Antoine Bellier Explained

Antoine Bellier
Residence:Geneva, Switzerland
Birth Date:1996 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Geneva, Switzerland
Height:1.96 m
Plays:Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$349,991
Coach:Jean-Rene Lisnard
Singlesrecord:5–8 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 168 (10 April 2023)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 345 (6 May 2024)
Australianopenresult:Q1 (2023)
Frenchopenresult:Q1 (2023)
Wimbledonresult:Q1 (2023)
Usopenresult:Q1 (2022)
Doublesrecord:1–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 331 (22 April 2024)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 337 (6 May 2024)
Team:yes
Daviscupresult:1R (2016, 2017)
Updated:20 May 2024

Antoine Bellier (born 18 October 1996) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 168, achieved on 10 April 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 331 achieved on 22 April 2024. Bellier has won one ATP Challenger and four ITF singles titles as well as twelve doubles titles on the ITF Men's Circuit. He has a serve-and-volley style of play. Bellier has represented Switzerland in Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 1–4.

Career

2016: ATP debut

Bellier made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Swiss Open Gstaad, receiving singles and doubles main draw wildcards.

2022: First ATP semifinal & Top 200 debut

Ranked No. 303 at the 2022 Mallorca Championships Bellier recorded his second ATP win over Federico Delbonis as a qualifier.[1] He went one step further to defeat fourth seed Pablo Carreno Busta and reach his first ATP quarterfinal.[2] [3] He defeated Tallon Griekspoor to reach his first ATP semifinal in his career. He became the lowest ranked semi-finalist since No. 335 Juan Manuel Cerundolo in 2021 in Cordoba.[4] As a result, he moved almost 90 positions up to World No. 217 in the rankings on 27 June 2022.

He made his debut in the top 200 in the rankings on 25 July 2022 after a second round showing at the Pozoblanco Challenger where he defeated top seed Nuno Borges.

2023: Second Challenger title and back to top 250

In October he won his second Challenger title in Ismaining, Germany and returned to the top 250 on 6 November 2023.

2024

He received a wildcard in doubles for the 2024 Geneva Open partnering Jakub Paul. At the same tournament, he also entered the singles competition as an alternate.

Singles performance timeline

Current through the 2023 Australian Open.

Tournament20152016201720182019202020212022SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAAAAAAQ10 / 00–0
French OpenAAAAAAAAQ10 / 00–0
WimbledonAAAAAstyle=color:#767676NHAAQ10 / 00–0
US OpenAAAAAAAQ1A0 / 00–0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
National representation
Davis CupA1R1RPOAAA0 / 21–3
Career statistics
Tournaments0110000215
style=text-align:leftOverall win–loss0–01–30–20–00–00–00–04–20–15–8
Year-end ranking691611702609552491184

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (6–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Tunisia F23, El KantaouiFuturesHard Patrik Fabian3–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Switzerland F5, SionFuturesClay Johan Nikles6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Win1–2M15 Arcadia, USAWorld Tennis TourHard Grey Hamilton6–3, 6–3
Win2–2M15 Sarreguemines, FranceWorld Tennis TourCarpet (i) Tobias Simon6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win3–2M15 Bressuire, FranceWorld Tennis TourHard (i) Quentin Robert6–4, 6–3
Win4–2M15 Manacor, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Evan Furness7–6(9–7), 6–4
Loss4–3M15, Manacor, SpainWorld Tennis TourHard Ugo Blanchet3–6, 6–4, 6–7(2–7)
Win5–3San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Renzo Olivo6–7(2–7), 6–4, 7–5
Win6–3Ismaning, GermanyChallengerCarpet (i) Maximilian Marterer7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6)

