his life in the south Sydney suburb of Carss Park before relocating to Alicante, Spain. He completed most of his early education in Spain before returning to Australia at age 13. As of 2015, de Minaur was living in Spain and has stated that he has always felt a strong bond with Australia even though he has lived most of his life in Spain. In 2017, he told the Sydney Morning Herald "I used to represent Spain but I always felt I was Australian. As soon as we moved back here again that was the first thing I wanted to do — play for Australia."
In 2023, he got his seventh title and first ATP 500 title, first Masters final, back to top 15, his 200th career wins.
Alex De Minaur began his 2023 season by competing for Australia in the Inaugural United Cup. He lost to Cameron Norrie of Great Britain in straight sets, before claiming the biggest win of his career against then-world No. 2, Rafael Nadal of Spain. De Minaur lost in the fourth round of the Australian Open to eventual champion Novak Djokovic in straight sets winning only 5 games.
At the Rotterdam Open, De Minaur recorded his third top-5 win, defeating Andrey Rublev in his opening match. He made it to the quarterfinals before losing to Grigor Dimitrov, after having match points.
In March, De Minaur won his seventh overall and first ATP 500 title at the Mexican Open, defeating Tommy Paul. As a result, he returned to the top 20 in the rankings on 6 March 2023. Following this run, at the 2023 BNP Paribas Open he lost in the second round in less than an hour and a half to Marton Fucsovics having received a bye in the first round. At the 2023 Miami Open he also lost in the second round to Quentin Halys in a three hours and 20 minutes match with three tiebreaks. On grass, De Minaur reached a final at the Queen's Club Championships, losing to world No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz. He lost at Wimbledon in the second round to the unseeded Matteo Berrettini. At the 2023 Los Cabos Open, he made it to the final, where he lost to top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. At the 2023 National Bank Open in Canada, he reached his first Masters 1000 final, beating back-to-back top ten players, Taylor Fritz and Daniil Medvedev, seeded eight and second, respectively - having previously never made it past the round of 16 at a Masters tournament. De Minaur lost in the final to Jannik Sinner in straight sets. De Minaur's successful Canadian Open campaign was followed by a fourth round appearance at the US Open, where he was defeated by third seed, Daniil Medvedev. Afterwards, De Minaur participated in the China Open, where he defeated Andy Murray in three sets after saving 3 match points in a lengthy 3-hour match, however, lost again to Medvedev in the following round. Consequently, he rose to a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11.
During the indoor hardcourt swing, De Minaur defeated Andy Murray again at the 2023 Rolex Paris Masters in three sets in his first round, after saving a match point, becoming the first person ever to beat Andy Murray in their first 6 attempts and the first person to beat Andy Murray on clay, grass and indoor and outdoor hard court. In his next match, he defeated Dušan Lajović in 3 sets for his 200th career win. De Minaur received a walkover from Jannik Sinner in the round of 16, sending him into his second Masters 1000 quarterfinal of his career (both appearances came this year). He lost in 3 sets to Andrey Rublev.
He was the top seed for the first time at ATP tour level at the Moselle Open. He is currently ranked World No. 16 by ATP.

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