Sebastian Ofner (born 12 May 1996) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 37 achieved on 8 January 2024. He is currently the No. 1 Austrian player.

Professional career

2017: ATP and Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon & third round Ofner made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships after going through qualifying, defeating Kimmer Coppejans, Miljan Zekić and Jay Clarke. In the first round, he beat Thomaz Bellucci in straight sets. In the next round, he upset world No. 18 Jack Sock in a five-setter.

In August, Ofner caused another surprise in front of his home crowd at the 2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel by defeating first seed Pablo Cuevas as a wildcard in the second round. He then won over Renzo Olivo to reach the semifinals where he fell to João Sousa.

2018–2022: Maiden Challenger title, French Open debut Ofner won his maiden ATP Challenger title at the 2018 President's Cup in Astana.

At the 2022 French Open he qualified to make his Grand Slam main draw debut at this Major. He lost to World No. 3 Alexander Zverev in the first round.

2023: Major fourth round, Austrian No. 1, top 50, Masters debut and first win In the first three months of the season Ofner reached three Challenger Tour finals in Tenerife, Antalya and in Zadar.

He qualified for his first ATP tournament for the season in Estoril where he lost in the first round to Dominic Thiem.

Ranked No. 118, he qualified for the main draw of the 2023 French Open for a second consecutive year and defeated Maxime Cressy for his first win at this Major. Next he defeated 24th seed Sebastian Korda to reach the third round for a second time at a Major. He went one step further and defeated Fabio Fognini to reach the fourth round of a Major for the first time in his career. He lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets. As a result, he made his top 100 debut at world No. 81 and became the Austrian No. 1 player on 12 June 2023. He further reached the top 70 following a Challenger final showing at the 2023 Ilkley Trophy where he lost to Jason Kubler. As a result of his run he received a wildcard for the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, where he had made the third round previously in 2017. He reached a new career-high ranking of No. 52 on 24 July 2023. He also made the second round at the last Major, the US Open.

At the 2023 Astana Open, he reached the semifinals defeating third seed Alexander Bublik and this time compatriot Dominic Thiem. As a result, he moved into the top 50 in the rankings on 2 October 2023. He lost to sixth seed and eventual champion Adrian Mannarino.

Ofner made his Masters debut at the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters where he reached the second round for his first win over Juan Pablo Varillas. He received a wildcard for the 2023 Erste Bank Open.

He finished the year ranked No. 43 in the world.

2024-2025: Top 40, Australian, Olympics debuts, ATP final Ofner reached the semifinals in Hong Kong defeating Mackenzie McDonald, fifth seed Jan-Lennard Struff and Roberto Bautista Agut. He lost to Emil Ruusuvuori in three sets. As a result, he reached the top 40 on 8 January 2024.

He made his debut at the 2024 Australian Open where he lost to Thanasi Kokkinakis in a tight five setter with a fifth set tiebreak.

He reached his maiden final at the 2024 Mallorca Championships, which he lost to Alejandro Tabilo.

Performance timeline

Current through the 2025 Rolex Shanghai Masters.

Tournament2015201620172018201920202021202220232024 2025 SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAQ1Q2Q1Q1AQ31RA0 / 10–1French OpenAAAQ1Q2Q3Q11R4R3R2R0 / 46–4WimbledonAA3RQ1Q1NHQ3Q31R1R3R0 / 44–4US OpenAAQ1Q2Q1AQ1Q22R1R1R0 / 21–3Win–loss0–00–02–10–00–00–00–00–14–32–43–30 / 1111–12National representationOlympicsNHANHANH2RNH0 / 11–1Davis CupAAAG1G1AAAG10 / 00–3ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAAANHAAA1RA0 / 10–1Miami OpenAAAAANHAAA2RA0 / 11–1Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAANHAAA2RA0 / 11–1Madrid OpenAAAAANHAAQ21R2R0 / 21–2Italian OpenAAAAAAAAA1R3R0 / 22–2Canadian OpenAAAAANHAAAA1R0 / 10–1Cincinnati MastersAAAAAAAAAA1R0 / 10–1Shanghai MastersAAAAANH2RA1R0 / 21–2Paris MastersAAAAAAAAQ2A0 / 00–0Career statisticsTournaments0032113213241463Overall win–loss0–00–05–31–31–21–12–31–213–1417–24 9–1450–66Year-end ranking7432881431791561591911954388134

