Philipp Kohlschreiber
Kohlschreiber at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open | |
Country | Germany |
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Residence | Altstaetten, Switzerland |
Born |
Augsburg, West Germany | 16 October 1983
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | 2001 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $6,254,509 |
Singles | |
Career record | 280–224 |
Career titles | 4 |
Highest ranking | No. 16 (30 July 2012) |
Current ranking | No. 27 (3 February 2014) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (2005, 2008, 2012) |
French Open | 4R (2009, 2013) |
Wimbledon | QF (2012) |
US Open | 4R (2012, 2013) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 80–79 |
Career titles | 7 |
Highest ranking | No. 51 (10 November 2008) |
Current ranking | No. 150 (15 July 2013) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2005, 2006, 2007, 2012) |
French Open | 1R (2007) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2006) |
US Open | 1R (2005, 2006, 2007, 2011) |
Last updated on: 15 July 2013. |
Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber (born 16 October 1983) is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and four singles titles. Kohlschreiber reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 16 on 30 July 2012.
Kohlscreiber reached his first (and, to date, only) Grand Slam quarter-final at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, after 32 Grand Slam tournaments (31 of them consecutively) from his debut at the 2003 US Open. He had previously fallen short in the fourth round four times. He lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.[1] He is the most recent player to defeat Novak Djokovic before the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament, at the 2009 French Open.[2]
Career
2007
In 2007, Kohlschreiber achieved his greatest result at an ATP Masters Series event during the Monte Carlo Masters, when he reached the quarter-finals after going through qualifying, defeating World No. 12 David Nalbandian in the second round. He won his first career title in Munich defeating Mikhail Youzhny, thereby becoming the first German player to win the event since Michael Stich in 1994.
2008
Kohlschreiber started 2008 by reaching the quarter-finals of the tournament in Doha, Qatar and winning his second career title in Auckland, New Zealand, where he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final.
After Kohlschreiber's win in Auckland, he defeated World No. 6 Andy Roddick in the third round of the Australian Open 6–4, 3–6, 7–6, 6–7, 8–6. Kohlschreiber hit a personal record 32 aces and 104 winners. He eventually lost in the fourth round to Jarkko Nieminen 6–3, 6–7, 6–7, 3–6. Kohlschreiber failed to convert 11 set points in the second (7) and third (4) sets.
Kohlschreiber reached the final of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany eventually falling to the four-time champion Roger Federer 3–6, 4–6. At the 2008 US Open, he was defeated by Serb Viktor Troicki 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 0–3 retired.
2009
Kohlschreiber started 2009 reaching quarter-finals in Doha and Auckland. The German reached second round at Australian Open where he defeated Sam Querrey, before losing to Fabrice Santoro in five sets. In the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, Kohlschreiber defeated Nicolás Lapentti 6–2 3–6 6–3 before being defeated by Fernando Verdasco in the fourth round. Also in 2009, during the French Open, Kohlschreiber defeated World No. 4 Novak Djokovic in a 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 upset.[2]
In the third round of Wimbledon in 2009, he was defeated by Roger Federer 3–6, 2–6, 7–6, 1–6. He was the only person other than finalist Andy Roddick to take a set off of Federer, the eventual champion.
2010
Kohlschreiber started the season in Auckland well with 3 straight sets wins, including wins over Thomaz Bellucci and Frenchman Marc Gicquel before running into eventual finalist Arnaud Clément, losing in straight sets in the semi finals. Kohlschreiber progressed to the 3rd round of the Australian Open with wins over Horacio Zeballos and Wayne Odesnik. He gave 2nd seed Rafael Nadal a test in the 3rd round, before losing 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5.
He returned to action in San Jose seeing off local boy Rajeev Ram in 3 sets and crushing Dudi Sela for the loss of 2 games. He then ran into the form man of the tournament Denis Istomin and lost in three topsy sets, sparking a 3 match losing streak. As he crashed out of Memphis to Evgeny Korolev in 2 tight sets. Followed by an easy 3 set lost to Gaël Monfils, of France in the Davis Cup.
