Dominic Stricker

Dominic Stricker

Stricker at the 2023 US Open
Full name	Dominic Stephan Stricker
Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Grosshöchstetten, Switzerland
Born	(2002-08-16) 16 August 2002 (age 22)[1] Grosshöchstetten, Switzerland[1][2]
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2020
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Dieter Kindlmann[3]
Prize money	US $1,578,714
Singles
Career record	24–26 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 88 (2 October 2023)
Current ranking	No. 258 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2023)
French Open	1R (2023)
Wimbledon	2R (2023)
US Open	4R (2023)
Doubles
Career record	14–11 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 161 (27 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 460 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	2R (2024)
Last updated on: 22 October 2024.

Dominic Stephan Stricker (Swiss Standard German: [ˈʃtrɪkər]; born 16 August 2002) is a Swiss professional tennis player.^[4] He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 88 achieved on 2 October 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 161 achieved on 27 June 2022. He is currently the No. 7 Swiss player.^[5] On the junior tour, he had a career high junior ranking of No. 8, achieved on 3 February 2020.

Stricker won the 2020 French Open boys' singles title, defeating compatriot Leandro Riedi in the final.^[6] He also won the 2020 French Open boys' doubles title, partnering Flavio Cobolli.

In March, ranked No. 874 in the world, he received a wildcard entry into the 2021 BSI Challenger Lugano, Switzerland. He won the tournament, defeating Vitaliy Sachko in straight sets in the final. He became the 3rd youngest Swiss player after Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka to win an ATP Challenger title.^[7] Following this successful run, he made his top 500 debut in singles.

In May, Stricker made his ATP debut at the 2021 Geneva Open as a wildcard where he beat former US Open champion and former ATP ranked number 3 Marin Čilić in the first round for his first ATP victory.^[8] He then defeated Márton Fucsovics to reach his first ATP tour level quarterfinal.^[9] He reached a career-high of World No. 334 in singles on 24 May 2021.

In June at the 2021 MercedesCup in Stuttgart he reached again the quarterfinals where he defeated second seed Hubert Hurkacz for his first top-20 win of the season. As a result, he moved into the top 300 at No. 289 on 14 June 2021.^[10]

In July, partnering again with Vitaliy Sachko, he won his maiden Challenger doubles title at the 2021 Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia defeating Argentines Tomás Martín Etcheverry/Renzo Olivo. He reached a career-high of No. 280 in singles and No. 371 in doubles on 12 July 2021.

He won his maiden ATP doubles title at the 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad, partnering Marc-Andrea Hüsler, defeating Polish pair Szymon Walków and Jan Zieliński.

In September, partnering also Marc-Andrea Hüsler, he reached the final of the 2021 Challenger Biel/Bienne, Switzerland but withdrew. As a result, he reached a new career-high doubles ranking of World No. 196 on 27 September 2021. He also reached the semifinals in singles, resulting in a new career-high singles ranking of World No. 269 on 4 October 2021.

He reached the top 200 at World No. 164 on 7 February 2022 after winning his second ATP Challenger title at the 2022 Cleveland Open. After reaching his third Challenger final and second title of the season at the 2022 Zug Open in Switzerland, he moved into the top 150.

In October, at the 2022 European Open in Antwerp, he defeated seventh seed Botic van de Zandschulp in straight sets in the first round as a qualifier.^[11] The following week, at the 2022 Swiss Indoors, he also reached the second round as a wildcard defeating Maxime Cressy^[12] improving his chances to qualify for the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals.^[13] He qualified for the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals on 27 October 2022 and reached the semifinals undefeated beating top seed Lorenzo Musetti en route in a five set thriller lasting close to two hours and a half.^[14][15]

At the 2023 Australian Open he reached the third round of qualifying.^[16][17]

In May, he won his fifth Challenger at the Prague Open becoming the only Swiss player to win five Challenger titles before his 21st birthday.^[18]

Ranked No. 116, he made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2023 French Open after entering the draw as lucky loser. He won his first Major match at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships defeating Alexei Popyrin in five sets after qualifying for the main draw. He won his second doubles title at the 2023 Swiss Open Gstaad as a wildcard pair partnering Stan Wawrinka, defeating the pair Marcelo Demoliner and Matwé Middelkoop.

