Philipp Petzschner
Country (sports) | Germany |
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Residence | Pulheim, Germany |
Born |
Bayreuth, Germany | March 24, 1984
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Turned pro | 2001 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 3,763,667 |
Singles | |
Career record | 88–107 |
Career titles |
1 1 Challenger |
Highest ranking | No. 35 (14 September 2009) |
Current ranking | No. 1236 (21 November 2016) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2012) |
French Open | 2R (2009, 2011) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2009, 2010) |
US Open | 2R (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R (2012) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 150–144 |
Career titles |
6 19 Challengers |
Highest ranking | No. 9 (4 April 2011) |
Current ranking | No. 66 (21 November 2016) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2011) |
French Open | 3R (2012) |
Wimbledon | W (2010) |
US Open | W (2011) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | RR (2010, 2011) |
Olympic Games | 1R (2012) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career record | 5–7 |
Career titles | 0 |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2011) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2009, 2011, 2012) |
US Open | QF (2012) |
Other mixed doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2012) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | SF (2007) |
Last updated on: 21 November 2016. |
Philipp Petzschner (born March 24, 1984) is a professional German tennis player. He is known for his hard-hitting forehand and bursts of speed around the court. His career-high doubles ranking is world no. 9, which he achieved in April 2011.
Career
Juniors
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
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
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
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
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, 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
Petzshcner 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. 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
Petzschner reached the finals of the UNICEF Open, losing to David Ferrer in straight sets.[1]
2015
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
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.
Playing style
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.[2] He is also an excellent player at the net, which makes him a better doubles player.
Personal life
He married singer Dewi Sulaeman of the pop group Bellini in September 2010. They have one adopted son.
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (2–0)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 2010 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Jürgen Melzer | Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău |
6–1, 7–5, 7–5 |
Winner | 2011 | US Open | Hard | Jürgen Melzer | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
6–2, 6–2 |
ATP career finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)
Winner – Legend |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0) |
ATP World Tour Finals (0) |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0) |
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0) |
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | October 12, 2008 | Bank Austria-TennisTrophy, Vienna, Austria |
Hard (i) | Gaël Monfils | 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1. | June 12, 2011 | Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany |
Grass | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 6–7(5–7), 0–2 ret. |
Runner-up | 2. | June 23, 2012 | UNICEF Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherland |
Grass | David Ferrer | 3–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runners-up)
Legend (Doubles) |
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Grand Slam tournaments (2–0) |
ATP World Tour Finals (0) |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0) |
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–3) |
ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–3) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 12 October 2008 |
Bank Austria-TennisTrophy, Vienna, Austria |
Hard (i) | Alexander Peya | Max Mirnyi Andy Ram |
1–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 1. | 7 February 2010 |
PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Zagreb, Croatia |
Hard (i) | Jürgen Melzer | Arnaud Clément Olivier Rochus |
3–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
Winner | 2. | 3 July 2010 |
Wimbledon, London, England |
Grass | Jürgen Melzer | Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău |
6–1, 7–5, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 2. | 18 July 2010 |
MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany |
Clay | Christopher Kas | Carlos Berlocq Eduardo Schwank |
6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8) |
Winner | 3. | 13 February 2011 |
ABN AMRO Tournament, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Hard (i) | Jürgen Melzer | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić |
6–4, 3–6, [10–5] |
Winner | 4. | 16 July 2011 |
MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany |
Clay | Jürgen Melzer | Marcel Granollers Marc López |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 5. | 10 September 2011 |
US Open, New York, United States |
Hard | Jürgen Melzer | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 3. | 7 January 2012 |
Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia |
Hard | Jürgen Melzer | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor |
1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 6. | 19 October 2014 |
Erste Bank Open, Vienna, Austria |
Hard (i) | Jürgen Melzer | Andre Begemann Julian Knowle |
7–6(8–6), 4–6, [10–7] |
Runner-up | 4. | 8 January 2016 |
Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha, Qatar |
Hard | Alexander Peya | Feliciano López Marc López |
4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 14 February 2016 |
ABN AMRO Tournament, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Hard (i) | Alexander Peya | Nicolas Mahut Vasek Pospisil |
6–7(2–7), 4–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 27 February 2016 |
Mexican Open, Acapulco, Mexico |
Hard | Alexander Peya | Treat Huey Max Mirnyi |
6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
ATP Challenger Tour titles
Singles (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
1. | 14 October 2007 | Rennes, France | Hard (i) | Gilles Muller | 6–3, 6–4 |
