Michael Kohlmann

Michael Kohlmann
Kohlmann 2010 at the US Open
Nation:	Germany
Birthday:	January 11, 1974
Size:	188 cm
1st professional season:	1995
Resignation:	2013
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 1,798,467
singles
Career record:	25:49
Highest ranking:	98 (November 30 1998)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	219: 261
Career title:	5
Highest ranking:	27 (March 5, 2007)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Michael Kohlmann (born January 11, 1974 in Hagen ) is a former German tennis player from Herdecke . His first club was the Herdecker TC Grün-Weiß 1976.

Tennis career

He won five double titles in his career from 2002 to 2007. In the tennis world rankings he reached 98th place in singles as the highest position in 1998, and in doubles he was ranked 27th in March 2007.

For Germany he played in the Davis Cup against Australia in 2000 . He was also nominated for the matches against Croatia in 2002 and Argentina in 2003. In September 2006 he celebrated a comeback in the German Davis Cup team when he and Alexander Waske won the double encounter in the relegation play-off against Thailand . Also in the Davis Cup season 2007 he won the first round against Croatia with doubles partner Alexander Waske the decisive 2-1. In the quarter-finals against Belgium Kohlmann was also used alongside Waske in doubles; they won and thus secured the decisive third point for entry into the Davis Cup semi-finals. Kohlmann lost the insignificant individual against Christoph Rochus, which he then played for Tommy Haas , who had already left , in three sets. His record is 4: 4 in the Davis Cup.

In the 2007 season Kohlmann reached the quarter-finals of the French Open alongside Rainer Schüttler . At the beginning of 2007, together with Alexander Waske and other active and former German tennis professionals, he initiated the Tennis Germany campaign , the aim of which is to make tennis in Germany the number 2 sport after football for the foreseeable future. In 2013 at Wimbledon he played his last tournament as an active player.

In February 2015 he took over the captaincy of the German Davis Cup team .

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500

ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 (5)

ATP Challenger Tour (28)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	December 7, 1997	Bad Lippspringe	Carpet (i)	Rainer Schüttler	4: 6, 7: 6, 7: 5
2.	March 15, 1998	Kyoto	Carpet (i)	Steve Campbell	7: 6, 3: 6, 6: 3
3.	February 25, 2001	Hull	Carpet (i)	Kristian Pless	5: 7, 7: 6 3 , 7: 6 5
4th	August 5, 2001	Wrexham	Hard court	Ladislav Švarc	6: 4, 6: 2
5.	January 29, 2007	San Jose	Hard court	John van Lottum	6: 3, 6: 4

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 11, 2002	Copenhagen	Hard court (i)	Julian Knowle	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	7: 6, 7: 5
2.	December 30, 2002	Chennai	Hard court	Julian Knowle	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	7: 6, 7: 6
3.	January 10, 2005	Auckland	Hard court	Yves Allegro	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6: 4, 7: 6
4th	April 10, 2006	Houston	sand	Alexander Waske	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	5: 7, 6: 4, [10: 5]
5.	January 29, 2007	Zagreb	Carpet (i)	Alexander Waske	František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský	7: 6, 4: 6, [10: 5]

