Michael Berrer

Michael Berrer
Michael Berrer at Wimbledon in 2014
Nation:	Germany
Birthday:	July 1, 1980
Size:	193 cm
Weight:	100 kg
1st professional season:	1999
Resignation:	2016
Playing hand:	Left
Trainer:	Kevin Sorensen
Prize money:	$ 2,766,701
singles
Career record:	88: 145
Highest ranking:	42 (May 24, 2010)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	24:30
Career title:	1
Highest ranking:	134 (March 2, 2009)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Michael Berrer (born July 1, 1980 in Stuttgart ) is a former German tennis player .

Career

Michael Berrer started playing tennis at the age of 7. In 1999 he started his professional career. He plays for TV Reutlingen. His first individual victory in a Grand Slam tournament was in Wimbledon against Albert Montañés 6: 3, 6: 3 and 6: 2. At the BMW Open 2008 in Munich, he and Rainer Schüttler won the doubles competition and thus his first title on the ATP tour.

In February 2009 he won the Challenger of Breslau 6: 3 and 6: 4 against Alexander Kudrjawzew .

In February 2010 Berrer reached the tournament in Zagreb for the first time in his career an ATP final in singles. There he was defeated by the Croatian defending champion Marin Čilić in three sets with 4: 6, 7: 6 ⁵ and 3: 6. He also won the Challenger in Heilbronn with a double-set win against Andrei Golubew . At the ATP World Tour 500 event in Dubai, he played his way to the quarter-finals after winning over Lukáš Lacko and Nikolai Dawydenko . There he was defeated by Marcos Baghdatis 6: 7, 1: 6. He also reached the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters - there he failed to Rafael Nadal with 0: 6, 1: 6. In September Berrer qualified as number 51 in the world for the China Open in Beijing. In round one of the main field he defeated the world number 7, Tomáš Berdych , in three sets. This was the second win against a top ten player in his career. In lap two he had to admit defeat to Gilles Simon after another three set match. The match lasted 3:06 hours and ended 7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 7 from Berrer's point of view. On the way to the semi-finals in Vienna, Berrer defeated Guillermo García-López , Pablo Cuevas and Marcos Baghdatis. But then he failed in three sets against the lucky loser Andreas Haider-Maurer .

At the beginning of 2011 Berrer was able to reach the final in Zagreb again. As in the previous year, he failed again, this time with 3: 6 and 4: 6 to Ivan Dodig . At the French Open , Berrer played for the first time in his career in the third round of a Grand Slam tournament. There he lost in three sets against Andy Murray .

In the last game of his career against Maximilian Marterer , he secured the title of German champion for the first time.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam ATP World Tour Finals ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour 500 ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 (1) ATP Challenger Tour (11)

ATP title by topping Hard Court (0) Sand (1) Lawn (0)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 7, 2005	Segovia	Hard court	Wang Yeu-tzuoo	7: 5, 6: 7 6 , 6: 1
2.	November 13, 2005	Eckental	Carpet (i)	Steve Darcis	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4
3.	November 19, 2006	Helsinki	Hard court (i)	Tomáš Zíb	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3
4th	January 28, 2007	Heilbronn (1)	Hard court (i)	Michaël Llodra	6: 5 task
5.	February 8, 2009	Wroclaw	Hard court (i)	Alexander Kudryavtsev	6: 3, 6: 4
6th	November 22, 2009	Bratislava	Hard court (i)	Dominik Hrbatý	6: 7 6 , 6: 4, 7: 6 3
7th	December 6, 2009	Salzburg	Hard court (i)	Jarkko Nieminen	6: 7 4 , 6: 4, 6: 4
8th.	January 31, 2010	Heilbronn (2)	Hard court (i)	Andrei Golubev	6: 3, 7: 6 4
9.	January 27, 2013	Heilbronn (3)	Hard court (i)	Jan-Lennard Struff	7: 5, 6: 3
10.	20th October 2013	Mouilleron-le-Captif	Hard court (i)	Nicolas Mahut	1: 6, 6; 4, 6: 3
11.	3rd April 2016	Leon	Hard court	João Souza	6: 3, 6: 2

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 7, 2010	Zagreb (1)	Hard court (i)	Marin Čilić	4: 6, 7: 6 5 , 3: 6
2.	February 6, 2011	Zagreb (2)	Hard court (i)	Ivan Dodig	3: 6, 4: 6

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 4, 2008	Munich	sand	Rainer Schüttler	Scott Lipsky David Martin	7: 5, 3: 6, [10: 8]

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	17th September 2006	Beijing	Hard court	Kenneth Carlsen	Mahesh Bhupathi Mario Ančić	4: 6, 3: 6
2.	July 13, 2008	Stuttgart	sand	Mischa Zverev	Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber	3: 6, 4: 6

Balance sheet

singles

Tournament 1	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	total
Australian Open	-	-	2R	-	-	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2R
French Open	-	1R	-	-	2R	3R	1R	-	1R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3R
Wimbledon	-	1R	-	-	-	1R	1R	-	1R	2R	1R	-	-	-	-	-	-	2R
US Open	-	1R	-	-	-	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	-	-	-	-	-	-	2R
Individual titles won	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Overall wins / defeats 2	4: 9	6:10	3: 6	2: 3	5:11	17:22	20:28	5: 8	8:22	13:12	4:11	1: 2	0: 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	88: 145
Year-end position	182	115	128	142	135	100	58	74	133	57	153	127	228	329	341	504	624	N / A

Double

Tournament 1	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	total
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	-	2R	1R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2R
French Open	-	-	-	-	-	1R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1R
Wimbledon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2R
US Open	-	-	-	-	-	-	1R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1R
Double titles won	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Overall wins / defeats 2	1: 1	0: 1	2: 3	2-0	0: 1	2: 5	3:10	0: 1	8: 3	3: 4	3: 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	24:30
Year-end position	844	-	498	427	957	407	300	460	144	222	396	570	283	666	1058	909	1087	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 Status: end of career

Personal

Michael Berrer is the father of two children.

Web links

Commons : Michael Berrer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Michael Berrer (English)
• ITF profile of Michael Berrer (English)
• Davis Cup Statistics for Michael Berrer (English)
• official homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Berrer - German champion at the end of his career. spox.com, December 19, 2016, accessed December 19, 2016 . 
2. ↑ ATP Generali Open Kitzbühel: Michael Berrer - "At the moment it looks like I'm not on the tour in 2017". tennisnet.com, accessed on July 20, 2016 .