# Marc-Andrea Hüsler

Marc-Andrea Hüsler (born 24 June 1996) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking by the ATP of world No. 47, achieved on 13 February 2023. In doubles, he achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 132 on 25 October 2021. He is currently the No. 4 Swiss player.

## Career
### 2017: ATP debut and first ATP win in doubles

Hüsler made his ATP main-draw doubles debut at the Swiss Indoors tournament, where he partnered former world No 1. Nenad Zimonjić, having received a wildcard into the tournament. The pair defeated Adrian Mannarino and Benoît Paire to give Hüsler a win in his first tour-level match, before losing in the quarterfinals to Marcus Daniell and Dominic Inglot.

### 2018: First Challenger doubles title, ATP singles debut, and first win

Hüsler claimed his first ATP Challenger Tour doubles title in his first final, partnering Sem Verbeek at the Winnipeg Challenger.
Just over a week later, Hüsler made his ATP Tour singles main-draw debut at the Swiss Open Gstaad, where he recorded his first ATP win defeating former top-10 player Nicolás Almagro in a third-set tiebreaker in the first round, before losing to Facundo Bagnis in the second round. Hüsler received a wildcard into the doubles draw for the Swiss Indoors for the second consecutive year, this time with Verbeek as his partner. The pair upset Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen, the top seeds for the tournament and world No. 7 doubles partnership in the 2018 Doubles Team Race Rankings in the first round.

### 2019: First Challenger singles title & top 300 debut

On April 21, 2019, Hüsler won his first Challenger title at the 2019 San Luis Open Challenger Tour by beating Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 7–5, 7–6 in the final. As a result, he moved 70 positions up into the top 300 on 22 April at world No. 281 in singles.

### 2020: Two Challenger titles, ATP semifinals & top 150 debut

Hüsler reached the semifinals of the Austrian Open Kitzbühel, where he beat world No. 12 Fabio Fognini in the second round. As a result, he reached the top 150 at world No. 149 on 9 November 2020.

### 2021: Maiden ATP doubles title

He won his maiden ATP doubles title at the 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad, partnering Dominic Stricker, defeating Polish pair Szymon Walków and Jan Zieliński.
In September, partnering also with Stricker, he reached the final of the 2021 Challenger Biel/Bienne, Switzerland but withdrew. As a result, he reached a month later a new career-high doubles ranking of World No. 132 on 25 October 2021. He also reached the final in singles, where he lost to Liam Broady but climbed to No. 155 on 18 October 2021.
He finished the year ranked No. 188 in singles.

### 2022: Major & Masters & top 60 debuts, Swiss No. 1, Maiden ATP singles title

Hüsler started his 2022 season at the Traralgon International. Seeded ninth, he lost in the third round to eighth seed Mikhail Kukushkin.
In April, he won two more Challenger titles in Mexico. As a result, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 121 on 9 May 2022.
In June, at the 2022 Halle Open he qualified for his first ATP 500 tournament but lost to Mackenzie McDonald. Hüsler made his Grand Slam debut after qualifying for Wimbledon, where he lost to lucky loser Hugo Grenier, who was also making his debut, in the first round in five sets.
At the Swedish Open, he defeated seventh seed Holger Rune in the first round before losing to Laslo Djere. As a result, he reached the top 100 at world No. 99 on 18 July 2022. He became the Swiss No. 1 player until 8 August 2022.
At the Winston-Salem Open, he reached only his second career quarterfinal as a qualifier after getting a second-round bye after seventh seed Sebastián Báez withdrew, defeating previous year finalist and wildcard Mikael Ymer and defending champion and eleventh seed Ilya Ivashka. Next, he reached the semifinals for the second time ever in his career defeating thirteenth seed Jack Draper in straight sets. He was only the fourth qualifier to reach the tournament semifinals ever. He lost again to Laslo Đere in the semifinal. As a result, he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 85 becoming again the Swiss No. 1 player on 29 August 2022.
At the 2022 Sofia Open, he reached his first ATP final with a win over fourth seed Lorenzo Musetti. He defeated again fifth seed Holger Rune to win his maiden ATP title. As a result, he climbed 31 spots to a new career-high of No. 64 in the rankings on 3 October 2022.
He made his Masters 1000 debut at the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters after defeating Hugo Gaston and Laslo Djere in qualifying. On his debut, he defeated 11th seed Jannik Sinner in his first-round match. He lost to Karen Khachanov in the second round. As a result, he reached a career-high ranking of world No. 58 on 7 November 2022.

