Yannick Hanfmann

Yannick Hanfmann (born 13 November 1991) is a German professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 45, achieved in July 2023, and a doubles ranking of No. 81, achieved in July 2024.

Yannick Hanfmann

Hanfmann at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Karlsruhe, Germany
Born	(1991-11-13) 13 November 1991 (age 33) Karlsruhe
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Southern California
Coach	Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Prize money	US$3,336,863
Singles
Career record	77–84
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 45 (3 July 2023)
Current ranking	No. 123 (31 March 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	2R (2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2021, 2023, 2024)
US Open	1R (2018, 2021, 2023)
Doubles
Career record	15–16
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 81 (15 July 2024)
Current ranking	No. 298 (3 March 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2024)
French Open	2R (2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	SF (2024)
Last updated on: 7 April 2025.

He is known for his powerful serves (up to 143 mph) and groundstrokes.

Hanfmann is hearing-impaired, having been so since birth.^[1]

College career

Hanfmann played college tennis at the University of Southern California.^[2]

Professional career

2017: First career ATP final

Hanfmann made his ATP main-draw debut at the 2017 BMW Open after defeating Arthur De Greef and Uladzimir Ignatik in the qualifying rounds.^[3] Ranked world No. 273, he upset both Gerald Melzer and Thomaz Bellucci to reach the quarterfinals,^[4] where he lost to second seed Roberto Bautista Agut.

At the 2017 Swiss Open Gstaad, Hanfmann made a sensational run to the final after defeating Facundo Bagnis, third seed and defending champion Feliciano López, eighth seed João Sousa and sixth seed Robin Haase, again as a qualifier. In his semifinal victory over Haase he saved four match points.^[5] He lost to Fabio Fognini in the final.

2018–2019: Grand Slam debut at US and French Open, top 100

He reached the top 100 at world No. 99 on 16 July 2018, following his Challenger title in Braunschweig, Germany.

2020–2021: Second ATP final, top-10 win, Australian Open, Wimbledon & Masters debuts

Hanfmann reached his second career ATP Tour final at the 2020 Generali Open Kitzbühel in Austria, but lost in straight sets to Serbian Miomir Kecmanović.^[6]

He recorded his maiden top-10 win against Gaël Monfils in the first round of the 2020 Hamburg European Open in Germany.

He made his debut at the 2021 Australian Open and at a Masters 1000 level at the Miami Open where he defeated Steve Johnson.

2022: First major win, fourth ATP semifinal, out of top 100

At the 2022 Australian Open, he won his first match at a Grand Slam event defeating wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis.

He skipped the clay season in Europe and was unable to qualify for the French Open and Wimbledon and as a result his ranking dropped to No. 152 on 18 July 2022.

Following Wimbledon he reached the round of 16 at the Swiss Open as a qualifier. At Kitzbühel, he reached his fourth ATP semifinal overall and second at this tournament defeating Dominic Thiem for one of the biggest wins in his career.^[7][8]

2023: Tenth clay court and first Masters quarterfinals, top 50

At the Chile Open, he reached his ninth quarterfinal on clay and of his career as a qualifier defeating two Spaniards, defending champion Pedro Martínez and Roberto Carballés Baena.^[9]

At the 2023 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, he reached his tenth clay-court quarterfinal as a qualifier defeating Yosuke Watanuki and second seed Tommy Paul, his biggest win in three years.^[10] Next he reached his fifth ATP semifinal defeating Tomáš Macháč. He lost to Tomás Martín Etcheverry in straight sets.^[11] As a result, he rose close to 25 positions into the top 110, on 10 April 2023.

At the Madrid Open, on his main draw debut as a qualifier, he reached the third round on a Masters level for the first time in his career and in only his second Masters participation, defeating Juan Pablo Varillas and 15th seed Lorenzo Musetti.^[12]

Ranked No. 101 at the Italian Open on his debut at the tournament, also as a qualifier, he reached the third round defeating Nicolás Jarry and ninth seed Taylor Fritz for his first top-10 win of the season and only second in his career.^[13] Next, he defeated Marco Cecchinato to reach his first Masters fourth round and sixth seed Andrey Rublev, his third career top-10 win, to reach his first Masters quarterfinal.^[14] He lost to world No. 3, Daniil Medvedev, in straight sets. As a result, he moved close to 40 positions up to a new career-high singles ranking of world No. 64, on 22 May 2023.^[15][16] As the second qualifying seed, he entered the main draw of the 2023 French Open as a lucky loser and defeated Thiago Monteiro in the first round in five sets for his first win at this major.

At his home tournament, the Halle Open, he reached the second round as a wildcard defeating compatriot Louis Wessels. As a result, he moved into the top 50 in the rankings at world No. 48, on 26 June 2023.^[17] At the next grass court tournament, the Mallorca Championships, he reached the semifinals defeating the top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas^[18] and retiring wildcard Feliciano López.^[19] He lost his semifinal match to Adrian Mannarino.^[20] Hanfmann improved his career-high ranking to No. 45 on 3 July 2023.^[21]

2024: Grand Slam semifinal in doubles

With his compatriot Dominik Koepfer he reached the semifinals of the 2024 Australian Open as an unseeded pair, in only his second participation in the doubles competition at this Major, and third overall at Grand Slams.^[22][23]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2025 Madrid Open.

