Daniel Köllerer

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Daniel Koellerer

Country	Austria
Residence	Wels, Austria
Date of birth	September 17, 1983 (1983-09-17) (age 24)
Place of birth	Wels, Austria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (170 lb)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	Active
Plays	Right
Career prize money	$US218,635
Singles
Career record:	4-5
Career titles:	0 ATP
Highest ranking:	131 (September 24, 2007)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	N/A
French Open	N/A
Wimbledon	N/A
US Open	N/A
Doubles
Career record:	0-3
Career titles:	0 ATP
Highest ranking:	202 (February 27, 2006)
Infobox last updated on: September 25, 2007.

Daniel Koellerer (born August 17, 1983 in Wels) is a professional Austrian tennis player who turned professional in 2002. He achieved his career-high ranking of #131 in September, 2007.

Contents 1 Juniors Career 2 Professional Career 2.1 Early Career through 2002 2.2 Into the top-200 in 2003 2.3 ATP Matches 3 Equipment 4 External links

[edit] Juniors Career

Kollerer reached a Juniors career high of #23 in singles and #24 in doubles in January, 2001. In 2001, he beat future pros beat John Isner and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, split with Mathieu Montcourt, and lost to Brian Dabul, Dudi Sela, Bruno Echagaray (3 times), Philipp Petzschner, Marcos Baghdatis, Adrian Cruciat, and Rajeev Ram. In 2000, he beat future pros Maximillian Abel and Montcourt, split with Echagaray, and lost to Simone Vagnozzi and Florian Mayer.

[edit] Professional Career

[edit] Early Career through 2002

Kollerer earned his first ranking points as a 16-year-old wild card entry in his first pro tournament, a Futures tournament in Austria in May, 2000, losing to #520 Kristian Pless in the quarterfinals. He slipped from the rankings a year later, but began to rise slowly after turning pro in 2002. A Futures championship in Jamaica in November, 2002 helped him end 2002 ranked #640 as a 19-year-old.

[edit] Into the top-200 in 2003

Kollerer's career progressed well in 2003. He gathered a few ranking points in February on the Spanish Futures circuit, losing twice to 17-year-old Nicolas Almagro. In March, he dominated the Satellite in Italy, winning 3 of the 4 weeks while beating Oliver Marach twice, Ilija Bozoljac, and splitting with Florian Mayer, to get his ranking to #384. On the Italian Futures circuit in May, he earned some more points, beating #500 Diego Hartfield twice, #294 Santiago Ventura, and #438 Edouard Roger-Vasselin to inch his ranking to #348.

[edit] ATP Matches

His only match win on an ATP Circuit event was over Stefan Koubek in Kitzbuhel, before going down to Juan Ignacio Chela in three sets, taking the first. At the time, Chela was ranked 18, Koubek 66 and Koellerer number 169. Koellerer reached the third round of qualifying at the 2007 Australian Open, but lost a tight match to Jamie Baker.

[edit] Equipment

Daniel plays with a Head Racquet.

[edit] External links

• ATP Tour profile for Daniel Köllerer
• Kollerer Recent Match Results
• Kollerer World Ranking History
• ITF Junior Profile for Kollerer