Marc Polmans

Marc David Polmans (born 2 May 1997) is a South African-born Australian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 116 achieved on 12 October 2020 and a best doubles ranking of world No. 21 achieved on 27 July 2026. Polmans has won three ATP Tour doubles titles. He also reached the 2026 Australian Open men's doubles final with compatriot Jason Kubler, and the 2026 Wimbledon mixed doubles final with Storm Hunter.

Junior career Polmans had good results on the ITF junior circuit. He won the boys' doubles title at the 2015 Australian Open, with compatriot Jake Delaney. The pair defeated Hubert Hurkacz and Alex Molčan in the final.

Professional career

2012–2015: First professional matches Polmans turned pro in 2012 and ended the year with a ranking of 1813. Over the next three years, he played predominantly in the ITF Men's Tour. The Aussie won his first title with Steven de Waard at the Australia F9, a Futures-level event, in 2014. The pair won five more titles the next year.

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.

2016–2017: Australian doubles semifinal, ATP singles debut Polmans commenced 2016 with a singles ranking of 841. He lost in the first round of qualifying at 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. In November, Polmans reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final in Canberra. He lost to compatriot James Duckworth in straight sets. He ended 2016 with a ranking of No. 226.

Polmans commenced 2017 at the Happy Valley Challenger with a loss. Polmans lost in the 2017 Australian Open qualifying first round. In doubles, Polmans with Andrew Whittington as a wildcard pair, reached the semifinals. Polmans made the second round of the French Open qualifying.

He received a wildcard entry to the 2017 Croatia Open, marking his first singles main draw appearance on the ATP World Tour but lost to Alessandro Giannessi. In July, Polmans made the main draw of the Citi Open in Washington as a lucky loser, losing to Jared Donaldson. Polmans ended the year on the Challenger circuit with his best result being a semi-final appearance at Canberra. Polmans ended 2017 with a singles ranking of No. 323 and doubles ranking of No. 70.

2018: First challenger title In February, Polmans won his maiden challenger title at the 2018 Launceston Tennis International. In April he lost to Noah Rubin of the US in the finals of the 2018 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger in Florida. In May and June, Polmans lost in the first round of French Open qualifying and Wimbledon qualifying. He continued to play across the Challenger tour of Europe. In August, Polmans lost in the final round of qualifying for the US Open. In October, Polmans partnered Jeremy Beale to win his first doubles challenger title at Traralgon.

2019: Major debut at Australian Open, Challenger title, first ATP win Polmans was awarded a wildcard into the 2019 Australian Open. He lost in the first round to USA's Denis Kudla in five sets 5–7, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2.

In March, Polmans won his second ATP Challenger title when defeating Italy's Lorenzo Giustino 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(4).

In July, Polman qualified for the main draw of the Washington Open. Polmans defeated Malek Jaziri for his first main draw win on the ATP Tour. In August, Polmans lost in the first round of 2019 US Open – Men's singles qualifying.

2020: First two Major wins, US and French Open debut In January participating again as a wildcard, Polman won his first main draw singles match at the Australian Open over Mikhail Kukushkin. Polmans also won his first French Open match as a lucky loser against Ugo Humbert.

Having reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 116 on 12 October 2020, Polmans ended 2020 with a singles ranking of World No. 124 and a doubles ranking of World No. 130.

2021: Australian mixed doubles semifinal, Wimbledon singles debut For the third year in a row being awarded a wildcard, he lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Márton Fucsovics but he made the semifinals of the 2021 Australian Open – Mixed doubles with Storm Sanders.

He qualified for the first time in his career into the main singles draw of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. Polmans defeated former quarterfinalist Lu Yen-hsun in the first round. Polmans lost to 19th seed Cristian Garín in round two.

In July, Polmans reached the quarterfinal at the Kitzbühel Open in doubles partnering Pedro Martínez. Polmans ended 2021 with a singles ranking of World No. 196 and a doubles ranking of World No. 103.

2022–2024: Hiatus, substantial rankings drop, comeback Polmans lost in the second round of qualifying at the 2022 Australian Open. He also lost in the first round of qualifying at the 2022 US Open. He won his seventh doubles Challenger title in Korea with Max Purcell and returned to the top 300 in doubles jumping up 345 places to world No. 297 on 24 October 2022.

Polmans was disqualified in the last round of qualifying at the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters for hitting a ball at the umpire in frustration and subsequently lost all the rankings points and prize money.

Polmans made back to back semifinals at the 2023 Australian Open and 2024 Australian Opens with Olivia Gadecki as a wildcard pair. In singles, at the 2024 tournament, ranked No. 154, he also received another wildcard for the main draw and his fourth overall but lost in straight sets to compatriot Alexei Popyrin.

2026: First ATP titles, Wimbledon mixed doubles final Entering as a wildcard pairing, Polmans and compatriot Jason Kubler were runners-up at the Australian Open, losing to sixth seeds Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski in the final.

Playing with Romain Arneodo, he won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the Geneva Open in May, defeating Yuki Bhambri and Michael Venus in the final.

Teaming with fellow Australian player Storm Hunter, Polmans reached the mixed doubles final at Wimbledon, losing to second seeds Marcelo Arévalo and Jeļena Ostapenko in three sets.

In July, partnering Lucas Miedler, he won the doubles title at the Gstaad Open, defeating Marcelo Demoliner and Robert Galloway in the final. Six days later they overcame Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner in the final to claim the trophy at the Kitzbühel Open.

Coaching Since July 2019, Polmans has been coached by Marcel du Coudray, former coach of world number 3 Nikolay Davydenko. Polmans was coached by former Top 100 player, Peter Luczak, at the Tennis Australia National Academy in Melbourne.

Personal life Polmans supports Collingwood in the Australian Football League. Recently engaged to his fiancè Jenna Laubser as of November 28th 2025.

Performance timelines

Singles

Grand Slam tournaments finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2026Wimbledon Grass Storm Hunter Marcelo Arévalo Jeļena Ostapenko 6–4, 5–7, 2–6

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam (0–1)ATP 1000 (–)ATP 500 (–)ATP 250 (3–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (3–0)Grass (–)Finals by settingOutdoor (3–1)Indoor (–)

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 31 (15–16) LegendATP Challenger Tour (3–7)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (12–9)Finals by surfaceHard (8–11)Clay (5–5)Grass (2–0)

Doubles: 31 (23–8) LegendATP Challenger Tour (11–4)ITF Futures Tour (12–4)Finals by surfaceHard (15–6)Clay (6–2)Grass (2–0)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (title)