Alexander Blockx

Alexander Blockx
Country (sports) Belgium
ResidenceAntwerp
Born (2005-04-08) 8 April 2005 (age 19)
Antwerp, Belgium
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
PlaysRight-handed
CoachPhilippe Cassiers
Prize moneyUS $184,689
Singles
Career record0–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 146 (27 January 2025)
Current rankingNo. 146 (27 January 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024, 2025)
Doubles
Career record0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)[1]
Highest rankingNo. 1162 (17 July 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open JuniorF (2023)
French Open Junior1R (2022)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2022)
US Open Junior2R (2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup0–1
Last updated on: 27 January 2025.

Alexander Blockx (born 8 April 2005) is a Belgian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 146 achieved on 27 January 2025.

Early life

Blockx has trained since childhood with Philippe Cassiers at his Forest Hills tennis academy in Belgium.[2][3][4] By 2022, he was training at the Tennis Vlaanderen centre in Wilrijk, Antwerp alongside the likes of Tibo Colson, Zizou Bergs and Ruben Bemelmans.[5][6]

Career

Juniors

In 2022, Blockx reached the third round and then quarterfinals of the junior events at Wimbledon and the US Open, respectively.[7]

Shortly after the US Open, Blockx and sometimes junior doubles partner Gilles-Arnaud Bailly were invited to train with the Belgium Davis Cup team by captain Johan Van Herck. [citation needed]

He reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 1 in singles and doubles on 1 May 2023[8] after winning the 2023 Australian Open in the boys singles and reaching the final in the boys doubles.[9]

2022: Professional debut

Blockx made his ATP Tour qualifying debut at his home tournament, the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium, where he was given a wildcard. He lost to Swiss Dominic Stricker in straight sets.[10] He was also given a wildcard into the main draw of the doubles, playing alongside Ruben Bemelmans in what proved to be Bemelmans' last professional match.[11]

2023: Australian Open Junior Champion, ATP and top 500 debuts

Blockx reached the final at the 2023 Australian Open in both the boys' singles[12][13] and, alongside Brazilian João Fonseca, the boys' doubles, which they lost to Learner Tien and Cooper Williams.[14] Blockx gained revenge over Tien by winning the boys' singles final in three sets. Although Gilles-Arnaud Bailly reached two junior Grand Slam finals in 2022, the last Belgian male to win a junior Major, prior to Blockx, was Kimmer Coppejans at the 2012 French Open. No Belgian male had previously won the boys' singles in Melbourne.[15]

In March 2023, he made his Masters 1000 qualifications debut after receiving a wildcard for the 2023 Miami Open where he lost to Yosuke Watanuki.[16][17]

He received a wildcard for the qualifying competition at the Antwerp Open and qualified into the main draw on his ATP singles debut.[18] In his very first ATP Tour singles main draw match ever in own hometown, he lost to fifth seed Yannick Hanfmann in two close sets.[19] Just a week after his first appearance in the ATP circuit, he won his first ITF title in Glasgow. And a week later, he remained unbeatable, he won his second title in Sunderland.[citation needed] Partly due to his first qualification for an ATP tournament and winning two ITF titles, he entered the top 500 for the first time in his career on 6 November 2023.[20]

2024: Maiden Challenger title, top 250 debut

Blockx received a wildcard for the qualifying competition at the 2024 Australian Open. He also received a qualifying wildcard for the 2024 Miami Open but lost to Pedro Martinez in the first round. He reached a new career high ranking in the top 300 of No. 294 on 18 March 2024.[20] In November, Blockx won his maiden Challenger title in Kobe, Japan defeating Jurij Rodionov in the final. He became the third youngest Belgian champion in Challenger history (after Libor Pimek and Olivier Rochus). En route to the title, he defeated for the first time a top 100 and home player Taro Daniel. As a result, he rose to No. 205 on 18 November 2024, which gave him a direct entry to Grand Slam qulifying rounds.[21]

2025: Second Challenger title, top 150 debut

In January, Blockx won his second Challenger title in Oeiras, Portugal defeating Liam Draxl in the final. He became the youngest Belgian to earn multiple trophies at that level. As a result, he entered the top 150 in the singles rankings on 27 January 2025.[22][23]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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

