Florian Mayer

Florian Mayer (; born 5 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player.

Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in June 2011. Also in 2011, Mayer won his first ATP Tour title after four previous defeats in ATP finals.

Mayer competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics. 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 twenty-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal in the round of 16.

Mayer was known for his unorthodox style of play. He had a long backswing on his forehand and backhand and used many different slices and spin on his backhand side. He was also known for his jumping backhand dropshots which caught many of his opponents on the backfoot.

Mayer retired from professional tennis after the 2018 US Open.

Career

2009

Mayer 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 Sergey Bubka, Blaž Kavčič and Amer Delić. 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.

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Mayer at 2011 Wimbledon.

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 Sydney International. 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 quarterfinals for the first time since 2004 Wimbledon. In the quarterfinals, he lost to top seed Novak Djokovic.

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 Hănescu who upset Fernando Verdasco. He then lost to Gaël Monfils in the semifinals. 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 four sets.

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Mayer at the 2016 US Open.

2016

Mayer won the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, defeating Andreas Seppi in the quarterfinal, world No. 7 Dominic Thiem in the semifinal and Alexander Zverev in the final, for his first victory in his career on German soil and his first victory at an ATP 500 tournament. Mayer won the final 6–2, 5–7, 6–3. As a result of this victory, Mayer's ranking rose 112 places from 192 to 80.

2017

Mayer got to the final at the 2017 German Open in Hamburg where he lost to namesake Leonardo Mayer in three sets.

2018

Mayer played his last match on the ATP tour at the 2018 US Open, losing to Borna Ćorić in four sets in the first round.

Playing style

Mayer is an all-court player known for his unique and creative style of play. He has an unusually long take-back on both his forehand and two-handed backhand and generally hits more top-spin than flat on both wings. Despite his height, his groundstrokes and serve lack power, but are consistent and unpredictable. He uses a variety of spins on both wings to mix his shots up and hit drop-shots. He is well known for his double-handed backhand slice, similar to that of Fabrice Santoro and Jimmy Connors, and often pulls off jumping backhands and jumping slice drop-shots which catch his opponents off guard. His drop-shots are particularly effective on clay and grass, where he has had most success. Despite having a weaker, top-spin serve, Mayer occasionally serve and volleys and is also known for his two-handed backhand cutting volley. He also often uses a chip and charge tactic during points to finish points off. This makes him unpredictable and tricky to play against.

Mayer's biggest weaknesses are his lack of match consistency and fitness, having had inconsistent results throughout his career and a relatively small build. He has also suffered from numerous injuries throughout his career, most notably his groin injury in 2015 that prevented him from playing for more than a year. However, he has since made a comeback, winning his second title at the 2016 Halle Open.

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	3R	2R	A	2R	4R	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 12	12–12	50%
French Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 11	3–11	21%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	QF	3R	2R	2R	A	A	3R	2R	QF	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 12	16–12	57%
US Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	1R	3R	1R	3R	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 12	7–12	37%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	7–4	2–4	3–4	4–4	0–1	1–1	3–3	5–4	5–3	3–4	3–1	0–3	0–3	2–4	0–4	0 / 47	38–47	45%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	Q1	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	3R	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 9	3–9	25%
Miami Open	A	A	A	Q2	4R	1R	3R	1R	A	2R	4R	4R	2R	3R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 10	12–9	57%
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	Q1	1R	Q1	A	A	2R	1R	3R	A	2R	A	1R	1R	0 / 8	5–8	38%
Madrid Open	NH	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	A	A	A	2R	Q2	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Italian Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	A	A	1R	A	2R	Q1	0 / 6	5–6	45%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	1–5	17%
Shanghai Masters	not held								2R	3R	QF	2R	QF	A	A	1R	Q1	A	0 / 6	10–5	67%
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
German Open	A	A	A	3R	1R	1R	2R	A	not Masters series										0 / 4	3–4	43%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	4–5	1–3	4–5	0–2	1–1	3–4	12–9	5–8	8–7	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–4	0–1	0 / 58	44–56	44%
National representation
Summer Olympics	not held			1R	not held			A	not held			A	not held			A	not held		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Davis Cup	A	A	A	PO	A	PO	A	QF	A	PO	QF	1R	1R	QF	A	PO	A	A	0 / 5	10–9	53%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 6	10–10	50%
Career statistics
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Career
Tournaments	0	0	0	17	24	21	23	9	6	19	25	24	25	7	9	12	17	15	253
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Finals	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7
Hard Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–8	5–8	9–10	10–12	2–7	2–5	13–13	23–16	9–12	15–15	8–6	0–1	2–5	1–8	0–5	102–131		44%
Clay Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	12–8	11–13	13–8	5–11	0–3	1–1	8–4	19–8	9–12	12–9	0–0	2–6	2–5	6–6	0–6	100–100		50%
Grass Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–2	3–2	3–2	3–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–2	5–2	2–2	0–0	2–2	6–2	3–3	2–4	38–26		59%
Carpet Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	discontinued										3–4		43%
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	19–19	21–25	26–21	18–25	2–10	3–6	23–18	45–26	23–26	29–26	8–6	4–9	10–12	10–17	2–15	243–261
Win %	–	–	–	50%	43%	55%	42%	17%	33%	56%	64%	47%	53%	57%	31%	45%	37%	12%	Template:Tennis win percentage
Year-end ranking	873	393	250	35	72	56	55	409	61	37	23	28	40	147	217	50	69	256

