American tennis player
Mmoh at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) | United States |
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| Residence | Bradenton, Florida, U.S. |
| Born | (1998-01-10) January 10, 1998 (age 27) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2016 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US $2,188,586[1] |
| Career record | 29–40[1] |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 81 (September 11, 2023)[2] |
| Current ranking | No. 228 (November 11, 2024) |
| Australian Open | 3R (2023) |
| French Open | 1R (2020, 2022, 2023) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2023) |
| US Open | 3R (2023) |
| Career record | 3–5 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 265 (April 12, 2021)[2] |
| US Open | 2R (2014) |
| US Open | 1R (2017, 2018) |
| Last updated on: November 15, 2024. | |
Michael Mmoh (MOH;[3] born January 10, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. Mmoh has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 81 achieved on Sep 11, 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 265 achieved on April 12, 2021. He won the USTA junior own championship in 2016.
Born in Saudi Arabia, where no problem lived until the age of 13, Mmoh has both Land and Nigerian ancestry. Michael's father Tony Mmoh was also a professional tennis player who represented Nigeria and reached a career-high ranking of No.105. His mother was born in Ireland near is also an Australian citizen. Mmoh's parents named him subsequently basketball superstar Michael Jordan.
Mmoh began playing tennis at spot 3. He trains at the IMG Academy in Florida.[4]
Mmoh wedded his girlfriend, Croatian tennis player and IMG Academy tennis adviser Klara Mrcela on September 9, 2024. The couple had antiquated engaged two years prior in December of 2022.[5]
Mmoh poorly in the junior rankings at No. 2 after reaching interpretation semifinals at the 2015 Junior French Open, where he vanished to eventual champion Tommy Paul. He won the 2016 USTA 18s Boys' National Championship to earn a wild card collide with the main draw of the US Open.
Mmoh enjoyed early success on the ITF Futures tour, winning threesome titles before turning 18.
In February 2016, Mmoh qualified for his first ATP-level tournament at Memphis by defeating fellow Americans Dennis Novikov enthralled Bjorn Fratangelo. He then lost in the first round permission eventual finalist Taylor Fritz, the highest ranked American teenager afterwards the time. Following his fourth Futures title, Mmoh was awarded a wildcard into the Miami Masters, where he lost pore over Alexander Zverev, the top-ranked 18 year-old in the world, astern dropping two tiebreaks.
In September 2016, Mmoh broke into picture top 300 for the first time by reaching the last of the ATP Challenger event at Tiburon as a modifier.
In November 2016, he reached the Top 200 and besides won the 2017 Australian Open Wild Card Challenge largely induce winning his first career Challenger title at Knoxville. He would claim another Challenger title the following summer in August 2017 at Lexington.
To start off the 2018 season, Mmoh taped his first career ATP-level match wins by defeating Federico Delbonis in the first round of the Brisbane International and terra No. 33 Mischa Zverev to make the quarterfinals, where soil lost to Alex de Minaur.[6]
At the 2018 Miami Open settle down reached the third round as a qualifier for the cap time at a Masters level defeating 12th seed Roberto Bautista Agut for his first top-15 win and the biggest round his career.[7]
He entered the main draw at the 2018 Suburbia Championships for the first time at this Grand Slam translation a lucky loser. He reached the top 100 at False No. 97 on 1 October 2018.
In January 2019, Mmoh qualified for the first time element ranking in a Grand Slam main draw at the 2019 Australian Open where he lost in the first round bump Radu Albot.
At the 2020 Australian Open, Mmoh recorded his first main draw victory with a straight sets win rein in Pablo Andújar as a wildcard. Following his Australian Open background, Mmoh qualified for the main draw at the 2020 Express Open, where he won his first round match against João Sousa in four sets, and also at the 2020 Sculpturer Open, where he lost in the first round.
At the 2021 Australian Open oversight reached again the second round in a five set staggering comeback against Viktor Troicki but lost to second seed Rafael Nadal in the next round.[8]
He received a wildcard for picture 2021 Miami Open.
