Jan-Lennard Struff

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Jan-Lennard Struff Tennis player
Jan-Lennard Struff
Struff 2016 at Wimbledon
Nickname: Struffi
Nation: GermanyGermany Germany
Birthday: April 25, 1990
Size: 196 cm
Weight: 92 kg
1st professional season: 2009
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer: Carsten Arriens
Prize money: $ 5,662,992
singles
Career record: 130: 151
Highest ranking: 33 (July 1, 2019)
Current placement: 34
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 77:79
Career title: 3
Highest ranking: 21 (October 22, 2018)
Current placement: 46
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox:
March 16, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Jan-Lennard Struff (born April 25, 1990 in Warstein ) is a German tennis player .

Career

He played his first game on the ATP World Tour in 2012 at the MercedesCup in Stuttgart, for which he and Robin Kern received a wildcard for the doubles competition from the tournament management . They lost the opening game 4-6 and 3-6 against the German pairing Dustin Brown and Christopher Kas . In the 2012 season, Struff won four singles tournaments on the ITF Future Tour and was in the finals of an ATP Challenger tournament in Loughborough and Madrid . In doubles he won two titles on the Future Tour in a total of six finals. In 2011 and 2012 Jan-Lennard Struff won the German individual championship .

Struff achieved his greatest successes on the ATP Tour in 2014 when he reached three semi-finals. At the tournament in Marseille the end came against world number ten Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6: 7, 5: 7), in Munich against Italian Fabio Fognini (3: 6, 1: 6) and in Metz against eventual winner David Goffin ( 6: 7, 3: 6). In May 2014 he won his first title on the Challenger Tour in Heilbronn . In the final he defeated Márton Fucsovics 6-2, 7-6 5 . Thanks to the tournament victory and further successes over the course of the season, he improved to 46th place in the ATP world rankings by October 2014 , his best placement to date.

Due to a lack of sporting success, Struff separated from the coaching duo Christoph Reichert, former Bundesliga coach in Hagen, and Ute Strakerjahn in July 2015. The new coach was Carsten Arriens , former Davis Cup team boss who was divorced in the dispute. Ute Strakerjahn had signed a coaching contract with Struff in 2011, according to which she participates with a share of 20 percent of the prize money and all of Struff's advertising income. The regulation should continue to be effective for six years after the end of the contract. In 2016, Strakerjahn filed a lawsuit and demanded additional payment and a share in the income until 2022. Both the Arnsberg Regional Court in 2017 in the first instance and the Hamm Higher Regional Court in 2018 in the second instance agreed with Strakerjahn and awarded her almost EUR 275,000.

The Challenger victories in Stettin and Orléans followed in autumn 2015, and in 2016 Struff followed up on the same level in Alphen aan den Rijn and Mons .

At the beginning of November 2016, the German achieved another success: At the BNP Paribas Masters , Struff was able to defeat the reigning US Open champion and third in the world rankings Stan Wawrinka 3: 6, 7: 6, 7: 6 in the second round . This was the first time he beat a top 20 player and made it into the third round of an ATP Masters for the first time .

In October 2018 he and his partner, the Japanese Ben McLachlan , defeated the duo Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus 6: 4 and 7: 5 in the finals of the doubles competition of the Rakuten Open in Tokyo and thus celebrated his first title on the ATP Tour . In January 2019 he was able to confirm this success at the tournament in Auckland with another victory with his partner Ben McLachlan over the duo Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus. In the individual, he was also in the semi-finals. At the French Open in June 2019 he made it to the round of 16 of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, in which he failed in three sets against the number one on the seed list Novak Đoković . At the ATP tournament in Stuttgart , Struff reached the semi-finals, which made him 35th in the individual ranking, his best placement to date.

Davis Cup

In 2015 , Struff made his debut for the German Davis Cup team against France and was 14th in the world rankings in his opening match. Gilles Simon in over four hours with 6: 7, 6: 2, 7: 6, 2: 6 and 8:10. He won his second match against Nicolas Mahut 7: 6, 6: 3. In addition, Struff was able to achieve the decisive third win against Hubert Hurkacz (7: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1) in the Davis Cup relegation match against Poland in September 2016, thereby ensuring that the German team remained in the world group. Again in 2017, Struff secured against Portugal with wins in doubles with debutant Tim Pütz and after defending match point in singles against João Sousa to remain in the world group of the Davis Cup . In 2018 Pütz and Struff - also known as "Tim and Struffi" - won their doubles against Australia and Spain.

engagement

Struff speaks publicly on the subject of climate protection . He joined an announcement by players Nick Kyrgios , Novak Đoković or Julia Görges that they would make a donation as part of the 2019/2020 bushfires in Australia to send a message to everyone. In an interview with Der Spiegel in 2020 he said about the fires and the climate crisis : “It's ubiquitous. Just a tragedy what happens here. When you see someone pulling koalas out of the fire on the news, it's very sad. I don't want to hide that either. "

successes

Legend (number of victories)
Grand Slam
ATP World Tour Finals
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour 500 (1)
ATP World Tour 250 (2)
ATP Challenger Tour (10)
Title after covering
Hard Court (3)
Sand (0)
Lawn (0)

singles

Tournament victories

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. May 18, 2014 GermanyGermany Heilbronn sand HungaryHungary Marton Fucsovics 6: 2, 7: 6 5
2. 20th September 2015 PolandPoland Szczecin sand UkraineUkraine Artem Smyrnow 6: 4, 6: 3
3. 4th October 2015 FranceFrance Orleans Hard court (i) PolandPoland Jerzy Janowicz 5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
4th 11th September 2016 NetherlandsNetherlands Alphen aan den Rijn sand NetherlandsNetherlands Robin Haase 6: 4, 6: 1
5. October 9, 2016 BelgiumBelgium Mons Hard court (i) FranceFrance Vincent Millot 6: 2, 6: 0

