Marc Polmans

2012–2015: Career Beginnings

Polmans turned pro in 2012 and ended the year with a ranking of 1813. Over the next three years, Polmans played predominately in the ITF Futures tour. Polmans won his first title with Steven de Waard at the Australia F9 Futures in 2014. The pair won 5 more future tiles in 2015.

Polmans reached the second round of qualifying in the 2015 Australian Open where he defeated Jordi Samper-Montaña in the first round before losing to Tim Smyczek.

2016–2017: Ranking Increase

Polmans commenced 2016 with a singles ranking of 841. He lost in the first round of qualifying for the 2016 Australian Open. In June 2016, Polmans won his first singles title in Mozambique F1. This was followed by another title the following week. Over the next 3 months, Polmans reached a further 6 finals, winning 2 including one in Alice Springs.^[3] In November, Polmans reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final in Canberra. He lost to compatriot James Duckworth in straight sets. He ended 2016 with a ranking of 226.

Polmans commenced 2017 at the Happy Valley Challenger where he lost in round 1. Polmans lost in round 1 of 2017 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying. In the doubles, Polmans paired with Andrew Whittington where they reached the semi-final. Polmans made the 2nd round of the 2017 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying. Polmans received a wildcard entry to the 2017 Croatia Open, marking his first singles main draw appearance on the ATP World Tour. He faced Alessandro Giannessi but lost in round 1. In July, Polmans made the main draw of the Citi Open in Washington as a lucky loser, losing to Jared Donaldson. ^[4]. Polmans ended the year on the Challenger circuit with his best result being a semi-final appearance at Canberra. Polmans ended 2017 with a singles ranking of 323 and doubles ranking of 70.

2018: First Challenger Title

In February, Polmans won his maiden challenger title at the 2018 Launceston Tennis International. ^[5] In April he lost to Noah Rubin of the US in the finals of the 2018 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger in Florida.^[6] In May and June, Polmans lost in the first round of French Open qualifying and Wimbledon qualifying. He continued to play across the Challenger tour of Europe. In August, Polmans lost in the final round of qualifying for the US Open.

Singles: 14 (7–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1	12 June 2016	Mozambique F1, Mozambique	Hard	Lloyd Harris	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Winner	2	19 June 2016	Mozambique F2, Mozambique	Hard	Jeremy Beale	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	3	26 June 2016	Zimbabwe F1, Zimbabwe	Hard	Benjamin Lock	7–5, 6–7, 5–7
Winner	4	3 July 2016	Zimbabwe F2, Zimbabwe	Hard	Lloyd Harris	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	5	31 July 2016	USA F25, Edwardsville, Illinois, United States	Hard	Tennys Sandgren	6–7, 6–1, 3–6
Runner-up	6	7 August 2016	USA F26, Decatur United States	Hard	Roberto Quiroz	6–0, 3–6, 6–7
Winner	7	25 September 2016	Alice Springs F5, Australia	Hard	Jarmere Jenkins	6–1, 6–7, 7–6
Runner-up	8	1 October 2016	Brisbane F6, Australia	Hard	Jarmere Jenkins	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	9	5 November 2016	Canberra International, Australia	Hard	James Duckworth	5–7, 3–6
Winner	10	19 March 2017	Canberra F2, Australia	Clay	Blake Mott	7–6, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	11	26 March 2017	Canberra F3, Australia	Clay	Maverick Banes	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	12.	7 May 2017	Santa Margherita Di Pula F11, Italy	Clay	Adrian Bodmer	3–6, 2–6
Winner	13	11 February 2018	Launceston International, Australia	Hard	Bradley Mousley	6-2, 6-2
Runner-up	14	29 April 2018	Tallahassee,USA	Clay	Noah Rubin	2-6, 6-3, 4-6

Doubles: 17 (12–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	16 November 2014	Wollongong F9, Australia	Hard	Steven de Waard	Mitchell Krueger Andrew Whittington	7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	2.	29 March 2015	Melbourne F4, Australia	Clay	Steven de Waard	Jordan Thompson Andrew Whittington	2–6, 6–7
Winner	3.	5 April 2015	Mornington F5, Australia	Clay	Steven de Waard	Peter Torebko Matthew Barton	7–6, 6–1
Winner	4.	31 May 2015	Lecco F11, Italy	Clay	Peter Luczak	David Pel Maxime Tabatruong	6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	19 July 2015	Toowoomba F6, Belgium	Hard	Steven de Waard	Maverick Banes Jake Delaney	5–7, 7–6, [10–5]
Winner	6.	18 October 2015	Toowoomba F9, Australia	Hard	Steven de Waard	Jake Delaney Max Purcell	6–4, 6–3
Winner	7.	25 October 2015	Brisbane F9, Australia	Hard	Steven de Waard	Thomas Fancutt Darren Polkinghorne	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	15 November 2015	Woolongong F10, Australia	Hard	Steven de Waard	Finn Tearney Maverick Banes	7–6, 5–7, [6–10]
Winner	9.	22 November 2015	Woolongong F11, Australia	Hard	Steven de Waard	Dayne Kelly Ashley Fisher	6–2, 4–6, 10–7
Runner-up	10.	28 February 2016	Port Pirie F1, Australia	Hard	Steven de Waard	Alex Bolt Andrew Whittington	6–7, 3–6
Winner	11.	6 March 2016	Mildura F2, Australia	Hard	Steven de Waard	Alex Bolt Andrew Whittington	6–3, 6–7, 10–6
Winner	12.	27 March 2016	Mornington F4, Australia	Hard	Steven de Waard	Bradley Mousley Gavin van Peperzeel	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	13.	30 April 2016	Tallahassee Challenger, United States	Clay	Peter Luczak	Dennis Novikov Julio Peralta	6–3, 4–6, [10–12]
Winner	14.	25 September 2016	Alice Springs F5, Australia	Hard	Luke Saville	Thomas Fancutt Calum Puttergill	6–1, 6–2
Winner	15.	16 October 2016	Cairns F8, Australia	Hard	Luke Saville	Nathan Pasha Darren K Polkinghorne	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Runner-up	16.	8 January 2017	Onkaparinga Challenger, Australia	Hard	Steven de Waard	Max Schnur Hans Podlipnik-Castillo	6–7, 6–4 [6–10]
Winner	17.	26 March 2017	Canberra F3, Australia	Hard	Bradley Mousley	Steven de Waard Scott Puodziunas	6–4, 7–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	2015	Australian Open	Hard	Jake Delaney	Hubert Hurkacz Alex Molčan	0–6, 6–2, [10–8]