Kristian Pless

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**Kristian Pless**

Country	Denmark
Residence	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date of birth	February 9, 1981
Place of birth	Odense, Denmark
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Turned Pro	1999
Plays	Right, Two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money	$795,668
Singles
Career record:	50-66
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 65 (January 28, 2002)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3rd round (2002)
French Open	2nd round (2001)
Wimbledon	2nd round (2001)
U.S. Open	2nd round (2001), (2002),(2004), (2006)
Doubles
Career record:	4-16
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 230 (November 6, 2006)
Infobox last updated on: November 6, 2006.

Kristian Peter Pless (born February 9, 1981 in Odense, Denmark) is a professional male tennis player from Denmark.

In 1999, he won the Australian Open for juniors (defeated Mikhail Youzhny), and reached the junior finals at Wimbledon (lost to Jürgen Melzer), and the US Open (lost to Jarkko Nieminen). He finished 1999 as the no. 1 ranked junior player in the world.

He turned professional in 1999, and on January 28, 2002, Kristian Pless reached his career-high ATP singles ranking: World No. 65. He has won tournaments at the Futures and Challenger levels, and has reached three semifinals on the ATP Tour. He suffered a serious shoulder injury in 2003, which after surgery kept him out of competition for almost a year. After returning from injury in 2004, he had dropped in the rankings to World No. 846 on May 24. Subsequently, he has gradually climbed the rankings, and on November 20, 2006, he reached the highest position since his return, World No. 85.

[edit] Grand Slam performance timeline

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Career
Australian Open	-	3r	1r	-	-	-	2-2
French Open	2r	1r	-	1r	-	1r	1-4
Wimbledon	2r	1r	-	1r	-	1r	1-4
U.S. Open	2r	2r	-	2r	-	2r	4-4
Grand Slam W-L	3-3	3-3	0-1	1-4	0-0	1-3	8-14

[edit] Trivia

Began playing tennis at age 7.
Used to practice with former World No. 1s Pete Sampras and Jennifer Capriati at the Harry Hopman Tennis Academy.
Cites as greatest career moment his match against Pete Sampras at the 2002 US Open on a sold-out Arthur Ashe Stadium. Sampras won the match in three sets (and went on to become winner of the tournament).
He lives in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.