Alexander Blockx

Alexander Blockx (born 8 April 2005) is a Belgian tennis player. He has a career high junior tennis ranking of three in both singles and doubles, both achieved on 30 January 2023.[2] He made his ATP Tour debut at the European Open, held at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium in October 2022. In January 2023, he won the 2023 Australian Open in the boys singles. He also reached 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
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open JuniorW (2023)
French Open Junior2R (2022)
Wimbledon Junior3R (2022)
US Open JuniorQF (2022)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)[1]
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open JuniorF (2023)
French Open Junior1R (2022)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2022)
US Open Junior2R (2022)

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]

Career

2022

In 2022, Blockx reached the third round and then quarter-finals of the junior events at Wimbledon and the US Open, respectively. Shortly after the US Open, Blockx and sometime junior doubles partner Gilles-Arnaud Bailly were invited to train with the Belgium Davis Cup team by captain Johan Van Herck. Blockx was given a wildcard for the European Open qualifying, where he lost 6–4, 6–4, to Swiss pro Dominic Stricker.[6] 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 game.[7]

2023

Blockx reached the final at the 2023 Australian Open in both the boys' singles[8] and, alongside Brazilian João Fonseca, the boys' doubles, which they lost to Learner Tien and Cooper Williams.[9] Blockx gained revenge over Tien by winning the boys' singles final in three sets. Although Gilles-Arnaud Bailly reached two grand slam junior finals in 2022, the last Belgian male to win a junior grand slam, prior to Blocx, was Kimmer Coppejans at the 2012 French Open. No Belgian male had previously won the boys' singles in Melbourne.[10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)
Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 2023 Australian Open Hard 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 João Fonseca Learner Tien
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. "Alexander Blockx: the next big promise in Belgian men's tennis". Proximus.be.
  7. "Topweek voor Alexander Blockx op European Open: "Trainen met Auger-Aliassime, dat kan maar één keer per jaar"". hln.be.
  8. "AUSTRALIAN OPEN. Alexander Blockx naar finale juniorentoernooi". Nieuwsblad.be.
  9. "17-jarige Alexander Blockx staat in halve finales van juniorentoernooi op Australian Open". Sporza.bel. 26 January 2023.
  10. "Australian Open: Belgian Alexander Blockx qualifies for the final of the junior table". rtbf.be.
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