# Marc Polmans

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

He supports Collingwood in the Australian Football League.

## Career
### 2012–2015: Career beginnings

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

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. 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. 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

In February, Polmans won his maiden challenger title at the 2018 Launceston Tennis International. In April he lost to Noah Rubin of the US in the finals of the 2018 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger in Florida. 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

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$^{(4)}$.
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. 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

In January participating again as a wildcard, Polman won his first main draw singles match at the Australian Open over Mikhail Kukushkin. 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

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. 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. 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

Polmans lost in the second round of qualifying at the 2022 Australian Open. He also lost in the first round of qualifying at the 2022 US Open. 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.
He was disqualified in the last round of qualifications at the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters for hitting a ball at the umpire in frustration and subsequently lost all the rankings points and prize money.
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. 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

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.

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### Singles

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 | NH | 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
### Singles: 27 (13–14)

* 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 | Lloyd Harris | 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 2016 | Mozambique F2, Maputo | Futures | Hard | Jeremy Beale | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Jun 2016 | Zimbabwe F1, Harare | Futures | Hard | Benjamin Lock | 7–5, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 5–7 |
| Win | 3–1 | Jul 2016 | Zimbabwe F2, Harare | Futures | Clay | Lloyd Harris | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Jul 2016 | USA F25, Edwardsville | Futures | Hard | Tennys Sandgren | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Aug 2016 | USA F26, Decatur | Futures | Clay | Roberto Quiroz | 0–6, 6–3, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Win | 4–3 | Sep 2016 | Australia F5, Alice Springs | Futures | Hard | Jarmere Jenkins | 6–1, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 4–4 | Oct 2016 | Australia F6, Brisbane | Futures | Hard | Jarmere Jenkins | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Nov 2016 | Canberra, Australia | Challenger | Hard | James Duckworth | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–5 | Mar 2017 | Australia F2, Canberra | Futures | Clay | Blake Mott | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–5 | Mar 2017 | Australia F3, Canberra | Futures | Clay | 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 | Adrian Bodmer | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 7–6 | Feb 2018 | Launceston, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Bradley Mousley | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–6 | Mar 2018 | Australia F1, Renmark | Futures | Grass | Luke Saville | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–6 | Mar 2018 | Australia F2, Mildura | Futures | Grass | Thomas Fancutt | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 10–6 | Mar 2018 | Australia F3, Mornington | Futures | Clay | Max Purcell | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–2 |
| Loss | 10–7 | Apr 2018 | Australia F4, Mornington | Futures | Clay | Max Purcell | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 10–8 | Apr 2018 | Tallahassee, USA | Challenger | Clay | Noah Rubin | 2–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Loss | 10–9 | Oct 2018 | Stockton, USA | Challenger | Hard | Lloyd Harris | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 11–9 | Mar 2019 | Zhangjiagang, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | Lorenzo Giustino | 6–4, 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 11–10 | Sep 2019 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Challenger | Hard | John Millman | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 12–10 | Oct 2019 | Traralgon, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Andrew Harris | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 12–11 | Oct 2022 | Sydney, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Hsu Yu-hsiou | 4–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Win | 13–11 | Mar 2023 | M25 Canberra, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Tatsuma Ito | 6–0, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 13–12 | Mar 2023 | M25 Canberra, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Dane Sweeny | 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 13–13 | Sep 2023 | Guangzhou, China | Challenger | Hard | Térence Atmane | 6–4, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 13–14 | Oct 2023 | Sydney, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Taro Daniel | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Note: W-L column is cumulative. ||||||||

### Doubles: 28 (20–8)

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

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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