Mitchell Krueger

Mitchell Krueger (born January 12, 1994) is an American tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking by the ATP of world No. 135, achieved on 18 July 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 173, achieved on 27 April 2015.

Mitchell Krueger

Krueger at the 2022 French Open
Full name	Mitchell Krueger
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Dallas, Texas, United States
Born	(1994-01-12) January 12, 1994 (age 30) Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money	$1,456,716
Singles
Career record	10–22 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 135 (18 July 2022)
Current ranking	No. 140 (16 September 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2019)
French Open	Q1 (2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2022)
US Open	2R (2020, 2024)
Doubles
Career record	0–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 173 (27 April 2015)
Current ranking	No. 275 (16 September 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	1R (2019, 2021, 2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	1R (2012, 2017, 2021)
Last updated on: 16 September 2024.

Professional career

Krueger at the 2016 US Open

Krueger received a wildcard into the 2012 US Open mixed doubles event, where he partnered fellow American Samantha Crawford, but lost in the first round.

He made his ATP Tour main-draw debut and recorded his first ATP win when he qualified and defeated Benoît Paire for a first of two wins of his career against this same player at the 2017 Western & Southern Open and the 2018 BNP Paribas Open.^[1] He made his Grand Slam debut when he qualified into the main draw of the 2018 US Open.^[2]

At the 2019 Australian Open, Krueger qualified for the first time at this Major but lost to world No. 1, Novak Djokovic, in the first round.^[3]

His first Grand Slam win was at the 2020 US Open where he defeated Pedro Sousa in the first round as a wildcard.^[1]

He received a wildcard for the inaugural edition of the 2022 Dallas Open. The following week at the 2022 Delray Beach Open, he reached the second round as a qualifier, defeating Jordan Thompson for his fourth ATP Tour-level win before losing to third seed Grigor Dimitrov.^[1][4]

He received also a wildcard for the 2024 Dallas Open where he lost to Max Purcell.^[5] Ranked No. 192, he qualified for the main draw of the Citi DC Open in Washington and recorded his first ATP win in close to a year, since August 2023.^[6] Ranked No. 170, he qualified for the 2024 US Open making his third main draw appearance at this Grand Slam and defeated fellow qualifier Hugo Grenier, for his second win at this tournament and second Major win in his career.^[7]

Ranked No. 140, he entered the main draw 2024 Hangzhou Open, as a lucky loser, into the second round, after the late withdrawal of third seed Tomás Martín Etcheverry, getting a first round bye.

World TeamTennis

Mitchell enters his second season with World TeamTennis in 2020, after making his debut with the Philadelphia Freedoms in 2019. It was announced he joined the Springfield Lasers during the 2020 WTT season that began on July 12.^[8]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 19 (9–10)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (5–3) ITF Futures Tour (4–7)

Finals by surface Hard (8–5) Clay (1–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2013	Netherlands F2, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Ricardo Hocevar	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Mar 2014	USA F8, Bakersfield	Futures	Hard	Daniel Kosakowski	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	1–2	May 2014	USA F13, Orange Park	Futures	Clay	Nicolás Jarry	1–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	1–3	Jun 2014	Italy F16, Cesena	Futures	Clay	Luca Vanni	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Loss	1–4	Jun 2014	Italy F18, Napoli	Futures	Clay	Luca Vanni	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5	Sep 2014	Canada F9, Toronto	Futures	Clay	Bjorn Fratangelo	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–6	Dec 2014	Dominican Republic F4, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Andrey Rublev	2–6, 4–6
Win	2–6	Jan 2015	USA F2, Los Angeles	Futures	Hard	Jason Jung	6–1, 6–2
Loss	2–7	Jul 2015	USA F21, Wichita	Futures	Hard	Sanam Singh	6–7(6–8), 6–7(4–7)
Win	3–7	Jun 2016	China F9, Jinan	Futures	Hard	Finn Tearney	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	3–8	Jul 2016	Binghamton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Darian King	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–9	Feb 2017	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Noah Rubin	0–6, 1–6
Win	4–9	Feb 2019	Dallas, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Mackenzie McDonald	4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–1
Win	5–9	Jul 2021	Cary, USA	Challenger	Hard	Ramkumar Ramanathan	7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win	6–9	Sep 2021	Cary, USA	Challenger	Hard	Bjorn Fratangelo	6–4, 6–3
Win	7–9	Jul 2023	M25 Dallas, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Aidan Mayo	6–4, 6–0
Win	8–9	Jan 2024	Indian Wells, USA	Challenger	Hard	Brandon Holt	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	8–10	Apr 2024	Tallahassee, USA	Challenger	Clay	Zizou Bergs	4–6, 6–7(9–11)
Win	9–10	May 2024	Little Rock, USA	Challenger	Hard	Yuta Shimizu	6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 27 (8–19)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (4–10) ITF Futures Tour (4–9)

