Austin Krajicek
Austin Krajicek (born June 16, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking in doubles of World No. 35 achieved on 27 May 2019 and in singles of World No. 94 achieved on October 26, 2015. He is a distant cousin of Dutch tennis player and former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek. He played college tennis at Texas A&M. College. Krajicek attended Texas A&M, where he lettered from 2008–11. 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. Early years: 2012-2017. Prior to 2018 Krajicek competed mainly on the ITF Futures and ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. 2018-2019: First ATP title, Top 50 debut and career high ranking in doubles. 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 October 22, 2018. He later reached the top 40 with a career-high of World No. 35 on May 27, 2019. 2020-2021: Fourth ATP doubles title and tenth final, Olympics debut, Maiden Masters 1000 final. 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. 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 subsequently 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 No. 3 seeded 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. World TeamTennis. Krajicek made his World TeamTennis debut in 2020 with the Orange County Breakers at The Greenbrier. Record against other players. Record against top 10 players. Krajicek's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10. Players who have been No. 1 are in boldface.