Yannick Hanfmann
German tennis player (born 1991)
Yannick Hanfmann (born 13 November 1991) is a German professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 45 achieved on 3 July 2023 and a best doubles ranking of No. 81, reached on 15 July 2024. He is currently the No. 2 German singles player. Hanfmann won the ATP Tour doubles title at the 2026 Stuttgart Open, with compatriot Jan-Lennard Struff.
Hanfmann played college tennis at the University of Southern California.
01Career
2016-2017: First ATP final
Hanfmann made his ATP main-draw debut at the 2017 BMW Open after defeating Arthur De Greef and Uladzimir Ignatik in the qualifying rounds. Ranked world No. 273, he upset both Gerald Melzer and Thomaz Bellucci to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost to second seed Roberto Bautista Agut.
At the 2017 Swiss Open Gstaad, Hanfmann made a sensational run to the final after defeating Facundo Bagnis, third seed and defending champion Feliciano López, eighth seed João Sousa and sixth seed Robin Haase, again as a qualifier. In his semifinal victory over Haase he saved four match points. He lost to Fabio Fognini in the final.
2018-2019: Major debut at US & French Open, top 100
He reached the top 100 at world No. 99 on 16 July 2018, following his Challenger title in Braunschweig, Germany.
2020-2021: ATP final, top-10 win, Australian, Wimbledon & Masters debuts
Hanfmann reached his second career ATP Tour final at the 2020 Generali Open Kitzbühel in Austria, but lost in straight sets to Serbian Miomir Kecmanović.
He recorded his maiden top-10 win against Gaël Monfils in the first round of the 2020 Hamburg European Open in Germany.
He made his debut at the 2021 Australian Open and at a Masters 1000 level at the Miami Open where he defeated Steve Johnson.
2022: First major win, fourth ATP semifinal, out of top 100
At the 2022 Australian Open, he won his first match at a Grand Slam event defeating wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis.
He skipped the clay season in Europe and was unable to qualify for the French Open and Wimbledon and as a result his ranking dropped to No. 152 on 18 July 2022.
Following Wimbledon he reached the round of 16 at the Swiss Open as a qualifier. At Kitzbühel, he reached his fourth ATP semifinal overall and second at this tournament defeating Dominic Thiem for one of the biggest wins in his career.
2023: Tenth clay court & first Masters quarterfinals, top 50
At the Chile Open, he reached his ninth quarterfinal on clay and of his career as a qualifier defeating two Spaniards, defending champion Pedro Martínez and Roberto Carballés Baena.
At the 2023 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, he reached his tenth clay-court quarterfinal as a qualifier defeating Yosuke Watanuki and second seed Tommy Paul, his biggest win in three years. Next he reached his fifth ATP semifinal defeating Tomáš Macháč. He lost to Tomás Martín Etcheverry in straight sets. As a result, he rose close to 25 positions into the top 110, on 10 April 2023.
At the Madrid Open, on his main draw debut as a qualifier, he reached the third round on a Masters level for the first time in his career and in only his second Masters participation, defeating Juan Pablo Varillas and 15th seed Lorenzo Musetti.
Ranked No. 101 at the Italian Open on his debut at the tournament, also as a qualifier, he reached the third round defeating Nicolas Jarry and ninth seed Taylor Fritz for his first top-10 win of the season and only second in his career. Next, he defeated Marco Cecchinato to reach his first Masters fourth round and sixth seed Andrey Rublev, his third career top-10 win, to reach his first Masters quarterfinal. He lost to world No. 3, Daniil Medvedev, in straight sets. As a result, he moved close to 40 positions up to a new career-high singles ranking of world No. 64, on 22 May 2023. As the second qualifying seed, he entered the main draw of the 2023 French Open as a lucky loser and defeated Thiago Monteiro in the first round in five sets for his first win at this major.
At his home tournament, the Halle Open, he reached the second round as a wildcard defeating compatriot Louis Wessels. As a result, he moved into the top 50 in the rankings at world No. 48, on 26 June 2023. At the next grass court tournament, the Mallorca Championships, he reached the semifinals defeating the top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and retiring wildcard Feliciano López. He lost his semifinal match to Adrian Mannarino. Hanfmann improved his career-high ranking to No. 45 on 3 July 2023.
2024: Grand Slam semifinal in doubles
With his compatriot Dominik Koepfer Hanfmann reached the semifinals of the 2024 Australian Open as an unseeded pair, in only his second participation in the doubles competition at this Major, and third overall at Grand Slams.
He lost to eventual semifinalist Novak Djokovic at the 2024 Geneva Open.
2025-2026: Masters third round, doubles title, 100th win
At the 2025 Rolex Shanghai Masters Hanfmann reached the third round as a qualifier before falling again to eventual semifinalist Novak Djokovic.
