• The Australian ended the season by reaching the semifinals at the Nitto ATP Finals.
• The world No. 7 says he is in a good place in his career after going through a dark period in which he hated the sport.

Mexico City, November 21, 2025.- At 26 years old, Alex de Miñaur closes the 2025 season with a record of 56 wins and 24 losses, as well as a title on the hard court in Washington.

It was a brilliant end to the year for the Australian, who reached the final four at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, last week, where he was defeated by Italy’s Jannik Sinner, ranked No. 2 in the world, who ultimately lifted the title.

Right in the middle of his participation in the tournament among the world’s top eight, De Minaur revealed that he was not feeling well at all and had to fight with himself to maintain a positive attitude.

He explained that during the week he experienced “one of the most difficult days” of his career. 

“I was in a very, very dark place. I could say that I hated the sport, and now, here we are two days later and I feel great about myself. It’s incredible. Regardless of the result, I had made peace with myself. That was an important moment,” he told the media. 

On the day he reacted, De Miñaur said that “I knew how I wanted to play. I was going to commit to it from the first point to the last” —as he always has— and for him it was okay that the result was not what he expected. “I had already made peace with that. I just wanted to play my way,” he said at a press conference.

With a strong performance on all surfaces that has taken him to the Top 10, De Miñaur is a tennis romantic and has grass as his favorite surface, even though he has only won two of his 10 career titles on grass. 

Another notable achievement in his career is reaching the quarterfinals in each of the four Grand Slams.

In 2026, De Miñaur will return to Acapulco, a place that knows ‘Demon’, as Alex is nicknamed, very well, and which he knows very well after winning the Mexican tournament twice (he was the best in 2023 and 2024) and winning the affection of Mexican fans with his perfect Spanish, inherited from his Uruguayan father and his Spanish mother.

Despite this background, De Miñaur gave up representing Spain, and at the age of 14, for economic reasons, his family decided to return to live in Australia, where he was offered all the support he needed to develop his professional career, which is based on working on three areas: physical fitness, mentality, and constantly analyzing himself to improve his weaknesses on the court.

De Miñaur will arrive in Acapulco with this new attitude, the same one he will bring to the upcoming season on the circuit, with one of his favorite stops on the 2026 ATP Tour: the Mexican Open Telcel presented by HSBC.

Technical details

Name: Alex de Miñaur

Age: 26

Date and place of birth: February 17, 1999, in Sydney, Australia

Current ATP ranking: 7th (as of November 21, 2025)

Best ATP ranking: 6th in 2024 and October 2025

Coach: Adolfo Gutiérrez

ATP titles: 10