Tournament 2024 2025 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2024 Kobe, Japan Challenger Hard (i) Austria Jurij Rodionov 6–3, 6–1
Win 2–0 Jan 2025 Oeiras III, Portugal Challenger Hard (i) Canada Liam Draxl 7–5, 6–1

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (2–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2023 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt WTT Hard Georgia (country) Saba Purtseladze 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2023 M25 Falun, Sweden WTT Hard (i) Belgium Tibo Colson 5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Win 1–2 Oct 2023 M25 Glasgow, United Kingdom WTT Hard (i) United Kingdom Anton Matusevich 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–2 Nov 2023 M25 Sunderland, United Kingdom WTT Hard (i) Belgium Tibo Colson 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF WTT (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2023 M25 Arlon, Belgium WTT Clay Belgium Alessio Basile Brazil Gabriel Roveri Sidney
Ukraine Vladyslav Orlov 		6–0, 5–7, [5–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2023 Australian Open Hard United States Learner Tien 6–1, 2–6, 7–6(11–9)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2023 Australian Open Hard Brazil João Fonseca United States Learner Tien
United States Cooper Williams 		4–6, 4–6

References

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  2. ^ "Building Blockx: #NextGenATP Belgian's childhood spark fueled 'unbelievable passion'". ATPTour. 19 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Remember the name: Alexander Blockx, 17-year-old Belgian, is in singles and doubles finals at Australian Open". hln.be (in Dutch).
  4. ^ "Open d'Australie : Philippe Cassiers, coach d'Alexander Blockx : "Une super expérience pour lui"". rtbf.be (in French).
  5. ^ D'haene, Bart (16 June 2022). "Christopher Heyman wil na toernooizege in Montenegro ook scoren in Duffel: "Ik heb een duidelijk plan voor ogen"". gva.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  6. ^ Mulders, Johan (30 September 2023). "Gilles-Arnaud Bailly in Italië, Tibo Colson in Zweden: dubbel Limburgs succes op M25-toernooien". hblv.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Blockx Juniors Activity".
  8. ^ "Alexander Blockx". itftennis.com.
  9. ^ "Alexander Blockx, Alina Korneeva win Australian Open junior titles". ESPN. 28 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Alexander Blockx: the next big promise in Belgian men's tennis". Proximus.be (in Dutch).
  11. ^ "Topweek voor Alexander Blockx op European Open: "Trainen met Auger-Aliassime, dat kan maar één keer per jaar"". hln.be (in Dutch).
  12. ^ "AUSTRALIAN OPEN. Alexander Blockx naar finale juniorentoernooi". Nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch).
  13. ^ "Australian Open: Belgian Alexander Blockx qualifies for the final of the junior table". rtbf.be (in French).
  14. ^ "17-jarige Alexander Blockx staat in halve finales van juniorentoernooi op Australian Open". Sporza.bel (in Dutch). 26 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Juniors wrap: Korneeva wins marathon, Blockx stacks up". ausopen.com.
  16. ^ "Full List of Wild Card Entries Announced For 2023 Miami Open Presented by Itaú". 14 March 2023.
  17. ^ "Miami Open Announces Final Wild Cards".
  18. ^ "BLOCKX, BAILLY AND ONCLIN ONE STEP CLOSER TO MAIN DRAW AFTER WINS". Europeanopen.be. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  19. ^ "THIEM WINS THRILLER, BLOCKX LOSES NARROWLY". 17 October 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  20. ^ a b "AB Rankings".
  21. ^ "#NextGenATP Blockx & Quinn claim first Challenger titles; Boyer etches his name in American history". ATPTour. 19 November 2024.
  22. ^ @TennisBelgium (26 January 2025). "Second challenger title for Alexander Blockx in Oeiras! He beats Liam Draxl 7-5, 6-1 in the final without facing a break point. Into the top 150 on Monday! 💪👏⬆️" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  23. ^ "#NextGenATP Blockx banks Belgian history with Challenger title". 27 January 2025.