# Alexander Erler

Alexander Erler (Austrian German:; born 27 October 1997) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 32, achieved on 8 May 2023. He has a career high singles ranking of No. 322, achieved on 4 October 2021.
Erler has won eight doubles titles on the ATP Tour, seven with compatriot Lucas Miedler, at the home tournaments in 2021 and in 2023 Kitzbühel, in 2022 and in 2024 Vienna, as well as in Acapulco, Munich, Antwerp, plus one with Andreas Mies at the 2024 Kitzbühel.
On the ITF Futures Tour, Erler has reached 15 ITF singles finals, with a record of 7 wins and 8 losses. He has also reached 38 ITF doubles finals, with a record of 25 wins and 13 losses.

## Professional career
### 2015: ATP doubles debut

Erler made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Generali Open Kitzbühel in the doubles draw, partnering Philipp Kohlschreiber.

### 2021: ATP singles debut and first match win, maiden doubles ATP title

At the 2021 Generali Open Kitzbühel, Erler won his first ATP match as a wildcard defeating future world no. 1 Carlos Alcaraz who was then ranked No. 55. At the same tournament, he won the doubles title partnering Lucas Miedler.

### 2022: First ATP 500 doubles title, top 50 debut

The Austrian team of Erler/Miedler clinched their second and biggest title on home soil at the ATP 500 2022 Erste Bank Open without dropping a set. As a result, he made his top 50 debut in the doubles rankings on 31 October 2022.

### 2023: Major and Masters debuts & first win, Second ATP 500 title, top 35

At the 2023 Australian Open the pair Erler/Miedler made their Grand Slam debut where they defeated tenth seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden. At the ATP 500 Mexican Open Miedler won his third title with compatriot Erler defeating en route top seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski. Erler made his Masters debut with Miedler at the 2023 Miami Open.
At the 2023 Grand Prix Hassan II the pair Erler/Miedler reached the final defeating fifth seeds Maxime Cressy and Albano Olivetti. They lost in the final to Andrea Vavassori and Marcelo Demoliner. They won their fourth title at the 2023 BMW Open in Munich, Germany. At the 2023 Generali Open Kitzbühel, they won their fifth doubles title.

### 2024: Three doubles titles

Partnering Andreas Mies, Erler won the doubles title at the Generali Open in Kitzbühel, defeating Constantin Frantzen and Hendrik Jebens in the final.
In October he won back-to-back doubles titles partnering Lucas Miedler, claiming the European Open in Antwerp followed by the Vienna Open.

## Doubles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Current through the 2024 US Open.
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0 / 8 | 3–8 |
| National representation |||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | G1 | G1 | G1 | 0 / 0 | 4–1 |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | not held | not held | not held | 2R | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0 / 6 | 2–6 |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 20 | 60 | 60 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 8–7 | 33–27 | 19–19 | 64–55 | 64–55 |
| Year-end ranking | 1217 | 1581 | 621 | – | 749 | 405 | 126 | 51 | 37 | | 55% | 55% |

## ATP Tour finals
### Doubles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP 500 (3–1)
* ATP 250 (5–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–0)
* Clay (4–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (5–3)
* Indoors (3–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2021 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria | ATP 250 | Clay | Lucas Miedler | Roman Jebavý Matwé Middelkoop | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Win | 2–0 | Oct 2022 | Vienna Open, Austria | ATP 500 | Hard (i) | Lucas Miedler | Santiago González Andrés Molteni | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$ |
| Win | 3–0 | Mar 2023 | Mexican Open, Mexico | ATP 500 | Hard | Lucas Miedler | Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow | 7–6$^{(11–9)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Loss | 3–1 | Apr 2023 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | ATP 250 | Clay | Lucas Miedler | Marcelo Demoliner Andrea Vavassori | 4–6, 6–3, [10–12] |
| Win | 4–1 | Apr 2023 | Bavarian Championships, Germany | ATP 250 | Clay | Lucas Miedler | Kevin Krawietz Tim Pütz | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–1 | Aug 2023 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria (2) | ATP 250 | Clay | Lucas Miedler | Gonzalo Escobar Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–2 | Feb 2024 | Rio Open, Brazil | ATP 500 | Clay | Lucas Miedler | Nicolás Barrientos Rafael Matos | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Apr 2024 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | ATP 250 | Clay | Lucas Miedler | Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten | 6–3, 4–6, [4–10] |
| Win | 6–3 | Jul 2024 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria (3) | ATP 250 | Clay | Andreas Mies | Constantin Frantzen Hendrik Jebens | 6–3, 3–6, [10–6] |
| Win | 7–3 | Oct 2024 | European Open, Belgium | ATP 250 | Hard (i) | Lucas Miedler | Robert Galloway Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 6–4, 1–6, [10–8] |
| Win | 8–3 | Oct 2024 | Vienna Open, Austria (2) | ATP 500 | Hard (i) | Lucas Miedler | Neal Skupski Michael Venus | 4–6, 6–3, [10–1] |