Kohlschreiber got back to winning ways at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells as he had a bye then beat fellow German Philipp Petzschner in straight sets. He then lost a final set tie breaker in R3 to world #2 Serbia's Novak Djokovic. At the Sony Ericsson Open Kohlschreiber received another bye and took on fellow German Florian Mayer and it was about to go into a first set tie breaker before Florian retired with injury. Again he went out in the 3rd round this time to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets.
To start his clay season Kohlschreiber went to the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters where he caused a couple of upsets. In the first round he edged out Bellucci in a final set tie break before he thumped the World #4 Andy Murray for the loss of just 3 games.[3] He then took on Petzschner again and again won in straight sets, to reach the quarter finals. Where he played Spaniard David Ferrer and was edged out in 2 tight sets.
At Wimbledon, Kohlschreiber defeated Potito Starace of Italy and Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia, before losing to Andy Roddick in the 3rd round. At Hamburg, he lost to Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil in third round. In September he hired Murray's former coach Miles Maclagan.[4]
2011
Kohlschreiber began his year at the 2011 Qatar ExxonMobil Open where he was the 8th seed. He won his first match against Andreas Seppi 6–2, 6–4 but then lost to Ivo Karlović in a tight match 7–6, 6–7, 7–6. He then went to the 2011 Heineken Open in Auckland. He won his first round match against Carlos Berlocq 2–6, 6–3, 6–1 and his second round 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 against Marcel Granollers before falling to the top seed David Ferrer 3–6, 7–6, 3–6 in the quarterfinals. In February, Kohlschreiber attended the 2011 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In the first round, he faced Yen-Hsun Lu, of the Chinese Taipei. He defeated Lu 6–4, 7–6. In the second round, he put up a brave showing against the number 1 seed, world number 4 Robin Söderling. He lost 6–3, 5–7, 7–6. In the first round of the Davis Cup tie against Croatia Kohlschreiber saved 1 Match Point in the second rubber against Ivan Dodig to win in five sets and to draw the score after day one. In the fourth rubber Marin Čilić was too strong for Kohlschreiber – he was defeated in straight sets to give the tie a 2–2. In the deciding fifth rubber Philipp Petzschner managed to lead Germany to a 3–2 win. After a first round bye in Indian Wells, Kohlschreiber defeated Tim Smyczek in Round two saving 3 MP before beating World No. 4 Robin Söderling 7–6, 6–4 saving five set points in the opening set Tiebreak. In Round 4 he lost to Juan Martín del Potro 6–7, 6–7. Kohlschreiber was defeated by Roger Federer in the second round of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters after beating Andrey Golubev in Round 1. Kohlschreiber captured his third career title at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle defeating compatriot Philipp Petzschner in the final. On the way to the title he overcame Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Lleyton Hewitt and Gaël Monfils.
2012
At the 2012 Australian Open he lost in the fourth round to Juan Martin Del Potro. Kohlschreiber reached the semifinals of Gerry Weber Open 2012 defeating Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals, 6–3, 6–4.[5] He lost in the semi-finals to Tommy Haas, 7–6 (7–5) 7–5.
Less than two weeks following his defeat of Nadal, Kohlschreiber beat Lukáš Rosol in straight sets 6–2, 6–3, 7–6 (8/6) in the 3rd round of the 2012 Wimbledon championships. Interestingly, Rosol had defeated Nadal in the previous round of Wimbledon in one of the greatest upsets in Grand Slam history. Kohlschreiber advanced to the quarterfinals of a Major for the first time,[1] but was thwarted by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-7, 6-4, 6-7, 2-6. At the US Open he lost in the fourth round to Janko Tipsarevic.
