Andreas Beck (tennis player)

Andreas Beck
Andreas Beck 2014 at the US Open
Nickname:	Beckes
Nation:	Germany
Birthday:	5th February 1986
Size:	191 cm
Weight:	89 kg
1st professional season:	2003
Resignation:	2016
Playing hand:	Left, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Kevin Sorensen Louk Sorensen
Prize money:	$ 1,564,600
singles
Career record:	41:65
Highest ranking:	33 (November 2, 2009)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	22:27
Highest ranking:	116 (January 30, 2012)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Andreas Beck (born February 5, 1986 in Weingarten ) is a former German tennis player .

Career

An important success in his career was winning the German Championships in Biberach on December 9, 2007. In addition to winning the Challenger Tournament in Sarajevo in 2006, winning the Baden-Württemberg Championships in 2007 and the German Junior Championships in 2003 are among his notable titles. He reached his only final on the ATP World Tour in 2009 in Gstaad . He ended his career in 2016.

2008-2010

Beck celebrated his breakthrough on the ATP Tour in June 2008 at the lawn tennis tournament in Halle, Westphalia . At the Gerry Weber Open , after victories over Marc Gicquel and Mischa Zverev, he reached the quarter-finals, where he had to admit defeat to number two seeded James Blake in two sets, each in the tiebreaker.

In April 2009 Beck celebrated its greatest success to date. At the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Monte Carlo, endowed with 2.75 million euros, he advanced to the quarter-finals as a qualifier; After his first round win over Nicolas Kiefer , he defeated world number seven Gilles Simon in round two and Juan Mónaco in three sets in the round of 16 . This success brought Beck a record prize money of 53,000 euros. In July 2009 Beck was nominated for the first time for the German Davis Cup team for the encounter against Spain by the German team boss Patrik Kühnen . He made his debut on July 9 with a five-set loss to Fernando Verdasco . At the beginning of August 2009 Beck reached the final at the ATP 250 tournament in Gstaad , where he lost 4-6 and 6-7 to the Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci . Four weeks later he reached round two at the US Open after defeating Kazakhs Yevgeny Koroljow (6: 3, 6: 4, 2: 6, 2: 6, 6: 4), in which he failed to Gaël Monfils . Beck then reached the quarter-finals of an ATP event twice in a row: in Metz, where he failed to Paul-Henri Mathieu , and in Bangkok, where it was the last stop against Jürgen Melzer . Beck then played the ATP World Tour 500 event in Tokyo, where he failed after defeating Rainer Schüttler to Tomáš Berdych (1: 6, 4: 6). Beck lost to Radek Štěpánek in round two of the master’s tournament in Shanghai . At his last three tournaments of the year (Stockholm, Basel, Paris) Beck failed in round one. Shortly afterwards he was diagnosed with a " tennis elbow ".

Beck made his comeback after a five-month injury break. in Indian Wells He was eliminated there in the first round against the qualifier Ramon Delgado in three sets. He then played a Challenger tournament in Sunrise, where he had to cancel his first round match against Daniel Brands due to a cold . He also failed in the following four tournaments (Miami, Monte-Carlo, Barcelona and Rome) in the opening round before he celebrated his first victory in several months against Denis Istomin in Munich . In round two he lost to Mikhail Juschny . In mid-May he played for Germany at the World Team Cup in Düsseldorf. He won two of his three singles, but couldn't prevent the German team from going out of the preliminary round. In Roland Garros Beck moved into the second round with a four-set win over the Italian Paolo Lorenzi , in which he failed in three sets against Stanislas Wawrinka . In preparation for Wimbledon he reached the quarter-finals at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle / Westphalia with victories over Serhij Stachowskyj and Nicolas Kiefer , which he lost to the eventual tournament winner Lleyton Hewitt .

At Wimbledon, after five sets against Julien Benneteau , round two was the end of the line, although Beck already served to win the match with a 2-1 set lead. At the following two clay court tournaments in Stuttgart and Hamburg, he already failed in round one. As last year's finalist, Beck played the tournament in Gstaad again - but lost there in round two. This cost him a place in the top 100. In preparation for the US Open Beck played the qualification in Cincinnati, in which he failed to Florian Mayer , and New Haven, where he lost to Ilja Martschenko despite leading the set . At the US Open , he won the duel against his friend Michael Berrer in round one in three sets. In round two he lost straight to number two in the world, Roger Federer (3: 6, 4: 6, 3: 6).

