Florian Mayer

Not to be confused with Florian Meyer.
Florian Mayer
Country  Germany
Residence Bayreuth, Germany
Born 5 October 1983
Bayreuth, West Germany
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro 2001
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $5,236,009
Singles
Career record 218–209 (51.05%)
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 18 (6 June 2011)
Current ranking No. 603 (20 April 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 4R (2014)
French Open 3R (2004, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon QF (2004, 2012)
US Open 3R (2011, 2013)
Doubles
Career record 41–85
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 47 (18 June 2012)
Current ranking No. 572 (20 April 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2008, 2011)
French Open 1R (2005, 2007, 2011, 2013)
Wimbledon 2R (2005, 2007)
US Open 3R (2004, 2010)
Last updated on: 24 April 2015.

Florian Mayer (born 5 October 1983) is a German professional tennis player. He plays on both the ATP Tour and the Challenger Tour.

Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 18 in June 2011. Also in 2011, Mayer won his first ATP title after four previous defeats in ATP finals. In addition, he has won ten Challenger events.

At the 2004 Wimbledon Championships, Mayer reached the quarter-finals, which is his best Grand Slam result to date. He received the ATP Newcomer of the Year award in 2004. Eight years later, Mayer made his second Grand Slam quarter-final, once again at Wimbledon.

The biggest win of his career came at the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters when he upset eleven-time grandslam champion Rafael Nadal in the round of 16.

Mayer is known for his unorthodox style of play. He has a long backswing on his forehand and backhand and uses a lot of different slices and spin on his backhand side. He is also known for his jumping backhand dropshots which catches many of his opponents on the backfoot.

Career

2009

Florian made a return from injury reaching the final of the Nouméa Challenger but losing to Brendan Evans. Mayer then qualified for the main draw of the Australian Open by beating Sergei Bubka, Blaž Kavčič and Amer Delic. There he beat Lamine Ouahab in the first round, and then lost to Juan Martín del Potro in the second round.

2010

Mayer reached the third round at the 2010 Australian Open, defeating Philipp Petzschner and Viktor Troicki. He then lost to Juan Martín del Potro in four sets. At Wimbledon in 2010, Mayer beat 11th seed Marin Čilić in straight sets to reach the second round, where he defeated Mardy Fish in four sets. He then lost to Lu Yen-hsun in the third round. He also reached the quarterfinals at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, losing to Gaël Monfils, and the semifinal in Hamburg, losing to eventual champion Andrey Golubev. At the Shanghai Rolex Masters, he lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third round, after defeating Kevin Anderson and Mikhail Youzhny in the first two rounds. Mayer reached the final at the If Stockholm Open, after beating Jarkko Nieminen in a tight semifinal, saving a match point. Mayer also beat world no. 5 Robin Söderling and two-time Wimbledon quarterfinalist Feliciano López en route to the final, where he lost 4–6, 3–6, to the 16-Grand Slam titles holder Roger Federer.

He went 23–18 on the season and earned $513,955.

2011

Mayer started the new season in style. In preparation for the Australian Open. he reached the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International and the semifinals of the Medibank International in Sydney. At the first Grand Slam tournament of the season in Melbourne, Mayer surprisingly defeated Doha finalist Nikolay Davydenko in four sets, only to lose against Japanese Kei Nishikori in the second round. Two weeks later, he came through to his second semifinals of the year in Zagreb. On his way to this stage, he defeated top seed Marin Čilić, 6–3, 6–4. He lost the semifinal against countryman Michael Berrer. With this result, he was the new German no. 1 in the ATP Ranking. At the 2011 BMW Open in Munich, Mayer reached his fourth career final. He was again not able to capture his maiden ATP World Tour title, after losing to Nikolay Davydenko in three sets. Two days after this loss, he managed to beat Viktor Troicki in three sets in the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open. He had to retire in the second round against Thomaz Bellucci. He rose to a new career-high rank of no. 28.

Mayer reached the quarterfinals of the Italian Open in Rome. After three straight-set wins, Mayer could not keep up the momentum against Andy Murray, after having won the first set. He went on to lose, 6–1, 1–6, 1–6.

Again he rose to a new career-high rank of no. 21.

By winning three out of three matches at the World Team Cup in Düsseldorf, Mayer was the key player in the German team to capture the trophy for the fifth time. He improved to no. 19. The German, however, could not overcome the second round of Roland Garros and Wimbledon, losing in fourth sets in both cases against Alejandro Falla and Xavier Malisse, as he did in the Australian Open. In addition, he lost his Davis Cup quarterfinal match against Richard Gasquet, despite serving for the match in the third set.

Two weeks later, he reached the Hamburg ATP 500 quarterfinals, losing in straight tiebreaks to third seed Nicolás Almagro. However, in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of Montreal and Cincinnati, he lost in first round to Richard Gasquet and Ivo Karlović, respectively. Mayer then reached the third round in the US Open (won to Mannarino and Lisnard, but lost in the round of 32 to fifth seed Ferrer), to achieve his best Grand Slam result of the year. He won his first title in Bucharest, defeating Pablo Andújar in the final 6–3, 6–1. On 13 October 2011, Mayer defeated world no. 2 Rafael Nadal in a brilliant display of tennis 7–6, 6–3.

2012

Mayer withdrew from the Australian Open due to injury. He couldn't win consecutively until the Miami Masters, where he defeated Ivan Dodig and Indian Wells finalist John Isner. He then lost in the fourth round to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Mayer reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time since 2004 Wimbledon. In the quarter finals, he lost to top seed Novak Djokovic.[1]

2013

Mayer reached quarter-final of Shanghai Masters and defeated French Open finalist David Ferrer.