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 24, 1997	Nettingsdorf	sand	Bjorn Jacob	Thomas Buchmayer Thomas Strengberger	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3
2.	October 5, 1997	Seville	sand	Tuomas Ketola	Álex Calatrava Pepe Imaz	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 3
3.	December 7, 1997	Bad Lippspringe	Carpet (i)	Tuomas Ketola	Dirk Dier Lars Koslowski	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
4th	December 14, 1997	Wismar	Carpet (i)	Lars Burgsmüller	Bernardo Martínez Óscar Ortiz	6: 4, 7: 6
5.	January 31, 1999	Heilbronn (1)	Carpet (i)	Filippo Veglio	Justin Gimelstob Chris Woodruff	6: 4, 6: 7 3 , 7: 5
6th	February 7, 1999	Hamburg	Carpet (i)	Filippo Veglio	Martín Alberto García Cristiano Testa	6: 4, 7: 6 3
7th	September 12, 1999	Aschaffenburg	sand	Francisco Cabello	Vincenzo Santopadre Cristiano Testa	1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
8th.	November 26, 2000	Knoxville	Hard court (i)	Karsten Braasch	Jeff Coetzee Marcos Ondruska	6-0, 7-6 4
9.	February 23, 2001	Hull	Carpet (i)	Michaël Llodra	Barry Cowan Martin Lee	6: 2, 6: 3
10.	September 16, 2001	Zabrze	sand	Julian Knowle	Karol Beck Igor Zelenay	6: 1, 7: 6 5
11.	November 4, 2001	Aachen (1)	Carpet (i)	Julian Knowle	Marc-Kevin Goellner Marcos Ondruska	6: 3, 7: 6 4
12.	November 25, 2001	Caracas	Hard court	Julian Knowle	Tomas Behrend Daniel Melo	7: 5, 6: 3
13.	February 7, 2004	Wroclaw	Hard court (i)	Dominik Hrbatý	Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Łukasz Kubot	7: 5, 6: 3
14th	November 19, 2005	Helsinki	Hard court (i)	Yves Allegro	Christopher Kas Philipp Petzschner	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
15th	January 29, 2006	Waikoloa	Hard court	Cecil Mamiit	Scott Lipsky David Martin	6: 3, 6: 4
16.	February 19, 2006	Belgrade (1)	Carpet (i)	Alexander Waske	Ivo Minář Jan Minář	6: 6 3 , 6: 3
17th	January 27, 2007	Heilbronn (2)	Hard court (i)	Rainer Schüttler	Sander Groen Michaël Llodra	without a fight
18th	August 17, 2008	Istanbul II	Hard court	Frank Moser	David Škoch Igor Zelenay	7: 6 4 , 6: 4
19th	November 2, 2008	Aachen (2)	Carpet (i)	Alexander Waske	Travis Parrott Filip Polášek	6: 4, 6: 4
20th	February 21, 2009	Belgrade (2)	Carpet (i)	Philipp Marx	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Lovro Zovko	3: 6, 6: 2, [10: 8]
21st	November 7, 2009	Eckental	Carpet (i)	Alexander Peya	Philipp Marx Igor Zelenay	6: 4, 7: 6 4
22nd	April 17, 2011	Johannesburg	Hard court	Alexander Peya	Andre Begemann Matthew Ebden	6: 2, 6: 2
23.	August 20, 2011	Cordenons	sand	Julian Knowle	Colin Ebelthite Adam Feeney	2: 6, 7: 5, [10: 5]

Final participation

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 19, 1999	Bournemouth	sand	Nickla's cult	David Adams Jeff Tarango	3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 7
2.	July 16, 2000	Gstaad (1)	sand	Jérôme Golmard	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6: 3, 3: 6, 4: 6
3.	May 6, 2002	Mallorca	sand	Julian Knowle	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	2: 6, 4: 6
4th	March 3, 2003	Copenhagen	Hard court (i)	Julian Knowle	Tomáš Cibulec Pavel Vízner	5: 7, 7: 5, 2: 6
5.	October 20, 2003	St. Petersburg	Hard court (i)	Rainer Schüttler	Julian Knowle Nenad Zimonjić	6: 7 1 , 3: 6
6th	May 23, 2004	Casablanca (1)	sand	Yves Allegro	Enzo Artoni Fernando Vicente	6: 7 1 , 3: 6
7th	August 23, 2004	long Island	sand	Yves Allegro	Antony Dupuis Michaël Llodra	2: 6, 4: 6
8th.	February 7, 2005	San Jose	Hard court (i)	Yves Allegro	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	6: 7 4 , 4: 6
9.	4th July 2005	Gstaad (2)	sand	Rainer Schüttler	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6: 7 6 , 6: 7 11
10.	April 30, 2006	Casablanca (2)	sand	Alexander Waske	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	3: 6, 4: 6
11.	June 12, 2006	Hall	race	Rainer Schüttler	Nenad Zimonjić Fabrice Santoro	0: 6, 4: 6
12.	July 12, 2009	Newport	race	Rogier Wassen	Jordan Kerr Rajeev Ram	7: 6 6 , 6: 7 7 , [6:10]
13.	May 9, 2010	Munich	sand	Eric Butorac	Oliver Marach Santiago Ventura	7: 5, 3: 6, [14:16]
14th	October 2, 2011	Bangkok	Hard court	Alexander Waske	Oliver Marach Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6: 7 4 , 6: 7 5

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	1R	-	-	1R	-	1R
French Open	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wimbledon	-	-	-	-	1R	1R	-	1R	-	1R
US Open	-	-	-	3R	2R	-	-	-	-	3R

Double

competition	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	-	1R	HF	AF	2R	2R	HF
French Open	-	-	-	-	1R	-	2R	1R	2R	AF	2R	1R	VF	-	AF	1R	AF	1R	-	VF
Wimbledon	-	-	-	-	1R	-	-	2R	-	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	-	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R
US Open	-	-	-	2R	1R	1R	-	1R	2R	2R	-	AF	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	-	AF

Web links

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

• ATP profile of Michael Kohlmann (English)
• ITF profile of Michael Kohlmann (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Michael Kohlmann (English)