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q2	A	Q2	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 5	1–5	17%
French Open	A	A	A	Q2	1R	A	1R	Q1	2R	1R		0 / 4	1–4	20%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q2	Q1	Q3	NH	1R	Q2	1R	1R		0 / 3	0–3	0%
US Open	A	A	Q2	1R	Q1	A	1R	Q1	1R	Q1		0 / 3	0–3	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–4	1–1	1–4	0–3	0–1	0 / 15	2–15	12%
National representation
Davis Cup	A	A	PO	A	A	A	A	A	G1	SF	Q1	0 / 1	4–1	80%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Open	Q2	A	A	Q1	A	NH	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Miami Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	NH	2R	A	Q1	3R	Q1	0 / 2	3–2	60%
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	NH	Q2	A	A	1R	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	3R	1R	Q1	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R		0 / 2	5–2	71%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	A	A	NH			2R	Q1		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	Q1	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	7–4	4–5	0–0	0 / 10	12–10	55%
Career statistics
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Career
Tournaments	0	0	4	6	2	3	13	7	22	21	6	84
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finals	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Hard win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–6	1–2	3–9	9–6	1–3	0 / 28	16–28	36%
Clay win–loss	0–0	0–0	6–4	1–4	0–2	7–3	6–3	6–5	16–10	10–12	2–3	0 / 46	54–46	54%
Grass win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	4–3	1–3	0–0	0 / 10	7–10	41%
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	7–5	1–6	0–2	7–3	9–12	7–7	23–22	20–21	3–6	0 / 84	77–84	48%
Year-end ranking	660	315	119	152	172	99	126	128	51	96

Doubles

Current through the 2024 ATP Tour.

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	A	A	SF	A	0 / 2	5–2
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R		0 / 1	1–0
Wimbledon	A	A	NH	A	A	1R	A		0 / 1	0–1
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	5–1	0–0	0 / 4	6–3
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	0	1	5	2	2	8	0	19
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	5–3	1–2	0–2	9–7	0–0	15–16
Year-end ranking	251	–	886	289	563	880	85		48%

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP 500 (0–0) ATP 250 (0–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2017	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland	ATP 250	Clay	Fabio Fognini	4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Sep 2020	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria	ATP 250	Clay	Miomir Kecmanović	4–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger finals

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (5–2)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2017	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Clay	Ričardas Berankis	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Oct 2017	Ismaning, Germany	Carpet (i)	Lorenzo Sonego	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Win	2–1	Jun 2018	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Clay	Roberto Cid Subervi	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–2
Win	3–1	Jul 2018	Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Jozef Kovalík	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win	4–1	Jul 2019	Ludwigshafen, Germany	Clay	Filip Horanský	6–3, 6–1
Win	5–1	Aug 2019	Augsburg, Germany	Clay	Emil Ruusuvuori	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	5–2	Feb 2020	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Taro Daniel	2–6, 2–6
Win	6–2	Aug 2020	Todi, Italy	Clay	Bernabé Zapata Miralles	6–3, 6–3
Loss	6–3	Oct 2022	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Marco Cecchinato	6–4, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2018	Panama City, Panama	Clay	Kevin Krawietz	Nathan Pasha Roberto Quiroz	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win	2–0	Apr 2018	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Kevin Krawietz	Luke Bambridge Jonny O'Mara	6–2, 7–6(7–3)

ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (4–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2014	Germany F12, Karlsruhe	Clay	Jan Choinski	7–5, 6–1
Win	2–0	Aug 2015	Germany F11, Friedberg	Clay	Gavin van Peperzeel	6–2, 6–2
Win	3–0	Jan 2016	USA F2, Long Beach	Hard	Michael Mmoh	6–4, 6–0
Loss	3–1	Jul 2016	Austria F1, Telfs	Clay	Gonçalo Oliveira	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 1–6
Win	4–1	Jul 2016	Austria F2, Kramsach	Clay	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–1	Jul 2016	Germany F8, Kassel	Clay	Julian Lenz	7–6(7–5), 6–1
Loss	5–2	Aug 2016	Italy F24, Cornaiano	Clay	Jeremy Jahn	3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–3	Aug 2016	Germany F11, Karlsruhe	Clay	Marc Giner	6–2, 1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2013	Mexico F12, Quintana Roo	Hard	Jonas Lütjen	Alejandro Figueroa José Pereira	6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–3), [10–8]
Loss	1–1	Sep 2015	France F18, Mulhouse	Hard (i)	Moritz Baumann	Sander Arends Adam Majchrowicz	w/o
Win	2–1	Jan 2017	USA F1, Los Angeles	Hard	Roberto Quiroz	Luke Bambridge Joe Salisbury	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]

Wins over top 10 players

• He has a 4–14 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.^[24]

Season	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total
Wins	1	0	0	3	0	0	4

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Rank
2020
1.	Gaël Monfils	9	Hamburg Open, Germany	Clay	1R	6–4, 6–3	103
2023
2.	Taylor Fritz	9	Italian Open, Italy	Clay	2R	6–4, 6–1	101
3.	Andrey Rublev	6	Italian Open, Italy	Clay	4R	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–3	101
4.	Stefanos Tsitsipas	5	Mallorca Championships, Spain	Grass	2R	6–4, 3–6, 6–2	48