Philipp Petzschner (born 24 March 1984) is a retired German professional tennis player. He was known for his hard-hitting forehand and backhand slices. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 9, which he achieved in April 2011.

Philipp Petzschner
Petzschner at Wimbledon in 2015
Country (sports) Germany
ResidencePulheim, Germany
Born (1984-03-24) 24 March 1984 (age 40)
Bayreuth, West Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2001
Retired2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$4,024,417
Singles
Career record88–107
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 35 (14 September 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2012)
French Open2R (2009, 2011)
Wimbledon3R (2009, 2010)
US Open2R (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record177–173
Career titles8
Highest rankingNo. 9 (4 April 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2011)
French Open3R (2012)
WimbledonW (2010)
US OpenW (2011)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (2010, 2011)
Olympic Games1R (2012)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (2011)
Wimbledon2R (2009, 2011, 2012, 2017)
US OpenQF (2012)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2012)
Team competitions
Davis CupSF (2007)

Career

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Juniors

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As a junior Petzschner reached as high as No. 8 in the world in 2002 (and No. 1 in doubles). He reached the semi-finals of the 2001 Jr Wimbledon tournament, and won the 2002 French Open Jr doubles event.

2007

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In 2007 US Open qualifying, he defeated fellow German player Benjamin Becker in the first round, before losing to Tommy Haas in four sets.

2008

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In 2008 he qualified for Wimbledon, where he fell to Croatian Mario Ančić in the second round.

In October, he captured his first ATP title in Vienna, after he won his qualifying round matches and defeating top seed Stanislas Wawrinka in the first round.

2009

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At the 2009 Australian Open, he was defeated by Brian Dabul in the first round. At Roland Garros, Petzschner reached the second round after defeating Canadian Peter Polansky in five sets. There, he lost to Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in straight sets. At the 2009 Gerry Weber Open, he took revenge for that defeat. He won in three sets before losing to Olivier Rochus from Belgium in the second round. At Wimbledon, he beat Rajeev Ram in the first round, then Mischa Zverev in the second round, but lost to Lleyton Hewitt in the third round. He reached the last sixteen in Washington, D.C., and Montreal. Petzschner was defeated by Juan Carlos Ferrero in the second round of the 2009 US Open after leading two sets to love.

He was not able to defend his title in Vienna as he had to pull out due to an injury.

2010

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He lost in the first round of the 2010 Australian Open when comfortably leading two sets to love against Florian Mayer. In February, he won his first doubles title with Jürgen Melzer at the 2010 PBZ Zagreb Indoors. At the same event, he reached the singles semifinal, where he lost to Michael Berrer. In late February, he reached his second semifinal of the season in Memphis, but he was defeated by American John Isner. At the Gerry Weber Open in Halle/Westfalen in June, Petzschner lost to world no. 2 Roger Federer in a tough semifinal encounter. At Wimbledon he competed as the 33rd seed and Petzschner was defeated after a comeback of eventual champion and world no. 1 Rafael Nadal in five sets after leading 2–1 in the third round. In the Wimbledon Championships Doubles, Petzschner won his first Grand Slam title with Jürgen Melzer. They were the first unseeded players to win this competition in five years. This also made Petzschner the first German man to win a Grand Slam tournament since Boris Becker won the Australian Open in 1996.

At the 2010 US Open Petzschner lost in straight sets to Novak Djokovic in the second round.

At the end of August, he qualified for the World Tour Doubles Finals in London with Jürgen Melzer. They were knocked out in the group stage of the competition, finishing third.

Petzschner finished the year as world no. 57 in singles and world no. 20 in doubles. He earned a career-high prize money of $702,058, with a match record of 21–19 in singles and 22–16 in doubles.

2011

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Petzschner in 2011

Petzschner and Melzer reached the doubles quarterfinal at the 2011 Australian Open, when they lost to Bob and Mike Bryan. In singles play, Petzschner was defeated in five sets by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round of the tournament. In Rotterdam, Petzschner won his third doubles title partnering Jürgen Melzer.

The height of Petzschner's season was reached when he and his partner Jürgen Melzer won the US Open Men's Doubles final, defeating the sixth seeded Polish team of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski. A controversy occurred at 2–2 in the second set, when a ball bounced on Petzschner's left shin and the chair umpire ruled the play valid. When asked, Petzschner nodded ambiguously, even though the video replay later confirmed that the ball was returned illegally.[1] Nevertheless, the incident did not affect the match's final result 6–2, 6–2.

