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Marc Polmans
Polmans at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceBrighton East, Victoria, Australia
Born (1997-05-02) 2 May 1997 (age 27)
Amanzimtoti, South Africa
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMarcel du Coudray
Prize moneyUS $1,695,992
Singles
Career record6–17
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 116 (12 October 2020)
Current rankingNo. 201 (19 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2020)
French Open2R (2020)
Wimbledon2R (2021)
US Open1R (2020)
Doubles
Career record15–19
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 68 (16 October 2017)
Current rankingNo. 831 (19 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2017)
Wimbledon1R (2017)
US Open1R (2017, 2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2021, 2023, 2024)
Last updated on: 19 August 2024.

Marc David Polmans (born 2 May 1997) is a South African-born Australian professional tennis player. Polmans has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 116 achieved on 12 October 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 68 achieved on 16 October 2017. He won the 2015 Australian Open boys' doubles title with fellow Australian Jake Delaney, defeating Hubert Hurkacz and Alex Molčan in the final. He reached the semifinal of the 2017 Australian Open doubles with Andrew Whittington.

Personal life

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He supports Collingwood in the Australian Football League.[1]

Career

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2012–2015: Career beginnings

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Polmans turned pro in 2012 and ended the year with a ranking of 1813. Over the next three years, Polmans played predominantly in the ITF Futures tour. Polmans won his first title with Steven de Waard at the Australia F9 Futures in 2014. The pair won five more future titles in 2015.

Polmans reached the second round of qualifying in the 2015 Australian Open where he defeated Jordi Samper-Montaña in the first round before losing to Tim Smyczek.

2016–2017: Ranking increase

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Polmans commenced 2016 with a singles ranking of 841. He lost in the first round of qualifying for the 2016 Australian Open. In June 2016, Polmans won his first singles title in Mozambique F1. This was followed by another title the following week. Over the next 3 months, Polmans reached a further 6 finals, winning 2 including one in Alice Springs.[2] In November, Polmans reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final in Canberra. He lost to compatriot James Duckworth in straight sets. He ended 2016 with a ranking of No. 226.

Polmans commenced 2017 at the Happy Valley Challenger where he lost in round 1. Polmans lost in round 1 of 2017 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying. In the doubles, Polmans paired with Andrew Whittington where they reached the semi-final. Polmans made the 2nd round of the 2017 French Open – Men's singles qualifying. Polmans received a wildcard entry to the 2017 Croatia Open, marking his first singles main draw appearance on the ATP World Tour. He faced Alessandro Giannessi but lost in round 1. In July, Polmans made the main draw of the Citi Open in Washington as a lucky loser, losing to Jared Donaldson.[3] Polmans ended the year on the Challenger circuit with his best result being a semi-final appearance at Canberra. Polmans ended 2017 with a singles ranking of No. 323 and doubles ranking of No. 70.

2018: First challenger title

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In February, Polmans won his maiden challenger title at the 2018 Launceston Tennis International.[4] In April he lost to Noah Rubin of the US in the finals of the 2018 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger in Florida.[5] In May and June, Polmans lost in the first round of French Open qualifying and Wimbledon qualifying. He continued to play across the Challenger tour of Europe. In August, Polmans lost in the final round of qualifying for the US Open. In October, Polmans partnered Jeremy Beale to win his first doubles challenger title at Traralgon.

2019: Major debut at Australian Open, Challenger title, first ATP win

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Polmans was awarded a wildcard into the 2019 Australian Open. He lost in the first round to USA's Denis Kudla in five sets 5–7, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2.

In March, Polmans won his second ATP Challenger title when defeating Italy's Lorenzo Giustino 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(4).[6]

In July, Polman qualified for the main draw of the Washington Open. Polmans defeated Malek Jaziri for his first main draw win on the ATP Tour.[7] In August, Polmans lost in the first round of 2019 US Open – Men's singles qualifying.

2020: First two Major wins, US and French Open debut

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In January participating again as a wildcard, Polman won his first main draw singles match at the Australian Open over Mikhail Kukushkin.[8] Polmans also won his first French Open match as a lucky loser against Ugo Humbert.

