Introduction
Michael Mmoh (born January 10, 1998) is a Saudi Arabian-born American tennis player of Irish and Nigerian ancestry. Mmoh is the reigning USTA junior national champion. He has won 1 ATP Challenger title and 4 ITF Futures tournaments, including his first at the age of 16.
Personal life
Michael's father Tony Mmoh was also a professional tennis player who represented Nigeria and reached a career-high ranking of 105. His mother was born in Ireland and is also an Australian citizen. Mmoh's parents named him after basketball superstar Michael Jordan.
Mmoh began playing tennis at age 3. He trains at the IMG Academy in Florida.
Junior career
Mmoh peaked in the Boy's Junior rankings at No. 2 after reaching the semifinals at the 2015 Junior French Open. He won the 2016 USTA 18s Boys' National Championship to earn a wild card into the main draw of the US Open.
Professional career
Mmoh has enjoyed some early success on the ITF Futures tour, winning 3 titles before turning 18.
2016
In February, Mmoh qualified for his first ATP-level tournament at Memphis by defeating fellow Americans Dennis Novikov and Bjorn Fratangelo. He then lost in the first round to eventual finalist Taylor Fritz, the highest ranked American teenager at the time. Following his 4th Futures title, Mmoh was awarded a wild card into the Miami Masters, where he lost to Sascha Zverev, the top-ranked 18 year-old in the world, after dropping two tiebreaks.
In September, Mmoh broke into the Top 300 for the first time by reaching the final of the ATP Challenger event at Tiburon as a qualifier. In November, he reached the Top 200 and also won the 2017 Australian Open Wild Card Challenge largely by claiming his first career Challenger title at Knoxville.
Career finals
Singles (5–2)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (0) |
| Challengers (1–1) |
| ITF Futures (4–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | October 26, 2014 | United States F29 | Clay |  Dennis Novikov | 7–6(7–5), 6–1 |
| Winner | 2. | July 26, 2015 | United States F22 | Hard | Jared Hiltzik | 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 |
| Winner | 3. | October 18, 2015 | United States F30 | Hard |  Lucas Gomez | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 4. | January 17, 2016 | United States F2 | Hard |  Yannick Hanfmann | 4–6, 0–6 |
| Winner | 5. | March 20, 2016 | United States F11 | Hard |  Casper Ruud | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 6. | October 2, 2016 | Tiburon | Hard |  Darian King | 6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
| Winner | 7. | November 13, 2016 | Knoxville | Hard (i) |  Peter Polansky | 7–5, 2–6, 6–1 |