Doubles

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	2R	A	1R	2R	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 8	2–7
French Open	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 8	3–8
Wimbledon	1R	2R	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	2–4
US Open	3R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	3R	2R	A	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	A	0 / 10	6–10
Win–loss	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–4	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–3	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–3	0–2	0 / 30	13–29
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3
Miami Open	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	0–5
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	4–3
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	4–2
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	3–2
Shanghai Masters	not held					A	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	6–4	4–6	2–5	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 20	13–20
Career statistics
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1
Overall win–loss	2–7	5–10	2–5	2–7	5–2	0–0	3–10	12–16	7–13	3–13	1–6	3–6	2–5	4–7	0–4	51–111
Year-end ranking	234	171	382	267	272	773	181	63	137	239	348	303	382	205	539	31%

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments ATP World Tour Finals ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1) ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–4)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	[[2005 Idea Prokom Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Orange Warsaw Open, Poland	International	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gaël Monfils	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 5–7
Loss	0–2	[[2006 Orange Prokom Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Orange Warsaw Open, Poland	International	Clay	Template:Flagicon Nikolay Davydenko	6–7(6–8), 7–5, 4–6
Loss	0–3	[[2010 If Stockholm Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Stockholm Open, Sweden	250 Series	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Roger Federer	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–4	[[2011 BMW Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Bavarian Championships, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Nikolay Davydenko	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win	1–4	[[2011 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Romanian Open, Romania	250 Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pablo Andújar	6–3, 6–1
Win	2–4	[[2016 Gerry Weber Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Halle Open, Germany	500 Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Alexander Zverev	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	2–5	[[2017 German Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	German Open, Germany	500 Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Leonardo Mayer	4–6, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	[[2005 BMW Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Bavarian Championships, Germany	International	Clay	Template:Flagicon Alexander Waske	Template:Flagicon Mario Ančić Template:Flagicon Julian Knowle	3–6, 6–1, 3–6

Team competition: 2 (2 titles)

Result	W–L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partners	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	2005	World Team Cup, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tommy Haas Template:Flagicon Nicolas Kiefer Template:Flagicon Alexander Waske	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Cañas Template:Flagicon Juan Ignacio Chela Template:Flagicon Guillermo Coria Template:Flagicon Gastón Gaudio	2–1
Win	2–0	2011	World Team Cup, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Philipp Kohlschreiber Template:Flagicon Philipp Petzschner Template:Flagicon Christopher Kas	Template:Flagicon Juan Mónaco Template:Flagicon Juan Ignacio Chela Template:Flagicon Máximo González	2–1

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 25 (14–11)

Legend
ATP Challenger (13–9)
ITF Futures (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Gran Canaria, Spain	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal	6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss	0–2	Template:Dts	Lisboa, Portugal	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Brzezicki	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	St. Petersburg, Russia	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Michal Mertiňák	4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–1
Win	1–2	Template:Dts	Gran Canaria, Spain	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Iván Navarro	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Template:Dts	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Michal Tabara	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–1	Template:Dts	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Adrián García	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–1	Template:Dts	Fürth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Torsten Popp	6–3, 6–1
Win	4–1	Template:Dts	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ernests Gulbis	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–3
Win	5–1	Template:Dts	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rainer Schüttler	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Loss	5–2	Template:Dts	Dresden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Yuri Schukin	6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)
Loss	5–3	Template:Dts	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sergio Roitman	6–7(1–7), 4–6
Loss	5–4	Template:Dts	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Óscar Hernández	2–6, 6–1, 1–6
Loss	5–5	[[2009 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brendan Evans	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	6–5	[[2009 SAT Bangkok Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Danai Udomchoke	7–5, 6–2
Loss	6–6	[[2009 Zagorka Cup – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Sofia, Bulgaria	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ivo Minář	4–6, 3–6
Win	7–6	[[2009 Baden Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Karlsruhe, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Dustin Brown	6–2, 6–4
Loss	7–7	[[2009 American Express – TED Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Illya Marchenko	4–6, 4–6
Win	8–7	[[2010 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Flavio Cipolla	6–3, 6–0
Win	9–7	[[2010 BMW Tennis Championship – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Sunrise, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Gilles Simon	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–8	[[2009 Roma Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Federico Delbonis	4–6, 3–6
Win	10–8	[[2012 UniCredit Czech Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jan Hájek	7–6(7–1), 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
Win	11–8	[[2013 Sparkassen Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jiří Veselý	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win	12–8	[[2016 Tilia Slovenia Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Portorož, Slovenia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Daniil Medvedev	6–1, 6–2
Win	13–8	[[2016 Cittadino Challenger – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Meerbusch, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Maximilian Marterer	7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss	13–9	[[2017 Pekao Szczecin Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Richard Gasquet	6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7)