Doubles (19)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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1. | 22 August 2004 | Mönchengladbach, Germany | Clay | Christopher Kas | Karsten Braasch Franz Stauder |
3–6, 6–2, 7–64 |
2. | 21 November 2004 | Eckental, Germany (1) | Carpet (i) | Christopher Kas | Daniele Bracciali Petr Luxa |
6–4, 7–65 |
3. | 6 February 2005 | Wolfsburg, Germany | Carpet (i) | Alexander Peya | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Lovro Zovko |
6–2, 6–4 |
4. | 22 May 2005 | Dresden, Germany | Clay | Christopher Kas | Bart Beks Martijn van Haasteren |
6–72, 6–2, 6–4 |
5. | 9 October 2005 | Mons, Belgium (1) | Carpet (i) | Christopher Kas | Tomas Cibulec Tom Vanhoudt |
7–64, 6–2 |
6. | 13 November 2005 | Eckental, Germany (2) | Carpet (i) | Christopher Kas | Torsten Popp Jasper Smit |
6–3, 7–5 |
7. | 29 January 2006 | Heilbronn, Germany | Carpet (i) | Christopher Kas | Lukas Dlouhy David Skoch |
6–72, 6–3, [10–4] |
8. | 26 February 2006 | Besançon, France | Hard (i) | Christopher Kas | Jean-Claude Scherrer Lovro Zovko |
6–2, 6–2 |
9. | 23 April 2006 | Cardiff, Great Britain | Hard (i) | Alexander Peya | Filip Prpic Björn Rehnquist |
4–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
10. | 9 September 2007 | Donetsk, Ukraine | Hard (i) | Simon Stadler | Patrick Briaud Nicholas Monroe |
3–6, 7–5, [10–6] |
11. | 14 October 2007 | Rennes, France | Hard (i) | Björn Phau | Filip Polasek Igor Zelenay |
6–2, 6–2 |
12. | 4 November 2007 | Aachen, Germany | Carpet (i) | Alexander Peya | Dominik Meffert Mischa Zverev |
6–3, 6–2 |
13. | 11 November 2007 | Eckental, Germany (3) | Carpet (i) | Alexander Peya | Philipp Marx Lars Uebel |
6–3, 6–4 |
14. | 24 February 2008 | Besançon, France | Hard (i) | Alexander Peya | Yves Allegro Horia Tecau |
6–3, 6–1 |
15. | 3 May 2009 | Tenerife, Spain | Hard (i) | Alexander Peya | James Auckland Josh Goodall |
6–2, 3–6, [10–4] |
16. | 13 March 2013 | Dallas, United States | Hard | Jürgen Melzer | Eric Butorac Dominic Inglot |
6–3, 6–1 |
17. | 22 February 2015 | Wroclaw, Poland | Hard (i) | Tim Puetz | Frank Dancevic Andriej Kapas |
7–64, 6–3 |
18. | 11 October 2015 | Mons, Belgium (2) | Hard (i) | Ruben Bemelmans | Rameez Junaid Igor Zelenay |
6–3, 6–1 |
19. | 8 November 2015 | Eckental, Germany (4) | Carpet (i) | Ruben Bemelmans | Ken Skupski Neal Skupski |
7–5, 6–2 |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 2001 | French Open | Clay | Markus Bayer | Alejandro Falla Carlos Salamanca | 6–3, 5–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 2002 | French Open | Clay | Markus Bayer | Ryan Henry Todd Reid | 7–5, 6–4 |
Performance timelines
Current till 2016 ATP World Tour
Doubles
Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | 1R | A | 2R | 3R | QF | 3R | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 6 | 8–6 | 57% |
French Open | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% |
Wimbledon | 2R | A | QF | 2R | W | QF | SF | A | A | SF | A | 1 / 7 | 22–6 | 79% |
US Open | 2R | A | QF | 1R | 1R | W | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 1 / 8 | 11–7 | 61% |
Win–Loss | 2–3 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 2–4 | 8–3 | 12–3 | 9–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2 / 27 | 43–25 | 63% |
Year-End Championships | ||||||||||||||
World Tour Finals | Did Not Qualify | RR | RR | Did Not Qualify | 0 / 2 | 2–4 | 33% | |||||||
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | Absent | 2R | A | 1R | Absent | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | ||||||
Miami Masters | Absent | 1R | SF | A | 1R | Absent | QF | 0 / 4 | 5–4 | 56% | ||||
Monte Carlo Masters | Absent | 2R | Absent | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||
Madrid Masters | Absent | 2R | Absent | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||
Rome Masters | Absent | 2R | Absent | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||||
Canada Masters | Absent | QF | QF | 1R | Absent | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% | ||||||
Cincinnati Masters | Absent | 2R | 2R | 1R | Absent | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | ||||||
Shanghai Masters | Not Held | 2R | A | 2R | QF | Absent | 1R | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% | ||||
Paris Masters | Absent | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0 / 20 | 12–201 | 38% |
National Representation | ||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | Not Held | A | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||
Davis Cup | A | SF | QF | Absent | QF | 1R | Absent | PO | 1R | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | 44% | ||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | 40% |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Career | |||
Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 3 | 3 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 6 / 12 | ||
Overall Win–Loss | 7–11 | 1–2 | 17–13 | 17–21 | 22–16 | 34–26 | 21–21 | 4–7 | 5–1 | 7–11 | 15–12 | 150–1442 | ||
Win % | 39% | 33% | 57% | 45% | 58% | 57% | 50% | 36% | 83% | 39% | 56% | 51.02% | ||
Year-end ranking | 71 | 138 | 41 | 55 | 20 | 10 | 38 | 158 | 184 | 50 | 66 | $1,536,805 |
1 including Hamburg Masters 2002 (1R)
2 including Overall Win-Loss 2001 (0–1) and 2002 (0–2)
Singles
Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | SR | W–L | Win% | |
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Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% | |
French Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% | |
Wimbledon | A | A | 2R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 6–6 | 50% | |
US Open | A | 2R | Q3 | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | Q2 | A | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | 45% | |
Win–Loss | 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% | |
National Representation | ||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | Not Held | A | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||
Davis Cup | A | 0–2 | 0–0 | Absent | 2–0 | 0–0 | Absent | 0–0 | 0 / 5 | 2–2 | 50% | |||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 3 | |||
Overall Win–Loss | 0–0 | 1–2 | 10–9 | 15–25 | 21–19 | 24–22 | 10–17 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 88–1071 | 45% | ||
Year-end ranking | 312 | 185 | 66 | 80 | 57 | 63 | 115 | 206 | 421 | 749 | $2,226,360 |
1 including Overall Win-Loss 2003 (2–3), 2004 (1–1) and 2005 (0–2)
References
- ↑ "Philipp Petzschner". Retrieved 2012-06-23.
- ↑ Lin, Charles (2010). "USO Day 4: Djokovic wins over Petzschner in rowdy evening match", essentialtennis.com, 3 September 2010.
External links
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