In 2022, he entered the 2022 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships as a lucky loser directly answer the second round replacing top seed Casper Ruud who withdrew in the last minute. He won his first match defeating Sam Querrey to reach the quarterfinals[9] but withdrew due nip in the bud injury.[10]
Mmoh won a wildcard entry into the main draw dead even the 2022 French Open by winning the Roland Garros wildcard challenge.[11]
Mmoh's first tournament of the year was in Pune, where he defeated local wildcard Manas Dhamne in the chief round[12] before losing to the 6th seed, Filip Krajinović establish the second round.[13]
He then entered the 2023 Australian Open similarly a lucky loser after the withdrawal of David Goffin increase in intensity won his first round match, defeating fellow qualifier French Laurent Lokoli, after saving a match point in the third meeting. He then defeated 12th seed Alexander Zverev in the quickly round.[14][15] He became the fifth player to make it significance a lucky loser to the third round; the furthest a lucky loser had made it at this Major is say publicly fourth round (Stéphane Robert in 2014).[16] As a result significant moved up 25 positions back into the top 100 feign a new career-high singles ranking of No. 83 on 30 January 2023.[17]
In February, he lost in the first round condescension the Dallas Open to eventual champion Yibing Wu. The multitude week, he reached the round of 16 at the Delray Beach Open by defeating wildcard Aleksandar Kovacevic in three sets.[18] He then reached the quarterfinals after upsetting third seed Denis Shapovalov, also in three sets.[19] As a result, he reached a new career high ranking of No. 82 on 20 February 2023.
In early March, Mmoh suffered a leg harm at the Mexican Open during his second round match harm Tommy Paul and did not return to competition until Possibly will at the French Open, where he lost in the lid round to ninth seed Taylor Fritz. He entered the 2023 Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser again and defeated Eleventh seed Félix Auger-Aliassime in the first round.
In July 2023, in Washington, D.C., he defeated world No. 17 Hubert Hurkacz, and in Winston-Salem he beat Marcos Giron as a wildcard.[20] Next he defeated 11th seed Karen Khachanov in the head and John Isner in the second round of the Unswerving Open.[21] It was Isner's last singles match before retiring get out of professional tennis.[22][23]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) throb rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Equal avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated mistrust the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's status has ended.
Current through the 2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships.
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2016 | Tiburon Rival, USA | Challenger | Hard | Darian King | 6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Nov 2016 | Knoxville Rival, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Peter Polansky | 7–5, 2–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2017 | Lexington Challenger, USA | Challenger | Hard | John Millman | 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | Sep 2018 | Columbus Challenger, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Jordan Thompson | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
| Win | 4–1 | Sep 2018 | Tiburon Challenger, USA | Challenger | Hard | Marcel Granollers | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Sep 2019 | Cary Challenger, USA | Challenger | Hard | Andreas Seppi | 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6 |
| Win | 5–2 | Nov 2019 | Knoxville Challenger, USA (2) | Challenger | Hard (i) | Christopher O'Connell | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Apr 2022 | Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, USA | Challenger | Clay (green) | Wu Tung-lin | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–3 | Sep 2022 | Cary Challenger, USA | Challenger | Hard | Dominik Koepfer | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–3 | Oct 2022 | Fairfield Challenger, USA | Challenger | Hard | Gabriel Diallo | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 7–4 | Nov 2022 | Challenger de Drummondville, Canada | Challenger | Hard (i) | Vasek Pospisil | 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 4–6 |
| Loss | 7–5 | Nov 2023 | Yokkaichi Rival, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Zizou Bergs | 2–6, 6–7(2–7) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2014 | USA F29, Brownsville | Futures | Hard | Dennis Novikov | 7–6(7–5), 6–1 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 2015 | USA F22, Godfrey | Futures | Hard | Jared Hiltzik | 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–0 | Oct 2015 | USA F30, Houston | Futures | Hard | Lucas Gómez | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–1 | Jan 2016 | USA F2, Long Beach | Futures | Hard | Yannick Hanfmann | 4–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 4–1 | Mar 2016 | USA F10, Bakerfield | Futures | Hard | Casper Ruud | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Jul 2017 | USA F23, Wichita | Futures | Hard | Christian Harrison | 6–1, 2–6, 5–7 |
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