Alexander Popp

Alexander Popp (born 4 November 1976) is a former German professional tennis player. He reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 2000 and 2003.

Personal life

Popp was born in Heidelberg to parents Rainer and Jennifer, and started playing tennis at the age of 8. He was coached by Helmut Luthy, from 1994 until retirement. He holds a British passport through his mother, who was born in Wolverhampton.

Tennis career

Popp turned professional in 1997 at the age of 21.

Popp's career highlights are making the quarterfinals of Wimbledon (by far his most successful tournament) in 2000 (defeating Gustavo Kuerten and Michael Chang en route), and in 2003 (defeating Jiří Novák). He also reached the fourth round in 2004, losing to the eventual runner-up in each of these three runs (Patrick Rafter, Mark Philippoussis and Andy Roddick respectively), and the third round in 2005. Popp also reached the final of Newport in 2004 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74.

In doubles, Popp made the final of Newport in 2002 (partnering Jürgen Melzer) and the semifinals of the Ho Chi Minh City championships in 2005 (partnering Jiří Vaněk).

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP International Series (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (0–1) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	[[2004 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Newport, United States	International Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Greg Rusedski	6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP International Series (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (0–1) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	[[2002 Miller Lite Hall of Fame Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Newport, United States	International Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Jurgen Melzer	Template:Flagicon Bob Bryan Template:Flagicon Mike Bryan	5–7, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (13–3)

Legend ATP Challenger (6–1) ITF Futures (7–2)

Finals by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (3–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (6–1)

Result	W–L	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Latvia F1, Jūrmala	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Janne Ojala	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Great Britain F8, Glasgow	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Andreas Weber	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	3–0	Template:Dts	Great Britain F9, Leeds	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Roman Smotlak	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win	4–0	Template:Dts	Great Britain F10, Edinburgh	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Markus Menzler	6–2, 6–3
Loss	4–1	Template:Dts	USA F9, Tucson	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kepler Orellana	3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win	5–1	Template:Dts	Great Britain F1, Leeds	Futures	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Julian Knowle	7–6, 6–2
Win	6–1	Template:Dts	France F4, Clermont-Ferrand	Futures	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Jan-Ralph Brandt	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	6–2	Template:Dts	Germany F2, Schwäbisch Hall	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Bartlomiej Dabrowski	7–5, 6–7, 4–6
Win	7–2	Template:Dts	Germany F3, Neckarau	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Johan Settergren	6–2, 6–1
Win	8–2	Template:Dts	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Francisco Costa	7–6, 6–3
Win	9–2	Template:Dts	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sebastien de Chaunac	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Win	10–2	Template:Dts	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Andy Fahlke	6–3, 6–2
Win	11–2	Template:Dts	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Axel Pretzsch	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Win	12–2	Template:Dts	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Peter Wessels	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Win	13–2	Template:Dts	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Melzer	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	13–3	Template:Dts	Lübeck, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Raemon Sluiter	2–6, 0–3 ret.

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

Legend ATP Challenger (1–0) ITF Futures (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Great Britain F9, Leeds	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Iain Bates	Template:Flagicon Jean-Rene Lisnard Template:Flagicon Ashley Naumann	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Gilles Elseneer	Template:Flagicon Luke Bourgeois Template:Flagicon Aisam Qureshi	5–7, 7–5, 6–2

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 6	0–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	QF	A	A	QF	4R	3R	0 / 4	13–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	Q1	2R	Q1	2R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 5	2–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	5–3	1–2	1–2	4–3	3–4	2–3	0 / 17	16–17	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage

External links

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