Daniel Altmaier

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Daniel Altmaier also held off an up-and-coming home favourite on Thursday in Rome. The German, who reached his maiden Masters 1000 quarter-final in Madrid last week, pulled away to a 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-0 win against 21-year-old Giulio Zeppieri. He will next take on Houston champion Frances Tiafoe.

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Altmaier's Waiting Game: German Star On Staying Healthy & The 'Strategy' Of Fishing

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World No. 92 plays Coric in his first ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final in Madrid
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on 3 May 2023.

Daniel Altmaier is the first lucky loser to reach the Mutua Madrid Open quarter-finals since his opponent in the last eight, Borna Coric, in 2017. The German may have needed a slice of fortune to acquire his spot in the main draw in the Spanish capital, but his dream ATP Masters 1000 run can be seen as just reward for his years of hard work battling back from shoulder and hip problems.

As an 18-year-old in mid-2017, Altmaier climbed as high as No. 210 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings after reaching his first ATP Tour quarter-final in Antalya. Yet an injury-plagued 2018, during which he competed in just three professional tournaments, disrupted his progress. It was not until late 2020 that he reached that mark again, en route to his career-high of No. 53 in May 2022.

“I really got to know my body,” Altmaier told ATPTour.com last year when asked if any positives had come out of his difficult journey back. “I really put a lot of effort into doing my research and understanding the change of the body. For example, if your calf is hurting, where is the potential? Is your ankle wrong or is it coming from the hip?

“I really started to understand those changes and I really wanted to know what was happening. Now, I think I feel much better about understanding my body.”


All that time off the court gave Altmaier more time at home to enjoy one of his favourite hobbies: fishing. An activity he mostly undertakes with his father, Altmaier cites the experience of waiting for a catch as a nice contrast to his life on the tennis court. That does not mean it is any less intense, however.

“I think most people probably think that you just go fishing and wait until something happens,” said Altmaier. “I think our fishing is different because it has a little bit of strategy. It depends on the weather and how active the fish is.

“I would say it’s kind of like professional fishing because my dad really is obsessed with those things and knows exactly about the temperature, the weather conditions, how high the water is in rivers, for example. All those things make a big difference. I find that really interesting and it’s totally something else to what we do in tennis. It’s something fantastic.”

So has he ever taken advantage of the global nature of the ATP Tour to discover other fishing spots around the world?

“I fish mostly at home with my dad, because we can fish trout,” said Altmaier. “In the ocean in Mexico or maybe somewhere in the United States [would be good], though, fishing for tuna or something like this. It would be exciting one day but so far I haven’t done it. There are a lot of countries, so let’s see.”

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The fact Altmaier has stayed healthy for the past two years may have reduced his time relaxing by the river at home, but it has allowed the 24-year-old to establish himself more securely at the top of the game. Since returning to the Top 100 of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings in November 2021, the German has spent only seven weeks outside that group.

His run this week in Madrid, where he defeated countrymen Oscar Otte and Yannick Hanfmann before dropping just three games against home favourite Jaume Munar, has lifted Altmaier 31 spots to No. 61 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings. It is a more-than-useful springboard for the rest of his 2023 season, especially considering his belief that he can do damage on all surfaces.

“Maybe I have the most experience on clay,” said Altmaier, who defeated Matteo Berrettini on the way to the fourth round at Roland Garros in 2020. “Definitely the most matches if you see my stats probably, but I do enjoy every part of the circuit because I think my game suits any surface. I really want to take advantage of this as well. I maybe have more experience on clay, but I wouldn’t pick one favourite surface.”

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Altmaier Saves 2 MPs To Stun Sinner At Roland Garros

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German triumphs in epic to set third-round clash against Dimitrov
Daniel Altmaier sprung a second-round upset of Jannik Sinner in dramatic fashion on Thursday at Roland Garros, where the World No. 79 came back from the brink to secure a 6-7(0), 7-6(7), 1-6, 7-6(4), 7-5 marathon victory.

Altmaier saved two match points on Sinner’s serve at 4-5 in the fourth set on Court Suzanne-Lenglen and then held his nerve impressively to triumph in a remarkable decider. Despite failing to serve out the match at 5-4 and Sinner saving four match points in a nail-biting final game, the 24-year-old German dug deep to earn a five-hour, 26-minute victory and reach the third round at the clay-court major for the second time.

“Playing every point you can with the best effort, that’s what keeps you in reality,” said Altmaier, when asked how he had kept his cool to save Sinner’s match points. “I was just thinking that, and the competition says it all. We’ve had historic matches with so many match points… I don’t know if you can call this an ‘historical’ match, but I think it was one to remember.”

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Altmaier went toe to toe with the eighth seed Sinner from the baseline throughout the match. He delivered a series of spectacular winners with his stylish one-handed backhand and was also clinical at the net, winning 78 per cent (38/49) of points when he moved forward.

It was a second Top 10 win for Altmaier at Roland Garros, and his second against an Italian from that bracket after he defeated then-World No. 8 Matteo Berrettini en route to the fourth round in 2020.. Thursday’s triumph was another notable achievement in an impressive 2023 European clay season for the German, who reached his maiden ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final in Madrid in May.

With his win, Altmaier avenged his five-set defeat to Sinner in the pair’s only previous ATP Head2Head meeting at the 2022 US Open. His third-round opponent will be 28th seed Grigor Dimitrov, who earlier defeated Emil Ruusuvuori 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-4.