2014

Mayer first played in Doha. He defeated Michał Przysiężny, then third seeded Andy Murray who returned from injury layoff, then Victor Hanescu who upset Fernando Verdasco. He then lost to Gael Monfils in the semi-finals. He reached the fourth round for the first time at the Australian Open. He defeated 14th seed Mikhail Youzhny in the second round, then 20th seed Jerzy Janowicz in straight sets in the third round. In the fourth round, he was defeated by 3rd seed David Ferrer in 4 sets.

ATP career finals

Singles: 5 (1–4)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–4)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 7 August 2005 Orange Warsaw Open, Sopot, Poland Clay France Monfils, GaëlGaël Monfils 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up 2. 6 August 2006 Orange Warsaw Open, Sopot, Poland (2) Clay Russia Davydenko, NikolayNikolay Davydenko 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 24 October 2010 If Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Switzerland Federer, RogerRoger Federer 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 4. 1 May 2011 BMW Open, Munich, Germany Clay Russia Nikolay Davydenko 3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Winner 1. 25 September 2011 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania Clay Spain Pablo Andújar 6–3, 6–1

Challenger titles

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (11)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 28 July 2003 St. Petersburg, Russia Clay Slovakia Michal Mertiňák 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–1
2. 15 March 2004 Mexico City, Mexico Clay Chile Adrián García 6–4, 6–3
3. 5 June 2006 Fürth, Germany Clay Germany Torsten Popp 6–3, 6–1
4. 24 July 2006 Tampere, Finland Clay Latvia Ernests Gulbis 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–3
5. 14 August 2006 Graz, Austria Hard Germany Rainer Schüttler 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
6. 16 March 2009 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Thailand Danai Udomchoke 7–5, 6–2
7. 31 May 2009 Karlsruhe, Germany Clay Jamaica Dustin Brown 6–2, 6–4
8. 10 January 2010 Nouméa, France Hard Italy Flavio Cipolla 6–3, 6–0
9. 21 March 2010 Sunrise, United States Hard France Gilles Simon 6–4, 6–4
10. 9 June 2012 Prostějov, Czech Republic Clay Czech Republic Jan Hájek 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
11. 6 July 2013 Braunschweig, Germany Clay Czech Republic Jiří Veselý 4–6, 6–2, 6–1

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 1R 2R 3R 1R 2R 3R 2R A 2R 4R A 0 / 9 12–10 54.55
French Open 2R 1R 1R 1R A A A 2R 2R 1R A 0 / 7 3–7 30.00
Wimbledon QF 3R 2R 2R A A 3R 2R QF 1R A 0 / 8 15–8 65.22
US Open 2R 1R 2R 1R A A 1R 3R 1R 3R A 0 / 8 6–8 42.86
Win–Loss 7–4 2–4 3–4 4–4 0–1 1–1 3–3 5–4 5–3 3–4 3–1 0–0 0 / 33 36–33 52.17
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A 1R 2R 2R 1R A 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R A 0 / 9 3–9 25.00
Miami Masters A 4R 1R 3R 1R A 2R 4R 4R 2R 3R A 0 / 9 12–8 57.89
Monte Carlo Masters A 2R A 1R LQ A A 2R 1R 3R A 2R 0 / 6 5–6 45.45
Rome Masters 1R 1R A A A A A QF 2R A A 0 / 4 4–4 50.00
Madrid Masters 1R A A A A A A 2R 1R 2R A 0 / 4 2–4 33.33
Canada Masters A A A A A A A 1R 2R 2R A 0 / 3 1–3 0.00
Cincinnati Masters A A A 1R A A 1R 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 5 1–5 20.00
Shanghai Masters Not Held 2R 3R QF 2R QF A 0 / 4 7–3 70.00
Paris Masters A A A A A A A 2R 1R A A 0 / 2 1–2 33.33
Hamburg Masters 3R 1R 1R 2R A NMS 0 / 4 3–4 42.86
Win–Loss 2–3 4–5 1–3 4–5 0–2 1–1 3–4 12–9 5–8 8–7 1–1 1–1 0 / 51 42–49 46.15
Career statistics
Tournaments played 17 25 21 24 9 6 19 26 25 25 7 2 206
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1 / 206 1–5 20.00
Overall Win–Loss 19–19 21–25 26–21 18–25 2–10 3–6 23–18 45–26 23–26 29–26 8–6 1–2 1 / 206 218–210 50.93
Win % 50% 43% 55% 42% 17% 33% 56% 64% 47% 53% 57% 33% 50.93%
Year End Ranking 35 72 56 55 409 61 37 23 28 40 147 $5,206,428

Doubles

Current through the 2014 Australian Open.

Tournament20042005200620072008200920102011201220132014SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R 2R A 1R 2R A 1R 0 / 6 2–6
French Open A 1R A 1R A A A 1R A 1R A 0 / 4 0–4
Wimbledon 1R 2R 1R 2R A A A A A A A 0 / 4 2–4
US Open 3R 1R 2R 1R A A 3R 2R A 1R 0 / 7 6–7
Win–Loss 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–4 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–3 0–0 0–2 0–1 0 / 21 10–21

References

  1. ↑ Chadband, Ian (4 July 2012). "Wimbledon 2012: Novak Djokovic steamrollers Florian Mayer for a place in the semi-finals". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 01-09-2012. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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Awards
Preceded by
Rafael Nadal		 ATP Newcomer of the Year
2004 		Succeeded by
Gaël Monfils