1. Oscar Otte has been ranked as high as world No 36 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, which he achieved on 27 June 2022, and has a career-high doubles ranking of world No 161, attained in May 2017.
27 Facts About Oscar Otte
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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.
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Oscar Otte made a remarkable run at the Qingdao Challenger, where he reached the final both in the singles and in the doubles tournament.
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Oscar Otte won his first ATP Challenger Tour doubles title at the Garden Open in Rome, partnering Andreas Mies.
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Oscar 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.
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Oscar Otte won his first singles match on the ATP Tour at the Stockholm Open, defeating Jurgen Zopp in the first round.
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Oscar Otte lost in the second round to 3rd seed Roger Federer.
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Oscar Otte lost in the first round of qualifying to 12th seed Roman Safiullin.
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Oscar Otte lost to compatriot Alexander Zverev in the first round, despite winning the first two sets.
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Oscar Otte reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career, defeating 20th seed Lorenzo Sonego, Denis Kudla, and Andreas Seppi, before losing to sixth seed Matteo Berrettini.
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Oscar Otte was the third of a trio of qualifiers who reached the fourth round of the US Open since the tournament began keeping qualifying records in 1982 and the lowest-ranked at this Major since No 179 Jiri Novak in 2006.
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Oscar Otte started his 2022 season at the Adelaide International 1.
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Oscar Otte lost in the final round of qualifying to Taro Daniel.
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Oscar Otte lost in the second round to 25th seed and world No 26, Lorenzo Sonego.
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Oscar Otte lost in the first round to American wildcard Jack Sock.
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Oscar Otte lost in the quarterfinals to sixth seed Fabio Fognini.
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Oscar Otte defeated lucky loser, Alejandro Tabilo, in the quarterfinals to reach his first ATP Tour-level semifinal.
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Oscar Otte fell in his semifinal match to wildcard Holger Rune, who would end up winning the tournament.
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Oscar Otte started his grass-court season at the BOSS Open in Stuttgart.
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Oscar Otte beat fourth seed and world No 16, Denis Shapovalov, in the second round for his second top-20 win and biggest in his career thus far.
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Oscar Otte reached the semifinals of a tournament for the second time this season and lost to second seed and world No 10, Matteo Berrettini, who would win the title.
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Oscar Otte then beat eighth seed and world No 23, Karen Khachanov, to advance to his third consecutive semifinal on home soil.
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Oscar Otte then represented Germany in the Davis Cup Group stage.
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Oscar Otte reached his first final on the ATP Tour in the doubles draw of the Sofia Open, partnering Fabian Fallert.
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Oscar Otte received wildcards for the 2023 BOSS Open in Stuttgart and the 2023 Halle Open.
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Oscar Otte injured his knee during the tournament and underwent surgery in August 2023.
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Oscar Otte received a wildcard for the qualifying competition where he defeated fourth seed Jakub Mensik and sixth seed Constant Lestienne.