Antoine Bellier (born 18 October 1996) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has a serve-and-volley style of play. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 168, achieved on 10 April 2023. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 342 achieved on 17 April 2023. Bellier has won one ATP Challenger and four ITF singles titles as well as twelve doubles titles on the ITF Men's Circuit. Bellier has represented Switzerland in Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 1–4.

Antoine Bellier
Country (sports) Switzerland
ResidenceGeneva, Switzerland
Born (1996-10-18) 18 October 1996 (age 27)
Geneva, Switzerland
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachJean-Rene Lisnard
Prize money$341,421
Singles
Career record5–8 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 168 (10 April 2023)
Current rankingNo. 242 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2023)
French OpenQ1 (2023)
WimbledonQ1 (2023)
US OpenQ1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record1–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 342 (17 April 2023)
Current rankingNo. 490 (15 January 2024)
Team competitions
Davis Cup1R (2016, 2017)
Last updated on: 20 January 2024.

Career edit

2016: ATP debut edit

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 edit

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 4th 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 edit

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

Singles performance timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2023 Australian Open.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A A NH A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
National representation
Davis Cup A 1R 1R PO A A A 0 / 2 1–3
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5
Overall win–loss 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 0–1 5–8
Year-end ranking 691 611 702 609 552 491 184

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 9 (6–3) edit

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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2015 Tunisia F23, El Kantaoui Futures Hard   Patrik Fabian 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2016 Switzerland F5, Sion Futures Clay   Johan Nikles 6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Win 1–2 Mar 2019 M15 Arcadia, USA World Tennis Tour Hard   Grey Hamilton 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–2 Nov 2019 M15 Sarreguemines, France World Tennis Tour Carpet (i)   Tobias Simon 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win 3–2 Jan 2020 M15 Bressuire, France World Tennis Tour Hard (i)   Quentin Robert 6–4, 6–3
Win 4–2 Jan 2021 M15 Manacor, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay   Evan Furness 7–6(9–7), 6–4
Loss 4–3 Jan 2022 M15, Manacor, Spain World Tennis Tour Hard   Ugo Blanchet 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(2–7)
Win 5–3 Apr 2022 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay   Renzo Olivo 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 7–5
Win 6–3 Oct 2023 Ismaning, Germany Challenger Carpet (i)   Maximilian Marterer 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6)

Doubles: 28 (13–15) edit

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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2014 Turkey F42, Antalya Futures Hard   Adrian Bodmer   Lucas Miedler
  Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
5–7, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2015 Greece F3, Heraklion Futures Hard   Hugo Grenier   Maxim Dubarenco
  Vladyslav Manafov
1–6, 0–6
Loss 0–3 Apr 2015 Turkey F17, Antalya Futures Hard   Hugo Nys   Lucas Miedler
  Maximilian Neuchrist
6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss 0–4 Jun 2015 Serbia F2, Valjevo Futures Clay   Aleksandar Vukic   Danilo Petrović
  Libor Salaba
6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss 0–5 Jul 2015 Serbia F5, Belgrade Futures Clay   Maxime Janvier   Nebojsa Peric
  Danilo Petrović
5–7, 2–6
Win 1–5 Aug 2015 Switzerland F5, Lausanne Futures Clay   Joss Espasandin   Antoine Baroz
  Pascal Meis
7–5, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss 1–6 Sep 2015 Tunisia F23, El Kantaoui Futures Hard   Aaron Cortes Alcaraz   Jannis Kahlke
  Hugo Voljacques
3–6, 6–6 ret.
Win 2–6 Jan 2016 Germany F1, Schwieberdingen Futures Carpet (i)   Hugo Grenier   Andreas Mies
  Oscar Otte
6–4, 7–6(9–7)
Loss 2–7 Mar 2016 Israel F5, Ramat Hasharon Futures Hard   Gábor Borsos   Corentin Denolly
  Maxime Janvier
6–4, 4–6, [10–12]
Win 3–7 Apr 2016 Qatar F1, Doha Futures Hard   Benjamin Bonzi   Daniel Cox
  Milos Sekulic
6–3, 6–2
Win 4–7 Apr 2016 Qatar F2, Doha Futures Hard   Benjamin Bonzi   Anis Ghorbel
  Tak Khunn Wang
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 5–7 Apr 2016 Qatar F3, Doha Futures Hard   Benjamin Bonzi   Anis Ghorbel
  Tak Khunn Wang
6–3, 1–6, [11–9]
Loss 5–8 May 2016 Ukraine F1, Cherkassy Futures Clay   Vladyslav Manafov   Sander Gille
  Joran Vliegen
3–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Loss 5–9 Aug 2016 Switzerland F3, Collonge-Bellerive Futures Clay (i)   Hugo Nys   Gonçalo Oliveira
  Fabien Reboul
3–6, 5–7
Loss 5–10 Mar 2017 Portugal F2, Faro Futures Hard   Marat Deviatiarov   James Marsalek
  Lucas Miedler
7–5, 1–6, [6–10]
Win 6–10 May 2017 Israel F7, Herzliya Futures Hard   Albano Olivetti   Dekel Bar
  Matias Franco Descotte
7–6(7–1), 6–4
Win 7–10 May 2017 Israel F8, Netanya Futures Hard   Albano Olivetti   Yanais Laurent
  Filip Peliwo
7–6(8–6), 7–5
Loss 7–11 Jul 2017 France F16, Uriage Futures Clay   Johan Tatlot   Corentin Denolly
  Alexandre Müller
3–6, 5–7
Win 8–11 Sep 2018 Great Britain F5, Roehampton Futures Hard   Baptiste Crepatte   James Story
  Connor Thomson
7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), [10–5]
Loss 8–12 Sep 2018 Sweden F4, Stockholm Futures Hard (i)   Johannes Härteis   Markus Eriksson
  Fred Simonsson
6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 8–13 Oct 2018 Sweden F5, Falun Futures Hard (i)   Johannes Härteis   Mārtiņš Podžus
  Jānis Podžus
1–6, 2–6
Win 9–13 Aug 2019 M15 Horgen, Switzerland World Tennis Tour Clay   Raphael Baltensperger   Luca Staeheli
  Damien Wenger
6–4, 6–2
Loss 9–14 Sep 2019 M25 Mulhouse, France World Tennis Tour Hard   Christopher Heyman   Gijs Brouwer
  Glenn Smits
4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 10–14 Sep 2019 M25 Plaisir, France World Tennis Tour Hard (i)   Maxime Tchoutakian   Christopher Heyman
  Yannick Mertens
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win 11–14 Oct 2019 M15 Doha, Qatar World Tennis Tour Hard   Quentin Folliot   Adam Moundir
  Marek Semjan
6–4, 2–6, [10–6]
Win 12–14 Oct 2019 M15 Mishref, Kuwait World Tennis Tour Hard   Jonathan Mridha   Yurii Dzhavakian
  Mikalai Haliak
6–1, 6–4
Loss 12–15 Jan 2021 M15 Manacor, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay   Dan Added   Sadio Doumbia
  Fabien Reboul
6–7(1–7), 1–6
Win 13-15 May 2022 Shymkent, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay   Gabriel Décamps   Sebastian Fanselow
  Kaichi Uchida
7-6(7-3), 6-3

References edit

  1. ^ "Roberto Bautista Agut Downs Taro Daniel in Mallorca | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. ^ "Bellier Bests Carreno Busta at Mallorca Championships". 22 June 2022. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Antoine Bellier en quart de finale du tournoi de Majorque". Le Temps. 22 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Roberto Bautista Agut Flips the Script Against Daniil Medvedev in Mallorca | ATP Tour | Tennis".

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