Alexander Erler

Alexander Erler

Erler at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois
Country (sports)	Austria
Residence	Kufstein, Austria
Born	(1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 Innsbruck, Austria
Height	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
Singles
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)
Doubles
Career record	46–38
Career titles	8
Highest ranking	No. 32 (8 May 2023)
Current ranking	No. 40 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
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. 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. 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. At the ATP 500 Mexican Open Miedler won his third title with compatriot Erler defeating en route top seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski. 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. They lost in the final to Andrea Vavassori and Marcelo Demoliner. They won their fourth title at the 2023 BMW Open in Munich, Germany. At the 2023 Generali Open Kitzbühel, they won their fifth doubles title.

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.

In October he won back-to-back doubles titles partnering Lucas Miedler, claiming the European Open in Antwerp followed by the Vienna Open.

Doubles 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 US Open.

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	0 / 2	1–2
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	0 / 2	1–2
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	2R	1R	0 / 2	1–2
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	0 / 2	1–2
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–4	2–4	0 / 8	3–8
National representation
Davis Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	G1	G1	G1	0 / 0	4–1
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	A	A	not held			2R		0 / 1	1–1
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R		0 / 1	1–1
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–5	0–1	0 / 6	2–6
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	30	20	60
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	6
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	9
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	8–7	33–27	19–19	64–55
Year-end ranking	1217	1581	621	–	749	405	126	51	37		55%

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)

External links

• Alexander Erler at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Alexander Erler at the International Tennis Federation
• Alexander Erler at the Davis Cup