Dirk Dier
Dirk Dier 
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 Germany
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| Birthday: | February 16, 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Size: | 185 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 77 kg | ||||||||||||
| 1st professional season: | 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Resignation: | 2000 | ||||||||||||
| Playing hand: | Right | ||||||||||||
| Trainer: | Günther Bosch | ||||||||||||
| Prize money: | $ 388,546 | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 6:18 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 118 (April 22 1996) | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 3:12 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 158 (April 17, 2000) | ||||||||||||
| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |||||||||||||
Dirk Dier (born February 16, 1972 in St. Ingbert ) is a former German tennis player .
Career
In his youth from 1980 active at TC Blieskastel and TuS Neunkirchen , he was German champion several times. He was the first German ever to win a Grand Slam title among the juniors when he finished the Australian Open in 1990 with the title. Dier was trained by the former Becker trainer Günther Bosch . His highest world ranking in his professional career, which lasted from 1990 to 2002, was in the spring of 1996, when he finished 118th.
Bundesliga
Dier also played for the Bundesliga club Grün-Weiß Mannheim and the second division Rothenbühl Saarbrücken .
Trainer
Today he is the director of a tennis school and, since 2007, has officially been the personal trainer of the German tennis player Anna-Lena Grönefeld and assistant coach of the German Fed Cup team.
Web links
- ATP profile of Dirk Dier (English)
- ITF profile of Dirk Dier (English)
- Dirk Dier in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
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| SURNAME | Dier, Dirk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Ingbert , Germany |