Having reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 116 on 12 October 2020, Polmans ended 2020 with a singles ranking of World No. 124 and a doubles ranking of World No. 130.

2021: Australian Open semifinal mixed doubles, Wimbledon singles debut

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For the third year in a row being awarded a wildcard, he lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Marton Fucsovics but he made the semifinals of the 2021 Australian Open – Mixed doubles with Storm Sanders.

He qualified for the first time in his career into the main singles draw of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. Polmans defeated former quarterfinalist Yen-Hsun Lu in the first round.[9] Polmans lost to 19th seed Cristian Garín in round two.

In July, Polmans reached the quarterfinal at the Kitzbühel Open in doubles partnering Pedro Martinez.[10] Polmans ended 2021 with a singles ranking of World No. 196 and a doubles ranking of World No. 103.

2022–2024: Hiatus, substantial rankings drop, back to Challenger tour

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Polmans lost in the second round of qualifying at the 2022 Australian Open.[11] He also lost in the first round of qualifying at the 2022 US Open.[12] He won his seventh doubles Challenger title in Korea with Max Purcell and returned to the top 300 in doubles jumping up 345 places to world No. 297 on 24 October 2022.[13]

He was disqualified in the last round of qualifications at the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters for hitting a ball at the empire in frustration and subsequently lost all the rankings points and prize money.[14]

He made back to back semifinals at the 2023 Australian Open – Mixed doubles and the 2024 Australian Open with Olivia Gadecki as a wildcard pair.[15] In singles, at the same tournament, ranked No. 154 he also received another wildcard for the main draw and his forth overall but lost in straight sets to compatriot Alexei Popyrin.

Coaching

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Since July 2019, Polmans has been coached by Marcel du Coudray, former coach of world number 3 Nikolay Davydenko. Polmans was coached by former Top 100 player, Peter Luczak, at the Tennis Australia National Academy in Melbourne.[16]

Performance timelines

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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

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Current through the 2024 US Open.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 Q1 1R 2R 1R Q2 Q2 1R 0 / 4 1–4
French Open A A A Q2 Q1 Q2 2R Q3 A Q2 Q1 0 / 1 1–1
Wimbledon A A A Q1 Q1 Q2 NH 2R A Q3 Q1 0 / 1 1–1
US Open A A A Q1 Q3 Q1 1R Q1 Q1 Q3 Q2 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 7 3–7
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A NH A A A Q1 0 / 0 0-0
Miami Open A A A A A A NH A A A A 0 / 0 0-0
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A NH A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A A A A A A NH A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A A A A A A Q2 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A A A A Q2 NH A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai Masters A A A A A A NH Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters A A A A A A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 1046 841 222 323 166 130 124 196 334 150

