Dieter Kindlmann

Dieter Kindlmann

Dieter Kindlmann 2010 in Aachen

Nickname:

Didi

Nation:

Germany

Birthday:

3rd June 1982

Size:

183 cm

Weight:

71 kg

1st professional season:

2001

Resignation:

2012

Playing hand:

Right

Trainer:

Stefan Eriksson

Prize money:

$ 381,485

singles

Career record:

1:11

Highest ranking:

130 (July 26, 2004)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	1R (2005, 2009, 2010)
French Open	2R (2006)
Wimbledon	-
US Open	1R (2009)

Double

Career record:

0-0

Highest ranking:

317 (July 5, 2010)

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Dieter Kindlmann (born June 3, 1982 in Sonthofen ) is a former German tennis player and coach.

life and career

Dieter Kindlmann has played future tournaments since 1999 and challenger tournaments since 2001 . In 2002 he won his first title at a future tournament in Thessaloniki , and he finished the year on rank 310 in the world rankings. In 2003 Kindlmann was able to reach the finals at the Challenger tournaments in Aschaffenburg and Belgaum , winning his first Challenger title in Aschaffenburg.

In April 2004 Kindlmann was able to qualify for the first time in Munich for the main draw of an ATP tournament, but lost in the first round against Vincent Spadea . In May he took part in the qualification for a Grand Slam tournament at the French Open for the first time , but just as in June at Wimbledon, he did not qualify for the main draw. In July 2004, Kindlmann was able to reach the finals at the Challenger tournament in Zell , and a week later won his second Challenger title in Oberstaufen . As a result, he achieved his best position in the world tennis rankings to date with 130th place.

In January 2005, Kindlmann managed to qualify for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the Australian Open by defeating Gilles Simon in the third attempt. In the first lap he met Andre Agassi, who was seeded in 8th position, and had no chance in three sets. Directly after this tournament he won his third Challenger tournament in Wolfsburg .

In May 2006 Dieter Kindlmann qualified for the second time for the main field at the ATP tournament in Munich , but lost in the first round against Alexander Peya . Then he succeeded in Paris at the French Open by defeating Benjamin Becker for the second time qualifying for a Grand Slam tournament and this time he made it to the second round after a first round victory over Răzvan Sabău . There, however, was the final stop with Alberto Martín . At the ATP tournament in Stuttgart , Kindlmann came into the main field with a wildcard , but lost to Hugo Armando in the first round .

The year 2007 passed after a Challenger final participation in Kyoto in March 2007 for Dieter Kindlmann without further highlights, and so he fell in April 2008 to rank 536 in the world rankings. In the course of 2008, however, he climbed higher again through successes in Future and Challenger tournaments and won his fourth Challenger title in August 2008 in New Delhi . In addition, he reached the final of the German tennis championships in Offenburg in December 2008 , where he was defeated by Florian Mayer .

In January 2009, Kindlmann took part in a Grand Slam qualification at the Australian Open for the first time in almost two years and achieved this through victories over Daniel Brands, among others . In the first lap of the main field he met Guillermo Cañas , with whom he fought over three and a half hours, which he ultimately lost in five sets. In May 2009 he was able to qualify for the Munich ATP tournament as in 2004 and 2006 , but failed there in the first round against the top 20 player Marin Čilić . After he missed the qualification for the French Open and Wimbledon , he succeeded in August 2009 for the first time at the US Open . In the first round he met number 8 seed Nikolai Dawydenko , against whom he lost in three sets. In October 2009 Kindlmann was able to qualify for the first time for the ATP tournament in Vienna , where he lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first round . He finished 2009 with his best year-end ranking to date, ranking 173 in the world rankings.

The year 2010 began for Dieter Kindlmann, like the previous year, with a successful qualification for the Australian Open , including a victory over Marsel İlhan . And like at the last US Open, the first round opponent was Nikolai Dawydenko. While Kindlmann was able to keep up well in New York, this time he only won four games. After a Challenger semi-final in Biella , Kindlmann lost to Benoît Paire in the third qualifying round at the French Open in May 2010 , but then moved into the main draw as a lucky loser for the sick Florian Mayer and met local hero Gaël Monfils . After fighting his way back into the match in the third set, Kindlmann finally lost in four sets. The rest of the year was not very successful for Dieter Kindlmann: He could not qualify for any other ATP tournament and was only able to reach a Challenger quarter-finals in November 2010 at the end of the season in Salzburg .

In January 2011 he failed in the qualifications for the Australian Open in the first round. In February 2011 he reached the quarterfinals of the Challengers in Bergamo and Wolfsburg . In the further course of the year he did not get beyond the second round in any tournament. As of August 2011, he did not play any more matches and therefore dropped out of the top 500 in the world rankings at the end of the year. Between February and June 2012 he played in a few futures, a challenger and the qualification in Munich before ending his career due to the consequences of a shoulder operation.

At the beginning of 2013 he was hired by Marija Sharapova as a permanent training partner.

From November 2019 to the end of July 2020, Kindlmann was Angelique Kerber's trainer . Since August 2020 he has been coaching the Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka .

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 (7)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 7, 2003	Germany Aschaffenburg	sand	Germany Marcello Craca	6: 3, 6: 4
2.	July 11, 2004	Germany Oberstaufen	sand	Monaco Jean-René Lisnard	6: 7 ⁶ , 6: 2, 6: 4
3.	February 6, 2005	Germany Wolfsburg	Carpet (i)	Germany Tobias Summerer	7: 5, 4: 1, inc.
4th	August 16, 2008	India New Delhi	Hard court	United Kingdom Joshua Goodall	7: 6 ³ , 6: 3

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	March 8, 2008	Japan Kyoto	Carpet (i)	Austria Martin Slanar	Japan Hiroki Kondō Gō Soeda Japan	6: 1, 7: 5
2.	July 12, 2009	Germany Oberstaufen	sand	Germany Marcel Zimmermann	Germany Michael Berrer Philipp Oswald Austria	6: 4, 2: 6, [10: 4]
3.	July 19, 2009	Italy Rimini	sand	Germany Matthias Bachinger	Italy Leonardo Azzaro Marco Crugnola Italy	6: 4, 6: 2