Petzschner reached his first singles quarterfinal of the season in Dubai, defeating Andreas Seppi and Philipp Kohlschreiber, before falling to Tomáš Berdych. He represented Germany in the Davis Cup first-round tie against Croatia in Zagreb. Partnering Christopher Kas, he defeated Ivo Karlović and Ivan Dodig in five sets to give Germany a 2–1 lead. In the deciding fifth rubber, Petzschner replaced Florian Mayer and secured Germany's quarterfinal spot with a three-set win against Karlović.

At the 2011 BMW Open in Munich, he reached his first singles semifinal of the season. He defeated Ivan Dodig, Mikhail Youzhny, and Potito Starace, before losing to Florian Mayer. At the World Team Cup in Düsseldorf, Petzschner won the deciding doubles match partnering Philipp Kohlschreiber in the final against Argentina. In singles, he gave Germany a 1–0 lead against Russia, defeating Igor Andreev in straight sets.

Petzschner reached his second career singles final in Halle, on grass. He retired injured while trailing compatriot Kohlschreiber love-two in the second set.

2012

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Petzschner reached the finals of the UNICEF Open, losing to David Ferrer in straight sets.[2]

2015

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Petzschner failed to qualify for any ATP singles events this year. However, in doubles he and partner Jonathan Erlich achieved success by reaching the Wimbledon semifinal as qualifiers. His year-end doubles ranking was no. 50.

2016

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At the beginning of the year Petzschner and partner Alexander Peya got to three finals (Doha, Rotterdam and Acapulco), but lost them all.

In March he reached a quarterfinal of a Masters 1000 tournament for the first time in three and a half years at the Miami Open.

2017

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Petzschner won the Swedish Open with partner Julian Knowle.

2018

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Petzschner won the title at the Stuttgart Open, partnering Tim Pütz as a wild card entry.[3] In October, he played his last professional match on the tour at the European Open in Antwerp.

Playing style

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Petzschner has a powerful serve (up to 230 km/h) and forehand. His slice backhand is very flat and dangerous, which he utilises so much to the extent that he comparably rarely hits a topspin or flat two-handed backhand.[4] He is also an excellent player at the net, which makes him a better doubles player.

Personal life

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He married singer Dewi Sulaeman of the pop group Bellini in September 2010. They have one son and 2 daughters.

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A Q2 Q1 1R 1R 1R 2R A A Q2 0 / 4 1–4 20%
French Open A A A A A A A A 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R A A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Wimbledon A A A A A A A 2R 3R 3R 1R 2R 1R A A 0 / 6 6–6 50%
US Open A A A A A A 2R Q3 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R Q2 A 0 / 6 5–6 45%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–4 3–4 2–4 3–4 0–3 0–0 0–0 0 / 21 14–21 40%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A A A 2R 2R A 2R A Q2 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Miami Open A A A A A A A Q1 A 3R 3R A Q1 A A 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A 3R Q1 A Q2 A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Madrid Open NH A A A A A A A A 2R A Q1 A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A 3R 1R 2R A A A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A 2R 1R A Q1 A A A 0 / 2 1–2 67%
Shanghai Masters not held 1R A Q2 1R A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
German Open A Q1 A A 1R A A A not Masters series 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–4 6–6 4–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 16 14–16 47%
National representation
Summer Olympics not held A not held A not held 2R not held 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Davis Cup A A A A A A SF QF A A QF 1R A A PO 0 / 5 2–2 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 3–3 50%
Career statistics
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Career
Tournaments 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 10 25 19 22 16 5 2 0 106
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 10–9 15–25 21–19 24–22 10–17 3–5 1–2 0–0 88–107
Year-end ranking 757 342 367 399 301 312 185 66 80 57 63 115 206 421 749 45.13%

