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Oliver Gross

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Oliver Gross
Country (sports)Germany
ResidenceMunich, Germany
Born (1973-06-17) 17 June 1973 (age 51)
Hanau, West Germany
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1993
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$876,452
Singles
Career record49–76
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 60 (15 May 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1998)
French Open1R (1997, 1998, 1999)
Wimbledon1R (1998, 1999)
US Open4R (1998)
Doubles
Career record0-1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 573 (9 December 2002)
Last updated on: 3 April 2022.

Oliver Gross (born 17 June 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Career

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Gross, the 1991 German Youth Champion, turned professional in 1993. The following year reached his first and only ATP Tour final, in San Marino, where he was defeated in straight sets by Carlos Costa.

He reached his highest career ranking of 60 in 1995, after reaching the quarterfinals in Munich and defeating number two Peter Sampras in Barcelona 1–6, 6–2, 6–3.[1]

His best performance in a Grand Slam came at the 1998 US Open when he reached the round of 16. Gross came from two sets down in the opening round to beat 16th seed Albert Costa 2–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4. He then accounted for dual French Open winner Sergi Bruguera 6–1, 6–3, 6–4 and in the third round had another five setter, defeating American wildcard Geoff Grant, 7–5, 6–7, 5–7, 6–3, 7–5. Playing for a spot in the quarter-final, Gross was defeated by Swede Magnus Larsson 4–6, 5–7, 7–5, 2–6.[2]

ATP career finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1994 San Marino, San Marino World Series Clay Spain Carlos Costa 1–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 16 (10–6)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (10–6)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (8–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1-0 Mar 1994 Belém, Brazil Challenger Hard Colombia Mario Rincón 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1-1 May 1994 Dresden, Germany Challenger Clay Chile Marcelo Ríos 7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 1-2 Mar 1995 Indian Wells, United States Challenger Hard United States Tommy Ho 7–6, 6–7, 2–6
Loss 1-3 Mar 1996 Agadir, Morocco Challenger Clay Norway Christian Ruud 6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 1-4 Aug 1996 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay Argentina Marcelo Charpentier 2–6, 1–3 ret.
Win 2-4 Mar 1997 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard Austria Gilbert Schaller 6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 2-5 Apr 1997 Naples, Italy Challenger Clay Romania Dinu-Mihai Pescariu 4–6, 2–6
Loss 2-6 Oct 1997 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay Sweden Tomas Nydahl 6–4, 0–6, 4–6
Win 3-6 Dec 1997 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Argentina Francisco Cabello 6–2, 6–2
Win 4-6 May 2000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay Spain Joan Balcells 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win 5-6 Sep 2000 Skopje, Macedonia Challenger Clay Russia Yuri Schukin 7–5, 6–4
Win 6-6 Jul 2001 Eisenach, Germany Challenger Clay Netherlands Martin Verkerk 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Win 7-6 Jul 2001 Montauban, France Challenger Clay Spain Julián Alonso 6–0, 4–1 ret.
Win 8-6 Jul 2001 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay Austria Oliver Marach 6–0, 6–1
Win 9-6 Apr 2002 San Remo, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Renzo Furlan 6–4, 6–3
Win 10-6 Jul 2002 Ulm, Germany Challenger Clay Netherlands Martin Verkerk 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2002 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay Norway Jan-Frode Andersen Australia Paul Baccanello
Argentina Sergio Roitman
4–6, 7–6(7–5), 5–6 ret.

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 A 1R A Q2 2R 1R A Q1 A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open A A A Q3 1R 1R 1R Q3 Q2 Q2 Q2 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Wimbledon A A A A A 1R 1R A Q2 A Q2 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open A 1R A A 1R 4R Q1 Q1 Q2 Q2 A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 4–4 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 11 4–11 27%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A 1R A A Q2 Q2 A A Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami A A 2R A A 1R A Q1 Q1 Q2 Q1 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Monte Carlo A 1R 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Hamburg A Q1 3R 2R 3R 2R 2R A A A Q1 0 / 5 7–5 58%
Rome A A 2R A A A Q1 A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 4–5 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 11 9–11 45%

References

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