Doubles: 28 (13–15)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (12–15)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–9)
Clay (3–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Turkey F42, AntalyaFuturesHard Adrian Bodmer Lucas Miedler
Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
5–7, 1–6
Loss0–2Greece F3, HeraklionFuturesHard Hugo Grenier Maxim Dubarenco
Vladyslav Manafov
1–6, 0–6
Loss0–3Turkey F17, AntalyaFuturesHard Hugo Nys Lucas Miedler
Maximilian Neuchrist
6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss0–4Serbia F2, ValjevoFuturesClay Aleksandar Vukic Danilo Petrović
Libor Salaba
6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss0–5Serbia F5, BelgradeFuturesClay Maxime Janvier Nebojsa Peric
Danilo Petrović
5–7, 2–6
Win1–5Switzerland F5, LausanneFuturesClay Joss Espasandin Antoine Baroz
Pascal Meis
7–5, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss1–6Tunisia F23, El KantaouiFuturesHard Aaron Cortes Alcaraz Jannis Kahlke
Hugo Voljacques
3–6, 6–6 ret.
Win2–6Germany F1, SchwieberdingenFuturesCarpet (i) Hugo Grenier Andreas Mies
Oscar Otte
6–4, 7–6(9–7)
Loss2–7Israel F5, Ramat HasharonFuturesHard Gábor Borsos Corentin Denolly
Maxime Janvier
6–4, 4–6, [10–12]
Win3–7Qatar F1, DohaFuturesHard Benjamin Bonzi Daniel Cox
Milos Sekulic
6–3, 6–2
Win4–7Qatar F2, DohaFuturesHard Benjamin Bonzi Anis Ghorbel
Tak Khunn Wang
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win5–7Qatar F3, DohaFuturesHard Benjamin Bonzi Anis Ghorbel
Tak Khunn Wang
6–3, 1–6, [11–9]
Loss5–8Ukraine F1, CherkassyFuturesClay Vladyslav Manafov Sander Gille
Joran Vliegen
3–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Loss5–9Switzerland F3, Collonge-BelleriveFuturesClay (i) Hugo Nys Gonçalo Oliveira
Fabien Reboul
3–6, 5–7
Loss5–10Portugal F2, FaroFuturesHard Marat Deviatiarov James Marsalek
Lucas Miedler
7–5, 1–6, [6–10]
Win6–10Israel F7, HerzliyaFuturesHard Albano Olivetti Dekel Bar
Matias Franco Descotte
7–6(7–1), 6–4
Win7–10Israel F8, NetanyaFuturesHard Albano Olivetti Yanais Laurent
Filip Peliwo
7–6(8–6), 7–5
Loss7–11France F16, UriageFuturesClay Johan Tatlot Corentin Denolly
Alexandre Müller
3–6, 5–7
Win8–11Great Britain F5, RoehamptonFuturesHard Baptiste Crepatte James Story
Connor Thomson
7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), [10–5]
Loss8–12Sweden F4, StockholmFuturesHard (i) Johannes Härteis Markus Eriksson
Fred Simonsson
6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss8–13Sweden F5, FalunFuturesHard (i) Johannes Härteis Mārtiņš Podžus
Jānis Podžus
1–6, 2–6
Win9–13M15 Horgen, SwitzerlandWorld Tennis TourClay Raphael Baltensperger Luca Staeheli
Damien Wenger
6–4, 6–2
Loss9–14M25 Mulhouse, FranceWorld Tennis TourHard Christopher Heyman Gijs Brouwer
Glenn Smits
4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win10–14M25 Plaisir, FranceWorld Tennis TourHard (i) Maxime Tchoutakian Christopher Heyman
Yannick Mertens
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win11–14M15 Doha, QatarWorld Tennis TourHard Quentin Folliot Adam Moundir
Marek Semjan
6–4, 2–6, [10–6]
Win12–14M15 Mishref, KuwaitWorld Tennis TourHard Jonathan Mridha Yurii Dzhavakian
Mikalai Haliak
6–1, 6–4
Loss12–15M15 Manacor, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Dan Added Sadio Doumbia
Fabien Reboul
6–7(1–7), 1–6
Win13-15Shymkent, KazakhstanChallengerClay Gabriel Décamps Sebastian Fanselow
Kaichi Uchida
7-6(7-3), 6-3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roberto Bautista Agut Downs Taro Daniel in Mallorca | ATP Tour | Tennis.
  2. Web site: Bellier Bests Carreno Busta at Mallorca Championships . 22 June 2022 . 22 June 2022 . 22 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220622234129/https://www.tennis-tourtalk.com/91551/bellier-bests-carreno-busta-at-mallorca-championships . dead .
  3. News: Antoine Bellier en quart de finale du tournoi de Majorque . Le Temps . 22 June 2022 .
  4. Web site: Roberto Bautista Agut Flips the Script Against Daniil Medvedev in Mallorca | ATP Tour | Tennis.