Axel Pretzsch

Axel Pretzsch

Country (sports)	Germany
Born	(1976-06-16) 16 June 1976 Hamburg, West Germany
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Turned pro	1996
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$336,815
Singles
Career record	11–25
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 99 (14 January 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2000)
French Open	1R (1999)
US Open	2R (1999)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 318 (7 April 2003)

Axel Pretzsch (born 16 June 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Career

Pretzsch, who was Germany's junior champion in 1990 and 1994, played in the main draw of four Grand Slams during his career. He twice made it into the second round, the first time at the 1999 US Open, where he beat Cyril Saulnier, before losing to eventual champion Andre Agassi. The German also reached the second round in the 2000 Australian Open, beating Alex O'Brien.^[1]

His best result on the ATP Tour came at the 1999 President's Cup in Tashkent, where he had to best win of his career, defeating world number 60 Sargis Sargsian en route to the quarter-finals.^[2]

Challenger titles

Singles: (6)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	1999	Wolfsburg, Germany	Carpet	Diego Nargiso	W/O
2.	1999	Lübeck, Germany	Carpet	Michael Kohlmann	7–6(7–2), 6–4
3.	2001	Wroclaw, Poland	Hard	Antony Dupuis	7–5, 7–6(7–1)
4.	2001	Magdeburg, Germany	Carpet	Clemens Trimmel	6–4, 6–4
5.	2001	Granby, Canada	Hard	Jeff Morrison	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
6.	2003	Wolfsburg, Germany	Carpet	Arvind Parmar	6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4

Doubles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	2003	Wolfsburg, Germany	Carpet	Karsten Braasch	Alexander Peya Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi	6–4, 6–2

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