### 2023-2024: United Cup & Top 50 debuts, near 200 positions ranking drop

Hüsler started his 2023 season by representing Switzerland at the first edition of the United Cup. Switzerland was in Group B alongside Kazakhstan and Poland. Against Kazakhstan, he beat Timofey Skatov. With Jil Teichmann, they defeated Zhibek Kulambayeva and Alexander Bublik to sweep Kazakhstan 5–0. Against Poland, he beat Daniel Michalski. In doubles, he and Belinda Bencic defeated Alicja Rosolska and Kacper Żuk. Poland ended up winning the tie over Switzerland 3–2. Switzerland was ultimately eliminated from the United Cup and ended second in Group B. At the Adelaide International 2, he beat the previous year finalist, Arthur Rinderknech, in the first round. He was defeated in the second round by third seed and world No. 20, Karen Khachanov. At the Australian Open, he lost in a five-set battle in the first round to Australian wildcard John Millman. He reached the top 50 at world No. 49 following the Australian Open on 6 February 2023.
Representing Switzerland in the Davis Cup tie against Germany, he won his first match over Oscar Otte. In his second match, he beat world No. 14 Alexander Zverev. Switzerland ended up winning the tie over Germany 3–2 to advance to the Davis Cup Finals. At the Open Sud de France, he was beaten in the second round by top seed and world No. 9, Holger Rune. In Rotterdam, he lost in the first round to Dutch wildcard Gijs Brouwer. Seeded eighth at the Open 13 Provence, he was defeated in the first round by Grégoire Barrère. In Dubai, he lost in the first round to Lorenzo Sonego.
In March 2023, Hüsler made his debut at the BNP Paribas Open. He was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Pedro Martínez. Seeded sixth at the Arizona Classic, he lost in the second round to qualifier and eventual finalist, Alexander Shevchenko. In Miami, also on his debut, he won his first round match over Albert Ramos Viñolas before losing in the second round to 16th seed and world No. 19, Tommy Paul.
Hüsler started his clay court season at the 2023 Mexico City Open. As the top seed and the defending champion, he lost in the second round to qualifier Federico Gaio. At the Monte-Carlo Masters, he was defeated in the first round by Jaume Munar. Seeded eighth at the BMW Open in Munich, he lost in the second round to Dominic Thiem. In Madrid, he fell in his first-round match to Cristian Garín. At the Italian Open, he lost in the first round to Jason Kubler in three sets, despite having a 7–6(6), 3–0 lead in the match. Hüsler played his final tournament before Roland Garros at the 2023 Geneva Open. He was defeated in the first round by Wu Yibing in three sets, despite having match point in the third-set tiebreaker. At the 2023 French Open, he lost in the first round to Daniel Altmaier in straight sets.
Hüsler started his grass court season at the 2023 Libéma Open in 's-Hertogenbosch. He marked his debut at this tournament by upsetting eighth seed Maxime Cressy in the first round. This was his first tour-level win on grass. He lost in five sets at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships to world No. 116, lucky loser and Wimbledon debutant Yosuke Watanuki, after being two sets to love up, in a close to a four hours match that was suspended due to darkness.
He suffered another tough first round five sets loss also from two sets to love up at the 2023 US Open, to world No. 16 Hubert Hurkacz and subsequently dropped out of the top 150 in October 2023, after a string of first round losses, more than a 100 positions down from his career high in February 2023. Ranked No. 200, at the 2023 Sofia Open, where he was the defending champion, he qualified for the main draw. He further dropped to world No. 237 in the rankings on 1 April 2024, close to 200 positions from his singles career-high a year earlier. In mid-April, he qualified for the main draw of the 2024 BMW Open in Munich and defeated two Germans, wildcard Marko Topo and Yannick Hanfmann to reach his first quarterfinal in more than a year. He lost to defending champion Holger Rune in straight sets. Hüsler qualified at the 2024 Libéma Open in 's-Hertogenbosch but lost to Roberto Bautista Agut. He returned to the top 200 on 5 August 2024, and to the top 165 two weeks later, raising 40 positions up from No. 205, following lifting his sixth Challenger title at the 2024 Kozerki Open in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland.

