Tennis in Germany
Tennis is one of the most popular sports in Germany with more than five million active players. The German Tennis Federation is the largest tennis federation in the world with ca. 1.4 million members.[1]
All statistics below are based on the data from the ATP and the WTA in the Open Era (since 1968).
Active players are in boldface.
All lists are correct as of 6 February 2021.
Highest ranked players
HR = Highest ranking, CR = Current ranking
Singles
The lists include the 50 best ranked German players. The rankings were introduced in 1973 (men) and 1975 (women).
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Women
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Doubles
The lists include the 20 best ranked German players. The rankings were introduced in 1976 (men) and 1984 (women).
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Achievements timeline
Singles ATP and WTA performances since 1973.
Best results at significant tournaments
Singles
The lists include all German players who reached at least a quarterfinal at a Grand Slam, ATP/WTA Finals or Olympic tournament.
Men
Player | Australian Open | French Open | Wimbledon | US Open | ATP Finals | Olympics |
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Boris Becker | Win (2) | Semifinal | Win (3) | Win | Win (3) | 3rd round |
Michael Stich | Semifinal | Final | Win | Final | Win | 2nd round |
Alexander Zverev | Semifinal | Quarterfinal | 4th round | Final | Win | Did not play |
Tommy Haas | Semifinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Quarterfinal | Did not play | Silver |
Rainer Schüttler | Final | 4th round | Semifinal | 4th round | Semifinal | 2nd round |
Nicolas Kiefer | Semifinal | 4th round | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | 3rd round |
Karl Meiler | Semifinal | 3rd round | 3rd round | 4th round | Did not play | Did not play |
Bernd Karbacher | 3rd round | Quarterfinal | 2nd round | Quarterfinal | Did not play | Did not play |
Philipp Kohlschreiber | 4th round | 4th round | Quarterfinal | 4th round | Did not play | 2nd round |
Carl-Uwe Steeb | 4th round | 4th round | 2nd round | 4th round | Did not play | Quarterfinal |
Mischa Zverev | Quarterfinal | 3rd round | 3rd round | 4th round | Did not play | Did not play |
Florian Mayer | 4th round | 2nd round | Quarterfinal | 3rd round | Did not play | 1st round |
Hans Pohmann | Did not play | Quarterfinal | 4th round | 3rd round | Did not play | Did not play |
Patrik Kühnen | 3rd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinal | 2nd round | Did not play | Did not play |
Hendrik Dreekmann | 3rd round | Quarterfinal | 2nd round | 3rd round | Did not play | Did not play |
Jürgen Fassbender | Did not play | 3rd round | Quarterfinal | 2nd round | Did not play | Did not play |
Alex Rădulescu | 1st round | 1st round | Quarterfinal | 3rd round | Did not play | Did not play |
Alexander Popp | 2nd round | 1st round | Quarterfinal | 2nd round | Did not play | Did not play |
Women
Player | Australian Open | French Open | Wimbledon | US Open | WTA Finals | Olympics |
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Steffi Graf | Win (4) | Win (6) | Win (7) | Win (5) | Win (5) | Gold |
Angelique Kerber | Win | Quarterfinal | Win | Win | Final | Silver |
Sylvia Hanika | Quarterfinal | Final | 4th round | Quarterfinal | Win | 3rd round |
Anke Huber | Final | Semifinal | 4th round | Quarterfinal | Final | Quarterfinal |
Helga Masthoff | Quarterfinal | Final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Did not play | Did not play |
Sabine Lisicki | 4th round | 3rd round | Final | 4th round | Did not play | 3rd round |
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | Semifinal | Semifinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | 2nd round |
Bettina Bunge | 3rd round | 4th round | Semifinal | 4th round | Semifinal | Did not play |
Andrea Petkovic | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | 3rd round | Quarterfinal | Did not play | 1st round |
Julia Görges | 4th round | 4th round | Semifinal | 4th round | Did not play | 3rd round |
Claudia Porwik | Semifinal | 3rd round | 3rd round | 3rd round | Did not play | Did not play |
Katja Ebbinghaus | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | 3rd round | Quarterfinal | Did not play | Did not play |
Laura Siegemund | 3rd round | Quarterfinal | 2nd round | 3rd round | Did not play | Quarterfinal |
Sabine Hack | 4th round | Quarterfinal | 2nd round | 3rd round | Did not play | Did not play |
Eva Pfaff | Quarterfinal | 3rd round | 4th round | 2nd round | Did not play | Did not play |
Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 3rd round | Quarterfinal | 1st round | 4th round | Did not play | Did not play |
Heidi Eisterlehner | Quarterfinal | 3rd round | 2nd round | 1st round | Did not play | Did not play |
Doubles
The lists include all German players who reached at least a final at a Grand Slam, ATP/WTA Finals or Olympic tournament.