2013
At the 2013 Australian Open he lost in the third round to Milos Raonic. He made it to the fourth round of the French Open before losing to world number one Novak Djokovic. At Wimbledon he had to retire in his first round match against Ivan Dodig. At the US Open he lost in the fourth round to eventual champion Rafael Nadal.
ATP career finals
Singles: 10 (4–6)
Legend (Singles) |
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Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) |
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) |
ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–6) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 30 April 2007 | BMW Open, Munich, Germany | Clay | Mikhail Youzhny | 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 2. | 12 January 2008 | Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 7–6(7–4), 7–5 |
Runner-up | 1. | 15 June 2008 | Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany | Grass | Roger Federer | 3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 27 September 2009 | Open de Moselle, Metz, France | Hard (i) | Gaël Monfils | 6–7(1–7), 6–3, 2–6 |
Winner | 3. | 12 June 2011 | Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany | Grass | Philipp Petzschner | 7–6(7–5), 2–0, ret. |
Winner | 4. | 6 May 2012 | BMW Open, Munich, Germany (2) | Clay | Marin Čilić | 7–6(10–8), 6–3 |
Runner-up | 3. | 28 July 2012 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Robin Haase | 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 13 January 2013 | Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand (2) | Hard | David Ferrer | 6–7(5–7), 1–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 5 May 2013 | BMW Open, Munich, Germany | Clay | Tommy Haas | 3–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Runner-up | 6. | 14 July 2013 | MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | Fabio Fognini | 7–5, 4–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 9 (7–2)
Legend (Doubles) |
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Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) |
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–1) |
ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–1) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 26 September 2005 | Vietnam Open, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Carpet | Lars Burgsmüller | Ashley Fisher Robert Lindstedt |
5–6(3), 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 2. | 24 July 2006 | Austrian Open, Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Stefan Koubek | Oliver Marach Cyril Suk |
6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 30 April 2007 | BMW Open, Munich, Germany | Clay | Mikhail Youzhny | Jan Hájek Jaroslav Levinský |
6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 4 January 2008 | Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha, Qatar | Hard | David Škoch | Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie |
6–4, 4–6, [11–9] |
Runner-up | 1. | 24 February 2008 | ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) | Mikhail Youzhny | Tomáš Berdych Dmitry Tursunov |
5–7, 6–3, [7–10] |
Winner | 5. | 13 July 2008 | Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | Christopher Kas | Michael Berrer Mischa Zverev |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 6. | 14 June 2009 | Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany | Grass | Christopher Kas | Andreas Beck Marco Chiudinelli |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 6 January 2012 | Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha, Qatar | Hard | Christopher Kas | Filip Polášek Lukáš Rosol |
3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 7. | 4 January 2013 | Qatar Open, Doha, Qatar | Hard | Christopher Kas | Julian Knowle Filip Polášek |
7–5, 6–4 |
Singles performance timeline
- Key
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | LQ (Q#) | A | P | Z# | PO | SF-B | F | S | G | NMS | NH |
Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.
Current till 2013 US Open.
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | W–L | |||||||||
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Grand Slam Tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | LQ | A | 4R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 4R | 3R | A | 17–9 | |||||||||
French Open | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 11–9 | ||||||||||
Wimbledon | LQ | A | LQ | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | QF | 1R | 10–9 | ||||||||||
US Open | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 4R | 13–11 | ||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 8–4 | 7–4 | 1–4 | 11–4 | 8–4 | 51–38 | ||||||||||
ATP Masters Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | 3R | 4R | 3R | 4R | 2R | 2R | 11–7 | ||||||||||
Miami Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 2–7 | ||||||||||
Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 3R | 2R | QF | 2R | 2R | 3R | 13–7 | ||||||||||
Hamburg/Madrid Masters1 | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 3–7 | ||||||||||
Rome Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 5–4 | ||||||||||
Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | 1R | 3R | 1R | 5–7 | ||||||||||
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 9–6 | ||||||||||
Shanghai Masters2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 3–5 | ||||||||||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 5–6 | ||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 6–5 | 9–8 | 8–8 | 11–8 | 7–7 | 5–8 | 8–7 | 56–56 | ||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–9 | ||||||||||
Overall Win (%) | 0% | 25% | 38% | 32% | 55% | 55% | 60% | 62% | 61% | 53% | 64% | 56% | 55.34% | ||||||||||
Year End Ranking | 247 | 208 | 88 | 86 | 62 | 32 | 28 | 27 | 34 | 43 | 20 | 22 |
1Held as Hamburg Masters until 2008, Madrid Masters (clay) 2009–present.
