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Joel Schwärzler
Austrian tennis player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joel Josef Schwärzler (born 27 January 2006) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 307, achieved on 3 March 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 310, achieved on 18 August 2025.[2] He is the current No. 5 singles player from Austria.[3]
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Early life
Schwärzler is the son of a South African mother and an Austrian father from Vorarlberg. He grew up in Hard, Austria. He began playing tennis at the age of 5.
He began training at the ÖTV performance centre in Südstadt in 2021.[4] He won the Austrian U18 national championship titles in singles and doubles in 2022, and followed this up by winning the U16 European Championships in July 2022 in Přerov, Czech Republic, defeating top seed Martin Landaluce in the final.[5][6]
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Juniors: Masters and French Open Champion
Schwärzler reached the final of the 2023 US Open – Boys' doubles alongside partner Federico Bondioli, where they lost to Max Dahlin and Oliver Ojakäär despite twice having a match point.[7]
In October 2023, he won two titles in two weeks, claiming victory at J500 event in Osaka and following that up with victory at the ITF Junior Masters event in Chengdu, China defeating Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez of Mexico in the boys’ final.[8][9] He became the first Austrian player to win the title.[10] As a result he reached world No. 3 in the junior rankings.[11]
At the 2024 French Open, Schwärzler won his first junior Grand Slam title in the boys' doubles, partnering with Nicolai Budkov Kjær.[12]
2024-2025: Maiden Challenger title, ATP & top 300 debuts
In May , Schwärzler won his first ATP Challenger Tour title at the 2024 Macedonian Open in Skopje, defeating Sergey Fomin, Ergi Kırkın, Andrew Paulson, Gerard Campana Lee and Kamil Majchrzak in the process. He achieved a new career high ranking of No. 387 with the win, and became the youngest player (born in 2006) to win a Challenger title, followed by Gabriel Debru and Learner Tien who were also champions in 2024 at that level.[13] He was also just the fourth player to win an ATP Challenger Tour title while holding the Junior No. 1 ranking after Nick Kyrgios, Taylor Fritz and Wu Yibing.[14][15]
Schwärzler made his ATP debut at the 2024 Generali Open Kitzbühel, losing to Thiago Seyboth Wild in the first round.[16] He also received a wildcard for the 2024 Erste Bank Open but lost to top seed Alexander Zverev.[17]
On 25 August 2025 Schwärzler made the top 300 after reaching the final of the 2025 Izida Cup II but lost to qualifier Alex Molcan.[18][19][20]
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ATP Tour finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
Doubles: 4 (4 titles)
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Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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