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Five Things To Know About Daniel Altmaier

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Learn about the German, who upset Sinner at Roland Garros
Daniel Altmaier earned one of the biggest upsets of this year's Roland Garros on Thursday when he stunned eighth seed Jannik Sinner in five gruelling sets over the court of five hours and 26 minutes.

ATPTour.com looks at five things to know about the 24-year-old German.

His Idols Were Roger Federer & Stan Wawrinka
When fans watch Altmaier play, they will quickly notice his one-handed backhand. It is fitting that his idols growing up were Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka.

“Thank you for everything! You inspired everyone around the world and been a role model not only as an athlete but even more as a person!” Altmaier wrote on Instagram when Federer retired.


At Roland Garros in 2020, a journalist asked the German about saying “Allez!” during matches and Altmaier explained it has to do with Wawrinka.

“When I was watching him, he always say, 'Allez, Stan.' I a little bit copy because I like it to say, 'Allez, Dan.' That's little bit the connection,” he said.

He Enjoys Fishing
One of Altmaier’s favourite hobbies is fishing. He mostly does it with his father at home.

“I think most people probably think that you just go fishing and wait until something happens,” Altmaier told ATPTour.com this year. “I think our fishing is different because it has a little bit of strategy. It depends on the weather and how active the fish is.

“I would say it’s kind of like professional fishing because my dad really is obsessed with those things and knows exactly about the temperature, the weather conditions, how high the water is in rivers, for example. All those things make a big difference. I find that really interesting and it’s totally something else to what we do in tennis. It’s something fantastic.”

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Altmaier Has Met Celebrities Including Anthony Joshua
Altmaier met Anthony Joshua after he fought Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium in 2018. During his Roland Garros run in 2020, he recalled the meeting.

“It was really interesting because he mentioned to me fight each second,” Altmaier said. “For us it's a privilege, we can do a hobby or what we enjoy the most into our life. I think working hard, enjoying the process, was one of the advices he gave me.”

The German’s father, Jurij, was an amateur boxer.


Earlier this year, Altmaier met music megastar Maluma in Miami.


Roland Garros Has Been Key In His Career
Altmaier competed in qualifying at a major for the first time at Roland Garros in 2020. That year he earned his way into the main draw and did not look back, advancing to the fourth round. In the third round, he upset then-World No. 8 Matteo Berrettini.

The performance propelled Altmaier from No. 186 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings to No. 122. The following year, he cracked the world’s Top 100 for the first time.

Clay Is His Best Surface
The best results of Altmaier’s career have come on clay, the surface he grew up playing on in Germany.

The 24-year-old has won six of his seven ATP Challenger Tour titles on clay and his tour-level winning percentage on it (44.4%) is better than any other surface (Hard - 16.7% and Grass - 40%).

Altmaier has reached two ATP Tour semi-finals (2021 Umag and Kitzbuhel) and one ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final (2023 Madrid). All those tournaments have come on clay.

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SIX THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT DANIEL ALTMAIER

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Sinner's conqueror is no stranger to posting upsets at Roland-Garros

Daniel Altmaier / 2e tour Roland-Garros 2023
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There seems to be something about Roland-Garros that brings the best out of Daniel Altmaier.

After making the fourth round as a qualifier in 2020, the German beat No.8 seed Jannik Sinner in the second round this year and on Saturday, he plays the No.28 seed Grigor Dimitrov for a place in the last 16.

Here are six things you need to know about the 24-year-old German...


His mum’s Ukrainian, his dad’s Russian
Altmaier’s mother, Galina, is Russian, and his father, Jurij, is Ukrainian. Not surprisingly, he speaks Russian, German and English and no doubt is fast-improving his Spanish too, given that he trains in Argentina.

He likes fishing
Not only does fishing give Altmaier some time with his father, it also offers him some down-time and an opportunity to plot his way through a day. He says he likes fishing because of the strategy it entails and he admitted it, tongue in cheek, that it might have helped him “reel in” Sinner in his five-set win on Thursday.

“A week before coming here I was fishing with my dad to calm down a little bit,” he said. “So I think, yeah, in the fifth set maybe the experience of fishing a little bit helped me.”

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He’s coached by Alberto Mancini
Altmaier moved his coaching base from Germany to Argentina and says the Argentinian mentality suits him. He’s coached by Alberto Mancini, the former world No.8 and a man who knew his way around a clay court, winning in Monte-Carlo and Rome in 1989 and reaching the quarter-finals here the same year.

His favourite players growing up were Federer and Wawrinka
Altmaier has a fine one-handed backhand, which is perhaps not surprising given that his favourite players growing up were Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, two of the finest exponents of the single-hander.

Jannik Sinner, Daniel Altmaier, 2e tour, Roland-Garros 2023
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He now feels settled on the Tour
Even though he broke through at Roland-Garros in 2020 -- claiming his first top-10 win over Matteo Berrettini en route to the last 16 -- Altmaier only considers himself to have really been on tour for a couple of years, having battled it out on the Challenger circuit for much of the time before then.

“I think that the process has been, yeah, I was new at the tour; now I am since two years already on the tour. I'm probably not having the greatest results, but everybody has his own progress, and here I am right now,” he says.

He’s at his best on clay
Having grown up near Dusseldorf, Altmaier played on clay in the summers and indoors in the winters when he was young. He says clay’s his favourite surface and it allows him to play his natural game. Six of his seven Challenger Tour titles were won on clay, while he reached his first Masters 1000 quarter-final this year, in Madrid.

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