Updated 10th September 2024
Top Australian player Alex de Minaur is one of the quickest players on tour, let’s look closer at his profile and of course what racquet he is using!
What racquet is Alex de Minaur using?
25-year-old de Minaur uses a blacked-out Wilson pro stock racquet similar to David Ferrer. It’s a pro stock version of the Wilson Steam 99
with a 16×19 string pattern (the standard pattern is 16/18). He uses Luxilon 4G
strings.
Alex de Minaur doesn’t have a massive power game, but has a smart tennis mind and fights for every point. With this game style it’s ideal to have Lleyton Hewitt as your coach so de Minaur can for sure be a top 20 player in a few years if he keeps this up. If he can go further than that is hard to say, based on his game, I would say it might prove difficult unless he does big strides with both technique and physique.
Do you want to know what other racquets the ATP pros use? Check out this post.
What is so special about this Wilson Steam 99 mold then? It’s hard to say. It is a powerful racquet with a high stiffness rating, but obviously with a pro stock mold this might be lowered to suit players like David Ferrer and Alex de Minaur. Below are the specs of the retail version of the Wilson Steam 99.
WILSON STEAM 99 RACQUET SPECS |
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Biography and Career
Alex de Minaur was born on 17th February 1999 in Sydney, Australia but actually has dual citizenships, Australian and Spanish. He began playing tennis already at three years of age, at the Sydney Private Tennis Academy.
The family moved to Alicante (Spain) when Alex was still young, he basically split his time between Australia and Spain. Since he was nine he’s been coached by Adolfo Gutierrez while living in Spain. Playing on the junior circuit, de Minaur archived a career-high ranking of 2.
His professional debut came at the Spain F22 in July of 2015 and he was already given a wildcard for the 2016 Australian Open qualifying rounds, but got eliminated in the first round. His real Grand Slam debut came instead at the same tournament in 2017 where he reached the 2nd round.
2019 saw him win his first career title at the Sydney International where he beat Andreas Seppi in the final.
Up until today, Alex de Minaur has claimed 9 ATP titles and his best performances in Grand Slams are 4 quarter-final places, (US Open in 2020 & 2024, French Open 2024 and Wimbledon 2024).
Info / Stats
- De Minaur has earned a total of $14,644,648 in prize money in his career, singles and doubles.
- In July 2024, De Minaur reached his career-high ranking of no 6.
- Alex De Minaur is still coached by Adolfo Gutierrez, since he was young. Former Australian star player Lleyton Hewitt is his mentor, but was never his coach.
- His nickname is Demon
- Plays right-handed with two-handed backhand.
- Favourite surface is grass
- Favorite tennis shot: backhand
- Also enjoys playing golf.
Serve Stats
| Category | Statistic |
| Aces | 1386 |
| Double Faults | 925 |
| 1st Serve Success Rate | 59% |
| 1st Serve Points Won | 71% |
| 2nd Serve Points Won | 53% |
| Break Points Faced | 2350 |
| Break Points Saved | 61% |
| Service Games Played | 4455 |
| Service Games Won | 80% |
| Total Service Points Won | 64% |
Return Stats
| Category | Statistic |
| 1st Serve Return Points Won | 32% |
| 2nd Serve Return Points Won | 52% |
| Break Point Opportunities | 2862 |
| Break Points Converted | 42% |
| Return Games Played | 4497 |
| Return Games Won | 27% |
| Total Return Points Won | 40% |
| Total Points Won | 52% |
Follow Alex de Minaur
Follow Alex on his Instagram account, currently with 380K followers or on his X.com profile with 66K followers.
4 comments
So, his association with Technifiber is finished?
http://www.tecnifibre.com/athletes/tennis/men/alex-de-minaur
It does seem like that? Or maybe he’s just flirting with Wilson racquets. I think by Australian Open we will know! Cheers / Jonas
De Minaur just got sponsored by Wilson now, he’s rocking the racquet with a wilson stencil and a wilson bag (rather than his tecnifibre racpack pro) against todays game against verdasco, ferrer seems to be have sponsored by wilson now too has he has the pj and stencil
That tecnifibre link now comes up as an error!
A few years ago when I had shoulder trouble and I was looking for something lighter I switched to the [retail] Steam 99. However, I could not play consistently with it and I switched again as soon as I could find something else. Not a great frame in my experience.
What I find more intriguing is the Luxilon 4G. It was used by Ostapenko in her first slam win last year, and now by Svitolina who has been winning tournaments. I have noticed it used successfully by a few other players who have slipped from my mind — and now de Minaur. Yet the TW review for 4G is not glowing, and the ratings over on stringforum are decidedly mediocre. Perhaps it is just a coincidence. Have you tried 4G?