2Held as Madrid Masters (hardcourt) from 2002–08, and Shanghai Masters 2009–present.
Doubles performance timeline
- Key
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | LQ (Q#) | A | P | Z# | PO | SF-B | F | S | G | NMS | NH |
Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.
Current through 2012 US Open.
Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | W–L | |||
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Grand Slam Tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0–4 | |||
French Open | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0–1 | ||||
Wimbledon | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–1 | ||||
US Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0–4 | ||||
Win–Loss | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–10 |
Top 10 Wins Per Season
Season | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
Wins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Wins Over Top 10's Per Season (20)
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
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2004 | ||||||
1. | Rainer Schüttler | 6 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | 1R | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
2005 | ||||||
2. | Joachim Johansson | 10 | Halle, Germany | Grass | 1R | 7–6(7–4), 6–1 |
2006 | ||||||
3. | Lleyton Hewitt | 4 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | 2R | 6–3, 0–6, 7–5 |
4. | Nikolay Davydenko | 6 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | 1R | 6–2, 6–4 |
2007 | ||||||
5. | James Blake | 8 | Halle, Germany | Grass | QF | 6–4, 6–3 |
6. | Nikolay Davydenko | 4 | Davis Cup, Moscow, Russia | Clay (i) | RR | 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 |
2008 | ||||||
7. | Andy Roddick | 6 | Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia | Hard | 3R | 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–7(3–7), 8–6 |
8. | David Ferrer | 5 | World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany | Clay | RR | 6–1, 6–0 |
9. | James Blake | 7 | Halle, Germany | Grass | SF | 6–3, 7–5 |
10. | David Ferrer | 7 | Paris, France | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–3, 6–2 |
2009 | ||||||
11. | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 9 | World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany | Clay | RR | 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–3 |
12. | Novak Djokovic | 4 | French Open, Paris, France | Clay | 3R | 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 |
13. | Fernando Verdasco | 9 | Davis Cup, Marbella, Spain | Clay | RR | 6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 2–6, 8–6 |
2010 | ||||||
14. | Andy Murray | 4 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | 2R | 6–2, 6–1 |
15. | Fernando Verdasco | 9 | Beijing, China | Hard | 1R | 6–2, 7–5 |
2011 | ||||||
16. | Robin Soderling | 4 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | 3R | 7–6(10–8), 6–4 |
17. | Gael Monfils | 8 | Halle, Germany | Grass | SF | 6–3, 6–3 |
2012 | ||||||
18. | Nicolas Almagro | 10 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | QF | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
19. | Rafael Nadal | 2 | Halle, Germany | Grass | QF | 6–3, 6–4 |
20. | John Isner | 10 | US Open, New York, United States | Hard | 3R | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kohlschreiber ends Baker's dream run in Wimbledon". 3 July 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Novak Djokovic crashes out of French Open | Herald Sun
- ↑ Buddell, James (14 April 2010). "Tennis – ATP World Tour – Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Wednesday – Lacklustre Murray Falls To Kohlschreiber In Second Round". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
- ↑ "Maclagen to coach Kohlschreiber". BBC Sport. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- ↑ "Philipp Kohlschreiber". Retrieved 2012-06-17.
External links
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- Philipp Kohlschreiber at the Davis Cup
- Kohlschreiber Recent Match Results
- Kohlschreiber World Ranking History
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