At the 2026 Chile Open Hanfmann reached his third career final, and first in six years, defeating top seed Francisco Cerúndolo. He lost to Luciano Darderi in the final. As a result he returned to the top 65 on 2 March 2026 in the ATP singles rankings.
Hanfmann recorded his 100th career win at the 2026 Halle Open upsetting world No. 25 João Fonseca.
02Personal life
Hanfmann is hearing-impaired, having been so since birth.
03Performance timelines
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
Current through the 2026 US Open.
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | SR | W-L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q2 | A | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 6 | 2-6 | 25% |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | A | 1R | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 6 | 1-6 | 14% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | Q3 | NH | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 2R | 0 / 4 | 1-4 | 20% |
| US Open | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | A | 1R | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 4 | 0-4 | 0% |
| Win-loss | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 0 / 20 | 4-20 | 17% |
| National representation | |||||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | A | A | PO | A | A | A | A | A | G1 | SF | SF | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 6-1 | 86% |
| ATP 1000 tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Open | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | A | NH | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1-1 | 50% |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | NH | 2R | A | Q1 | 3R | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 3 | 3-3 | 50% |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | NH | Q2 | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | 0 / 1 | 0-1 | 0% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 3R | 1R | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 3 | 3-3 | 50% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | Q2 | 2R | 0 / 3 | 6-3 | 67% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2-1 | 67% |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1-2 | 33% |
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | Q1 | 3R | 0 / 2 | 3-2 | 60% | |||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0-0 | , | |
| Win-loss | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 4-5 | 2-1 | 5-5 | 0 / 16 | 19-16 | 54% |
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Career | |||
| Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 19 | Career total: 110 | ||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Career total: 3 | ||
| Hard win-loss | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 3-9 | 9-6 | 8-6 | 5-5 | 0 / 36 | 28-36 | 44% |
| Clay win-loss | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 7-3 | 6-3 | 6-5 | 16-10 | 10-12 | 4-5 | 14-9 | 0 / 58 | 70-57 | 55% |
| Grass win-loss | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 0 / 16 | 11-16 | 41% |
| Overall win-loss | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 7-3 | 9-12 | 7-7 | 23-22 | 20-21 | 12-13 | 23-18 | 0 / 110 | 109-109 | 50% |
| Year-end ranking | 660 | 315 | 119 | 152 | 172 | 99 | 126 | 128 | 51 | 96 | 104 | ||||
Doubles
Current through the 2026 Cincinnati Open.
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | SR | W-L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | SF | A | A | 0 / 2 | 5-2 | |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1-0 | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | NH | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0-1 | |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0-0 | ||
| Win-loss | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 / 5 | 6-3 | |
| ATP 1000 tournaments | ||||||||||||
| Canadian Open | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0-1 | |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0-1 | |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | ||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Overall win-loss | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 5-3 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 18-20 | ||
| Year-end ranking | 251 | , | 886 | 289 | 563 | 880 | 85 | , | 47% | |||
04ATP Tour finals
Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
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| Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0-1 | Jul 2017 | Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland | ATP 250 | Clay | Fabio Fognini | 4-6, 5-7 |
| Loss | 0-2 | Sep 2020 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria | ATP 250 | Clay | Miomir Kecmanović | 4-6, 4-6 |
| Loss | 0-3 | Feb 2026 | Chile Open, Chile | ATP 250 | Clay | Luciano Darderi | 6-7(6-8), 5-7 |
Doubles: 1 (title)
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| Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1-0 | Jun 2026 | Stuttgart Open, Germany | ATP 250 | Grass | Jan-Lennard Struff | Daniil Glinka Stefanos Sakellaridis |
7-6(7-2), 3-6, [11-9] |
05ATP Challenger finals
Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)
| Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0-1) |
| Clay (6-2) |
| Carpet (1-0) |
| Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0-1 | May 2017 | Shymkent, Kazakhstan | Clay | Ričardas Berankis | 3-6, 2-6 |
| Win | 1-1 | Oct 2017 | Ismaning, Germany | Carpet (i) | Lorenzo Sonego | 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 |
| Win | 2-1 | Jun 2018 | Shymkent, Kazakhstan | Clay | Roberto Cid Subervi | 7-6(7-3), 4-6, 6-2 |
| Win | 3-1 | Jul 2018 | Braunschweig, Germany | Clay | Jozef Kovalík | 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 |
| Win | 4-1 | Jul 2019 | Ludwigshafen, Germany | Clay | Filip Horanský | 6-3, 6-1 |
| Win | 5-1 | Aug 2019 | Augsburg, Germany | Clay | Emil Ruusuvuori | 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 |
| Loss | 5-2 | Feb 2020 | Burnie, Australia | Hard | Taro Daniel | 2-6, 2-6 |
| Win | 6-2 | Aug 2020 | Todi, Italy | Clay | Bernabé Zapata Miralles | 6-3, 6-3 |
| Loss | 6-3 | Oct 2022 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Clay | Marco Cecchinato | 6-4, 4-6, 3-6 |
| Win | 7-3 | Aug 2025 | Hagen, Germany | Clay | Guy den Ouden | 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 |
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
| Finals by surface |
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| Hard (-) |
| Clay (2-0) |
| Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1-0 | Apr 2018 | Panama City, Panama | Clay | Kevin Krawietz | Nathan Pasha Roberto Quiroz |
7-6(7-4), 6-4 |
| Win | 2-0 | Apr 2018 | Mexico City, Mexico | Clay | Kevin Krawietz | Luke Bambridge Jonny O'Mara |
6-2, 7-6(7-3) |
06ITF Tour finals
Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)
| Finals by surface |
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| Hard (1-0) |
| Clay (4-3) |
| Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1-0 | Aug 2014 | Germany F12, Karlsruhe | Clay | Jan Choinski | 7-5, 6-1 |
| Win | 2-0 | Aug 2015 | Germany F11, Friedberg | Clay | Gavin van Peperzeel | 6-2, 6-2 |
| Win | 3-0 | Jan 2016 | US F2, Long Beach | Hard | Michael Mmoh | 6-4, 6-0 |
| Loss | 3-1 | Jul 2016 | Austria F1, Telfs | Clay | Gonçalo Oliveira | 6-7(4-7), 6-3, 1-6 |
| Win | 4-1 | Jul 2016 | Austria F2, Kramsach | Clay | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6-4, 6-4 |
| Win | 5-1 | Jul 2016 | Germany F8, Kassel | Clay | Julian Lenz | 7-6(7-5), 6-1 |
| Loss | 5-2 | Aug 2016 | Italy F24, Cornaiano | Clay | Jeremy Jahn | 3-6, 2-6 |
| Loss | 5-3 | Aug 2016 | Germany F11, Karlsruhe | Clay | Marc Giner | 6-2, 1-6, 3-6 |
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
| Finals by surface |
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| Hard (2-1) |
| Clay (-) |
| Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1-0 | Jun 2013 | Mexico F12, Quintana Roo | Hard | Jonas Lütjen | Alejandro Figueroa José Pereira |
6-7(2-7), 7-6(7-3), [10-8] |
| Loss | 1-1 | Sep 2015 | France F18, Mulhouse | Hard (i) | Moritz Baumann | Sander Arends Adam Majchrowicz |
walkover |
| Win | 2-1 | Jan 2017 | US F1, Los Angeles | Hard | Roberto Quiroz | Luke Bambridge Joe Salisbury |
3-6, 6-4, [10-8] |
07Wins over top 10 players
- Hanfmann has a 5-21 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
| # | Player | Rk | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | Rk |
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| 2020 | |||||||
| 1. | Gaël Monfils | 9 | Hamburg Open, Germany | Clay | 1R | 6-4, 6-3 | 103 |
| 2023 | |||||||
| 2. | Taylor Fritz | 9 | Italian Open, Italy | Clay | 2R | 6-4, 6-1 | 101 |
| 3. | Andrey Rublev | 6 | Italian Open, Italy | Clay | 4R | 7-6(7-5), 4-6, 6-3 | 101 |
| 4. | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 5 | Mallorca Championships, Spain | Grass | 2R | 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 | 48 |
| 2026 | |||||||
| 5. | Flavio Cobolli | 9 | Canadian Open, Canada | Hard | 2R | 7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-2) | 57 |
- *As of 24 November 2025
08National representation
Davis Cup: 7 (6-1)
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| Date | Venue | Surface | Rd | Opponent nation | Score | Match | Opponent player | W/L | Rubber score |
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| 2017 | |||||||||
| Sep 2017 | Oeiras | Clay | PO | Portugal | 3-2 | Singles 5 | João Domingues | Loss | 3-6, 6-7(8-10) |
| 2023 | |||||||||
| Sep 2023 | Mostar | Clay | WG1 | Bosnia & Herzeg. | 4-0 | Singles 2 | Damir Džumhur | Win | 6-2, 6-1 |
| 2024 | |||||||||
| Sep 2024 | Zhuhai | Hard (i) | RR | Slovakia | 3-0 | Singles 2 | Jozef Kovalík | Win | 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(7-3) |
| Chile | 3-0 | Singles 2 | Alejandro Tabilo | Win | 7-5, 6-4 | ||||
| 2025 | |||||||||
| Feb 2025 | Vilnius | Hard (i) | Q1 | Israel | 3-1 | Singles 2 | Daniel Cukierman | Win | 6-4, 6-4 |
| Sep 2025 | Tokyo | Hard (i) | Q2 | Japan | 4-0 | Singles 2 | Shintaro Mochizuki | Win | 6-3, 6-3 |
| 2026 | |||||||||
| Feb 2026 | Düsseldorf | Hard (i) | Q1 | Peru | 4-0 | Singles 1 | Gonzalo Bueno | Win | 6-4, 6-4 |
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