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendGrand Slam (–)ATP 1000 (–)ATP 500 (–)ATP 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (–)Clay (–)Grass (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–1)Indoor (–)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Mallorca Championships, SpainATP 250Grass Alejandro Tabilo3–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 16 (6 titles, 10 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (6–10)Finals by surfaceHard (4–4)Clay (2–5)Grass (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Mestre, ItalyChallengerClay João Domingues6–7(4–7), 4–6Win1–1Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Daniel Brands7–6(7–5), 6–3Win2–1Puerto Vallarta, MexicoChallengerHard John-Patrick Smith7–6(10–8), 3–6, 6–3Loss2–2Ortisei, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Jannik Sinner2–6, 4–6Loss2–3Hamburg, GermanyChallengerHard (i) Taro Daniel1–6, 2–6Loss2–4Nur-Sultan, KazakhstanChallengerHard Tomáš Macháč6–4, 4–6, 4–6Win3–4Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Dalibor Svrčina6–0, 6–4Loss3–5Tenerife, SpainChallengerHard Alexander Shevchenko5–7, 2–6Loss3–6Antalya, TurkeyChallengerClay Fábián Marozsán5–7, 0–6Loss3–7Zadar, CroatiaChallengerClay Alessandro Giannessi4–6, 7–5, 6–7(6–8)Loss3–8Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Dominic Stricker6–7(7–9), 3–6Loss3–9Ilkley, United KingdomChallengerGrass Jason Kubler4–6, 4–6Win4–9Salzburg, AustriaChallengerClay Lukas Neumayer6–3, 6–2Win5–9Saint-Brieuc, FranceChallengerHard (i) Pierre-Hugues Herbert6–4, 7–6(7–4)Win6–9Thionville, FranceChallengerHard (i) Nicolai Budkov Kjær6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(9–7)Loss6–10Parma, ItalyChallengerClay Luca Van Assche6–2, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (3–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Shymkent, KazakhstanChallengerClay Lucas Miedler Lorenzo Giustino Gonçalo Oliveira2–6, 6–7(4–7)Win1–1León, MexicoChallengerHard Lucas Miedler Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith4–6, 6–4, [10–6]Loss1–2Chennai, IndiaChallengerHard Nino Serdarušić Jay Clarke Arjun Kadhe0–6, 4–6Win2–2Menorca, SpainChallengerClay Benjamin Hassan Andrea Vavassori Matteo Vavassori7–5, 6–3Win3–2Murcia, SpainChallengerClay Benjamin Hassan Karol Drzewiecki Piotr Matuszewski6–3, 6–4

ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures (5–5)Finals by surfaceHard (2–4)Clay (3–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Austria F8, VogauFuturesClay Dmitry Popko0–6, 2–6Loss0–2Turkey F14, AntalyaFuturesHard Marc Sieber7–5, 5–7, 3–6Win1–2Austria F3, Bad WaltersdorfFuturesClay Corentin Denolly6–4, 4–6, 6–3Win2–2Austria F5, InnsbruckFuturesClay Gonçalo Oliveira6–2, 6–3Win3–2Austria F5, St. PöltenFuturesClay Riccardo Bellotti7–5, 6–4Loss3–3Greece F10, HeraklionFuturesHard Václav Šafránek6–4, 3–6, 5–7Win4–3Greece F11, HeraklionFuturesHard Dominik Kellovský7–6(8–6), 6–4Loss4–4Qatar F5, DohaFuturesHard Ramkumar Ramanathan5–7, 3–6Loss4–5Qatar F6, DohaFuturesHard Ramkumar Ramanathan5–7, 3–6Win5–5Turkey F5, AntalyaFuturesHard Michal Konečný3–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures (2–5)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (0–4)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Austria F5, Bad WaltersdorfFuturesClay Patrick Ofner Philip Lang Richard Ruckelshausen6–7(5–7), 3–6Loss0–2Austria F5, Bad WaltersdorfFuturesClay Philip Lang Tom Kočevar-Dešman Lucas Miedler2–6, 2–6Loss0–3Austria F3, Bad WaltersdorfFuturesClay Sebastian Bader Bernd Kossler Gregor Ramskogler4–6, 6–2, [4–10]Loss0–4Austria F6, VogauFuturesClay Lenny Hampel Hugo Dellien Federico Zeballos5–7, 4–6Win1–4Greece F11, HeraklionFuturesHard Lenny Hampel Domagoj Bilješko Antun Vidak7–5, 6–2Loss1–5Qatar F4, DohaFuturesHard Lenny Hampel James Marsalek Jonny O'Mara4–6, 4–6Win2–5Turkey F4, AntalyaFuturesHard Alexander Erler Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi Anton Zaitcev6–2, 3–6, [10–7]

Record against top 10 players Ofner's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches and Davis Cup matches are considered:

PlayerRecordWin %HardClayGrassLast matchNumber 1 ranked players Daniil Medvedev0–20–10–1–Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2024 Paris OlympicsNumber 2 ranked players Casper Ruud0–2–0–2–Lost (6–4, 2–6, 2–6) at 2024 Geneva Alexander Zverev0–40–10–20–1Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2024 Monte CarloNumber 3 ranked players Dominic Thiem1–31–00–3–Won (5–7, 6–4, 6–2) at 2023 Astana Marin Čilić0–1––0–1Lost (2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7)) at 2021 Queen's Club Stefanos Tsitsipas0–2–0–2–Lost (4–6, 5–7) at 2024 BarcelonaNumber 4 ranked players Kei Nishikori1–01–0––Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2024 MiamiNumber 5 ranked players Kevin Anderson0–1––0–1Lost (5–7, 6–7(3–7)) at 2021 NewportNumber 6 ranked players Félix Auger-Aliassime0–10–1––Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2023 Tokyo Alex de Minaur0–10–1––Lost (1–6, 3–6) at 2024 AcapulcoNumber 7 ranked players Richard Gasquet1–0–1–0–Won (1–6, 7–5, 7–5) at 2022 KitzbühelNumber 8 ranked players Jack Sock1–0––1–0Won (6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, 6–2) at 2017 Wimbledon Diego Schwartzman0–1–0–1–Lost (2–6, 6–2, 5–7) at 2020 KitzbühelNumber 9 ranked players Roberto Bautista Agut1–01–0––Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2024 Hong Kong Fabio Fognini1–0–1–0–Won (5–7, 6–3, 7–5, 1–6, 6–4) at 2023 French OpenNumber 10 ranked players Denis Shapovalov1–01–0––Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2024 Auckland Lucas Pouille0–10–1––Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2017 Vienna Frances Tiafoe1–10–11–0–Won (6–2, 6–7, 6–3) at 2025 RomeTotal7–204–6 ()2–11 ()1–3 ()* Statistics correct .

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