Philipp Kohlschreiber

Philipp Kohlschreiber

Kohlschreiber at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open
Country	Germany
Residence	Altstaetten, Switzerland
Born	(1983-10-16) 16 October 1983 Augsburg, West Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	69 kg (150 lb; 10.9 st)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$5,985,502
Singles
Career record	273–218
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 16 (30 July 2012)
Current ranking	No. 18 (20 May 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2005, 2008, 2012)
French Open	4R (2009)
Wimbledon	QF (2012)
US Open	4R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	78–78
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 51 (10 November 2008)
Current ranking	No. 191 (20 May 2013)
Last updated on: 20 May 2013.

Philipp Kohlschreiber (born 16 October 1983 in Augsburg) is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and four singles titles. Kohlschreiber reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 16 on 30 July 2012.

Kohlscreiber reached his first (and, to date, only) Grand Slam quarter-final at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, after 32 Grand Slam tournaments (31 of them consecutively) from his debut at the 2003 US Open. He had previously fallen short in the fourth round four times. He lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He is the last player to defeat Novak Djokovic before the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament, at the 2009 French Open.

Career

2007

In 2007, Kohlschreiber achieved his greatest result at an ATP Masters Series event during the Monte Carlo Masters, when he reached the quarter-finals after going through qualifying, defeating World No. 12 David Nalbandian in the second round. He won his first career title in Munich defeating Mikhail Youzhny, thereby becoming the first German player to win the event since Michael Stich in 1994.

2008

Kohlschreiber started 2008 by reaching the quarter-finals of the tournament in Doha, Qatar and winning his second career title in Auckland, New Zealand, where he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final.

After Kohlschreiber's win in Auckland, he defeated World No. 6 Andy Roddick in the third round of the Australian Open 6–4, 3–6, 7–6, 6–7, 8–6. Kohlschreiber hit a personal record 32 aces and 104 winners. He eventually lost in the fourth round to Jarkko Nieminen 6–3, 6–7, 6–7, 3–6. Kohlschreiber failed to convert 11 set points in the second (7) and third (4) sets.

Kohlschreiber reached the final of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany eventually falling to the four-time champion Roger Federer 3–6, 4–6. At the 2008 US Open, he was defeated by Serb Viktor Troicki 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 0–3 retired.

2009

Kohlschreiber at the 2009 Madrid Masters

Kohlschreiber started 2009 reaching quarter-finals in Doha and Auckland. The German reached second round at Australian Open where he defeated Sam Querrey, before losing to Fabrice Santoro in five sets. In the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, Kohlschreiber defeated Nicolás Lapentti 6–2 3–6 6–3 before being defeated by Fernando Verdasco in the fourth round. Also in 2009, during the French Open, Kohlschreiber defeated World No. 4 Novak Djokovic in a 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 upset.

In the third round of Wimbledon in 2009, he was defeated by Roger Federer 3–6, 2–6, 7–6, 1–6. He was the only person other than finalist Andy Roddick to take a set off of Federer, the eventual champion.

2010

Kohlschreiber started the season in Auckland well with 3 straight sets wins, including wins over Thomaz Bellucci and Frenchman Marc Gicquel before running into eventual finalist Arnaud Clément, losing in straight sets in the semi finals. Kohlschreiber progressed to the 3rd round of the Australian Open with wins over Horacio Zeballos and Wayne Odesnik. He gave 2nd seed Rafael Nadal a test in the 3rd round, before losing 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5.

He returned to action in San Jose seeing off local boy Rajeev Ram in 3 sets and crushing Dudi Sela for the loss of 2 games. He then ran into the form man of the tournament Denis Istomin and lost in three topsy sets, sparking a 3 match losing streak. As he crashed out of Memphis to Evgeny Korolev in 2 tight sets. Followed by an easy 3 set lost to Gaël Monfils, of France in the Davis Cup.