Ranked No. 128, he reached the fourth round of a Major at the US Open after qualifying^[19] and defeating again Alexei Popyrin, upsetting seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in five sets^[20] and Benjamin Bonzi also in five. As a result, he reached the top 100 at world No. 90 on 11 September 2023, becoming the youngest Swiss to reach the milestone since 20-year-old Stan Wawrinka did so in 2005.^[21][22] He entered the 2023 Swiss Indoors as a wildcard and reached the quarterfinals defeating qualifier Benjamin Hassan and second seed Casper Ruud, his second top-10 win.^[23] In November, he qualified again for the 2023 Next Generation ATP Finals^[24] and again reached the semifinals.

Current through the 2024 US Open – Men's singles.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2021	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland	ATP 250	Clay	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	Szymon Walków Jan Zieliński	6–1, 7–6(9–7)
Win	2–0	Jul 2023	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland (2)	ATP 250	Clay	Stan Wawrinka	Marcelo Demoliner Matwé Middelkoop	7–6(10–8), 6–2

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2021	Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Vitaliy Sachko	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Jan 2022	Columbus, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Yoshihito Nishioka	2–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Jan 2022	Cleveland, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Yoshihito Nishioka	7–5, 6–1
Win	3–1	Jul 2022	Zug, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Ernests Gulbis	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Win	4–1	Feb 2023	Rovereto, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Giulio Zeppieri	7–6(10–8), 6–2
Win	5–1	May 2023	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Sebastian Ofner	7–6(9–7), 6–3

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2021	Perugia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Vitaliy Sachko	Tomás Martín Etcheverry Renzo Olivo	6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	1–1	Sep 2021	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	Ruben Bemelmans Daniel Masur	walkover
Loss	1–2	Jan 2022	Traralgon, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	Manuel Guinard Zdeněk Kolář	3–6, 4–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2021	M15 Grenoble, France	WTT	Hard (i)	Luca Castelnuovo	Yannik Steinegger Jakub Paul	5–7, 1–6
Win	1–1	May 2021	M15 Madrid, Spain	WTT	Clay	Leandro Riedi	Johan Nikles Alberto Barroso Campos	2–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Loss	1–2	Jun 2021	M25 Klosters, Switzerland	WTT	Clay	Leandro Riedi	Fabian Fallert Nicolas Moreno de Alboran	6–4, 6–7(1–7), [6–10]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2020	French Open	Clay	Leandro Riedi	6–2, 6–4

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2019	French Open	Clay	Flavio Cobolli	Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida Thiago Agustín Tirante	6–7(3–7), 4–6
Win	2020	French Open	Clay	Flavio Cobolli	Bruno Oliveira Natan Rodrigues	6–2, 6–4

Stricker's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 2 ranked players
Casper Ruud	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)) at 2023 Basel
Number 3 ranked players
Marin Čilić	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (7–6(7–5), 6–1) at 2021 Geneva
Stefanos Tsitsipas	1–1	50%	1–0	–	0–1	Won (7–5, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–3) at 2023 US Open
Number 5 ranked players
Taylor Fritz	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–7(2–7), 4–6, 4–6) at 2023 US Open
Number 7 ranked players
Richard Gasquet	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–7(6–8), 5–7) at 2022 Antwerp
Number 8 ranked players
Hubert Hurkacz	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	Won (7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)) at 2021 Stuttgart
Number 10 ranked players
Pablo Carreño Busta	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (5–7, 7–6(7–3), 4–6) at 2022 Basel
Frances Tiafoe	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	Lost (6–7(11–13), 4–6, 2–6) at 2023 Wimbledon
Total	4–5	44.44%	2–3 (40%)	1–0 (100%)	1–2 (33%)	* Statistics correct as of 26 October 2023[update]

• Stricker has a 2–3 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	DSR
2023
1.	Stefanos Tsitsipas	7	US Open, United States	Hard	2R	7–5, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–3	128
2.	Casper Ruud	8	Swiss Indoors, Switzerland	Hard (i)	2R	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)	96

• Dominic Stricker at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Dominic Stricker at the International Tennis Federation
• Dominic Stricker at the Davis Cup