Benedict Dorsch

Benedict Dorsch
Nation:	Germany
Birthday:	January 10, 1981
Size:	178 cm
Weight:	84 kg
1st professional season:	2005
Resignation:	2012
Playing hand:	Right
Trainer:	Tarik Benhabiles
Prize money:	$ 251,123
singles
Career record:	0: 3
Highest ranking:	127 (May 25, 2009)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	0-0
Highest ranking:	189 (February 4, 2008)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Benedikt Dorsch (born January 10, 1981 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) is a former German tennis player .

Career

College tennis

Benedikt Dorsch began playing tennis at the age of five and was number 2 on the German junior rankings as a teenager. After graduating from high school, he studied at Baylor University Business Administration from 2002 to 2005 , where he played college tennis . He became one of the university's most successful tennis players. In his first year he won the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships and a year later he was in the final of the NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships . In 2004 he won the NCAA Division I team competition and the individual title in 2005 . He won the Big 12 Men's Tennis Championships with the team for four years in a row and was named Best Player in 2005.

Professional tour

Dorsch played tournaments on the ITF Future Tour and ATP Challenger Tour before and during his studies . In 2004 he won his first double title on the Future Tour, a year later his first two single titles. His only appearance at a Grand Slam tournament was in Wimbledon in 2006 . After surviving the qualification, he was in the individual field and met in the first round against the Belgian Xavier Malisse , the then number 43 in the world rankings . He was clearly defeated by him in three sentences.

He made his debut on the ATP World Tour in March 2007 at a Masters tournament . In Miami he started as a substitute pairing with Horia Tecău , but lost his opening match in three sets. In July he defeated in Penza the Russians Mikhail Ledowskich and celebrated his first individual title on the Challenger Tour. In both singles and doubles, he was just about to make the top 200 at the end of the year.

The year 2008 should be the most successful for Dorsch. At the beginning of the year he won his first double title at Challenger level in Dallas alongside Björn Phau . Through this success he achieved his best double placement with 189th place. In the individual, Dorsch managed to qualify for the main draw in Doha and San José , but was eliminated in the first round. He had more success on the Challenger Tour. In June, he won in Recanati his second doubles title and in Penza he managed to successfully defend the title in singles. In May 2009 he achieved his best individual placement with 127th place. Due to a herniated disc, Dorsch withdrew from professional tennis and only competed in a few tournaments in the qualification. After losing to Dominik Meffert in qualifying for the BMW Open 2012 , he ended his career.

After his active career, Dorsch works in the IT industry. In 2015 he was inducted into his university's Hall of Fame.

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP World Tour 500

ATP World Tour 250

ATP Challenger Tour (4)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 29, 2007	Penza (1)	Hard court	Mikhail Ledovskich	7: 5, 5: 7, 6: 1
2.	July 26, 2008	Penza (2)	Hard court	Serhiy Stachowskyj	1: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 6

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 2, 2008	Dallas	Hard court (i)	Bjorn Phau	Scott Lipsky David Martin	6: 4, 6: 4
2.	June 21, 2008	Recanati	Hard court	Bjorn Phau	Yu Xinyuan Zeng Shaoxuan	6: 3, 7: 5

Web links

• ATP profile of Benedikt Dorsch (English)
• ITF profile of Benedikt Dorsch (English)
• ITF junior profile Benedikt Dorsch (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hall of Fame - Year by Year List. In: baylorbears.com. Retrieved October 19, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Jerry Hill: Baylor Hall of Fame Profile: Benedikt Dorsch. In: baylorbears.com. Retrieved October 19, 2018 .