Kohlschreiber got back to winning ways at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells as he had a bye then beat fellow German Philipp Petzschner in straight sets. He then lost a final set tie breaker in R3 to world #2 Serbia's Novak Djokovic. At the Sony Ericsson Open Kohlschreiber received another bye and took on fellow German Florian Mayer and it was about to go into a first set tie breaker before Florian retired with injury. Again he went out in the 3rd round this time to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets.

To start his clay season Kohlschreiber went to the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters where he caused a couple of upsets. In the first round he edged out Bellucci in a final set tie break before he thumped the World #4 Andy Murray for the loss of just 3 games. He then took on Petzschner again and again won in straight sets, to reach the quarter finals. Where he played Spaniard David Ferrer and was edged out in 2 tight sets.

At Wimbledon, Kohlschreiber defeated Potito Starace of Italy and Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia, before losing to Andy Roddick in the 3rd round. At Hamburg, he lost to Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil in third round. In September he hired Murray's former coach Miles Maclagan.

2011

Kohlschreiber began his year at the 2011 Qatar ExxonMobil Open where he was the 8th seed. He won his first match against Andreas Seppi 6–2, 6–4 but then lost to Ivo Karlović in a tight match 7–6, 6–7, 7–6. He then went to the 2011 Heineken Open in Auckland. He won his first round match against Carlos Berlocq 2–6, 6–3, 6–1 and his second round 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 against Marcel Granollers before falling to the top seed David Ferrer 3–6, 7–6, 3–6 in the quarterfinals. In February, Kohlschreiber attended the 2011 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In the first round, he faced Yen-Hsun Lu, of the Chinese Taipei. He defeated Lu 6–4, 7–6. In the second round, he put up a brave showing against the number 1 seed, world number 4 Robin Söderling. He lost 6–3, 5–7, 7–6. In the first round of the Davis Cup tie against Croatia Kohlschreiber saved 1 Match Point in the second rubber against Ivan Dodig to win in five sets and to draw the score after day one. In the fourth rubber Marin Čilić was too strong for Kohlschreiber – he was defeated in straight sets to give the tie a 2–2. In the deciding fifth rubber Philipp Petzschner managed to lead Germany to a 3–2 win. After a first round bye in Indian Wells, Kohlschreiber defeated Tim Smyczek in Round two saving 3 MP before beating World No. 4 Robin Söderling 7–6, 6–4 saving five set points in the opening set Tiebreak. In Round 4 he lost to Juan Martín del Potro 6–7, 6–7. Kohlschreiber was defeated by Roger Federer in the second round of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters after beating Andrey Golubev in Round 1. Kohlschreiber captured his third career title at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle defeating compatriot Philipp Petzschner in the final. On the way to the title he overcame Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Lleyton Hewitt and Gaël Monfils.

2012

Kohlschreiber reached the semifinals of Gerry Weber Open 2012 defeating Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals, 6–3, 6–4. He lost in the semi-finals to Tommy Haas, 7–6 (7–5) 7–5.

Less than two weeks following his defeat of Nadal, Kohlschreiber beat Lukáš Rosol in straight sets 6–2, 6–3, 7–6 (8/6) in the 3rd round of the 2012 Wimbledon championships. Interestingly, Rosol had defeated Nadal in the previous round of Wimbledon in one of the greatest upsets in Grand Slam history. Kohlschreiber advanced to the quarterfinals of a Major for the first time, but was thwarted by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-7, 6-4, 6-7, 2-6.