2011-2016

In 2011 Beck reached the individual finals of Kazan , Bath , Oberstaufen and Como on the Challenger Tour , but he couldn't win any. In doubles, however, he secured his first Challenger title win in Kazan at the side of Yves Allegro , in the final they defeated Mikhail Jelgin and Alexander Kudrjawzew . Also on the World Tour he reached a double final with Christopher Kas . In Munich, however, they had to admit defeat to Horacio Zeballos and Simone Bolelli 6: 7 and 4: 6. In Grand Slam tournaments, he was eliminated from the French Open and Wimbledon in the first round. In the following season he was only in a Grand Slam main field at the Australian Open and reached the second round. In April 2012 he gave up in the first round at the tournament in Barcelona due to an injury and was out for the rest of the season.

It wasn't until the beginning of 2013 that he played his next tournament. There were no major successes during the season in singles, but in doubles he achieved tournament victories on the Challenger Tour in Mersin (with Dominik Meffert ) and Rome (with Martin Fischer ). Three times in 2013 and 2014 he managed to qualify for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. In 2014 he secured his last Challenger title in singles when he won the final of Saint-Brieuc against Grégoire Burquier 7-5 and 6-3. The following year he won his last title in Cherbourg , this time in doubles. With Jan Mertl he defeated Rameez Junaid and Adil Shamasdin in three sets.

Bundesliga

The left-hander played in the tennis Bundesliga for TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim .

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

Tennis Masters Cup ATP World Tour Finals

ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 Series

ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 Series

ATP Challenger Tour (9)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	March 19, 2006	Sarajevo (1)	Hard court (i)	Andreas Vinciguerra	2: 6, 7: 6 1 , 7: 6 6
2.	March 23, 2008	Sarajevo (2)	Hard court (i)	Alexander Peya	6: 3, 7: 6 8
3.	May 11, 2008	Dresden	sand	Jun Woong-sun	2: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
4th	March 29, 2009	Khorat	Hard court	Filip Prpic	7: 5, 6: 3
5.	April 6, 2014	Saint-Brieuc	Hard court (i)	Grégoire Burquier	7: 5, 6: 3

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 2, 2009	Gstaad	sand	Thomaz Bellucci	4: 6, 6: 7 2

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 6, 2011	Kazan	Hard court (i)	Yves Allegro	Mikhail Yelgin Alexander Kudryavzew	6: 4, 6: 4
2.	April 13, 2013	Mersin	sand	Dominik Meffert	Radu Albot Oleksandr Nedowjessow	5: 7, 6: 3, [10: 8]
3.	April 20, 2013	Rome	sand	Martin Fischer	Martin Emmrich Rameez Junaid	7: 6 2 , 6: 0
4th	March 1, 2015	Cherbourg	Hard court (i)	Jan Mertl	Rameez Junaid Adil Shamasdin	6: 2, 3: 6, [10: 3]

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 14, 2009	Hall	race	Marco Chiudinelli	Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber	3: 6, 4: 6
2.	May 1, 2011	Munich	sand	Christopher Kas	Horacio Zeballos Simone Bolelli	6: 7 3 , 4: 6

Performance in Grand Slam tournaments (individual)

competition	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
French Open	-	-	1	1	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Wimbledon	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2
US Open	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	2

Web links

Commons : Andreas Beck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Andreas Beck (English)
• ITF profile of Andreas Beck (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Andreas Beck (English)
• Official homepage ( Memento of October 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bernd Hüttenhofer: Andreas Beck is German champion , Schwäbische Zeitung. 285/2007. 
2. ↑ ^{a b} "This job was hard work every day" - Andreas Beck ends his career ( memento of the original from October 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , tennisnet.com. Retrieved October 18, 2016. 
3. ↑ [Beck loses, Kohlschreiber wins. In: Schwäbische Zeitung of July 10, 2009]
4. ↑ Back stops Beck in Barcelona. In: tennismagazin.de. April 24, 2012, accessed May 21, 2020 .