Florian Mayer

Florian Mayer
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Bayreuth, Germany
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Prize money	$1,664,901
Singles
Career record	86–100
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 33 (27 September 2004)
Current ranking	No. 85 (5 October 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3r (2007)
French Open	2r (2004)
Wimbledon	QF (2004)
US Open	2r (2004, 2006)
Doubles
Career record	16–31
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 128 (11 July 2005)
	Last updated on: 10 October 2008.

Florian Mayer (born 5 October 1983) is a professional male tennis player from Germany. He plays on both the ATP Tour and Challenger Tour. He has won five Challenger events which has helped him stay in the Top 50 on the rankings.

Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 33 on 27 September 2004.

Mayer has reached two ATP singles finals in his career, both at Sopot. He lost to Gaël Monfils in 2005 of France and Nikolay Davydenko of Russia in 2006.

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.

Mayer is known for his unorthodox style of play. He has a long backswing on his forehand and backhand and uses a lot of different slices and spin on his backhand side. He is also known for his jumping backhand dropshots which catches many of his opponents on the back foot.

2009

Florian 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 Sergei Bubka 6-0 6-3, Blaz Kavcic 7-6(8-6) and Amer Delic 6-0 6-7(3-7) 6-0. There he beat Lamine Ouahab of Algeria in the first round.

Singles titles (7)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0)
ATP World Tour 250 (0)
ATP Challenger Tour (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	28 July 2003	St. Petersburg	Clay	Michal Mertiňák	4–6, 7–6, 6–1
2.	15 March 2004	Mexico City	Clay	Adrián García	6–4, 6–3
3.	5 June 2006	Furth	Clay	Torsten Popp	6–3, 6–1
4.	24 July 2006	Tampere	Clay	Ernests Gulbis	7–6, 2–6, 6–3
5.	14 August 2006	Graz	Hard	Rainer Schüttler	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
6.	16 March 2009	Bangkok	Hard	Danai Udomchoke	7–5, 6–2
7.	31 May 2009	Karlsruhe	Clay	Dustin Brown	6–2, 6–4