ATP career finals

Singles: 9 (4–5)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	30 April 2007	Munich, Germany	Clay	Mikhail Youzhny	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	12 January 2008	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7–6(7–4), 7–5
Runner-up	1.	15 June 2008	Halle, Germany	Grass	Roger Federer	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	27 September 2009	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Gaël Monfils	6–7(1–7), 6–3, 2–6
Winner	3.	12 June 2011	Halle, Germany	Grass	Philipp Petzschner	7–6(7–5), 2–0, ret.
Winner	4.	6 May 2012	Munich, Germany (2)	Clay	Marin Čilić	7–6(10–8), 6–3
Runner-up	3.	28 July 2012	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Robin Haase	7–6(7–2), 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	13 January 2013	Auckland, New Zealand (2)	Hard	David Ferrer	6–7(5–7), 1–6
Runner-up	5.	5 May 2013	Munich, Germany	Clay	Tommy Haas	3–6, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles: 9 (7–2)

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	26 September 2005	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Carpet	Lars Burgsmüller	Ashley Fisher Robert Lindstedt	5–6(3), 6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	24 July 2006	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Stefan Koubek	Oliver Marach Cyril Suk	6–2, 6–3
Winner	3.	30 April 2007	Munich, Germany	Clay	Mikhail Youzhny	Jan Hájek Jaroslav Levinský	6–1, 6–4
Winner	4.	4 January 2008	Doha, Qatar	Hard	David Škoch	Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie	6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Runner-up	1.	24 February 2008	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Mikhail Youzhny	Tomáš Berdych Dmitry Tursunov	5–7, 6–3, [7–10]
Winner	5.	13 July 2008	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Christopher Kas	Michael Berrer Mischa Zverev	6–3, 6–4
Winner	6.	14 June 2009	Halle, Germany	Grass	Christopher Kas	Andreas Beck Marco Chiudinelli	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	6 January 2012	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Christopher Kas	Filip Polášek Lukáš Rosol	3–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	4 January 2013	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Christopher Kas	Julian Knowle Filip Polášek	7–5, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

SF-B

F

S

G

NMS

NH

Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage or lost in Qualification Round 3, 2, Round 1; absent from a tournament or participated in a team event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics, the former of which has, from 1908–1924 and 1996–present, been awarded to the winner of a play-off match between losing semifinalists. The last two are for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series) or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year. To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of (not during) a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current till 2013 Internazionali BNL d'Italia.

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	LQ	A	4R	2R	2R	4R	2R	3R	2R	4R	3R	17–9
French Open	A	A	Q2	1R	2R	2R	1R	4R	3R	1R	2R		8–8
Wimbledon	LQ	A	LQ	1R	3R	1R	1R	3R	3R	1R	QF		10–8
US Open	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	3R	2R	3R	2R	1R	4R		10–10
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–4	4–4	4–4	4–4	8–4	7–4	1–4	11–4	2–1	45–35
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	3R	4R	3R	4R	2R	2R	11–7
Miami Masters	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	1R	3R	2R	3R	2R	2–7
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	QF	3R	2R	QF	2R	2R	3R	13–7
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	3R	5–4
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	1R	A	1R	A	3–3
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	QF	1R	3R		5–6
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	2R	QF	1R	3R	3R	1R		8–5
Shanghai Masters	Not Masters Series							1R	1R	A	2R		1–3
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R		3–5
Hamburg Masters	1R	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	Not Masters Series					1–5
Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	6–5	9–8	8–8	11–8	7–7	5–8	4–3	52–52
Career statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	4–9
Year End Ranking	247	208	88	86	62	32	28	27	34	43	20

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

SF-B

F

S

G

NMS

NH

Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage or lost in Qualification Round 3, 2, Round 1; absent from a tournament or participated in a team event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics, the former of which has, from 1908–1924 and 1996–present, been awarded to the winner of a play-off match between losing semifinalists. The last two are for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series) or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year. To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of (not during) a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current through 2012 US Open.

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0–4
French Open	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A		0–1
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A		0–1
US Open	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	A		0–4
Win–Loss	0–2	0–3	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–10

External links

• Official Website (German) (English)
• Philipp Kohlschreiber at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Philipp Kohlschreiber at the International Tennis Federation
• Philipp Kohlschreiber at the Davis Cup
• Kohlschreiber Recent Match Results
• Kohlschreiber World Ranking History