## ATP Challenger Tour finals
### Doubles: 13 (8–5)

* Finals by surface
* Hard (5–4)
* Clay (3–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2021 | Sibiu, Romania | Clay | Lucas Miedler | James Cerretani Luca Margaroli | 3–6, 1-6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2021 | Ortisei, Italy | Hard (i) | Lucas Miedler | Antonio Šančić Sam Weissborn | 6–7$^{(8–10)}$, 6–4, [8–10] |
| Win | 1–2 | Nov 2021 | Helsinki, Finland | Hard (i) | Lucas Miedler | Harri Heliövaara Jean-Julien Rojer | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |
| Win | 2–2 | Dec 2021 | Forlì, Italy | Hard (i) | Lucas Miedler | Marco Bortolotti Sergio Martos Gornés | 6-4, 6-2 |
| Win | 3–2 | Feb 2022 | Bangalore, India | Hard | Arjun Kadhe | Saketh Myneni Ramkumar Ramanathan | 6–3, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, [10–7] |
| Win | 4–2 | Apr 2022 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Clay | Lucas Miedler | Hunter Reese Sem Verbeek | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–5 |
| Loss | 4–3 | May 2022 | Tunis, Tunisia | Clay | Lucas Miedler | Nicolás Barrientos Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 3–6, [9–11] |
| Loss | 4–4 | Jul 2022 | Salzburg, Austria | Clay | Lucas Miedler | Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow | 5–7, 7–5, [9–11] |
| Win | 5–4 | Jul 2022 | Tampere, Finland | Clay | Lucas Miedler | Karol Drzewiecki Patrik Niklas-Salminen | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–4 | Aug 2022 | Como, Italy | Clay | Lucas Miedler | Dustin Brown Julian Lenz | 6–1, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 7–4 | Sep 2022 | Tulln an der Donau, Austria | Clay | Lucas Miedler | Zdeněk Kolář Denys Molchanov | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–5 | Sep 2022 | Sibiu, Romania | Clay | Lucas Miedler | Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov | 6–3, 5–7, [4–10] |
| Win | 8–5 | May 2023 | Cagliari, Italy | Clay | Lucas Miedler | Máximo González Andrés Molteni | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–3 |

## ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
### Singles: 15 (7–8)

* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–5)
* Clay (6–3)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2018 | Egypt F18, Cairo | Clay | Simone Roncalli | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 2018 | Egypt F19, Cairo | Clay | Jordan Correia | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–0 | Sep 2018 | Egypt F20, Cairo | Clay | Dante Gennaro | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–1 | Oct 2018 | Egypt F24, Cairo | Hard | Karim-Mohamed Maamoun | 6–4, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Jul 2019 | M15 Telfs, Austria | Clay | Sandro Ehrat | 4–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | Jul 2019 | M15 Wels, Austria | Clay | Duje Kekez | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Sep 2019 | M25 Trieste, Italy | Clay | Juan Pablo Varillas | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5–3 | Nov 2019 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | Hard | Jan Zieliński | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Mar 2020 | M25 Trento, Italy | Hard | Ruben Bemelmans | 6–4, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Dec 2020 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | Omar Giacalone | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 5–6 | Jan 2021 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | Kaichi Uchida | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 5–7 | Feb 2021 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | Gauthier Onclin | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–7 | Apr 2021 | M25 Meerbusch, Germany | Clay | Arthur Cazaux | 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 7–7 | May 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Adrian Andreev | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 7–8 | May 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Nick Hardt | 0–6, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$ |

