| Alexander Erler | |
| Residence: | Kufstein, Austria |
| Birth Date: | 1997 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Innsbruck, Austria |
| Height: | 1.93 m |
| Turnedpro: | 2015 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach: | Daniel Huber, Thomas Weindorfer |
| Careerprizemoney: | $657,617 |
| Singlesrecord: | 1–1 (in ATP Tour events) |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 322 (4 October 2021) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | No. 1382 (18 March 2024) |
| Doublestitles: | 8 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 32 (8 May 2023) |
| Currentdoublesranking: | No. 40 (28 October 2024) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | 2R (2023) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 2R (2024) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 2R (2023) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | 2R (2024) |
| Updated: | 30 October 2024 |
Alexander Erler (pronounced as /de-AT/; born 27 October 1997) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 32, achieved on 8 May 2023. He has a career high singles ranking of No. 322, achieved on 4 October 2021.
Erler has won eight doubles titles on the ATP Tour, seven with compatriot Lucas Miedler, at the home tournaments in 2021 and in 2023 Kitzbühel, in 2022 and in 2024 Vienna, as well as in Acapulco, Munich, Antwerp, plus one with Andreas Mies at the 2024 Kitzbühel.
On the ITF Futures Tour, Erler has reached 15 ITF singles finals, with a record of 7 wins and 8 losses. He has also reached 38 ITF doubles finals, with a record of 25 wins and 13 losses.
Erler made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Generali Open Kitzbühel in the doubles draw, partnering Philipp Kohlschreiber.
At the 2021 Generali Open Kitzbühel, Erler won his first ATP match as a wildcard defeating future world no. 1 Carlos Alcaraz who was then ranked No. 55.[1] At the same tournament, he won the doubles title partnering Lucas Miedler.
The Austrian team of Erler/Miedler clinched their second and biggest title on home soil at the ATP 500 2022 Erste Bank Open without dropping a set.[2] As a result, he made his top 50 debut in the doubles rankings on 31 October 2022.
At the 2023 Australian Open the pair Erler/Miedler made their Grand Slam debut where they defeated tenth seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden.[3] At the ATP 500 Mexican Open Miedler won his third title with compatriot Erler defeating en route top seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski.[4] [5] Erler made his Masters debut with Miedler at the 2023 Miami Open.
At the 2023 Grand Prix Hassan II the pair Erler/Miedler reached the final defeating fifth seeds Maxime Cressy and Albano Olivetti.[6] They lost in the final to Andrea Vavassori and Marcelo Demoliner.[7] They won their fourth title at the 2023 BMW Open in Munich, Germany.[8] At the 2023 Generali Open Kitzbühel, they won their fifth doubles title.[9]
Partnering Andreas Mies, Erler won the doubles title at the Generali Open in Kitzbühel, defeating Constantin Frantzen and Hendrik Jebens in the final.[10]
In October he won back-to-back doubles titles partnering Lucas Miedler, claiming the European Open in Antwerp[11] followed by the Vienna Open.[12] [13]
Current through the 2024 US Open.
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | width=38 | W–L |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | style=color:#767676 | NH | A | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0 / 8 | 3–8 |
| National representation | |||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | G1 | G1 | G1 | 0 / 0 | 4–1 | |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | style=color:#767676 | NH | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | style=color:#767676 | NH | A | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | style=color:#767676 | NH | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | not held | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0 / 6 | 2–6 |
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 20 | 60 | ||
| style=text-align:left | Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| style=text-align:left | Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| style=text-align:left | Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 8–7 | 33–27 | 19–19 | 64–55 | |
| Year-end ranking | 1217 | 1581 | 621 | – | 749 | 405 | 126 | 51 | 37 | ||||
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria | ATP 250 | Clay |  Lucas Miedler | 7–5, 7–6(7–5) | |||||
| Win | 2–0 | style=background:#D4F1C5 | Vienna Open, Austria | style=background:#D4F1C5 | ATP 500 | Hard (i) | Lucas Miedler |  Santiago González  Andrés Molteni | 6–3, 7–6(7–1) | ||
| Win | 3–0 | style=background:#D4F1C5 | Mexican Open, Mexico | style=background:#D4F1C5 | ATP 500 | Hard | Lucas Miedler |  Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow | 7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–3) | ||
| Loss | 3–1 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | ATP 250 | Clay | Lucas Miedler |  Marcelo Demoliner  Andrea Vavassori | 4–6, 6–3, [10–12] | ||||
| Win | 4–1 | Bavarian Championships, Germany | ATP 250 | Clay | Lucas Miedler | Kevin Krawietz Tim Pütz | 6–3, 6–4 | ||||
| Win | 5–1 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria | ATP 250 | Clay | Lucas Miedler | 6–4, 6–4 | |||||
| Loss | 5–2 | style=background:#D4F1C5 | Rio Open, Brazil | style=background:#D4F1C5 | ATP 500 | Clay | Lucas Miedler |  Nicolás Barrientos Rafael Matos | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 5–3 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | ATP 250 | Clay | Lucas Miedler |  Harri Heliövaara  Henry Patten | 6–3, 4–6, [4–10] | ||||
| Win | 6–3 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria | ATP 250 | Clay | Andreas Mies | Constantin Frantzen Hendrik Jebens | 6–3, 3–6, [10–6] | ||||