Record against top 10 players

Player	Years	Matches	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Carpet
Number 1 ranked players
Template:Flagicon Lleyton Hewitt	2006–2012	2	1–1	50%	0–1	1–0	–	–
Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal	2011–2017	3	1–2	33%	1–1	0–1	–	–
Template:Flagicon Andy Murray	2011–2014	4	1–3	25%	1–1	0–2	–	–
Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Ferrero	2005–2010	5	1–4	20%	0–2	1–1	0–1	–
Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi	2004	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–
Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick	2006	1	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	–
Template:Flagicon Marat Safin	2004	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–
Template:Flagicon Novak Djokovic	2010–2014	5	0–5	0%	0–3	–	0–2	–
Template:Flagicon Roger Federer	2005–2017	8	0–8	0%	0–2	0–1	0–5	–
Number 2 ranked players
Template:Flagicon Tommy Haas	2004–2013	5	0–5	0%	0–2	0–3	–	–
Number 3 ranked players
Template:Flagicon Alexander Zverev	2016	1	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	–
Template:Flagicon Guillermo Coria	2004–2005	3	2–1	67%	–	1–1	1–0	–
Template:Flagicon Grigor Dimitrov	2011–2013	2	1–1	50%	–	1–1	–	–
Template:Flagicon Milos Raonic	2012–2016	2	1–1	50%	0–1	1–0	–	–
Template:Flagicon Dominic Thiem	2016	2	1–1	50%	–	–	1–1	–
Template:Flagicon Juan Martín del Potro	2006–2012	5	2–3	40%	1–2	1–1	–	–
Template:Flagicon Nikolay Davydenko	2006–2013	8	3–5	38%	1–3	1–2	1–0	–
Template:Flagicon David Ferrer	2004–2014	8	3–5	38%	1–3	2–2	–	–
Template:Flagicon Marin Čilić	2010–2017	7	2–5	29%	1–3	0–1	1–1	–
Template:Flagicon Ivan Ljubičić	2006–2011	4	1–3	25%	1–3	–	–	–
Template:Flagicon David Nalbandian	2004–2012	4	1–3	25%	1–1	0–1	–	0–1
Template:Flagicon Stefanos Tsitsipas	2018	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–
Template:Flagicon Stan Wawrinka	2006–2011	2	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	–
Number 4 ranked players
Template:Flagicon Robin Söderling	2004–2010	4	2–2	50%	2–1	0–1	–	–
Template:Flagicon Nicolas Kiefer	2005	2	1–1	50%	1–0	–	–	0–1
Template:Flagicon James Blake	2005–2013	5	1–4	20%	1–4	–	–	–
Template:Flagicon Tomáš Berdych	2004–2013	6	1–5	17%	1–4	0–1	–	–
Template:Flagicon Thomas Enqvist	2005	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–
Template:Flagicon Tim Henman	2004	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	–
Template:Flagicon Kei Nishikori	2008–2011	2	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	–
Template:Flagicon Sébastien Grosjean	2004–2010	3	0–3	0%	0–2	–	0–1	–
Number 5 ranked players
Template:Flagicon Fernando González	2004–2005	2	2–0	100%	1–0	1–0	–	–
Template:Flagicon Tommy Robredo	2006–2016	6	3–3	50%	2–3	1–0	–	–
Template:Flagicon Kevin Anderson	2010–2015	2	1–1	50%	1–0	0–1	–	–
Template:Flagicon Gastón Gaudio	2004–2006	2	1–1	50%	–	1–1	–	–
Template:Flagicon Jiří Novák	2004	2	1–1	50%	–	1–0	–	0–1
Template:Flagicon Rainer Schüttler	2004–2009	3	1–2	33%	–	1–2	–	–
Template:Flagicon Andrey Rublev	2017	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–
Template:Flagicon Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2010–2016	6	0–6	0%	0–6	–	–	–
Number 6 ranked players
Template:Flagicon Wayne Ferreira	2004	1	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	–
Template:Flagicon Gilles Simon	2006	1	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	–
Template:Flagicon Karol Kučera	2004	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–
Template:Flagicon Gaël Monfils	2005–2014	5	0–5	0%	0–1	0–3	0–1	–
Number 7 ranked players
Template:Flagicon Fernando Verdasco	2005–2007	4	3–1	75%	1–0	1–1	1–0	–
Template:Flagicon David Goffin	2013–2017	4	2–2	50%	1–1	1–1	–	–
Template:Flagicon Richard Gasquet	2004–2018	8	3–5	38%	1–3	0–1	2–1	–
Template:Flagicon Mardy Fish	2007–2011	4	1–3	25%	0–3	–	1–0	–
Template:Flagicon Mario Ančić	2005	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	–
Template:Flagicon Thomas Johansson	2005	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–
Number 8 ranked players
Template:Flagicon Janko Tipsarević	2010–2011	2	2–0	100%	2–0	–	–	–
Template:Flagicon Hubert Hurkacz	2016	1	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	–
Template:Flagicon Jürgen Melzer	2011	1	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	–
Template:Flagicon Mark Philippoussis	2006	1	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	–
Template:Flagicon Diego Schwartzman	2017	1	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	–
Template:Flagicon Radek Štěpánek	2004–2011	4	3–1	75%	2–1	1–0	–	–
Template:Flagicon Mikhail Youzhny	2004–2015	9	6–3	67%	2–1	3–1	1–1	–
Template:Flagicon John Isner	2012–2017	3	1–2	33%	1–1	0–1	–	–
Template:Flagicon Guillermo Cañas	2004	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	–
Template:Flagicon Jack Sock	2012	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–
Template:Flagicon Marcos Baghdatis	2007–2013	2	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	–
Number 9 ranked players
Template:Flagicon Fabio Fognini	2011–2012	3	3–0	100%	3–0	–	–	–
Template:Flagicon Joachim Johansson	2004	1	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	–
Template:Flagicon Paradorn Srichaphan	2004	1	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	–
Template:Flagicon Roberto Bautista Agut	2013–2018	3	1–2	33%	0–1	1–1	–	–
Template:Flagicon Nicolás Almagro	2006–2011	5	1–4	20%	1–1	0–2	–	0–1
Template:Flagicon Mariano Puerta	2005	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	–
Number 10 ranked players
Template:Flagicon Lucas Pouille	2017	1	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	–
Template:Flagicon Juan Mónaco	2004–2015	9	6–3	67%	2–0	4–2	0–1	–
Template:Flagicon Ernests Gulbis	2009	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–
Template:Flagicon Frances Tiafoe	2017	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–
Template:Flagicon Pablo Carreño Busta	2017–2018	2	0–2	0%	–	0–2	–	–
Total	2004–2018	216	77–139	36%	34–76	30–42	13–17	0–4

