Mitchell Krueger (born January 12, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 135 achieved on July 18, 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 173 achieved on April 27, 2015.
Professional career
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. He made his Grand Slam debut when he qualified into the main draw of the 2018 US Open.
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.
His first Grand Slam win was at the 2020 US Open where he defeated Pedro Sousa in the first round as a wildcard.
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.
He received also a wildcard for the 2024 Dallas Open where he lost to Max Purcell. 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. 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.
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.
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAQ1Q2Q21RQ1Q2Q2Q2A2RQ10 / 21–2French OpenAAAQ1AQ1AQ1Q1Q1Q1AAQ10 / 00–0WimbledonAAAAAQ1Q1Q1NHQ1Q2AAQ10 / 00–0US OpenQ2Q1AQ2Q2Q31RQ22RQ2Q1A2RQ30 / 32–3Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–11–10–00–00–01–11–10–00 / 53–5ATP Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAQ1Q2Q22RQ1NHQ1Q1Q1AQ10 / 11–1Miami OpenAAAAAAAQ1NHQ21RAAQ10 / 10–1Monte Carlo MastersAAAAAAAANHAAAAA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAAAAAAANHAAAAQ10 / 00-0Italian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ10 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAAAAAAANHAAAAQ10 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAAAAR2Q1AAQ1AAAQ10 / 11–1Shanghai MastersAAAAAAAANHAQ2A0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–01–11–10–00–00–00–10–00–00-00-00 / 32–3
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 21 (10 titles, 11 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (6–4)ITF Futures/WTT (4–7)Finals by surfaceHard (9–5)Clay (1–6)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger, USChallengerHard Darian King2–6, 3–6Loss0–2Launceston International, AustraliaChallengerHard Noah Rubin0–6, 1–6Win1–2RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, USChallengerHard (i) Mackenzie McDonald4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–1Win2–2Cary Challenger, USChallengerHard Ramkumar Ramanathan7–6(7–4), 6–2Win3–2Cary Challenger II, USChallengerHard Bjorn Fratangelo6–4, 6–3Win4–2Southern California Open Challenger, USChallengerHard Brandon Holt4–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss4–3Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, USChallengerClay Zizou Bergs4–6, 6–7(9–11)Win5–3Little Rock Challenger, USChallengerHard Yuta Shimizu6–3, 6–4Loss5–4Open de Oeiras, PortugalChallengerClay Cristian Garín6–7(3–7), 6–4, 2–6Win6–4Knoxville Challenger, USChallengerHard (i) Darwin Blanch6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–1
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Netherlands F2, AlkmaarFuturesClay Ricardo Hocevar4–6, 7–5, 6–2Loss1–1US F8, BakersfieldFuturesHard Daniel Kosakowski4–6, 6–3, 4–6Loss1–2US F13, Orange ParkFuturesClay Nicolás Jarry1–6, 6–7(6–8)Loss1–3Italy F16, CesenaFuturesClay Luca Vanni6–4, 3–6, 1–6Loss1–4Italy F18, NaplesFuturesClay Luca Vanni3–6, 3–6Loss1–5Canada F9, TorontoFuturesClay Bjorn Fratangelo2–6, 3–6Loss1–6Dominican Republic F4, Santo DomingoFuturesHard Andrey Rublev2–6, 4–6Win2–6US F2, Los AngelesFuturesHard Jason Jung6–1, 6–2Loss2–7US F21, WichitaFuturesHard Sanam Singh6–7(6–8), 6–7(4–7)Win3–7China F9, JinanFuturesHard Finn Tearney7–6(7–4), 6–3Win4–7M25 Dallas, USWTTHard (i) Aidan Mayo6–4, 6–0
