Oscar Otte

At the Miami Open, he was ousted from the tournament in the second round by 22nd seed and world No. 24, Gaël Monfils.

Otte started his clay-court season at the Monte-Carlo Masters.

Entering the main draw as a lucky loser, he lost in the first round to qualifier Emil Ruusuvuori.

At the Serbia Open, he upset fourth seed and last year finalist, Aslan Karatsev, in the second round.

He lost in the quarterfinals to sixth seed Fabio Fognini.

He lost in the second round to 25th seed and world No. 26, Lorenzo Sonego.

In February, Otte competed at the first edition of the Dallas Open.

He lost in the first round to American wildcard Jack Sock.

At the Delray Beach Open, he was eliminated in the second round by top seed, world No. 13, and eventual champion, Cam Norrie.

Getting past qualifying at the Mexican Open, he was beaten in the first round by eighth seed and world No. 17, Pablo Carreño Busta.

He was the third of a trio of qualifiers who reached the fourth round for the first time since the tournament began keeping qualifying records in 1982 and the lowest-ranked at this Major since No. 179 Jiří Novák in 2006.

Oscar Otte (born 16 July 1993) is a German professional tennis player.

He has been ranked as high as world No. 36 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved on 27 June 2022, and has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 161, attained in May 2017.

It also marked the first time at any Grand Slam tournament that three male qualifiers reached the second week since the 1995 French Open.

Otte started his 2022 season at the Adelaide International 1.

He lost in the final round of qualifying to Taro Daniel.

At the Adelaide International 2, he was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Steve Johnson.

Ranked 96 at the Australian Open, he recorded his first victory at this major by defeating wildcard Tseng Chun-hsin in the first round.

Since turning professional in 2011, Otte has won 23 singles and doubles titles on the ITF World Tennis Tour and seven on the ATP Challenger Tour.

After several years of failing to qualify for most Grand Slam tournaments, he produced consistency in 2021 by entering into three consecutive main draws and showed his best performance at a major at the 2021 US Open, where he upset 20th seed Lorenzo Sonego in the first round and ultimately reached the fourth round.

In January 2022, he made his top 100 debut in the singles rankings and emerged into the top 50 five months later, following his first career ATP 500 semifinal at the 2022 Halle Open.

Otte made a remarkable run at the Qingdao Challenger, where he reached the final both in the singles (as a qualifier) and in the doubles tournament.

He won his first ATP Challenger Tour doubles title at the Garden Open in Rome, partnering Andreas Mies.

A few weeks later, he won his first Challenger singles title in Lisbon.

In Indian Wells, he lost in the second round to 11th seed, Hubert Hurkacz, in three sets.

At the Arizona Classic, he was defeated in the first round by Radu Albot.

Otte made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2018 French Open as a lucky loser but despite winning the opening set he lost in the first round to Matteo Berrettini.

He won his first singles match on the ATP Tour at the Stockholm Open, defeating Jürgen Zopp in the first round.

Otte qualified again for the main draw at the 2019 French Open as a lucky loser and reached the second round by defeating Malek Jaziri.

He lost in the second round to 3rd seed Roger Federer.

Otte started his 2021 season at the Australian Open.

He lost in the first round of qualifying to Roman Safiullin.

Seeded fifth at the Play In Challenger, Otte lost in the first round to Giulio Zeppieri.

Otte qualified for the main draw at the French Open for a third time in his career.

He lost to compatriot Alexander Zverev in the first round, despite winning the first two sets.

He also qualified for the Wimbledon Championships main draw for the first time in his career.

In the first round, Otte won only the second 12–12 singles tiebreak since that rule began two years ago, beating fellow qualifier Arthur Rinderknech 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 13–12(7–2) in almost 4 hours over two days.

In the second round, Otte was defeated by Andy Murray in a five-set match on Centre Court, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2.

Ranked No. 144, he qualified for his third consecutive Grand Slam main draw in 2021 at the US Open also for the first time in his career.

He reached the fourth round for the first time at this Major and in his career defeating 20th seed Lorenzo Sonego, Denis Kudla and Andreas Seppi.