Andrew Kratzmann

Andrew Kratzmann
Nation:	Australia
Birthday:	3rd November 1971
Size:	193 cm
Weight:	88 kg
1st professional season:	1990
Resignation:	Time unknown
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 976,085
singles
Career record:	0: 2
Highest ranking:	299 (August 26 1991)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	198: 210
Career title:	9
Highest ranking:	13 (March 13, 2000)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Andrew Kratzmann (born November 3, 1971 in Murgon , Queensland ) is a retired Australian tennis player .

Life

In 1990, Kratzmann reached the double finals of the junior competition at the Australian Open . In the same year he became a professional tennis player, reaching the final of the Challenger tournament of Canberra . In 1991 he won his first double title on the Challenger Tour, the following year he won three more Challenger tournament victories alongside Roger Rasheed . In 1994 he won his first doubles tournament on the ATP World Tour alongside his brother Mark in Adelaide . In the course of his career, he won a total of nine tournament wins in doubles with changing partners, including the Masters tournament in Hamburg . Another twelve times he was in a double final. In singles he could not achieve any success, he lost his only two games on the ATP World Tour. He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1991 with position 299 in singles and in 2000 with position 13 in doubles.

His best individual result in a Grand Slam tournament was qualifying at the Australian Open in 1994, where he was eliminated in the first round. His best result in the doubles competition was the final at the Australian Open 2000. On the side of Wayne Black he was defeated in five sets against Rick Leach and Ellis Ferreira .

successes

Legend Grand Slam Tennis Masters Cup ATP Masters Series (1) ATP International Series Gold ATP International Series (8)

Title after covering Hard Court (1) Sand (8) Lawn (0) Carpet (0)

Double

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	January 9, 1994	Adelaide	Hard court	Mark Kratzmann	David Adams Byron Black	6: 4, 6: 3
2.	August 13, 1995	San Marino	sand	Jordi Arrese	Pablo Albano Federico Mordegan	7: 6, 3: 6, 6: 2
3.	September 29, 1996	Palermo (1)	sand	Marcos Ondruska	Cristian Brandi Emilio Sánchez Vicario	7: 6, 6: 4
4th	October 6, 1996	Marbella	sand	Jack Waite	Pablo Albano Lucas Arnold Ker	6: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4
5.	October 5, 1997	Palermo (2)	sand	Libor Pimek	Hendrik Jan Davids Daniel Orsanic	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
6th	November 9, 1997	Santiago de Chile	sand	Hendrik Jan Davids	Julián Alonso Nicolás Lapentti	7: 6, 5: 7, 6: 4
7th	May 3, 1998	Prague	sand	Wayne Arthurs	Fredrik Bergh Nicklas Kulti	6: 1, 6: 1
8th.	May 9, 1999	Hamburg	sand	Wayne Arthurs	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4
9.	May 28, 2000	St. Polten	sand	Mahesh Bhupathi	Andrea Gaudenzi Diego Nargiso	7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	July 16, 1995	Båstad	sand	Jon Ireland	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	3: 6, 0: 6
2.	March 17, 1996	Copenhagen	Carpet (i)	Wayne Arthurs	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	6: 7, 6: 3, 3: 6
3.	August 3, 1998	Amsterdam	sand	Libor Pimek	Paul Kilderry Nicolás Lapentti	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 7
4th	August 2, 1998	Kitzbühel	sand	Joshua Eagle	Tom Kempers Daniel Orsanic	3: 6, 4: 6
5.	January 30, 2000	Australian Open	Hard court	Wayne Black	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	4: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3, 16:18
6th	June 24, 2001	Nottingham	race	Paul Hanley	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	4: 6, 2: 6
7th	July 15, 2001	Båstad	sand	Simon Aspelin	Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild	6: 7 3 , 6: 4, 6: 7 5
8th.	July 29, 2001	Kitzbühel	sand	Simon Aspelin	Àlex Corretja Luis Lobo	1: 6, 4: 6
9.	February 24, 2002	Buenos Aires	sand	Simon Aspelin	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6: 3, 3: 6, [4:10]
10.	April 13, 2003	Estoril	sand	Simon Aspelin	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirny	1: 6, 2: 6
11.	September 29, 2002	Hong Kong	Hard court	Wayne Arthurs	Jan-Michael Gambill Graydon Oliver	7: 6 2 , 4: 6, 6: 7 4
12.	September 28, 2003	Bangkok	Hard court	Jarkko Nieminen	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	3: 6, 6: 7 4

Web links

• ATP profile of Andrew Kratzmann (English)
• ITF profile Andrew Kratzmann (English)