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour
No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. October 7, 2018 JapanJapan Tokyo Hard court JapanJapan Ben McLachlan New ZealandNew Zealand Michael Venus Raven Klaasen
South AfricaSouth Africa 
6: 4, 7: 5
2. January 12, 2019 AustraliaAustralia Auckland Hard court JapanJapan Ben McLachlan New ZealandNew Zealand Michael Venus Raven Klaasen
South AfricaSouth Africa 
6: 3, 6: 4
3. 22nd September 2019 FranceFrance Metz Hard court (i) SwedenSweden Robert Lindstedt FranceFrance Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin
FranceFrance 
2: 6, 7: 6 1 , [10: 4]
ATP Challenger Tour
No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. September 13, 2014 PolandPoland Szczecin sand GermanyGermany Dustin Brown PolandPoland Tomasz Bednarek Igor Zelenay
SlovakiaSlovakia 
6: 2, 6: 4
2. 13th September 2015 NetherlandsNetherlands Alphen aan den Rijn (1) sand GermanyGermany Tobias Kamke RomaniaRomania Victor Hănescu Adrian Ungur
RomaniaRomania 
7: 6 1 , 3: 6, [10: 7]
3. September 10, 2016 NetherlandsNetherlandsAlphen aan den Rijn (2) sand GermanyGermany Daniel Masur NetherlandsNetherlands Robin Haase Boy Westerhof
NetherlandsNetherlands 
6: 4, 6: 1
4th January 13, 2017 AustraliaAustralia Canberra Hard court GermanyGermany Andre Begemann ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Berlocq Andrés Molteni
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 3, 6: 4
5. 10th September 2017 ItalyItaly Genoa sand GermanyGermany Tim Puetz ArgentinaArgentina Guido Andreozzi Ariel Behar
UruguayUruguay 
7: 6 5 , 7: 6 8

Final participation

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. January 12, 2018 AustraliaAustralia Sydney Hard court SerbiaSerbia Viktor Troicki PolandPoland Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo
BrazilBrazil 
3: 6, 4: 6
2. 2nd March 2019 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Dubai Hard court JapanJapan Ben McLachlan United StatesUnited States Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
6: 7 4 , 3: 6
3. February 16, 2020 NetherlandsNetherlands Rotterdam Hard court (i) FinlandFinland Henri Kontinen FranceFrance Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut
FranceFrance 
6: 7 5 , 6: 4, [7:10]

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

Tournament 1 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009

total
Australian Open 2R 1R Q2 1R 1R Q3 - - - -

2R
French Open 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R - - - -

AF
Wimbledon 3R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R - - - -

3R
US Open 3R 1R 1R Q2 2R 1R - Q1 - -

3R
Individual titles won 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0
Overall wins / defeats 2 23:25 28:29 13:18 5:19 15:17 4: 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

130: 151
Year-end position 57 53 63 107 59 107 168 239 359 702

N / A

Double

Tournament 1 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

total
Australian Open 1R HF 1R - 1R - - -

HF
French Open 1R 1R 2R - 1R - - -

2R
Wimbledon 1R AF 1R 2R - 2R - -

AF
US Open 1R 1R 1R - - 2R - -

2R
Double titles won 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

3
Overall wins / defeats 2 20:19 34:21 3:12 4: 5 4:10 4: 7 0: 1 0: 1

77:79
Year-end position 56 22nd 190 182 162 169 450 404

N / A

Explanation of symbols: S = tournament victory; F, HF, VF, AF = entry into the final / semi-finals / quarter-finals / round of 16; 1R, 2R, 3R = elimination in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd main round or Q1, Q2, Q3 = elimination in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd qualifying round

1 tournament result in brackets means that the player has not yet finished the tournament; it shows its current tournament status. After the player finishes the tournament, the bracket is removed.
2 As of February 28, 2020

Web links

Commons : Jan-Lennard Struff  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Daniel Berg: Carsten Arriens is Jan-Lennard Struff's new trainer. In: Westfalenpost. August 25, 2015, accessed June 15, 2019 .
  2. "She expressed Mr. Struff like a lemon". In: Soester Anzeiger. December 15, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2019 .
  3. Thorsten Streber: Jan-Lennard Struff accepts the claims of his ex-trainer. In: Westfalenpost. October 19, 2018, accessed June 15, 2019 .
  4. Tim Cordes: Jan-Lennard Struff celebrates first title on the ATP tour. In: Westfalenpost . October 7, 2018, accessed October 7, 2018 .
  5. Jan-Lennard Struff and Ben McLachlan win double titles in Auckland. Eurosport , January 12, 2019, accessed January 12, 2019 .
  6. Jump up in the Davis Cup: perfect debut for Boris Becker. Die Welt, September 17, 2017, accessed June 15, 2019 .
  7. Jan-Lennard Struff, the underestimated danger. n-tv news, accessed June 15, 2019 .
  8. Philipp Joubert: Tennis professional Jan-Lennard Struff on fire disaster in Australia: "Simply a tragedy, what happens here". In: spiegel.de. January 11, 2020, accessed January 11, 2020 .