Finals by surface Hard (7–11) Clay (1–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2012	USA F29, Birmingham	Futures	Clay	Bjorn Fratangelo	Chase Buchanan Vahid Mirzadeh	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Jun 2013	Netherlands F3, Breda	Futures	Clay	Bjorn Fratangelo	Henri Kontinen Christopher Rungkat	4–6, 5–7
Loss	1–2	May 2014	Tallahassee, USA	Challenger	Clay	Bjorn Fratangelo	Ryan Agar Sebastian Bader	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	1–3	May 2014	USA F13, Orange Park	Futures	Clay	Bjorn Fratangelo	Dennis Novikov Connor Smith	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–4	May 2014	USA F14, Tampa	Futures	Clay	Bjorn Fratangelo	Nicolás Jarry Tiago Lopes	5–7, 1–6
Loss	1–5	Jun 2014	Italy F17, Parma	Futures	Clay	Bjorn Fratangelo	Lorenzo Frigerio Matteo Trevisan	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–6	Aug 2014	USA F23, Edwardsville	Futures	Hard	Bjorn Fratangelo	Patrick Davidson Saketh Myneni	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–7	Sep 2014	Canada F9, Toronto	Futures	Clay	Bjorn Fratangelo	Sekou Bangoura Evan King	4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win	2–7	Oct 2014	Australia F6, Alice Springs	Futures	Hard	Jarmere Jenkins	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–7	Oct 2014	Australia F8, Toowoomba	Futures	Hard	Jarmere Jenkins	Jake Eames Christopher O'Connell	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–8	Nov 2014	Traralgon, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Jarmere Jenkins	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	1–6, 6–1, [3–10]
Loss	3–9	Nov 2014	Australia F9, Wollongong	Futures	Hard	Andrew Whittington	Steven de Waard Marc Polmans	6–7(2–7), 6–7(2–7)
Win	4–9	Dec 2014	Dominican Republic F4, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Sekou Bangoura	Mauricio Echazú Aleksandar Lazov	6–7(1–7), 6–1, [10–8]
Win	5–9	Feb 2015	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Radu Albot	Adam Hubble Jose Statham	3–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Loss	5–10	Mar 2015	USA F10, Bakersfield	Futures	Hard	Connor Smith	Sekou Bangoura Darian King	4–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	5–11	Sep 2015	Columbus, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Eric Quigley	Chase Buchanan Blaž Rola	4–6, 6–4, [17–19]
Loss	5–12	Apr 2016	Le Gosier, Guadeloupe	Challenger	Hard	Austin Krajicek	James Cerretani Antal van der Duim	2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	5–13	Jun 2016	China F9, Jinan	Futures	Hard	Connor Smith	Gong Maoxin Peng Hsien-yin	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win	6–13	Jul 2016	Winnipeg, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Daniel Nguyen	Jarryd Chaplin Benjamin Mitchell	6–2, 7–5
Loss	6–14	May 2017	Savannah, USA	Challenger	Clay	Luke Bambridge	Peter Polansky Neal Skupski	6–4, 3–6, [1–10]
Win	7–14	Nov 2019	Charlottesville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Blaž Rola	Sekou Bangoura Blaž Kavčič	6–4, 6–1
Loss	7–15	Mar 2020	Indian Wells, USA	Challenger	Hard	Sebastian Korda	Denis Kudla Thai-Son Kwiatkowski	3–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Win	8–15	Apr 2021	Orlando, USA	Challenger	Hard	Jack Sock	Dennis Novikov Christian Harrison	4–6, 7–5, [13–11]
Loss	8–16	Aug 2022	Chicago, USA	Challenger	Hard	Evan King	André Göransson Ben McLachlan	4–6, 7–6(7–3), [5–10]
Loss	8–17	Nov 2022	Knoxville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Martin Damm	Hunter Reese Tennys Sandgren	7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), [5–10]
Loss	8–18	Feb 2023	Waco, USA	Challenger	Hard	Evan King	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	1–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Loss	8–19	Nov 2023	Knoxville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Mac Kiger	Cannon Kingsley Luis David Martínez	6–7(3–7), 3–6

References

1. "Krueger Making Most of His Opportunity to Compete in Delray Beach". February 17, 2022.
2. "Felix Qualifies for First Grand Slam; Krueger Leads American Charge | ATP Tour | Tennis".
3. "Djokovic Beats Krueger in Australian Open 2019 First Round | ATP Tour | Tennis".
4. "Grigor Dimitrov Returns with Win in Tough Delray Beach Conditions | ATP Tour | Tennis".
5. "Purcell needs five match points to see off Krueger in Dallas".
6. "Tiafoe 'finds spark' to win Washington three-setter". July 31, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
7. "After a career of toil, Mitchell Krueger meets his moment at the US Open". ATPTour. August 28, 2024.
8. "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. June 16, 2020.

External links

• Mitchell Krueger at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mitchell Krueger at the International Tennis Federation