Men
Player | Australian Open | French Open | Wimbledon | US Open | ATP Finals | Olympics |
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Michael Stich | Quarterfinal | 3rd round | Win | Semifinal | Did not play | Gold |
Kevin Krawietz | 3rd round | Win (2) | 3rd round | Semifinal | Round robin | Did not play |
Andreas Mies | 2nd round | Win (2) | 3rd round | Semifinal | Round robin | Did not play |
Philipp Petzschner | Quarterfinal | 3rd round | Win | Win | Round robin | 1st round |
Boris Becker | Quarterfinal | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | Did not play | Gold |
David Prinosil | Final | Final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Did not play | Bronze |
Marc-Kevin Goellner | 3rd round | Final | Semifinal | 3rd round | Did not play | Bronze |
Rainer Schüttler | 2nd round | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | 2nd round | Did not play | Silver |
Nicolas Kiefer | 2nd round | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round | Did not play | Silver |
Women
Player | Australian Open | French Open | Wimbledon | US Open | WTA Finals | Olympics |
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Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | Final | Final | Win | Win | Final | Bronze |
Steffi Graf | Semifinal | Final | Win | Semifinal | Semifinal | Bronze |
Laura Siegemund | 2nd round | 3rd round | 3rd round | Win | Did not play | 1st round |
Eva Pfaff | Final | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | 3rd round | Final | Did not play |
Sabine Lisicki | 2nd round | 3rd round | Final | Quarterfinal | Did not play | 2nd round |
Helga Masthoff | 2nd round | Final | Quarterfinal | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
Katja Ebbinghaus | 1st round | Final | 3rd round | 1st round | Did not play | Did not play |
Mixed
Player | Australian Open | French Open | Wimbledon | US Open |
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Anna-Lena Grönefeld | Quarterfinal | Win | Win | Semifinal |
Laura Siegemund | 1st round | Did not play | Quarterfinal | Win |
Julia Görges | Quarterfinal | Final | Quarterfinal | 1st round |
Records
Record | Singles | Doubles | |||||||
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Men | Women | Men | Women | ||||||
Titles (Finals) |
Overall | Becker | 49 (77) | Graf | 107 (138) | Meiler | 17 (25) | Kohde | 25 (64) |
Grand Slam total | Becker | 6 (10) | Graf | 22 (31) | Kraw., Mies, Petz. | 2 (2) | Kohde | 2 (8) | |
Australian Open | Becker | 2 (2) | Graf | 4 (5) | Prinosil | 0 (1) | Kohde | 0 (3) | |
French Open | Stich | 0 (1) | Graf | 6 (9) | Krawietz, Mies | 2 (2) | Graf, Kohde | 0 (3) | |
Wimbledon | Becker | 3 (7) | Graf | 7 (9) | Petzschner, Stich | 1 (1) | Graf, Kohde | 1 (1) | |
US Open | Becker | 1 (1) | Graf | 5 (8) | Petzschner | 1 (1) | Kohde, Siegem. | 1 (1) | |
ATP / WTA Finals | Becker | 3 (8) | Graf | 5 (6) | – | – | Kohde | 0 (5) | |
Olympics | Haas | 0 (1) | Graf | 1 (2) | Becker, Stich | 1 (1) | – | – | |
Davis / Fed Cup | Kühnen, Steeb | 3 (3) | Graf | 2 (2) | |||||
Hard | Becker | 16 (22) | Graf | 37 (50) | |||||
Clay | Kohlschreiber | 6 (12) | Graf | 32 (43) | |||||
Grass | Becker | 7 (12) | Graf | 7 (9) | |||||
Carpet | Becker | 26 (37) | Graf | 31 (36) | |||||
Matches won (played) | Overall | Becker | 713 (927) | Graf | 888 (995) | Prinosil | 254 (462) | Grönefeld | 400 (687) |
Grand Slam total | Becker | 163 (203) | Graf | 278 (310) | Prinosil | 52 (90) | Kohde | 110 (149) | |
Australian Open | Becker | 29 (38) | Graf | 47 (53) | Prinosil | 15 (24) | Grönefeld | 27 (41) | |
French Open | Becker | 26 (35) | Graf | 84 (94) | Prinosil | 16 (27) | Kohde | 37 (50) | |
Wimbledon | Becker | 71 (83) | Graf | 74 (81) | Petzschner | 25 (33) | Grönefeld | 34 (47) | |
US Open | Becker | 37 (47) | Graf | 73 (82) | Petzschner | 12 (20) | Kohde | 26 (33) | |
ATP / WTA Finals | Becker | 36 (49) | Graf | 31 (39) | Kraw., Mies, Petz. | 2 (6) | Kohde | 11 (17) | |
Olympics | Haas | 6 (8) | Graf | 10 (11) | Prinosil | 5 (7) | Graf | 2 (4) | |
Davis / Fed Cup | Becker | 38 (41) | Huber | 24 (33) | Becker | 16 (25) | Masthoff | 14 (21) | |
Hard | Haas | 343 (535) | Graf | 343 (382) | |||||
Clay | Kohlschreiber | 175 (310) | Graf | 274 (305) | |||||
Grass | Becker | 116 (141) | Kohde | 93 (139) | |||||
Carpet | Becker | 257 (320) | Graf | 187 (210) | |||||
Grand Slam appearances | Kohlschreiber | 64 | Graf | 54 | |||||
Top 10 wins | Becker | 121 | Graf | 208 | |||||
Youngest title winner | Becker | 17 years | Huber | 15 years | |||||
Oldest title winner | Haas | 35 years | Masthoff | 34 years |
Team competitions
Finals
Competition | Titles | Runner-ups | ||
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Davis Cup | 3 | 1988, 1989, 1993 | 2 | 1970, 1985 |
Billie Jean King Cup (Fed Cup) | 2 | 1987, 1992 | 5 | 1966, 1970, 1982, 1983, 2014 |
World Team Cup | 5 | 1989, 1994, 1998, 2005, 2011 | 3 | 1993, 2006, 2009 |
Hopman Cup | 2 | 1993, 1995 | 3 | 1994, 2018, 2019 |
Timeline
Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup (formerly Fed Cup) results since 1981
as West Germany
81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | |
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Davis Cup | 1R | 1R | Z1 | 1R | F | 1R | 1R | W | W | QF |
Fed Cup | QF | F | F | QF | 1R | SF | W | SF | QF | 2R |
as Germany
91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | |
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Davis Cup | SF | 1R | W | SF | SF | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | QF | 1R | 1R | PO | PO | 1R | SF | QF | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | QF |
Fed Cup | SF | W | 1R | SF | SF | 1R | 1R | 1R | PO | RR | RR | QF | 1R | 1R | PO | 1R | PO | 1R | PO | 1R | PO | 1R | PO | F | SF | 1R | 1R | SF | 1R |
20–21 | |
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Davis Cup | RR |
BJK Cup | RR |
Sources
- "Performance Career Overall From Germany". ATP Tour. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- "Top Players by High ranking". Tennis Forecast. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- "Rankings - Singles". ATP Tour. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- "Press Center". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- "2011 WTA Media Guide" (PDF). WTA Tennis, page 207 ff. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2012.
References
- "Daten & Fakten". Deutscher Tennis Bund (in German). Retrieved 11 June 2018.