- Michael Berrer
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Michael Berrer Country Germany
Residence Stuttgart, Germany Born 1 July 1980
Stuttgart, West GermanyHeight 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Turned pro 1999 Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand) Career prize money US$1,887,669 Singles Career record 68–106 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 42 (24 May 2010) Current ranking No. 106 (14 November 2011) Grand Slam results Australian Open 2R (2008, 2009, 2010) French Open 3R (2011) Wimbledon 2R (2007) US Open 2R (2007) Doubles Career record 19–24 Career titles 1 Highest ranking No. 134 (2 March 2009) Current ranking No. 406 (14 November 2011) Last updated on: 14 November 2011. Michael Berrer (born July 1, 1980 in Stuttgart) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career high in singles with No. 42 on May 2010 and his high in doubles in March 2009 with No. 134.
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Career
2010
He reached the quarterfinal at the Aircel Chennai Open in January, losing to Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarterfinals. At the 2010 Australian Open he was defeated by Denis Istomin in the second round after beating Kristof Vliegen in straight sets. In the second week of the Australian Open he played at Heilbronn Challenger. He won the tournament after defeating Andrey Golubev in two sets. The following week he reached his first ATP World Tour final at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors which he lost to Marin Čilić 4–6, 7–65, 3–6.
At the Dubai Tennis Championships in February he defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky and Nikolay Davydenko to reach the third round where he lost to Marcos Baghdatis 6–75, 1–6. He lost the opener at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells to Mardy Fish in three sets. He won the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami before falling to Feliciano López in the second round. At his first clay court tournament of the year in Monte-Carlo he beat Evgeny Korolev and Juan Mónaco en route to a third round showdown against Rafael Nadal which he lost 0–6, 1–6. After this he lost his next three opening matches.
At the French Open in Paris he was again knocked out in the first round by Mardy Fish in five sets. He then suffered from an ankle injury. He made his next appearance in Wimbledon one month later where he had to retire during his first round match against Illya Marchenko. He then experienced two more first round exits in Stuttgart and Hamburg in July.
In August, he reached the second round at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, losing to Fernando Verdasco. Two weeks later he defeated Tommy Robredo at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Cincinnati before losing to Richard Gasquet in two sets. At the 2010 US Open Berrer fell to countryman Andreas Beck in the first round 6–73, 3–6, 1–6. In September, he reached the second round of the Open de Moselle in Metz after beating Rainer Schüttler in two sets. He lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber 4–6, 2–6. As No.51 he qualified for the China Open in Beijing. In the first round of the Main Draw he defeated World No.7 Tomáš Berdych in three sets before losing to Gilles Simon 7:6, 4:6, 6:7 in over three hours. Berrer beat Guillermo García López, Pablo Cuevas and Marcos Baghdatis en route to the semifinal in Vienna where he lost to Austrian Lucky Loser Andreas Haider-Maurer.
2011
At the start of 2011 he again reached the Zagreb final where he was defeated by Ivan Dodig in straight sets. He won his first Grand Slam match at the 2011 French Open against 26th seed Milos Raonic, before beating Arnaud Clement in the second round. In the third round, he was defeated 6–2 6–3 6–2 by Britain's Andy Murray.
Career finals
Singles: 2 (0–2)
Legend (Singles) Grand Slam (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 (0–2) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final Runner-up 1. February 7, 2010 Zagreb, Croatia Hard (i) Marin Čilić
4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6 Runner-up 2. February 6, 2011 Zagreb, Croatia (2) Hard (i) Ivan Dodig
3–6, 4–6 Doubles: 3 (1–2)
Legend (Singles) Grand Slam (0) ATP World Tour Finals (0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–2) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score Runner-up 1. September 18, 2006 Beijing, China Hard Kenneth Carlsen
Mario Ančić
Mahesh Bhupathi
6–4, 6–3 Winner 1. May 4, 2008 Munich, Germany Clay Rainer Schüttler
Scott Lipsky
David Martin
7–5, 3–6, [10–8] Runner-up 2. July 13, 2008 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Rainer Schüttler
Christopher Kas
Philipp Kohlschreiber
6–3, 6–4 External links
- Michael Berrer at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Berrer Recent Match Results
- Berrer World Ranking History
- His official website
Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten German male singles tennis players as of November 14, 2011
1. Florian Mayer (231) · 2. Philipp Kohlschreiber (43
7) · 3. Philipp Petzschner (63
2) · 4. Tobias Kamke (94
14) · 5. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (103
1)
6. Andreas Beck (1051) · 7. Michael Berrer (106
2) · 8. Matthias Bachinger (109
16) · 9. Rainer Schüttler (128
) · 10. Daniel Brands (138
)
Categories:- German male tennis players
- People from Stuttgart
- 1980 births
- Living people
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