## Davis Cup

Hüsler made his Davis Cup debut for Switzerland in the 2018 Davis Cup World Group tie with Kazakhstan, where he partnered Luca Margaroli in the doubles. The pair were defeated, coming back from two sets to love down, but losing the fifth set to Timur Khabibulin and Aleksandr Nedovyesov. Hüsler made his singles debut in the following rubber, which by this point was dead as Switzerland were already 3–0 down. Hüsler won in straight sets over Roman Khassanov, salvaging the only point for Switzerland in the tie. He opened up Switzerland's World Group play-off tie against Sweden, losing from two sets to love up against Markus Eriksson, as Switzerland were relegated from the World Group.

## Singles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current through the 2023 Australian Open.
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | NH | Q2 | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| US Open | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| Masters 1000 tournaments ||||||||||
| Indian Wells | | | | | | 1R | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Miami Open | | | | Q2 | | 2R | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Monte Carlo Masters | | | | Q1 | | 1R | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Madrid Open | | | | | | 1R | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Italian Open | | | | | | 1R | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Canadian Open | | | | | Q2 | | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Cincinnati Open | | | | | | Q2 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Paris Masters | | | | | 2R | | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| National representation ||||||||||
| Davis Cup | 1R | QR | A | A | WG1 | | | 0 / 1 | 1–2 |
| Career statistics ||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 23 | | 43 | 43 |
| Overall win–loss | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 11–12 | 11–23 | | 28–43 | 28–43 |
| Year-end ranking | 371 | 277 | 148 | 188 | 58 | 200 | | 49% | 49% |

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP Tour 250 Series (1–0)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Titles by setting
* Outdoor (0–0)
* Indoor (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2022 | Sofia Open, Bulgaria | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Holger Rune | 6–4, 7–6$^{(10–8)}$ |

### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP Tour 250 Series (1–0)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (1–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Titles by setting
* Outdoor (1–0)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2021 | Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Dominic Stricker | Szymon Walków Jan Zieliński | 6–1, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$ |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 10 (8–2)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (6–1)
* ITF Futures (2–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–1)
* Clay (4–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2017 | Switzerland F5, Sion | Futures | Clay | Hiroyasu Ehara | 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Dec 2017 | Mexico F7, Metepec | Futures | Hard | Gonzalo Escobar | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jun 2018 | USA F17, Tulsa | Futures | Hard | Sam Riffice | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–1 | Apr 2019 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Adrián Menéndez Maceiras | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 4–1 | Sep 2020 | Sibiu, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Tomás Martín Etcheverry | 7–5, 6–0 |
| Win | 5–1 | Oct 2020 | Ismaning, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Botic van de Zandschulp | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 7–5 |
| Loss | 5–2 | Sep 2021 | Biel/Bienne, Switzerland | Challenger | Hard (i) | Liam Broady | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 6–2 | Apr 2022 | Mexico City, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Tomás Martín Etcheverry | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–2 | Apr 2022 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Juan Pablo Ficovich | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 8–2 | Aug 2024 | Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland | Challenger | Hard | Vít Kopřiva | 6–1, 6–4 |

