Mark Kratzmann

Mark Kratzmann
Nation:	Australia
Birthday:	17th May 1966
Size:	178 cm
Weight:	73 kg
1st professional season:	1984
Playing hand:	Left
Trainer:	Bob Carmichael
Prize money:	$ 1,378,936
singles
Career record:	59:97
Highest ranking:	50 (March 26 1990)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	267: 203
Career title:	18th
Highest ranking:	5 (April 16 1990)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Mark Kratzmann (born May 17, 1966 in Murgon , Queensland ) is a former Australian tennis player .

Career

Kratzmann was trained at the Australian Institute of Sport by tennis legends Tony Roche and John Newcombe , among others . In 1983 he won the junior competitions of the French Open and Wimbledon with doubles partner Simon Youl . The following year he won the double title of the Australian Open with Mike Baroch in the junior division . In 1984 he won the junior competitions of the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open and took first place in the junior world rankings.

In 1984 he became a professional tennis player, reaching the quarter-finals of the Challenger tournament of Perth . He won his first double title on the ATP World Tour alongside Kim Warwick in Cincinnati . In 1994 he won his last doubles tournament on the ATP World Tour with his brother Andrew in Adelaide . Overall, he won 18 ATP doubles titles with Wally Masur and Darren Cahill , including the Masters tournament in Cincinnati and three tournaments in the ATP International Series gold . Another twelve times he was in a double final. He reached his highest ranking in the ATP world rankings in 1990 with position 50 in singles and fifth in doubles.

His best result in a Grand Slam tournament in singles he achieved in 1987 at the Australian Open when he made it to the round of 16. In doubles he was in the final of the Australian Open in 1989 ; at the side of Darren Cahill he was defeated there by the Americans Rick Leach and Jim Pugh .

Kratzmann also played three doubles games for the Australian Davis Cup team between 1990 and 1991 . At the side of Cahill he contributed to the final against the United States by double successes; in the final, which ended in a 2-3 defeat, however, Pat Cash and John Fitzgerald played doubles. The following year he lost with Todd Woodbridge in the quarterfinals against the French doubles Guy Forget and Henri Leconte .

Tournament victories

Legend

Grand Slam

Tennis Masters Cup

ATP Masters Series (1)

ATP International Series Gold (3)

ATP International Series (14)

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	23rd August 1986	Cincinnati	Hard court	Kim Warwick	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6: 3, 6: 4
2.	17th October 1987	Sydney	Hard court (i)	Darren Cahill	Boris Becker Robert Seguso	6: 3, 6: 2
3.	October 31, 1987	Hong Kong	Hard court (i)	Jim Pugh	Marty Davis Brad Drewett	6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 2
4th	2nd January 1988	Adelaide	Hard court	Darren Cahill	Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde	4: 6, 6: 2, 7: 5
5.	January 9, 1988	Sydney outdoor	Hard court	Darren Cahill	Joey Rive Bud Schultz	7: 6, 6: 4
6th	June 17, 1989	Queen's Club	race	Darren Cahill	Tim Pawsat Laurie Warder	7: 6, 6: 3
7th	5th August 1989	Stratton Mountain	Hard court	Wally Masur	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6: 3, 4: 6, 7: 6
8th.	October 7, 1989	Brisbane	Hard court	Darren Cahill	Broderick Dyke Simon Youl	6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 0
9.	January 13, 1990	Sydney	Hard court	Pat Cash	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6: 4, 7: 5
10.	March 3, 1990	Memphis	Hard court (i)	Darren Cahill	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	7: 5, 6: 2
11.	April 14, 1990	Tokyo	Hard court	Wally Masur	Kent Kinnear Brad Pearce	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
12.	May 5th 1990	Singapore	Hard court	Jason Stoltenberg	Brad Drewett Todd Woodbridge	6: 1, 6: 0
13.	June 22, 1990	Manchester	race	Jason Stoltenberg	Nick Brown Kelly Jones	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 4
14th	July 14, 1990	Newport	race	Darren Cahill	Todd Nelson Bryan Shelton	7: 6, 6: 2
15th	August 11, 1990	Cincinnati	Hard court	Darren Cahill	Neil Broad Gary Muller	7: 6, 6: 2
16.	February 13, 1993	Milan	Carpet (i)	Wally Masur	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
17th	February 20, 1993	Stuttgart	Carpet (i)	Wally Masur	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	6: 3, 7: 6
18th	January 8, 1994	Adelaide	Hard court	Andrew Kratzmann	David Adams Byron Black	6: 4, 6: 3

Web links

• ATP profile of Mark Kratzmann (English)
• ITF profile of Mark Kratzmann (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Mark Kratzmann (English)