Doubles: 28 (8 titles, 20 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (4–11)ITF Futures/WTT (4–9)Finals by surfaceHard (7–13)Clay (1–7)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, USChallengerClay Bjorn Fratangelo Ryan Agar Sebastian Bader4–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss0–2Latrobe City Traralgon ATP Challenger, AustraliaChallengerHard Jarmere Jenkins Dane Propoggia Brydan Klein1–6, 6–1, [3–10]Win1–2Launceston International, AustraliaChallengerHard Radu Albot Adam Hubble Jose Statham3–6, 7–5, [11–9]Loss1–3Columbus Challenger, USChallengerHard (i) Eric Quigley Chase Buchanan Blaž Rola4–6, 6–4, [17–19]Loss1–4Open de Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe (France)ChallengerHard Austin Krajicek James Cerretani Antal van der Duim2–6, 7–5, [8–10]Win2–4Winnipeg Challenger, CanadaChallengerHard Daniel Nguyen Jarryd Chaplin Benjamin Mitchell6–2, 7–5Loss2–5Savannah Challenger, USChallengerClay Luke Bambridge Peter Polansky Neal Skupski6–4, 3–6, [1–10]Win3–5Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger, USChallengerHard (i) Blaž Rola Sekou Bangoura Blaž Kavčič6–4, 6–1Loss3–6Oracle Challenger Series - Indian Wells, USChallengerHard Sebastian Korda Denis Kudla Thai-Son Kwiatkowski3–6, 6–2, [6–10]Win4–6Orlando Open, USChallengerHard Jack Sock Dennis Novikov Christian Harrison4–6, 7–5, [13–11]Loss4–7Chicago Men's Challenger, USChallengerHard Evan King André GöranssonBen McLachlan4–6, 7–6(7–3), [5–10]Loss4–8Knoxville Challenger, USChallengerHard (i) Martin Damm Jr. Hunter Reese Tennys Sandgren 7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), [5–10]Loss4–9Texas Tennis Classic, USChallengerHard Evan King Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov1–6, 6–3, [10–12]Loss4–10Knoxville Challenger, USChallengerHard (i) Mac Kiger Cannon Kingsley Luis David Martínez 6–7(3–7), 3–6Loss4–11Knoxville Challenger, USChallengerHard (i) Jody Maginley Patrick Harper Quinn Vandecasteele 7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), [10–12]
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0US F29, BirminghamFuturesClay Bjorn Fratangelo Chase Buchanan Vahid Mirzadeh6–2, 6–3Loss1–1Netherlands F3, BredaFuturesClay Bjorn Fratangelo Henri Kontinen Christopher Rungkat4–6, 5–7Loss1–2US F13, Orange ParkFuturesClay Bjorn Fratangelo Connor Smith Dennis Novikov3–6, 2–6Loss1–3US F14, TampaFuturesClay Bjorn Fratangelo Tiago Lopes Nicolás Jarry5–7, 1–6Loss1–4Italy F17, ParmaFuturesClay Bjorn Fratangelo Lorenzo Frigerio Matteo Trevisan3–6, 2–6Loss1–5US F23, EdwardsvilleFuturesHard Bjorn Fratangelo Patrick Davidson Saketh Myneni3–6, 4–6Loss1–6Canada F9, TorontoFuturesClay Bjorn Fratangelo Sekou Bangoura Evan King4–6, 6–4, [9–11]Win2–6Australia F6, Alice SpringsFuturesHard Jarmere Jenkins Dane Propoggia Brydan Klein6–4, 6–4Win3–6Australia F8, ToowoombaFuturesHard Jarmere Jenkins Jake Eames Christopher O'Connell6–2, 6–2Loss3–7Australia F9, WollongongFuturesHard Andrew Whittington Steven de Waard Marc Polmans6–7(2–7), 6–7(2–7)Win4–7Dominican Republic F4, Santo DomingoFuturesHard Sekou Bangoura Mauricio Echazú Aleksandar Lazov6–7(1–7), 6–1, [10–8]Loss4–8US F10, BakersfieldFuturesHard Connor Smith Sekou Bangoura Darian King4–6, 6–4, [7–10]Loss4–9China F9, JinanFuturesHard Connor Smith Peng Hsien-yin Gong Maoxin6–7(2–7), 4–6
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