Doubles

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Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 1R A 2R 3R QF 3R A A A 1R 1R A 0 / 7 8–7 53%
French Open A A A A A 1R A A 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R A A A 1R 1R 0 / 8 2–8 20%
Wimbledon A A A A A 2R A QF 2R W QF SF A A SF A 2R 3R 1 / 9 25–8 76%
US Open A A A A A 2R A QF 1R 1R W 2R 1R A 1R A A 2R 1 / 9 12–8 60%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–1 6–2 2–4 8–3 12–3 9–4 0–2 0–0 4–2 0–1 1–3 3–3 2 / 33 47–31 60%
Year-end championship
ATP Finals did not qualify RR RR did not qualify 0 / 2 2–4 33%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A A A A 2R A 1R A A A 1R 1R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Miami Open A A A A A A A A A 1R SF A 1R A A QF QF A 0 / 5 7–5 58%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A A 2R A A A A A 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Madrid Open NH A A A A A A A A A A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A QF QF 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A 2R 2R 1R A A A A A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Shanghai Masters not held 2R A 2R QF A A A 1R A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
German Open A 1R A A A A A A not Masters series 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–3 4–6 3–4 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–3 0–1 0 / 24 14–24 37%
National representation
Summer Olympics not held A not held A not held 1R not held A not held 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Davis Cup A A A A A A SF QF A A QF 1R A A PO 1R A A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 4–6 40%
Career statistics
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Career
Tournaments 1 2 0 0 0 11 2 10 22 17 25 20 8 2 11 12 17 14 174
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 8
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 15
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 7–11 1–2 17–13 17–21 22–16 34–26 21–21 4–7 5–1 7–11 15–12 16–16 11–13 177–173
Win % 0% 0% 39% 33% 57% 45% 58% 57% 50% 36% 83% 39% 56% 50% 46% 50.57%
Year-end ranking 780 271 228 201 110 71 138 41 55 20 10 38 158 184 50 66 71 84

Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2010 Wimbledon Championships Grass   Jürgen Melzer   Robert Lindstedt
  Horia Tecău
6–1, 7–5, 7–5
Win 2011 US Open Hard   Jürgen Melzer   Mariusz Fyrstenberg
  Marcin Matkowski
6–2, 6–2

ATP career finals

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Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–2)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–2)
Indoor (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2008 Vienna Open, Austria Intl. Gold Hard (i)   Gaël Monfils 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Jun 2011 Halle Open, Germany 250 Series Grass   Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–7(5–7), 0–2 ret.
Loss 1–2 Jun 2012 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands 250 Series Grass   David Ferrer 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (2–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–4)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (2–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (5–5)
Indoor (3–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2008 Vienna Open, Austria Intl. Gold Hard (i)   Alexander Peya   Max Mirnyi
  Andy Ram
1–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 Feb 2010 Zagreb Indoors, Croatia 250 Series Hard (i)   Jürgen Melzer   Arnaud Clément
  Olivier Rochus
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win 2–1 Jul 2010 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass   Jürgen Melzer   Robert Lindstedt
  Horia Tecău
6–1, 7–5, 7–5
Loss 2–2 Jul 2010 Stuttgart Open, Germany 250 Series Clay   Christopher Kas   Carlos Berlocq
  Eduardo Schwank
6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8)
Win 3–2 Feb 2011 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i)   Jürgen Melzer   Michaël Llodra
  Nenad Zimonjić
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Win 4–2 Jul 2011 Stuttgart Open, Germany 250 Series Clay   Jürgen Melzer   Marcel Granollers
  Marc López
6–3, 6–4
Win 5–2 Sep 2011 US Open, United States Grand Slam Hard   Jürgen Melzer   Mariusz Fyrstenberg
  Marcin Matkowski
6–2, 6–2
Loss 5–3 Jan 2012 Brisbane International, Australia 250 Series Hard   Jürgen Melzer   Max Mirnyi
  Daniel Nestor
1–6, 2–6
Win 6–3 Oct 2014 Vienna Open, Austria 250 Series Hard (i)   Jürgen Melzer   Andre Begemann
  Julian Knowle
7–6(8–6), 4–6, [10–7]
Loss 6–4 Jan 2016 Qatar Open, Qatar 250 Series Hard   Alexander Peya   Feliciano López
  Marc López
4–6, 3–6
Loss 6–5 Feb 2016 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i)   Alexander Peya   Nicolas Mahut
  Vasek Pospisil
6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss 6–6 Feb 2016 Mexican Open, Mexico 500 Series Hard   Alexander Peya   Treat Huey
  Max Mirnyi
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 6–7 Apr 2017 Barcelona Open, Spain 500 Series Clay   Alexander Peya   Florin Mergea
  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
4–6, 3–6
Win 7–7 Jul 2017 Swedish Open, Sweden 250 Series Clay   Julian Knowle   Sander Arends
  Matwé Middelkoop
6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 8–7 Jun 2018 Stuttgart Open, Germany (2) 250 Series Grass   Tim Pütz   Robert Lindstedt
  Marcin Matkowski
7–6(7–5), 6–3