Challenger and Futures finals

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Singles: 27 (13–14)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–7)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (10–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (6–9)
Clay (5–5)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2016 Mozambique F1, Maputo Futures Hard South Africa Lloyd Harris 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 2–0 Jun 2016 Mozambique F2, Maputo Futures Hard Australia Jeremy Beale 6–1, 6–1
Loss 2–1 Jun 2016 Zimbabwe F1, Harare Futures Hard Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win 3–1 Jul 2016 Zimbabwe F2, Harare Futures Clay South Africa Lloyd Harris 6–2, 6–2
Loss 3–2 Jul 2016 USA F25, Edwardsville Futures Hard United States Tennys Sandgren 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 3–6
Loss 3–3 Aug 2016 USA F26, Decatur Futures Clay Ecuador Roberto Quiroz 0–6, 6–3, 6–7(6–8)
Win 4–3 Sep 2016 Australia F5, Alice Springs Futures Hard United States Jarmere Jenkins 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 4–4 Oct 2016 Australia F6, Brisbane Futures Hard United States Jarmere Jenkins 1–6, 5–7
Loss 4–5 Nov 2016 Canberra, Australia Challenger Hard Australia James Duckworth 5–7, 3–6
Win 5–5 Mar 2017 Australia F2, Canberra Futures Clay Australia Blake Mott 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–4
Win 6–5 Mar 2017 Australia F3, Canberra Futures Clay Australia Maverick Banes 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–1), 6–4
Loss 6–6 May 2017 Italy F11, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Switzerland Adrian Bodmer 3–6, 2–6
Win 7–6 Feb 2018 Launceston, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Bradley Mousley 6–2, 6–2
Win 8–6 Mar 2018 Australia F1, Renmark Futures Grass Australia Luke Saville 6–1, 6–4
Win 9–6 Mar 2018 Australia F2, Mildura Futures Grass Australia Thomas Fancutt 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 10–6 Mar 2018 Australia F3, Mornington Futures Clay Australia Max Purcell 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss 10–7 Apr 2018 Australia F4, Mornington Futures Clay Australia Max Purcell 5–7, 4–6
Loss 10–8 Apr 2018 Tallahassee, USA Challenger Clay United States Noah Rubin 2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 10–9 Oct 2018 Stockton, USA Challenger Hard South Africa Lloyd Harris 2–6, 2–6
Win 11–9 Mar 2019 Zhangjiagang, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Italy Lorenzo Giustino 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 11–10 Sep 2019 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Challenger Hard Australia John Millman 4–6, 2–6
Win 12–10 Oct 2019 Traralgon, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Andrew Harris 7–5, 6–3
Loss 12–11 Oct 2022 Sydney, Australia Challenger Hard Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 13–11 Mar 2023 M25 Canberra, Australia World Tennis Tour Clay Japan Tatsuma Ito 6–0, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 13–12 Mar 2023 M25 Canberra, Australia World Tennis Tour Clay Australia Dane Sweeny 7–6(7–1), 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 13–13 Sep 2023 Guangzhou, China Challenger Hard France Térence Atmane 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss 13–14 Oct 2023 Sydney, Australia Challenger Hard Japan Taro Daniel 2–6, 4–6
Note: W-L column is cumulative.

