1. Maxime Cressy was born on May 8,1997 and is a French-American professional tennis player.
34 Facts About Maxime Cressy
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Maxime Cressy has a career-high singles ranking of world No 31 by the ATP, achieved on 8 August 2022.
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Maxime Cressy has been ranked as high as world No 64 in doubles, achieved on 8 May 2023.
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Maxime Cressy was born the youngest of three boys in Paris to a French father, Gerard, and an American mother, Leslie.
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Maxime Cressy is a former university volleyball player at the University of Southern California and helped the team win two NCAA championships.
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Maxime Cressy did school at home at the French National Centre for Distance Education, where he had a French Baccalaureat.
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Maxime Cressy made his debut in 2016 and won the Tallahassee Futures in December 2018.
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Maxime Cressy made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2020 US Open as a wildcard entrant where he reached the second round after defeating Jozef Kovalik.
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Maxime Cressy lost in the second round to fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.
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Maxime Cressy defeated Laslo Djere in the first round before falling to 11th seed Diego Schwartzman in 3 sets.
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Maxime Cressy served for the match against Schwartzman in the third set, but could not convert two match points.
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Maxime Cressy reached the final in the 2021 Challenger Eckental where he lost to German Daniel Masur.
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Maxime Cressy started his 2022 season at the first edition of the Melbourne Summer Set 1.
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Maxime Cressy defeated Jaume Munar in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals of an ATP tournament for the first time.
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Maxime Cressy then defeated third seed and world No 28, Grigor Dimitrov, in the semifinals to reach his first ATP Tour final.
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Maxime Cressy lost in the final to top seed and world No 6, Rafael Nadal.
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Maxime Cressy defeated 22nd seed, world No 25, and compatriot, John Isner, in five sets with three tiebreaks in the first round for his second win at this Grand Slam.
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Maxime Cressy then beat Australian wildcard, Christopher O'Connell, in the third round to progress to the fourth round for the first time at any Major.
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Maxime Cressy was beaten in the first round by qualifier and compatriot, Christopher Eubanks.
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Maxime Cressy won his first ATP Tour title at the 2022 Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Maxime Cressy would go on to win the title after defeating third seed Alexander Bublik in the final, coming back from a set and a break down.
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Maxime Cressy lost in the first round to Australian wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis.
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In February, Maxime Cressy played at the 2023 Open Sud de France.
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Maxime Cressy defeated seventh seed Emil Ruusuvuori in the second round.
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Maxime Cressy lost in the final to second seed and world No 17 Jannik Sinner.
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Maxime Cressy started his clay court season at the 2023 Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakesh.
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Maxime Cressy started his grass court season at the 2023 Libema Open.
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Maxime Cressy lost in the first round at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships to Laslo Djere in four sets with four tiebreaks.
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At the 2023 Hall of Fame Open where he was the defending champion, Maxime Cressy was defeated by eventual finalist Alex Michelsen.
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In September 2023, Maxime Cressy won the 2023 Open de Rennes, his first title on the ATP Challenger Tour in two years, defeating Benjamin Bonzi in the final.
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Maxime Cressy dropped out of the top 180 at world No 186 on 1 July 2024.
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Maxime Cressy is a big server who plays a predominantly serve-and-volley style in his service games.
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Maxime Cressy's second serve is nearly as fast as, and sometimes faster than, his first serve.
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Maxime Cressy has a good forehand and backhand but is most dangerous when he is chipping-and-charging and volleying.