Marc Polmans

Marc Polmans

Marc Polmans during the final of the Canberra International (November 2016)
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Brighton East, Victoria, Australia
Born	2 May 1997 Durban, South Africa
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$59,737
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 213 (7 November 2016)
Current ranking	No. 213 (7 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2015)
Australian Open Junior	QF (2015)
French Open Junior	1R (2014)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2015)
US Open Junior	2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 232 (9 May 2016)
Current ranking	No. 256 (31 October 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior	W (2015)
French Open Junior	1R (2014)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2014)
US Open Junior	QF (2014)
Last updated on: 7 November 2016.

Marc Polmans (born 2 May 1997) is a South African born Australian tennis player. Polmans won the 2015 Australian Open – Boys' Doubles title with fellow Australian Jake Delaney, defeating Hubert Hurkacz and Alex Molčan in the final, 0–6, 6–2, [10–8].

Polmans has a career high ATP singles ranking of 213 achieved on 7 November 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 232 achieved on 9 May 2016.

Polmans is coached by former Top 100 player, Peter Luczak, at the Tennis Australia National Academy in Melbourne.^[1] He supports the Collingwood Magpies in the Australian Football League.^[2]

Career

2012-present

Pollens turned pro in 2012 and ended the year with a ranking of 1813. Over the next three years, Polmans played predominately in the ITF Futures tour. Polmans won his first title with Steven De Waard at the Australia F9 Futures in 2014. The pair won 5 more future tiles in 2015.

Polmans reached the second round of qualifying in the 2015 Australian Open where he defeated Jordi Samper-Montaña in the first round before losing to Tim Smyczek.

Polmans commenced 2016 with a singles ranking of 841. He lost in the first round of qualifying for the 2016 Australian Open. In June 2016, Polmans won his first singles title in Mozambique F1. This was followed by another title the following week. Over the next 3 months, Polmans reached a further 6 finals, winning 2 including one in Alice Springs. ^[3] In November, Polmans reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final in Canberra. He lost to compatriot James Duckworth in straight sets.

Career finals

Singles: 9 (4-5)

Legend (Singles) Grand Slam (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0) ATP Challenger Tour (0-1) ITF Futures Tour (4-4)

Titles by Surface Hard (4-5) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1	12 June 2016	Mozambique F1, Mozambique	Hard	Lloyd Harris	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Winner	2	19 June 2016	Mozambique F1, Mozambique	Hard	Jeremy Beale	6–1, 6-1
Runner-up	3	26 June 2016	Zimbabwe F1, Zimbabwe	Hard	Benjamin Lock	7-5, 6-7, 5-7
Winner	4	3 July 2016	Zimbabwe F2, Zimbabwe	Hard	Lloyd Harris	6-2 6-2
Runner-up	5	31 July 2016	USA F25, Edwardsville, Illinois, United States	Hard	Tennys Sandgren	6-7, 6-1, 3-6
Runner-up	6	7 August 2016	USA F26, Decatur United States	Hard	Roberto Quiroz	6-0, 3-6, 6-7
Winner	7	25 September 2016	Alice Springs F5, Australia	Hard	Jarmere Jenkins	6–1, 6–7, 7–6
Runner-up	8	1 October 2016	Brisbane F6, Australia	Hard	Jarmere Jenkins	1-6, 5-7
Runner-up	9	5 November 2016	Canberra International, Australia	Hard	James Duckworth	5-7, 3-6

Doubles: 14 (10-4)

Legend (Singles) Grand Slam (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0) ATP Challenger Tour (0-1) ITF Futures Tour (10-3)

Titles by Surface Hard (8-2) Clay (2-2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	16 November 2014	Wollongong F9, Australia	Hard	Steven De Waard	Mitchell Krueger Andrew Whittington	7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	2.	29 March 2015	Melbourne F4, Australia	Clay	Steven de Waard	Jordan Thompson Andrew Whittington	2-6, 6-7
Winner	3.	5 April 2015	Mornington F5, Australia	Clay	Steven De Waard	Peter Torebko Matthew Barton	7-6, 6-1
Winner	4.	31 May 2015	Lecco F11, Italy	Clay	Peter Luczak	David Pel Maxime Tabatruong	6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	19 July 2015	Toowoomba F6, Belgium	Hard	Steven de Waard	Maverick Banes Jake Delaney	5-7, 7-6, [10-5]
Winner	6.	18 October 2015	Toowoomba F9, Australia	Hard	Steven de Waard	Jake Delaney Max Purcell	6-4, 6-3
Winner	7.	25 October 2015	Brisbane F9, Australia	Hard	Steven de Waard	Thomas Fancutt Darren Polkinghorne	6-0, 6-1
Runner-up	8.	15 November 2015	Woolongong F10, Australia	Hard	Steven de Waard	Finn Tearney Maverick Banes	7-6, 5-7, [6-10]
Winner	9.	22 November 2015	Woolongong F11, Australia	Hard	Steven de Waard	Dayne Kelly Ashley Fisher	6-2, 4-6, 10-7
Runner-up	10.	28 February 2016	Port Pirie F1, Australia	Hard	Steven de Waard	Alex Bolt Andrew Whittington	6-7, 3-6
Winner	11.	6 March 2016	Mildura F2, Australia	Hard	Steven de Waard	Alex Bolt Andrew Whittington	6-3, 6-7, 10-6
Winner	12.	27 March 2016	Mornington F4, Australia	Hard	Steven de Waard	Bradley Mousley Gavin Van Peperzeel	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	13.	30 April 2016	Tallahassee Challenger, United States	Clay	Peter Luczak	Dennis Novikov Julio Peralta	6–3, 4-6, [10-12]
Winner	14.	25 September 2016	Alice Springs F5, Australia	Hard	Luke Saville	Thomas Fancutt Calum Puttergill	6-1, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	2015	Australian Open	Hard	Jake Delaney	Hubert Hurkacz Alex Molčan	0–6, 6–2, [10–8]

References

1. http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/luczak-out-of-retirement-into-tallahassee-doubles-final. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. BLOG: GETTING TO KNOW STEVEN DE WAARD AND MARC POLMANS
3. "Player profiles Marc Polmans". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

External links

• Marc Polmans at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Marc Polmans at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
• Marc Polmans at the International Tennis Federation
• Tennis Australia profile
• Retired ATP World Tour player Peter Luczak advanced to the doubles final with his pupil, Marc Polmans