| Win | 7–3 | European Open, Belgium | ATP 250 | Hard (i) | Lucas Miedler | Robert Galloway Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 6–4, 1–6, [10–8] | ||||
| Win | 8–3 | style=background:#D4F1C5 | Vienna Open, Austria | style=background:#D4F1C5 | ATP 500 | Hard (i) | Lucas Miedler | Neal Skupski  Michael Venus | 4–6, 6–3, [10–1] |
| Finals by surface | |
|---|---|
| Hard (5–4) | |
| Clay (3–1) |
| Finals by surface | |
|---|---|
| Hard (1–5) | |
| Clay (6–3) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Egypt F18, Cairo | Clay | Simone Roncalli | 6–2, 7–5 | ||
| Win | 2–0 | Egypt F19, Cairo | Clay | Jordan Correia | 6–3, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 3–0 | Egypt F20, Cairo | Clay | Dante Gennaro | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 3–1 | Egypt F24, Cairo | Hard |  Karim-Mohamed Maamoun | 6–4, 1–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 3–2 | M15 Telfs, Austria | Clay | Sandro Ehrat | 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6 | ||
| Win | 4–2 | M15 Wels, Austria | Clay | Duje Kekez | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 4–3 | M25 Trieste, Italy | Clay |  Juan Pablo Varillas | 7–6(8–6), 1–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 5–3 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | Hard |  Jan Zieliński | 7–5, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 5–4 | M25 Trento, Italy | Hard |  Ruben Bemelmans | 6–4, 2–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 5–5 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | Omar Giacalone | 3–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 5–6 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard |  Kaichi Uchida | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 5–7 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | Gauthier Onclin | 1–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 6–7 | M25 Meerbusch, Germany | Clay |  Arthur Cazaux | 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 | ||
| Win | 7–7 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Adrian Andreev | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 7–8 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | Clay |  Nick Hardt | 0–6, 6–7(7–9) |
| Finals by surface | |
|---|---|
| Hard (14–4) | |
| Clay (3–3) | |
| Carpet (1–1) |
| Result | class=unsortable | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | class=unsortable | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Germany F18, Ismaning | Carpet | Constantin Frantzen | Kevin Krawietz Tim Sandkaulen | 2–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8] | |||
| Win | 2–0 | Turkey F4, Antalya | Hard | Sebastian Ofner |  V Uzhylovskyi  Anton Zaitcev | 6–2, 3–6, [10–7] | |||
| Win | 3–0 | Austria F6, Innsbruck | Clay | Matthias Haim | Bernd Kossler Lukas Ollert | 6–4, 7–6(7–3) | |||
| Loss | 3–1 | Turkey F35, Antalya | Clay |  Vít Kopřiva | Johann Willem Michiel De Krom | 7–6(7–0), 2–6, [9–11] | |||
| Loss | 3–2 | Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh | Hard | Jaroslav Pospíšil | Wilfredo Gonzalez Benjamin Lock | 3–6, 4–6 | |||
| Loss | 3–3 | Austria F1, Telfs | Clay | Kirill Kivattsev |  Mario Vilella Martínez Marco Bartolotti | 1–6, 6–3, [4–11] | |||
| Win | 4–3 | Austria F6, Innsbruck | Clay | Jakob Aichhorn | Alejo Vilaro Mariano Kestelboim | 6–1, 1–6, [11–9] | |||
| Win | 5–3 | Egypt F18, Cairo | Hard | Markos Kalovelonis |  Aryan Goveas A Chandrasekar | 6–4, 7–6(3–7) | |||
| Loss | 5–4 | Tunisia F44, Monastir | Hard | Christian Hirschmueller |  Aziz Dougaz Fred Gil | 1–6, 3–6 | |||
| Win | 6–4 | M25 Trento, Italy | Hard | Markos Kalovelonis | Felix Corwin Danny Thomas | 6–3, 6–4 | |||
| Win | 7–4 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | Hard | Neil Oberleitner | Luke Johnson Jan Zieliński | 6–4, 6–0 | |||
| Win | 8–4 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | Hard | David Pichler | Valentin Guenther Kai Wehnelt | 3–6, 6–4, [10–4] | |||
| Loss | 8–5 | M25 Trento, Italy | Hard | David Jordà Sanchis | Ruben Bemelmans Daniel Masur | 6–7(7–9), 2–6 | |||
| Win | 9–5 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | Hard | Bogdan Bobrov | A Cornut-Chauvinc Constantin Schmitz | 2–6, 7–6(7–4), [12–10] | |||
| Win | 10–5 | M15 Caslano, Switzerland | Clay | David Pichler | A Cornut-Chauvinc Harold Mayot | 7–5, 6–4 | |||
| Win | 11–5 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | David Pichler | Fermin Tenti Ignacio Monzon | 6–4, 6–1 | |||
| Loss | 11–6 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | David Pichler | Théo Arribagé Titouan Droguet | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), [6–10] | |||
| Win | 12–6 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | David Pichler | Skander Mansouri Mats Rosenkranz | 6–2, 7–6(14–12) | |||
| Win | 13–6 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | David Pichler | Skander Mansouri Dan Added | 7–6(9–7), 6–3 | |||
| Win | 14–6 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | David Pichler | Alexander Kotzen C Dela Bassetiere | 6–2, 6–2 | |||
| Win | 15–6 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | David Pichler | Benjamin Pietri Théo Arribagé | 6–4, 7–6(7–5) | |||
| Win | 16–6 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | Skander Mansouri | Naoki Nakagawa Ryota Tanuma | 6–0, 7–5 | |||
| Win | 17–6 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | Skander Mansouri | Lilian Marmousez G M Perricard | 6–2, 5–7, [11–9] | |||
| Loss | 17–7 | M25 Trimbach, Switzerland | Carpet | Elmar Ejupovic | Jakub Paul Yannik Steinegger | 3–6, 5–7 | |||
| Win | 18–7 | M25 Biel, Switzerland | Hard | Maximilian Neuchrist | Lilian Marmousez G M Perricard | 6–3, 4–6, [10–2] | |||
| Loss | 18–8 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Sandro Ehrat | Orlando Luz Gabriel Roveri Sidney | 2–6, 6–7(2–7) |
