Austin Krajicek

Austin Krajicek (born June 16, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 1 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in June 2023, and he also attained his career-high singles ranking of world No. 94 in October 2015.
A former player for Texas A&M University, Krajicek won the national doubles title at the 2011 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships, the first in the program's history. He turned professional in 2012 and made his top 100 singles debut in 2015, a year in which he made the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 in Tokyo and broke through on the Grand Slam level by reaching the second round of the US Open. Krajicek has established more success in doubles and following his top 100 debut in 2013, he has won eleven career doubles titles on the ATP Tour. Since partnering with Ivan Dodig in 2021, Krajicek has won one ATP Masters 1000 title at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters and his first Grand Slam title at the 2023 French Open, a victory that crowned him the ATP world No. 1 in June 2023.
Personal life
He is a distant cousin of Dutch tennis player and former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek and his sister Michaëlla Krajicek.
College
Krajicek attended Texas A&M University from 2008 to 2011. He won the doubles title with Jeff Dadamo at the 2011 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships, which was the first national title in program history.
He was a four-time doubles All-American (2008–11), and a two-time singles All-American (2010 & 2011). Krajicek was the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, and in his junior and senior seasons was the Big 12 Player of the Year.
Professional career
2012–2017: Early years
Prior to 2018 Krajicek competed mainly on the ITF Futures and ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles.
He won his second doubles match (the first was in 2013 with Denis Kudla) at the US Open with partner Jackson Withrow by defeating Philipp Oswald and André Sá in the first round.
2018–2020: First ATP title, top 50 debut
Krajicek reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 US Open doubles tournament partnering Tennys Sandgren, his best showing at a Grand Slam in doubles. He entered the top 50 in doubles reaching a career-high of No. 44 on 22 October 2018. He later reached the top 40 with a career-high of World No. 35 on 27 May 2019.
He reached the third round of the 2020 Australian Open partnering Franko Škugor and the pair also won the title at the 2020 Austrian Open in Kitzbühel.
2021: Masters final, Olympics, new partnership with Dodig
Partnering Vasek Pospisil, he reached his tenth final at the 2021 Hall of Fame Open where he lost to fellow Americans Jack Sock and William Blumberg.
At the Olympics, he reached the semifinals partnering again with Tennys Sandgren where they lost to eventual champions Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic. The pair lost in the bronze medal match to the New Zealand pair of Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus.
Partnering with Steve Johnson, he reached his first Masters 1000 final at the 2021 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, defeating Colombian pair Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah in a tight three-set match. The pair last competed at the 2020 edition of the Cincinnati Masters where they reached the semifinals.
With new partner Ivan Dodig, he won the title at the 2022 ATP Lyon Open and reached the final at the 2021 Winston-Salem Open.
2022: First Major final, American No. 2, world No. 9, ATP finals
At the 2022 French Open, he reached his first Grand Slam final in his career, partnering with Dodig and defeating top seeds Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram in the quarterfinals. They lost to Marcelo Arevalo and Jean Julien Rojer in the final. As a result, he made his debut in the top 25 and became the American No. 2 player after Rajeev Ram.
At the 2022 Halle Open and the 2022 Eastbourne International, he reached the semifinals with Dodig. As a result, he reached the top 20 at World No. 19 in the doubles rankings on 27 June 2022, and a couple of weeks later the top 15 on 11 July 2022.
At the ATP 500 2022 Citi Open, he reached his 15th final, then he reached his 16th at the 2022 Firenze Open defeating Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin. At the 2022 Tennis Napoli Cup, he won his second title with Dodig as a team, defeating home favorites Lorenzo Sonego and Andrea Vavassori to reach their fifth final of 2022 and Australian duo Matthew Ebden and John Peers in the final.
He reached his third straight and sixth final for the season with Dodig at the ATP 500 2022 Swiss Indoors in Basel, defeating top seeds Arevalo/Rojer and the Kazakhstani duo of Andrey Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovyesov en route. The team won their third title together by defeating Mahut/Roger-Vasselin.
At the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters, Krajicek and Dodig reached the semifinals, defeating Belgian pair Sander Gille/Joran Vliegen and top seeds Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury to reach their seventh final for the season. On 5 November, the pair qualified for the 2022 ATP Finals after defeating German duo Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies to reach their seventh final of 2022 as a team. Krajicek reached world No. 9 in the rankings on 7 November 2022 and finished the year ranked No. 10 on 21 November 2022.
2023: First Major and Masters 1000 titles, American No. 1, World No. 1, US Open mixed doubles finalist
Krajicek reached his third Masters final at the Miami Open with Nicolas Mahut and fourth at the Monte-Carlo Masters with Dodig, the latter of which they won after defeating Romain Arneodo and Sam Weissborn. As a result Krajicek moved to a new career high of world No. 3 and became the American No. 1 doubles player.
The successful momentum the pair found on clay boosted Krajicek and Dodig to a second consecutive final at the 2023 French Open, where they won their first Major title together, a victory that crowned Krajicek the new World No. 1. He won his second grass court title with Dodig at the 2023 Queen's Club Championships and reclaimed the No. 1 ranking before Wimbledon.
At the US Open he reached the mixed doubles final with compatriot Jessica Pegula. At the same tournament he also made it to the semifinals in doubles with Dodig.
World TeamTennis
Krajicek made his World TeamTennis debut in 2020 with the Orange County Breakers at The Greenbrier.
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
Olympic medal matches
Doubles: 1 (4th place)
ATP career finals
Doubles: 26 (11 titles, 15 runner-ups)
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 12 (8–4)
Doubles: 51 (32–19)
References
External links
1990 births
Living people
American male tennis players
American people of Czech descent
Sportspeople from Bradenton, Florida
Tennis players from Tampa, Florida
Texas A&M Aggies men's tennis players
Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players for the United States
ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players