Marc-Andrea Hüsler

Marc-Andrea Hüsler
Country (sports)   Switzerland
Residence Rüschlikon, Switzerland
Born (1996-06-24) 24 June 1996
Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $58,270
Singles
Career record 2–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0 (0 Challenger, 2 ITF)
Highest ranking No. 362 (20 August 2018)
Current ranking No. 378 (1 October 2018)
Doubles
Career record 1–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0 (1 Challenger, 7 ITF)
Highest ranking No. 180 (17 September 2018)
Current ranking No. 182 (1 October 2018)
Last updated on: 1 October 2018.

Marc-Andrea Hüsler (born 24 June 1996 in Zürich) is a Swiss tennis player.

Hüsler has a career high ATP singles ranking of 362, achieved on 20 August 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 180 achieved on 17 September 2018.

Tennis career

2017

Hüsler made his ATP main draw doubles debut at the Swiss Indoors doubles tournament, where he partnered former world no 1. Nenad Zimonjić having received a wildcard into the tournament.[1]

2018

Hüsler claimed his first ATP Challenger Tour doubles title in his first final, partnering Sem Verbeek at the Winnipeg Challenger.[2] Just over a week later, Hüsler made his ATP main draw singles debut at the Swiss Open Gstaad, where he defeated former top-10 player Nicolás Almagro in a third-set tiebreaker in the first round, before losing to Facundo Bagnis in the second round.[3]

Davis Cup

Hüsler made his Davis Cup debut for Switzerland in the 2018 Davis Cup World Group tie with Kazakhstan, where he partnered Luca Margaroli in the doubles. The pair were defeated, coming back from two sets to love down, but losing the fifth set to Timur Khabibulin and Aleksandr Nedovyesov. Hüsler made his singles debut in the following rubber, which by this point was dead as Switzerland were already 3–0 down. Hüsler won in straight sets over Roman Khassanov, salvaging the only point for Switzerland in the tie.[4] He opened up Switzerland's World Group Play-off tie against Sweden, losing from two sets to love up against Markus Eriksson, as Switzerland were relegated from the World Group.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2018 Winnipeg, Canada Hard Netherlands Sem Verbeek Spain Gerard Granollers
Spain Marcel Granollers		 6–7(5–7), 6–3, [14–12]
Loss 1–1 Sep 2018 Cassis, France Hard Portugal Gonçalo Oliveira Australia Matt Reid
Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky		 2–6, 3–6

References

  1. ↑ "2017 Swiss Indoors doubles draw" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Rebecca Marino atteint la finale du tournoi de Winnipeg (FR)".
  3. ↑ "Hüsler ringt Almagro bei Premiere nieder (DE)".
  4. ↑ "2018 Davis Cup World Group - Kazakhstan vs Switzerland".


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