Team competition: 1 (1 title)

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Result W–L Year Tournament Surface Partners Opponents Score
Win 1–0 2011 World Team Cup, Germany Clay   Florian Mayer
  Philipp Kohlschreiber
  Christopher Kas
  Juan Mónaco
  Juan Ignacio Chela
  Máximo González
2–1

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Singles: 5 (1–4)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2006 Eckental, Germany Carpet (i)   Ernests Gulbis 3–6, 0–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2007 Oberstaufen, Germany Clay   Gabriel Trujillo Soler 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Oct 2007 Rennes, France Hard (i)   Gilles Müller 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Jan 2008 Heilbronn, Germany Carpet (i)   Andrey Golubev 6–2, 1–6, 1–3 ret.
Loss 1–4 Feb 2008 Belgrade, Serbia Carpet (i)   Roko Karanušić 7–5, 1–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 39 (21–18)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2002 Eckental, Germany Carpet (i)   Simon Stadler   Yves Allegro
  Lovro Zovko
6–4, 6–7(0–7), 4–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2003 Geneva, Switzerland Clay   Emilio Benfele Álvarez   Álex López Morón
  Andrés Schneiter
4–6, 7–5, 6–7(7–9)
Loss 0–3 Sep 2003 Aschaffenburg, Germany Clay   Jan Frode Andersen   Karsten Braasch
  Franz Stauder
4–6, 5–7
Win 1–3 Aug 2004 Mönchengladbach, Germany Clay   Christopher Kas   Karsten Braasch
  Franz Stauder
3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win 2–3 Nov 2004 Eckental, Germany Carpet (i)   Christopher Kas   Daniele Bracciali
  Petr Luxa
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win 3–3 Feb 2005 Wolfsburg, Germany Carpet (i)   Alexander Peya   Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
  Lovro Zovko
6–2, 6–4
Loss 3–4 Feb 2005 Lübeck, Germany Carpet (i)   Lars Uebel   Pavel Šnobel
  Martin Štěpánek
6–7(5–7), 7–5, 5–7
Win 4–4 May 2005 Dresden, Germany Clay   Christopher Kas   Bart Beks
  Martijn van Haasteren
6–7(2–7), 6–2, 6–4
Loss 4–5 Jul 2005 Rimini, Italy Clay   Christopher Kas   David Škoch
  Martin Štěpánek
3–6, 7–6(7–1), 1–6
Loss 4–6 Sep 2005 Budapest, Hungary Clay   Lars Uebel   Leonardo Azzaro
  Sergio Roitman
3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win 5–6 Oct 2005 Mons, Belgium Carpet (i)   Christopher Kas   Tomáš Cibulec
  Tom Vanhoudt
7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win 6–6 Nov 2005 Eckental, Germany (2) Carpet (i)   Christopher Kas   Torsten Popp
  Jasper Smit
6–3, 7–5
Loss 6–7 Nov 2005 Helsinki, Finland Hard (i)   Christopher Kas   Yves Allegro
  Michael Kohlmann
6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 6–8 Nov 2005 Sunderland, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Christopher Kas   Frank Moser
  Sebastian Rieschick
4–6, 7–6(7–3), 4–6
Win 7–8 Jan 2006 Heilbronn, Germany Carpet (i)   Christopher Kas   Lukáš Dlouhý
  David Škoch
6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–4]
Loss 7–9 Feb 2006 Bergamo, Italy Carpet (i)   Christopher Kas   Daniele Bracciali
  Giorgio Galimberti
5–7, 6–0, [11–13]
Win 8–9 Feb 2006 Besançon, France Hard (i)   Christopher Kas   Jean-Claude Scherrer
  Lovro Zovko
6–2, 6–2
Win 9–9 Apr 2006 Cardiff, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Alexander Peya   Filip Prpic
  Björn Rehnquist
4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 9–10 May 2006 Dresden, Germany Clay   Christopher Kas   Yves Allegro
  Michal Mertiňák
3–6, 0–6
Win 10–10 Sep 2007 Donetsk, Ukraine Hard   Simon Stadler   Patrick Briaud
  Nicholas Monroe
3–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss 10–11 Oct 2007 Mons, Belgium Hard (i)   Alexander Peya   Tomasz Bednarek
  Filip Polášek
2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Win 11–11 Oct 2007 Rennes, France Hard (i)   Björn Phau   Filip Polášek