Doubles: 28 (20–8)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (8–4)
ITF Futures Tour (12–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (12–6)
Clay (6–2)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2014 Australia F9, Wollongong Futures Hard Australia Steven de Waard United States Mitchell Krueger
Australia Andrew Whittington 		7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)
Loss 1–1 Mar 2015 Australia F4, Melbourne Futures Clay Australia Steven de Waard New Zealand Jordan Thompson
Australia Andrew Whittington 		2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 2–1 Apr 2015 Australia F5, Mornington Futures Clay Australia Steven de Waard Australia Matthew Barton
Germany Peter Torebko 		7–6(8–6), 6–1
Win 3–1 May 2015 Italy F11, Lecco Futures Clay Australia Peter Luczak Netherlands David Pel
France Maxime Tabatruong 		6–4, 6–2
Win 4–1 Jul 2015 Belgium F6, Knokke Futures Clay Australia Steven de Waard Australia Maverick Banes
Australia Jacob Grills 		5–7, 7–6(7–2), [10–5]
Win 5–1 Oct 2015 Australia F8, Toowoomba Futures Hard Australia Steven de Waard Australia Jake Delaney
Australia Max Purcell 		6–4, 6–3
Win 6–1 Oct 2015 Australia F9, Brisbane Futures Hard Australia Steven de Waard Australia Thomas Fancutt
Australia Darren Polkinghorne 		6–0, 6–1
Loss 6–2 Nov 2015 Australia F10, Wollongong Futures Hard Australia Steven de Waard Australia Maverick Banes
New Zealand Finn Tearney 		7–6(8–6), 5–7, [6–10]
Win 7–2 Nov 2015 Australia F11, Wollongong Futures Hard Australia Steven de Waard Australia Ashley Fisher
Australia Dayne Kelly 		6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss 7–3 Feb 2016 Australia F1, Port Pirie Futures Hard New Zealand Jose Statham Australia Alex Bolt
Australia Andrew Whittington 		6–7(1–7), 3–6
Win 8–3 Mar 2016 Australia F2, Mildura Futures Grass Australia Steven de Waard Australia Alex Bolt
Australia Andrew Whittington 		6–3, 6–7(9–11), [10–6]
Win 9–3 Mar 2016 Australia F4, Mornington Futures Hard Australia Steven de Waard Australia Bradley Mousley
Australia Gavin van Peperzeel 		6–2, 6–3
Loss 9–4 Apr 2016 Tallahassee, USA Challenger Clay Australia Peter Luczak United States Dennis Novikov
Chile Julio Peralta 		6–3, 4–6, [10–12]
Loss 9–5 Jul 2016 USA F25, Edwardsville Futures Hard United Kingdom Luke Bambridge United States Conor Smith
United States Jackson Withrow 		3–6, 2–6
Win 10–5 Sep 2016 Australia F5, Alice Springs Futures Hard Australia Luke Saville Australia Thomas Fancutt
Australia Calum Puttergill 		6–1, 6–2
Win 11–5 Oct 2016 Australia F8, Cairns Futures Hard Australia Luke Saville United States Nathan Pasha
Australia Darren Polkinghorne 		4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 11–6 Jan 2017 Happy Valley, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Steven de Waard United States Max Schnur
Chile Hans Podlipnik Castillo 		6–7(5–7), 6–4, [6–10]
Win 12–6 Mar 2017 Australia F3, Canberra Futures Clay Australia Bradley Mousley Australia Steven de Waard
Australia Scott Puodziunas 		6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 12–7 Aug 2018 Lexington, USA Challenger Hard Belgium Joris De Loore United States Robert Galloway
Colombia Roberto Maytín 		3–6, 1–6
Loss 12–8 Aug 2018 Vancouver, Canada Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell United Kingdom Luke Bambridge
United Kingdom Neal Skupski 		6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Win 13–8 Oct 2018 Traralgon, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Jeremy Beale Australia Max Purcell
Australia Luke Saville 		6–2, 6–4
Win 14–8 Jul 2019 Gatineau, Canada Challenger Hard United States Alex Lawson United States Dennis Novikov
Mexico Hans Hach Verdugo 		6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 15–8 Oct 2019 Ningbo, China Challenger Hard Australia Andrew Harris Australia Alex Bolt
Australia Matt Reid 		6–0, 6–1
Win 16–8 May 2021 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky Czech Republic Andrew Paulson
Czech Republic Patrik Rikl 		7–6(7–4), 3–6, [10–7]
Win 17–8 May 2021 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky Croatia Ivan Sabanov
Croatia Matej Sabanov 		6-3, 6-4
Win 18–8 June 2021 Nottingham, UK Challenger Grass Australia Matt Reid France Benjamin Bonzi
France Antoine Hoang 		6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 19–8 Oct 2022 Busan, South Korea Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell South Korea Nam Ji-sung
South Korea Song Min-kyu 		6–7(5–7), 6–2, [12–10]
Win 20–8 Feb 2023 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell Australia Luke Saville
Australia Tristan Schoolkate 		7–6(7–4), 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 2015 Australian Open Hard Australia Jake Delaney Poland Hubert Hurkacz
Slovakia Alex Molčan 		0–6, 6–2, [10–8]

References

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  1. ^ GETTING TO KNOW STEVEN DE WAARD AND MARC POLMANS
  2. ^ "Player profiles Marc Polmans". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  3. ^ "THOMPSON PUSHES ZVEREV ALL THE WAY". Tennis Australia. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  4. ^ "POLMANS CLAIMS MAIDEN CHALLENGER". Tennis Australia. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Merrick's Noah Rubin wins ATP Challenger". Newsday. April 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Polmans wins the Zhangjiagang $54K ATP Challenger Title – Robicia Tennis". robiciatennis.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Thanasi Kokkinakis ends 492-day wait after Roger Federer stunner". Yahoo Sports. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  8. ^ "AO Millman Makes His Mark". Tennis Australia. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Polman Posts Victory in Wimbledon Debut". Tennis Australia. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Aussies Continue Winning Run in Atlanta". Tennis Australia. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Aussie Men Exit Australian Open Qualifying". Tennis Australia. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Inglis advances in US Open 2022 qualifying".
  13. ^ https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2022/10/24/ranking-movers-storm-sanders-makes-top-10-debut
  14. ^ "Tennis player Marc Polmans apologizes for hitting ball at umpire".
  15. ^ "POLMANS AND GADECKI RETURN TO AUSTRALIAN OPEN MIXED DOUBLES SEMIFINALS".
  16. ^ "Luczak Out of Retirement into Tallahassee Doubles Final".
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