### Doubles: 22 (11–11)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (4–6)
* ITF Futures (7–5)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (8–8)
* Clay (2–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2015 | Italy F5, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Loïc Perret | Davide Melchiorre Riccardo Sinicropi | 5–7, 0–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2016 | Germany F14, Oberhaching | Futures | Hard (i) | Raphael Baltensperger | Hannes Wagner Louis Wessels | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Jun 2017 | Italy F19, Basilicanova | Futures | Clay | Lenny Hampel | Wilson Leite Bruno Sant'Anna | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Jul 2017 | Austria F1, Telfs | Futures | Clay | Lukas Ollert | Pascal Brunner Gavin van Peperzeel | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Oct 2017 | Germany F14, Oberhaching | Futures | Hard (i) | Neil Pauffley | Johannes Härteis Daniel Masur | 6–4, 5–7, [5–10] |
| Loss | 1–5 | Nov 2017 | Mexico F5, Campeche | Futures | Hard | Jessy Kalambay | José Daniel Bendeck Alejandro Gómez | 3–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
| Win | 2–5 | Nov 2017 | Mexico F6, Monterrey | Futures | Hard | Jessy Kalambay | Gonzalo Escobar Federico Zeballos | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–5 | Feb 2018 | Switzerland F1, Oberentfelden | Futures | Carpet (i) | Jakub Paul | Jan Mertl Michael Vrbenský | 4–6, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, [10–8] |
| Win | 4–5 | Mar 2018 | France F6, Villers-lès-Nancy | Futures | Hard (i) | Hugo Voljacques | Dan Added Maxime Tchoutakian | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 5–5 | Jun 2018 | USA F13, Winston-Salem | Futures | Hard | Sem Verbeek | Trevor Allen Johnson Ronnie Schneider | 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–5 | Jul 2018 | Canada F5, Saskatoon | Futures | Hard | Sem Verbeek | Alexis Galarneau Benjamin Sigouin | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–5 | Jul 2018 | Winnipeg, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Sem Verbeek | Marcel Granollers Gerard Granollers Pujol | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3, [14–12] |
| Win | 8–5 | Aug 2018 | Switzerland F3, Sion | Futures | Clay | Jakub Paul | Juan Pablo Ficovich Tomás Lipovšek Puches | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8–6 | Sep 2018 | Cassis, France | Challenger | Hard | Gonçalo Oliveira | Matt Reid Sergiy Stakhovsky | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 8–7 | Nov 2018 | Andria, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | David Pel | Karol Drzewiecki Szymon Walków | 6–7$^{(10–12)}$, 6–2, [9–11] |
| Win | 9–7 | Feb 2019 | Morelos, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | André Göransson | Gonzalo Escobar Luis David Martínez | 6–3, 3–6, [11–9] |
| Loss | 9–8 | Jun 2019 | Shymkent, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Clay | André Göransson | Nikola Ćaćić Yang Tsung-hua | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 10–8 | Oct 2020 | Hamburg, Germany | Challenger | Hard (i) | Kamil Majchrzak | Lloyd Glasspool Alex Lawson | 6–3, 1–6, [20–18] |
| Loss | 10–9 | Jan 2021 | Quimper, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | James Cerretani | Grégoire Barrère Albano Olivetti | 7–5, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, [8–10] |
| Win | 11–9 | Feb 2021 | Potechefstroom, South Africa | Challenger | Hard | Zdeněk Kolář | Peter Polansky Brayden Schnur | 6–4, 2–6, [10–4] |
| Loss | 11–10 | Sep 2021 | Biel/Bienne, Switzerland | Challenger | Hard (i) | Dominic Stricker | Ruben Bemelmans Daniel Masur | w/o |
| Loss | 11–11 | Jan 2022 | Traralgon, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Dominic Stricker | Manuel Guinard Zdeněk Kolář | 3–6, 4–6 |

## Record against top 10 players

Hüsler'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 2 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Alexander Zverev | 1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – | Won (6–2, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$) at 2023 Davis Cup QR |
| Jannik Sinner | 1–1 | 50% | 1–1 | – | – | Won (6–2, 6–3) at 2022 Paris 1R |
| Number 3 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Dominic Thiem | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (7–5, 4–6, 4–6) at 2023 Munich 2R |
| Number 4 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Holger Rune | 2–1 | 67% | 1–1 | 1–0 | – | Lost (6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 2–6) at 2023 Montpellier 2R |
| Number 6 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Félix Auger-Aliassime | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 4–6, 4–6) at 2022 Basel 1R |
| Number 7 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Richard Gasquet | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2023 Winston-Salem 1R |
| Number 8 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Karen Khachanov | 0–3 | 0% | 0–3 | – | – | Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2023 Adelaide 2 2R |
| Number 9 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Nicolás Almagro | 1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (6–7$^{(8–10)}$, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$) at 2018 Gstaad 1R |
| Fabio Fognini | 1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (6–1, 6–2) at 2020 Kitzbühel 2R |
| Number 10 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Pablo Carreño Busta | 1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – | Won (6–3, 3–6, 6–2) at 2022 Sofia 2R |
| Denis Shapovalov | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 1–6) at 2022 US Open 1R |
| Total | 7–9 | 43.75% | 4–8 (33.33%) | 3–1 (75%) | 0–0 ( – ) | * Statistics correct as of 21 August 2023. |