  Igor Zelenay
6–2, 6–2
Loss 11–12 Oct 2007 Kolding, Denmark Hard (i)   Alexander Peya   Frederik Nielsen
  Rasmus Nørby
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 12–12 Nov 2007 Aachen, Germany Carpet (i)   Alexander Peya   Dominik Meffert
  Mischa Zverev
6–3, 6–2
Win 13–12 Nov 2007 Eckental, Germany (3) Carpet (i)   Alexander Peya   Philipp Marx
  Lars Uebel
6–3, 6–4
Win 14–12 Feb 2008 Besançon, France (2) Hard (i)   Alexander Peya   Yves Allegro
  Horia Tecău
6–3, 6–1
Loss 14–13 Nov 2008 Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i)   Alexander Peya   František Čermák
  Łukasz Kubot
4–6, 4–6
Loss 14–14 Feb 2009 Heilbronn, Germany Carpet (i)   Benedikt Dorsch   Karol Beck
  Jaroslav Levinský
3–6, 2–6
Win 15–14 May 2009 Tenerife, Spain Hard (i)   Alexander Peya   James Auckland
  Josh Goodall
6–2, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss 15–15 Nov 2011 Ortisei, Italy Carpet (i)   Alexander Waske   Dustin Brown
  Lovro Zovko
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 16–15 Mar 2013 Irving, United States Hard   Jürgen Melzer   Eric Butorac
  Dominic Inglot
6–3, 6–1
Loss 16–16 Nov 2014 Eckental, Germany Carpet (i)   Andreas Beck   Ruben Bemelmans
  Niels Desein
3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss 16–17 Nov 2014 Helsinki, Finland Hard (i)   Jonathan Marray   Henri Kontinen
  Jarkko Nieminen
6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win 17–17 Feb 2015 Wrocław, Poland Hard (i)   Tim Pütz   Frank Dancevic
  Andriej Kapaś
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 17–18 Mar 2015 Irving, United States Hard   Benjamin Becker   Robert Lindstedt
  Sergiy Stakhovsky
4–6, 4–6
Win 18–18 Oct 2015 Mons, Belgium (2) Hard (i)   Ruben Bemelmans   Rameez Junaid
  Igor Zelenay
6–3, 6–1
Win 19–18 Nov 2015 Eckental, Germany (4) Carpet (i)   Ruben Bemelmans   Ken Skupski
  Neal Skupski
7–5, 6–2
Win 20–18 Mar 2018 Irving, United States (2) Hard   Alexander Peya   Radu Albot
  Matthew Ebden
6–2, 6–4
Win 21–18 May 2018 Aix-en-Provence, France Clay   Tim Pütz   Guido Andreozzi
  Kenny de Schepper
6–7(3–7), 6–2, [10–8]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2001 French Open Clay   Markus Bayer   Alejandro Falla
  Carlos Salamanca
6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Win 2002 French Open Clay   Markus Bayer   Ryan Henry
  Todd Reid
7–5, 6–4

Wins over top 10 players

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# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score PP Rank
2008
1.   Stan Wawrinka 10 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) 1R 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 7–6(7–5) 125
2009
2.   Fernando Verdasco 8 Halle, Germany Grass 1R 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4 59
2011
3.   Jürgen Melzer 10 Miami, United States Hard 2R 6–3, 6–4 66
4.   Tomáš Berdych 7 Halle, Germany Grass SF 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–3 71

Records

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Record of consecutive five-set Grand Slam matches

Record Time span Matches Players matched
7 consecutive matches 2009–2010 vs.   Sergiy Stakhovsky 7–6(7–3), 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 W 2009 US Open 1R
vs.   Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 4–6 L 2009 US Open 2R
vs.   Florian Mayer 6–0, 6–2, 4–6, 2–6, 2–6 L 2010 Australian Open 1R
vs.   Carsten Ball 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 5–7, 7–9 L 2010 Roland Garros 1R
vs.   Stéphane Robert 6–4, 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 2–6, 6–4 W 2010 Wimbledon 1R
vs.   Łukasz Kubot 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 W 2010 Wimbledon 2R
vs.   Rafael Nadal 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 3–6 L 2010 Wimbledon 3R
  Viktor Troicki

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