Christian Saceanu

Christian Saceanu (born 8 July 1968) is a retired tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1986. The right-hander won two grass court singles titles (1988, Bristol and 1991, Rosmalen) in his career. Saceanu reached his highest singles ATP-ranking in March 1988 when he became the number 60 of the world.

He began playing tennis when he was nine. He was ranked No. 1 in the Romanian 14s and one year later moved with his family to West Germany where he won the German national singles title in 1986. In that same year he was ranked No. 1 in the 18s.

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (2–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (2–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (2–1) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	[[1987 Livingston Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Livingston, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Johan Kriek	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 2–6
Win	1–1	[[1988 Bristol Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Bristol, United Kingdom	Grand Prix	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ramesh Krishnan	6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Win	2–1	[[1991 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships|Template:Dts]]	Rosmalen, Netherlands	World Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Michiel Schapers	6–1, 3–6, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (3–2)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–2) ITF Futures (0–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Croydon, United Kingdom	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Udo Riglewski	6–3, 6–0
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Bristol, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Arnaud Boetsch	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win	3–0	Template:Dts	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Felix Barrientos	6–4, 6–1
Loss	3–1	Template:Dts	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Jan Apell	3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss	3–2	Template:Dts	Manchester, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Chris Wilkinson	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 12 (7–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (7–5) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (6–2) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Guadeloupe, France	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Patrick Baur	Template:Flagicon Gilad Bloom Template:Flagicon Brad Pearce	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Template:Dts	British Hong Kong	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Christian Geyer	Template:Flagicon Neil Borwick Template:Flagicon Paul Wekesa	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Template:Dts	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Michiel Schapers	Template:Flagicon Diego Nargiso Template:Flagicon Stefano Pescosolido	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–3	Template:Dts	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Kent Kinnear	Template:Flagicon Joost Winnink Template:Flagicon Tomas Anzari	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–4	Template:Dts	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Michael Mortensen	Template:Flagicon Grant Stafford Template:Flagicon Christo van Rensburg	1–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5	Template:Dts	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marc-Kevin Goellner	Template:Flagicon Royce Deppe Template:Flagicon David Rikl	6–7, 4–6
Win	2–5	Template:Dts	Guangzhou, China	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kent Kinnear	Template:Flagicon Richard Matuszewski Template:Flagicon John Sullivan	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win	3–5	Template:Dts	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Gilad Bloom	Template:Flagicon Danilo Marcelino Template:Flagicon Fernando Meligeni	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win	4–5	Template:Dts	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Gilad Bloom	Template:Flagicon Cristiano Caratti Template:Flagicon Grant Doyle	7–5, 6–3
Win	5–5	Template:Dts	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Dirk Dier	Template:Flagicon Lionel Barthez Template:Flagicon Patrick Baur	7–6, 7–6
Win	6–5	Template:Dts	Azores, Portugal	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tim Henman	Template:Flagicon Nuno Marques Template:Flagicon Chris Wilkinson	6–2, 6–2
Win	7–5	Template:Dts	Azores, Portugal	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marcus Hilpert	Template:Flagicon Jamie Delgado Template:Flagicon Charlie Singer	6–7, 6–2, 6–4

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	4R	2R	Q1	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 6	5–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	2R	2R	A	1R	A	Q2	A	Q2	A	0 / 3	2–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q1	3R	4R	Q3	2R	Q2	A	0 / 7	6–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	Q2	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–1	0–3	4–3	2–3	0–0	4–4	3–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 18	14–18	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 3	0–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 5	0–5	Template:Tennis win percentage

Doubles

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	2–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	1R	1R	A	Q2	2R	Q2	Q1	0 / 4	1–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–3	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 10	5–10	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	0–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 5	0–5	Template:Tennis win percentage

External links

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