The 21st century
Australia · born Sydney, 1999 · right-handed · grass titles at Eastbourne and 's-Hertogenbosch
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Grass titles, Eastbourne 2021 and 's-Hertogenbosch 2024
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Grass finals, 2021 to 2026
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Sets lost winning 's-Hertogenbosch in 2024
Born in Sydney on 17 February 1999 to a Uruguayan father and a Spanish mother, de Minaur spent most of his childhood in Alicante, returning to Australia at 13 during the Spanish financial crisis. Adolfo Gutierrez has coached him since he was nine, and Lleyton Hewitt has mentored him without ever formally coaching him. Known as the Demon, he has won 11 ATP singles titles, became the first Australian man in the top 10 since Hewitt when he broke through in January 2024, and reached a career high of No. 5 in July 2026. He played in Australia's Davis Cup finals of 2022 and 2023. In July 2026 he married the British player Katie Boulter. His 2026 grass season brought a final in 's-Hertogenbosch, a quarter-final at Queen's and a fourth-round defeat by Flavio Cobolli at Wimbledon.
| Wimbledon singles | Quarter-final 2024, withdrew injured before playing Novak Djokovic. Fourth round 2022, 2025 and 2026; third round 2018; second round 2019 and 2023; first round 2021; lost in qualifying 2017 |
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| Grass titles | Eastbourne 2021: beat Lorenzo Sonego 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) after dropping the first set. 's-Hertogenbosch 2024: beat Sebastian Korda 6-2, 6-4 without losing a set all week |
| Grass finals lost | Queen's 2023: Carlos Alcaraz, 4-6, 4-6. 's-Hertogenbosch 2026: Kamil Majchrzak, 3-6, 6-2, 6-7 (5) |
| Wimbledon defeats to remember | 2022: Cristian Garin, 2-6, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (6), after winning the first two sets and holding two match points. 2025: Novak Djokovic in four sets. 2026: Flavio Cobolli, 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-3 |
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| 2021 | Men's singles | |
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| 2024 | Men's singles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
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Eastbourne 2021
He reached the final without dropping a set, then lost the first to Lorenzo Sonego before winning 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) in two hours and 40 minutes. His first feeling, he said, was relief, and he was pleased to have played aggressively on the big points instead of waiting for Sonego to miss. It was his fifth ATP title.
Source: Tennis AustraliaWimbledon 2022 · Fourth round
Against Cristian Garin he won the first two sets, had break points in the third and held two match points in the fifth, and still lost in a final-set tie-break. "Realistically it stings," he said afterwards. "I'll do my best to forget about it."
Source: Tennis AustraliaJune 2024
On the same June day he won 's-Hertogenbosch and Katie Boulter defended her Nottingham title. He did not make the trip to England, which she mentioned in her speech. He posted "How did that happen again" with a jab at her, and Boulter replied: "Just let me have the limelight for once by myself geeez."
Source: WTAWimbledon 2024
In the last three points of his fourth-round win over Arthur Fils he heard a loud crack in his hip. A scan showed a small tear, and one slide could have stretched his recovery from weeks to four months. "I'm devastated," he said, withdrawing from what he called the biggest match of his career, a quarter-final against Djokovic. "It was too much to risk."
Source: ATP TourSydney and Alicante
He grew up between Sydney and Alicante and for a time represented Spain. "I used to represent Spain but I always felt I was Australian," he said in 2017. His nickname, the Demon, comes from the way his surname is pronounced.
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