Wins over top 10 players

Season	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Total
Wins	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	12

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	FM Rank
2004
1.	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Coria	3	Wimbledon, London, Great Britain	Grass	2R	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4	66
2005
2.	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Coria	9	Sopot, Poland	Clay	SF	6–4, 5–7, 6–3	95
2006
3.	Template:Flagicon Tommy Robredo	7	Sopot, Poland	Clay	2R	6–2, 6–4	60
2007
4.	Template:Flagicon Nikolay Davydenko	3	Halle, Germany	Grass	2R	6–4, 6–4	37
2010
5.	Template:Flagicon Mikhail Youzhny	8	Shanghai, China	Hard	2R	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1	48
6.	Template:Flagicon Robin Söderling	5	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	QF	7–6(10–8), 6–1	47
2011
7.	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Melzer	8	Rome, Italy	Clay	2R	6–4, retired	28
8.	Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal	2	Shanghai, China	Hard	3R	7–6(7–5), 6–3	23
2012
9.	Template:Flagicon John Isner	10	Miami, United States	Hard	3R	6–4, 6–2	19
2013
10.	Template:Flagicon David Ferrer	4	Shanghai, China	Hard	3R	6–4, 6–3	50
2014
11.	Template:Flagicon Andy Murray	4	Doha, Qatar	Hard	2R	3–6, 6–4, 6–2	40
2016
12.	Template:Flagicon Dominic Thiem	7	Halle, Germany	Grass	SF	6–3, 6–4	192

German tournaments

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	SR	W–L
Hamburg	3R	1R	1R	2R	A	2R	SF	QF	QF	QF	A	2R	1R	F	1R	0 / 13	20–13
Halle	1R	2R	QF	QF	A	A	A	QF	2R	QF	A	QF	W	QF	2R	1 / 11	19–10
Stuttgart	2R	1R	QF	1R	A	A	QF	1R	A	2R	A	A	QF	1R	2R	0 / 10	9–10
Munich	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	F	A	QF	A	1R	2R	A	1R	0 / 8	7–8

External links

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