Australian tennis player
Mark Kratzmann Full name Mark Edward Kratzmann Country (sports) Australia Residence Windera , AustraliaBorn (1966-05-17 ) 17 May 1966 (age 58) Murgon , AustraliaHeight 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) Turned pro 1984 Retired 1992 Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand) Prize money $1,378,936 Career record 59–96 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 50 (26 March 1990) Australian Open 4R (1987 ) French Open 1R (1984 , 1986 , 1987 , 1989 , 1990 ) Wimbledon 3R (1986 , 1990 ) US Open 2R (1990 ) Career record 267–203 Career titles 18 0 Challenger , 0 Futures Highest ranking No. 5 (16 April 1990) Australian Open F (1989 ) French Open SF (1992 ) Wimbledon QF (1987 , 1989 , 1992 ) US Open QF (1989 ) Tour Finals SF (1992 ) Australian Open SF (1991 ) French Open QF (1992 ) Wimbledon F (1989 ) US Open QF (1993 )
Mark Edward Kratzmann (born 17 May 1966) is a former Australian professional tennis player.
Tennis career [ edit ] Kratzmann was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in 1983.[1]
Juniors [ edit ] As the world's No. 1 ranked junior player in 1984, Kratzmann won the boys' singles tournaments at the Australian Open , Wimbledon and the US Open that year.
Pro tour [ edit ] As a professional player, Kratzmann won 18 doubles titles, including the Cincinnati Masters in 1990 (also reaching the Australian Open men's doubles final in 1989 ).
His best Grand Slam performance in singles was reaching the fourth round of the 1987 Australian Open . Kratzmann achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 50 in March 1990.
He sometimes partnered his brother Andrew in doubles matches.
After retirement [ edit ] Kratzmann began to play cricket after moving to Hong Kong in 2003, where he originally worked as a tennis coach. He won the Hong Kong Cricket Association's Player of the Year award for 2005–06. In May 2007, he was selected in the national squad to participate in the ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament. He was also in the 20-man list for the Asia Cup but was not included in the final 14. He has made three international appearances for Hong Kong.
ATP career finals [ edit ] Doubles: 30 (18 titles, 12 runner-ups) [ edit ] Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (2–4) ATP Championship Series (3–0) ATP World Series (13–7)
Finals by surface Hard (13–8) Clay (0–2) Grass (3–1) Carpet (2–1)
Finals by setting Outdoor (10–9) Indoor (8–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 Jun 1986 Queen's Club , United Kingdom Grand Prix Grass Darren Cahill Kevin Curren Guy Forget 2–6, 6–7 Win 1–1 Aug 1986 Cincinnati Masters , United States Masters Series Hard Kim Warwick Christo Steyn Danie Visser 6–3, 6–4 Loss 1–2 Nov 1986 Hong Kong Grand Prix Hard Pat Cash Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly 6–7, 7–6, 5–7 Win 2–2 Oct 1987 Sydney , Australia Grand Prix Hard Darren Cahill Boris Becker Robert Seguso 6–3, 6–2 Win 3–2 Nov 1987 Hong Kong Grand Prix Hard Jim Pugh Martin Davis Brad Drewett 6–7, 6–4, 6–2 Win 4–2 Jan 1988 Adelaide , Australia Grand Prix Hard Darren Cahill Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 Win 5–2 Jan 1988 Sydney , Australia Grand Prix Hard Darren Cahill Bud Schultz Joey Rive 7–6, 6–4 Loss 5–3 Jan 1989 Adelaide , Australia Grand Prix Hard Glenn Layendecker Neil Broad Stefan Kruger 2–6, 6–7 Loss 5–4 Jan 1989 Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam Hard Darren Cahill Jim Pugh Rick Leach 4–6, 4–6, 4–6 Win 6–4 Jun 1989 Queen's , United Kingdom Grand Prix Grass Darren Cahill Tim Pawsat Laurie Warder 7–6, 6–3 Win 7–4 Aug 1989 Stratton Mountain , United States Grand Prix Hard Wally Masur Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser 6–3, 4–6, 7–6 Win 8–4 Oct 1989 Brisbane , Australia Grand Prix Hard Darren Cahill Broderick Dyke Simon Youl 6–4, 5–7, 6–0 Loss 8–5 Oct 1989 Sydney , Australia Grand Prix Hard Darren Cahill David Pate Scott Warner 3–6, 7–6, 5–7 Win 9–5 Jan 1990 Sydney International , Australia World Series Hard Pat Cash Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser 6–4, 7–5 Win 10–5 Mar 1990 Memphis , United States World Series Hard Darren Cahill Udo Riglewski Michael Stich 7–5, 6–2 Win 11–5 Apr 1990 Japan Open Championship Series Hard Wally Masur Kent Kinnear Brad Pearce 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 Win 12–5 May 1990 Singapore World Series Hard Jason Stoltenberg Todd Woodbridge Brad Drewett 6–1, 6–0 Win 13–5 Jun 1990 Manchester , United Kingdom World Series Grass Jason Stoltenberg Nick Brown Kelly Jones 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 Win 14–5 Jul 1990 Newport , United States World Series Grass Darren Cahill Todd Nelson Bryan Shelton 7–6, 6–2 Win 15–5 Jul 1990 Cincinnati Masters , United States Masters Series Hard Darren Cahill Neil Broad Gary Muller 7–6, 6–2 Loss 15–6 Nov 1990 Paris Masters , France Masters Series Carpet Darren Cahill Scott Davis David Pate 7–5, 3–6, 4–6 Loss 15–7 Jan 1991 Sydney International, Australia World Series Hard Darren Cahill Scott Davis David Pate 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 Loss 15–8 Jan 1992 Adelaide , Australia World Series Hard Jason Stoltenberg Goran Ivanisevic Marc Rosset 6–7, 6–7 Loss 15–9 May 1992 Italian Open Masters Series Clay Wayne Ferreira Jakob Hlasek Marc Rosset 4–6, 6–3, 1–6 Win 16–9 Feb 1993 Milan , Italy Championship Series Carpet Wally Masur Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 Win 17–9 Feb 1993 Stuttgart , Germany Championship Series Carpet Wally Masur Steve Devries David Macpherson 6–3, 7–6 Loss 17–10 May 1993 Italian Open Masters Series Clay Wayne Ferreira Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 4–6, 6–7 Win 18–10 Jan 1994 Adelaide , Australia World Series Hard Andrew Kratzmann David Adams Byron Black 6–4, 6–3 Loss 18–11 Jan 1994 Sydney , Australia World Series Hard Laurie Warder Darren Cahill Sandon Stolle 1–6, 6–7 Loss 18–12 Aug 1994 Cincinnati Masters, United States Masters Series Hard Wayne Ferreira Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle 7–6, 3–6, 2–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ] Singles: 1 (0–1) [ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger (0–1) ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Loss 0–1 Nov 1989 Hobart , Australia Challenger Carpet Todd Woodbridge 3–6, 6–1, 2–6
Doubles: 1 (0–1) [ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger (0–1) ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Junior Grand Slam finals [ edit ] Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) [ edit ] Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) [ edit ] Performance timelines [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Doubles [ edit ] Mixed doubles [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport . Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002. ISBN 174013060X . External links [ edit ]