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Germany · born Warstein, 1990 · right-handed · Wimbledon quarter-finalist at 36 in 2026
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Best Wimbledon result, 2026
36
Age at his first major quarter-final
6
Tie-breaks won in his first three Wimbledon 2026 matches
1
Grass doubles title, Stuttgart 2026
Born in Warstein, Germany, on 25 April 1990, Struff stands 1.93 m and has built his career on the first serve. He made his Davis Cup debut in 2015 and has played in three Davis Cup semi-finals for Germany, and he reached the doubles quarter-finals at the Tokyo and Paris Olympics. In 2023 he became the first lucky loser to reach a Masters final, in Madrid, and in June reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 21. His first ATP singles title came on clay in Munich in 2024, at 33. He has won five doubles titles. His 2026 grass season brought the Stuttgart doubles title with Yannick Hanfmann and, ranked 74th, a first major quarter-final at Wimbledon, where Jannik Sinner beat him.
| Wimbledon singles | Quarter-final 2026. Third round 2018, 2019, 2024 and 2025; second round 2013; first round 2014 to 2017, 2021 and 2022. Missed 2023 with a hip injury |
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| Wimbledon 2026 | Beat Sebastian Báez in five sets, Brandon Nakashima, the 8th seed Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 7-5, and Hubert Hurkacz, who retired at 3-6, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2), 7-5, 4-2. Lost to Jannik Sinner 5-7, 6-7 (4), 3-6 |
| Wimbledon doubles | Quarter-final 2018 with Ben McLachlan |
| Grass finals | Stuttgart 2023: lost to Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-7 (8) after holding a championship point. Stuttgart doubles 2026: won with Yannick Hanfmann, 7-6, 3-6, 11-9 |
| Halle | 2021: beat the top seed Daniil Medvedev in the first round. 2023: beat Roman Safiullin, then lost to the eventual champion Alexander Bublik |
| Stuttgart | ||
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| 2026 | Men's doubles | with Yannick Hanfmann |
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
"It was tough to celebrate on the court because I feel sorry for him."
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Madrid 2023
Aslan Karatsev beat him in qualifying, and he entered the main draw only as a lucky loser. He then beat Sonego, Shelton and Tsitsipas among others, and later in the draw met Karatsev again and won. He became the first lucky loser to reach a Masters final, where Carlos Alcaraz beat him in three sets.
Source: WikipediaStuttgart 2023
In his first grass final he held serve against Frances Tiafoe for three sets and had a championship point at 7-6 in the deciding tie-break. Tiafoe saved it with a stretched volley and won 10-8. Struff still left Stuttgart with a career-high ranking of No. 21. His first title came the following spring, on clay in Munich, at 33.
Source: ATP TourWimbledon 2026 · Third round
Daniil Medvedev, the 8th seed, led in all three sets: a break in the first, 5-2 in the second and a double break in the third. He won none of them. Struff took the match 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 7-5, his sixth tie-break won in three rounds, a total bettered at Wimbledon only by Wayne Arthurs in 1999.
Source: Tennis MajorsWimbledon 2026 · Fourth round
Two sets down to Hubert Hurkacz, he levelled and led 4-2 in the fifth when Hurkacz retired. At 36 years and 78 days he passed Fabrice Santoro as the oldest man in the Open Era to reach a first major quarter-final, in his 47th major. "Hubi is one of the nicest guys on Tour," he said. "To end it like that is a pity."
Source: Tennis MajorsBasel 2026
Before a possible meeting with Novak Djokovic, who led their series 8-0, Struff kept his humour. "Against Novak, my head-to-head record isn't that great," he said. "But whose head-to-head record is great against Novak?" He called it a pleasure to have another chance to play the man he described as the GOAT.
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