Michael Mmoh
Michael Mmoh is an American tennis player. He won the USTA junior national championship in 2016. He has won 2 ATP Challenger titles and 4 ITF Futures tournaments, including his first at the age of 16.
Personal life
Born in Saudi Arabia, where he lived until the age of 13, Mmoh has both Irish and Nigerian ancestry. 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. In February 2016, 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 2016, 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. He would claim another Challenger title the following summer at Lexington.
To start off the 2018 season, Mmoh recorded his first career ATP-level match wins by defeating Federico Delbonis in the first round of the Brisbane International and world No. 33 Mischa Zverev to make the quarterfinals.
Mmoh qualified for the first time via ranking in a Grand Slam main draw at the 2019 Australian Open where he lost in the first round to Radu Albot. At the 2020 Australian Open, Mmoh recorded his first main draw victory with a straight sets win over Pablo Andujar.
Career finals
Singles: 13 (9–4)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | USA F29, Brownsville | Futures | Hard |  Dennis Novikov | 7–6, 6–1 | |
| Win | 2–0 | USA F22, Godfrey | Futures | Hard | Jared Hiltzik | 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 | |
| Win | 3–0 | USA F30, Houston | Futures | Hard |  Lucas Gómez | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 3–1 | USA F2, Long Beach | Futures | Hard |  Yannick Hanfmann | 4–6, 0–6 | |
| Win | 4–1 | USA F10, Bakersfield | Futures | Hard |  Casper Ruud | 6–4, 6–7, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 4–2 | 2016 Tiburon Challenger – Singles| | Tiburon, US | Challenger | Hard |  Darian King | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 5–2 | 2016 Knoxville Challenger – Singles| | Knoxville, US | Challenger | Hard |  Peter Polansky | 7–5, 2–6, 6–1 |
| Loss | 5–3 | USA F23, Wichita | Futures | Hard | Christian Harrison | 6–1, 2–6, 5–7 | |
| Win | 6–3 | 2017 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Singles| | Lexington, US | Challenger | Hard |  John Millman | 4–6, 7–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–3 | 2018 Columbus Challenger – Singles| | Columbus Challenger, US | Challenger | Hard | Jordan Thompson | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Win | 8–3 | 2018 Tiburon Challenger – Singles| | Tiburon, US | Challenger | Hard |  Marcel Granollers | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 8–4 | 2019 Cary Challenger – Singles| | Cary, US | Challenger | Hard |  Andreas Seppi | 2-6, 7-6, 3–6 |
| Win | 9-4 | 2019 Knoxville Challenger – Singles| | Knoxville, US | Challenger | Hard | Christopher O'Connell | 6–4, 6-4 |