Austrian tennis player
Joel Josef Schwärzler (born 27 January 2006) is an Austrian tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of No. 346 achieved on 28 October 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 378 achieved on 21 October 2024.[2]
Schwärzler is the son of a South African mother and an Austrian father from Vorarlberg. He grew up in Hard, Austria. He began playing tennis at the age of 5. He won the Austrian U18 national championship titles in singles and doubles in 2022, and followed this up by winning the U16 European Championships in July in Prerov, Czech Republic, defeating top seed Martin Landaluce in the final.[3][4]
Professional career
[edit]He began training at the ÖTV performance centre in Südstadt in 2021.[5]
2023: Junior Masters Champion
[edit]He reached the final of the 2023 US Open – Boys' doubles alongside partner Federico Bondioli where they lost to Max Dahlin and Oliver Ojakäär despite twice having a match point.[6]
In October 2023, he won two titles in two weeks, claiming victory at J500 event in Osaka and following that up with victory at the ITF Junior Masters event in Chengdu, China defeating Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez of Mexico in the boys’ final.[7][8] He became the first Austrian player to win the title.[9] This title guaranteed him the third place in the world junior rankings.[10]
2024: Maiden ATP Challenger title, French Open doubles Junior champion, ATP debut
[edit]In May , Schwärzler won his first ATP Challenger Tour title at the 2024 Macedonian Open in Skopje, defeating Sergey Fomin, Ergi Kırkın, Andrew Paulson, Gerard Campana Lee and Kamil Majchrzak in the process. He achieved a new career high ranking of No. 387 with the win, and became the first player born in 2006 to win a Challenger title. João Fonseca, Schwärzler, Gabriel Debru and Learner Tien became the youngest champions of 2024 at that level. He was also just the fourth player to win an ATP Challenger Tour title while holding the Junior No. 1 ranking after Nick Kyrgios, Taylor Fritz and Wu Yibing. [11]
At the 2024 French Open, Schwärzler won his first junior Grand Slam title in the boys' doubles, partnering with Nicolai Budkov Kjær.[citation needed]
Schwärzler made his ATP debut at the Austrian Open Kitzbuhel, losing to Thiago Seyboth Wild in the first round.[12] He also received a wildcard for the 2024 Erste Bank Open but lost to top seed Alexander Zverev.
ATP Challenger Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 1 (1 title)
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| Legend
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| ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
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ITF World Tennis Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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| Result
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W–L
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Date
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Tournament
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Tier
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Surface
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Opponent
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Score
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| Loss
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0–1
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Mar 2024
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M15 Antalya, Turkey
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WTT
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Clay
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 Filip Cristian Jianu
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1–6, 2–6
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Doubles: 4 (4 titles)
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| Result
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W–L
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Date
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Tournament
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Tier
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Surface
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Partner
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Opponents
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Score
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| Win
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1–0
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Aug 2023
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M15 Kottingbrunn, Austria
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WTT
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Clay
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 Dominik Kellovský
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 Miloš Karol
 David Pichler
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3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
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| Win
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2–0
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Nov 2023
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M15 Heraklion, Greece
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WTT
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Hard
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Neil Oberleitner
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 Sergis Kyratzis
Eleftherios Neos
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6–0, 6–3
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| Win
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3–0
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Nov 2023
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M15 Heraklion, Greece
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WTT
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Hard
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Neil Oberleitner
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 Pavlos Tsitsipas
Petros Tsitsipas
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7–6(7–4), 6–2
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| Win
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4–0
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Mar 2024
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M15 Antalya, Turkey
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WTT
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Clay
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Jan Hrazdil
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 Mert Alkaya
S Mert Özdemir
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6–1, 6–0
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Junior Grand Slam finals
[edit]Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
[edit]
Austria
Kamil Majchrzak
Filip Cristian Jianu
Dominik Kellovský
Miloš Karol
Sergis Kyratzis
Pavlos Tsitsipas
Mert Alkaya
Federico Bondioli
Max Dahlin
Oliver Ojakäär
Nicolai Budkov Kjær
Rei Sakamoto
