Tobias Kamke

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Tobias Kamke
Singles
Kamke at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships
Country	Germany
Residence	Hamburg, Germany
Born	(1986-05-21) 21 May 1986 Lübeck, Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,180,640
Career record	35–62
Career titles	0 4 Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 64 (31 January 2011)
Current ranking	No. 90 (27 January 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2012, 2013)
French Open	2R (2010, 2011, 2013)
Wimbledon	3R (2010)
US Open	2R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	6–16
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 256 (24 September 2012)
Current ranking	No. 365 (20 May 2013)
Last updated on: 20 May 2013.

Tobias Kamke at Roland Garros 2013

Tobias Kamke (born 21 May 1986 in Lübeck, Germany) is a German tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 64 in January 2011.

Professional career

2008

In June, Kamke made the main draw in singles for the 2008 Wimbledon Championships as a Lucky Loser after losing to No. 134 Jan Hernych in the final qualifying round. He lost in the first round to World No. 30 Andreas Seppi.

2010

He made the main draw at Wimbledon where he progressed through to the first and second round and then lost in the third round to 10th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1–6, 4–6, 6–7. In July, he won the 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby by beating Milos Raonic in the final 6–3, 7–6. At the 2010 Tiburon Challenger he secured his second career challenger title by defeating Ryan Harrison in the final. He reached back-to-back second rounds on ATP World Tour Level at Stockholm, Vienna and Basel. As Kamke started the year as World No. 254 and finished it as World No. 66 he was awarded "Newcomer of the Year" by the ATP.

2011

2011 saw Kamke reach career-high rankings in both singles (World No. 64 in January) and doubles (World No. 419 in October).

2012

Kamke faced Roger Federer in the first round of the 2012 French Open. He led Federer by 4–1* in the second set before losing 2–6, 5–7, 3–6. In September, he reached a new career-high in doubles at World No. 262.

Singles finals: 9 (4–5)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 November 2007	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Steve Darcis	3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	26 May 2008	Karlsruhe, Germany	Clay	Teymuraz Gabashvili	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	12 April 2010	Baton Rouge, US	Hard (i)	Kevin Anderson	7–6^(9–7), 6–7^(7–9), 1–6
Runner-up	4.	31 May 2010	Fürth, Germany	Clay	Robin Haase	4–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	26 July 2010	Granby, Canada	Hard	Milos Raonic	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	2.	11 October 2010	Tiburon, US	Hard	Ryan Harrison	6–1, 6–1
Winner	3.	13 November 2011	Loughborough, UK	Hard	Flavio Cipolla	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	7 July 2012	Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Thomaz Bellucci	6–7^(4–7), 3–6
Winner	4.	16 September 2012	Pétange, Luxembourg	Hard	Paul-Henri Mathieu	7–6^(9–7), 6–4

Singles Performance Timeline

Current through the US Open.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	Q1	Q1	Q2	1R	2R	2R	2–3
French Open	Q2	Q1	2R	2R	1R	2R	3–4
Wimbledon	1R	Q2	3R	2R	1R	1R	3–5
US Open	Q3	Q1	1R	1R	1R	2R	1–4
Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	3–3	2–4	1–4	3–4	9–16
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	1R	1R	Q1	0–2
Miami Masters	A	A	A	1R	1R	3R	2–3
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	0–0
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0–1
Canada Masters	A	A	A	1R	A	Q2	0–1
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	0–0
Shanghai Masters	NMS	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
Paris Masters	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–2	2–2	2–7
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Year-End Ranking	243	254	67	96	98	74

Doubles Performance Timeline

Current through the 2013 US Open (tennis).

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	1R	1R		0–2
French Open			1R	0–1
Wimbledon		1R		0–1
US Open			1R	0–1
Win–Loss	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–5

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Horacio Zeballos	ATP Newcomer of the Year 2010	Succeeded by Milos Raonic

v t e Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten German male singles tennis players as of 27 January 2014

1. Tommy Haas (12 ) 2. Philipp Kohlschreiber (27 4) 3. Florian Mayer (29 8) 4. Daniel Brands (68 9) 5. Tobias Kamke (90 12)

6. Benjamin Becker (94 13) 7. Julian Reister (96 8) 8. Peter Gojowczyk (99 36) 9. Dustin Brown (104 3) 10. Jan-Lennard Struff (120 15)

Persondata
Name	Kamke, Tobias
Alternative names
Short description	tennis player
Date of birth	1986-05-21
Place of birth	Lübeck, Germany
Date of death
Place of death

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