Dominic Stephan Stricker (born 16 August 2002) is a Swiss tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 111 achieved on 7 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 161 achieved on 27 June 2022. On the junior tour, he had a career high junior ranking of No. 8, achieved on 3 February 2020.

Dominic Stricker

Stricker at the 2022 French Open
Full name	Dominic Stephan Stricker
Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Grosshöchstetten, Switzerland
Born	(2002-08-16) 16 August 2002 (age 20)[1] Münsingen, Switzerland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Sven Swinnen
Prize money	$273,448
Singles
Career record	9–8 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 111 (7 November 2022)
Current ranking	No. 111 (7 November 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2022)
French Open	Q2 (2022)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2022)
US Open	Q1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record	8–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 161 (27 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 428 (7 November 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	SF (2020)
French Open Junior	W (2020)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2019)
US Open Junior	2R (2019)
Last updated on: 19 September 2022.

Junior career

Stricker won the 2020 French Open boys' singles title, defeating compatriot Leandro Riedi in the final.[2] He also won the 2020 French Open boys' doubles title, partnering Flavio Cobolli.

Professional career

2021: Maiden ATP doubles title, ATP & Top 250 debut in singles, Top 200 in doubles

In March, ranked No. 874 in the world, he received a wild card entry into the 2021 BSI Challenger Lugano, Switzerland. He won the tournament, defeating Vitaliy Sachko in straight sets in the final. He became the 3rd youngest Swiss player after Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka to win an ATP Challenger title.[3] Following this successful run, he made his top 500 debut in singles.

In May, Stricker made his ATP debut at the 2021 Geneva Open as a wildcard where he beat former US Open champion and former ATP ranked number 3 Marin Čilić in the first round for his first ATP victory.[4] He then defeated Márton Fucsovics to reach his first ATP tour level quarterfinal.[5] He reached a career-high of World No. 334 in singles on 24 May 2021.

In June at the 2021 MercedesCup in Stuttgart he reached again the quarterfinals where he defeated second seed Hubert Hurkacz for his first top-20 win of the season. As a result, he moved into the top 300 at No. 289 on 14 June 2021.[6]

In July, partnering again with Vitaliy Sachko, he won his maiden Challenger doubles title at the 2021 Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia defeating Argentines Tomás Martín Etcheverry/Renzo Olivo. He reached a career-high of No. 280 in singles and No. 371 in doubles on 12 July 2021.

He won his maiden ATP doubles title at the 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad, partnering Marc-Andrea Hüsler, defeating Polish pair Szymon Walków and Jan Zielinski.

In September, partnering also Marc-Andrea Hüsler, he reached the final of the 2021 Challenger Biel/Bienne, Switzerland but withdrew. As a result, he reached a new career-high doubles ranking of World No. 196 on 27 September 2021. He also reached the semifinals in singles, resulting in a new career-high singles ranking of World No. 269 on 4 October 2021.

2022: Top 125 debut in singles

He reached the top 200 at World No. 164 on 7 February 2022 after winning his second ATP Challenger title at the 2022 Cleveland Open. After reaching his third Challenger final and second title of the season at the 2022 Zug Open in Switzerland, he moved into the top 150.

In October, at the 2022 European Open in Antwerp, he defeated seventh seed Botic van de Zandschulp in straight sets in the first round as a qualifier.[7] The following week, at the 2022 Swiss Indoors, he also reached the second round as a wildcard defeating Maxime Cressy[8] improving his chances to qualify for the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals.[9] He qualified for the NextGen Finals on 27 October 2022 and reached the semifinals undefeated beating top seed Lorenzo Musetti en route in a five set thriller lasting close to two hours and a half.[10][11]

Singles performance timeline

Current through the 2022 Davis Cup.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2021	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	Szymon Walków Jan Zieliński	6–1, 7–6(9–7)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (3–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2021	Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Vitaliy Sachko	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Jan 2022	Columbus, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Yoshihito Nishioka	2–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Jan 2022	Cleveland, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Yoshihito Nishioka	7–5, 6–1
Wn	3–1	Jul 2022	Zug, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Ernests Gulbis	5–7, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 5 (2–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2021	M15 Grenoble, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Luca Castelnuovo	Jakub Paul Yannik Steinegger	5–7, 1–6
Win	1–1	May 2021	M15 Madrid, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Leandro Riedi	Johan Nikles Alberto Barroso Campos	2–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Win	2–1	Jul 2021	Perugia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Vitaliy Sachko	Tomás Martín Etcheverry Renzo Olivo	6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	2–2	Sep 2021	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	Ruben Bemelmans Daniel Masur	w/o
Loss	2–3	Jan 2022	Traralgon, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	Manuel Guinard Zdeněk Kolář	3–6, 4–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2020	French Open	Clay	Leandro Riedi	6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	2019	French Open	Clay	Flavio Cobolli	Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida Thiago Agustín Tirante	6–7(3–7), 4–6
Win	2020	French Open	Clay	Flavio Cobolli	Bruno Oliveira Natan Rodrigues	6–2, 6–4

Record against top 10 players

Stricker's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 3 ranked players
Marin Čilić	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (7–67–5, 6–1) at 2021 Geneva
Stefanos Tsitsipas	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2022 Stuttgart
Number 7 ranked players
Richard Gasquet	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–76–8, 5–7) at 2022 Antwerp
Number 9 ranked players
Hubert Hurkacz	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	Won (7–67–5, 7–67–5) at 2021 Stuttgart
Number 10 ranked players
Pablo Carreño Busta	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (5–7, 7–67–3, 4–6) at 2022 Basel
Total	2–3	40%	0–2 (0%)	1–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	* Statistics correct as of 28 October 2022[update]

References

External links

• Dominic Stricker at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Dominic Stricker at the International Tennis Federation

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