Alex de Minaur biography: 13 things about tennis player born in Sydney, Australia

Who is Alex de Minaur?

Alex de Minaur Román is an Uruguayan-Spanish-Australian professional tennis player who speaks English, Spanish and French. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia to Anibal Minaur and Esther Roman.

Anibal is Uruguayan and Roman is Spanish. He met her when she worked as a waitress at a restaurant in Sydney owned by him.

Alex is a citizen of Australia and Spain. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He has two brothers namely Dominic Minaur and Daniel Minaur and three sisters namely Natalie Minaur, Cristina Minaur and Sara Minaur.
2. He is 6’0″ tall.
3. From 1999 to 2004, he and his family lived in Sydney.
4. In 2002, he started playing tennis at the Sydney Private Tennis Academy at the Parkside Tennis Courts in Kogarah Bay, New South Wales. 
5. In 2004, he and his family moved to Alicante, Spain where he completed most of his early education.
6. In 2008, Adolfo Gutierrez started coaching him in Alicante.
7. In 2012, he moved back to Australia.
8. In July 2015, he made his professional tennis debut.
9. He and Blake Ellis won the 2016 Australian Open boys’ doubles.
10. In March 2022, he started dating Katie Boulter.
11. In July 2024, he and Alexei Popyrin represented the Australia in the men’s doubles category of the 2024 Summer Olympics tennis in Paris, France and finished in the first round.
12. On December 23, 2024, he and Boulter announced their engagement.
13. On February 17, 2025, he turned 26.

Alex de Minaur’s grand slam tennis highlights

Alex de Minaur made his debut in Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 2017. Here are his best grand slam results:

2020

• In September 2020, he finished in the quarterfinals of the 2020 U.S. Open men’s singles.

2021

2022

2023

2024

• In June 2024, he finished in the quarterfinals of the 2024 French Open men’s singles.
• In July 2024, he finished in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships men’s singles.
• In September 2024, he finished in the quarterfinals of the 2024 U.S. Open men’s singles.

2025

• In January 2025, he finished in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Australian Open men’s singles.