Michael Berrer

Michael Berrer
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceStuttgart, Germany
Born (1980-07-01) 1 July 1980 (age 44)
Stuttgart, West Germany
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2016
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,766,701
Singles
Career record88–145
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 42 (24 May 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2008, 2009, 2010, 2014)
French Open3R (2011)
Wimbledon2R (2007)
US Open2R (2007)
Doubles
Career record24–30
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 134 (2 March 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2011)
French Open1R (2011)
Wimbledon2R (2007)
US Open1R (2010)
Last updated on: 9 January 2023.

Michael Berrer (born 1 July 1980) is a German retired professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 in May 2010.

Career

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2010

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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, 7–6(5), 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, 6–7(5), 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, 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, 6–7(3), 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

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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 Clément in the second round. In the third round, he was defeated 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 by Britain's Andy Murray.

2015

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At the start of 2015, Berrer confirmed that it would be his last year as a pro. At the 2015 Qatar Open, he beat world number 3 Rafael Nadal 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the first round, after coming from a set down.

2016

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At the start of 2016, Michael changed his mind and started his 17th season on tour.

At the 2016 Open Sud de France, he beat world number 38 Borna Ćorić 7–6, 6–2 and Kenny de Schepper 6–3, 6–4 to reach a quarterfinal, where he lost to another young gun a countryman Alexander Zverev 7–6, 2–6, 5–7.

ATP career finals

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Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–0)
Indoors (0–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2010 Zagreb, Croatia 250 Series Hard Croatia Marin Čilić 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Loss 0–2 Feb 2011 Zagreb, Croatia 250 Series Hard Croatia Ivan Dodig 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–1)
ATP 250 Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–2)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2006 Beijing, China International Series Hard Denmark Kenneth Carlsen Croatia Mario Ančić
India Mahesh Bhupathi
4–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 May 2008 Munich, Germany International Series Clay Germany Rainer Schüttler United States Scott Lipsky
United States David Martin
7–5, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss 1–2 Jul 2008 Stuttgart, Germany Championship Series Clay Germany Mischa Zverev Germany Christopher Kas
Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
3–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 19 (12–7)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (11–6)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (11–4)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2003 Qatar F1, Doha Futures Hard Slovakia Ivo Klec 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Oct 2003 France F19, Sarreguemines Futures Hard France Gary Lugassy 7–6(18–16), 1–6, 1–6
Win 2–1 Aug 2005 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard Chinese Taipei Jimmy Wang 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–1
Loss 2–2 Sep 2005 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard Chinese Taipei Jimmy Wang 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win 3–2 Nov 2005 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet Belgium Steve Darcis 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 3–3 Jun 2006 Ettlingen, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Simon Greul 4–6, 3–6
Win 4–3 Nov 2006 Helsinki, Finland Challenger Hard Czech Republic Tomáš Zíb 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win 5–3 Jan 2007 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Hard France Michaël Llodra 6–5 ret.
Loss 5–4 Apr 2007 Chiasso, Switzerland Challenger Clay Austria Werner Eschauer 3–6, 2–6
Win 6–4 Feb 2009 Wrocław, Poland Challenger Hard Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev 6–3, 6–4
Win 7–4 Nov 2009 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 8–4 Dec 2009 Salzburg, Austria Challenger Hard Finland Jarkko Nieminen 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
Win 9–4 Jan 2010 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Hard Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 10–4 Jan 2013 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Hard Germany Jan-Lennard Struff 7–5 6–3
Win 11–4 Oct 2013 Mouilleron-Le-Captif, France Challenger Hard France Nicolas Mahut 1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 11–5 Mar 2014 Kazan, Russia Challenger Hard Turkey Marsel xlhan 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Loss 11–6 Jul 2014 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay Italy Simone Bolelli 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 11–7 Nov 2015 Andria, Italy Challenger Hard Croatia Ivan Dodig 2–6, 1–6
Win 12–7 Apr 2016 León, Mexico Challenger Hard Brazil João Souza 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 5 (0–5)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–4)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2003 France F16, Mulhouse Futures Hard Switzerland Roman Valent France Gary Lugassy
France Jean-Michel Pequery
0–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 May 2004 Forest Hills, United States Challenger Clay Chinese Taipei Jimmy Wang United States Jason Marshall
Brazil Bruno Soares
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 2004 Grenoble, France Challenger Hard Romania Răzvan Sabău Italy Uros Vico
Croatia Lovro Zovko
2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–4 Jun 2007 Karlsruhe, Germany Challenger Clay Portugal Răzvan Sabău United States Alex Kuznetsov
Germany Mischa Zverev
4–6, 7–6(8–6), [4–10]
Loss 0–5 Jul 2009 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay Austria Philipp Oswald Germany Dieter Kindlmann
Germany Marcel Zimmermann
4–6, 6–2, [4–10]

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A Q2 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R A Q3 2R Q2 Q2 0 / 6 4–6 40%
French Open A A Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2 1R Q1 1R 3R 2R Q2 Q2 1R Q1 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Wimbledon A A Q2 Q2 1R 2R 1R A 1R 1R Q1 Q3 Q1 1R Q2 0 / 6 1–6 14%
US Open A A Q3 Q3 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q2 A A 1R Q2 0 / 7 1–7 13%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–3 1–4 1–2 1–4 2–4 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 0 / 24 9–24 27%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A A 1R 2R 1R 2R A Q2 A 3R 2R 0 / 6 5–6 45%
Miami A A A A Q2 A 2R Q2 2R 1R A Q1 A 1R A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Monte Carlo A A A A Q1 A A A 3R Q1 Q2 A Q1 A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Madrid A A A A A A A A A A Q1 A Q1 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome A A A A A A A A 1R A A A Q1 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg Q1 A A A Q2 Q1 1R Not Masters Series 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A A A A A A A Q1 1R A 1R A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Shanghai Not Held A 1R A 1R A A Q2 Q2 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Paris A A A A A Q1 A Q1 1R A A A A Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 4–8 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 0 / 19 10–19 34%

Wins over top 10 players

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# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score Rank
2010
1. Russia Nikolay Davydenko No. 6 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard 2R 6–3, ret. 56
2. Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych No. 7 Beijing, China Hard 1R 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 51
2015
3. Spain Rafael Nadal No. 3 Doha, Qatar Hard 1R 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 127
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