### Doubles: 26 (18–8)

* Finals by surface
* Hard (14–4)
* Clay (3–3)
* Carpet (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2015 | Germany F18, Ismaning | Carpet | Constantin Frantzen | Kevin Krawietz Tim Sandkaulen | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, [10–8] |
| Win | 2–0 | Feb 2017 | Turkey F4, Antalya | Hard | Sebastian Ofner | V Uzhylovskyi Anton Zaitcev | 6–2, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Win | 3–0 | Aug 2017 | Austria F6, Innsbruck | Clay | Matthias Haim | Bernd Kossler Lukas Ollert | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Loss | 3–1 | Sep 2017 | Turkey F35, Antalya | Clay | Vít Kopřiva | Johann Willem Michiel De Krom | 7–6$^{(7–0)}$, 2–6, [9–11] |
| Loss | 3–2 | Mar 2018 | Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh | Hard | Jaroslav Pospíšil | Wilfredo Gonzalez Benjamin Lock | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Jul 2018 | Austria F1, Telfs | Clay | Kirill Kivattsev | Mario Vilella Martínez Marco Bartolotti | 1–6, 6–3, [4–11] |
| Win | 4–3 | Aug 2018 | Austria F6, Innsbruck | Clay | Jakob Aichhorn | Alejo Vilaro Mariano Kestelboim | 6–1, 1–6, [11–9] |
| Win | 5–3 | Sep 2018 | Egypt F18, Cairo | Hard | Markos Kalovelonis | Aryan Goveas A Chandrasekar | 6–4, 7–6$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 5–4 | Dec 2018 | Tunisia F44, Monastir | Hard | Christian Hirschmueller | Aziz Dougaz Fred Gil | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 6–4 | Mar 2019 | M25 Trento, Italy | Hard | Markos Kalovelonis | Felix Corwin Danny Thomas | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 7–4 | Nov 2019 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | Hard | Neil Oberleitner | Luke Johnson Jan Zieliński | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 8–4 | Feb 2020 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | Hard | David Pichler | Valentin Guenther Kai Wehnelt | 3–6, 6–4, [10–4] |
| Loss | 8–5 | Mar 2020 | M25 Trento, Italy | Hard | David Jordà Sanchis | Ruben Bemelmans Daniel Masur | 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 2–6 |
| Win | 9–5 | Mar 2020 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | Hard | Bogdan Bobrov | A Cornut-Chauvinc Constantin Schmitz | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, [12–10] |
| Win | 10–5 | Sep 2020 | M15 Caslano, Switzerland | Clay | David Pichler | A Cornut-Chauvinc Harold Mayot | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 11–5 | Sep 2020 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | David Pichler | Fermin Tenti Ignacio Monzon | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 11–6 | Dec 2020 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | David Pichler | Théo Arribagé Titouan Droguet | 6–4, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [6–10] |
| Win | 12–6 | Dec 2020 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | David Pichler | Skander Mansouri Mats Rosenkranz | 6–2, 7–6$^{(14–12)}$ |
| Win | 13–6 | Dec 2020 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | David Pichler | Skander Mansouri Dan Added | 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 14–6 | Dec 2020 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | David Pichler | Alexander Kotzen C Dela Bassetiere | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 15–6 | Jan 2021 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | David Pichler | Benjamin Pietri Théo Arribagé | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Win | 16–6 | Feb 2021 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | Skander Mansouri | Naoki Nakagawa Ryota Tanuma | 6–0, 7–5 |
| Win | 17–6 | Feb 2021 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | Skander Mansouri | Lilian Marmousez G M Perricard | 6–2, 5–7, [11–9] |
| Loss | 17–7 | Mar 2021 | M25 Trimbach, Switzerland | Carpet | Elmar Ejupovic | Jakub Paul Yannik Steinegger | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 18–7 | Apr 2021 | M25 Biel, Switzerland | Hard | Maximilian Neuchrist | Lilian Marmousez G M Perricard | 6–3, 4–6, [10–2] |
| Loss | 18–8 | May 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Sandro Ehrat | Orlando Luz Gabriel Roveri Sidney | 2–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |