Jan-Lennard Struff

Jan-Lennard Struff

Struff at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports)	Germany
Born	(1990-04-25) 25 April 1990 (age 31) Warstein, West Germany
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$6,978,075
Official website	janlennardstruff.com
Singles
Career record	157–183 (46.2% in ATP Tour events)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 29 (31 August 2020)
Current ranking	No. 48 (26 July 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2018)
French Open	4R (2019, 2021)
Wimbledon	3R (2018, 2019)
US Open	3R (2018, 2020)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	87–93 (48.3% in ATP Tour events)
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 21 (22 October 2018)
Current ranking	No. 61 (26 July 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2018)
French Open	3R (2021)
Wimbledon	QF (2018)
US Open	2R (2014)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	QF (2018, 2019)
Last updated on: 28 July 2021.

Jan-Lennard Struff (German pronunciation: [ʃtʁʊf]; born 25 April 1990) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 29 in August 2020. In doubles, he achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 in October 2018. He has reached one ATP singles final and won 3 ATP doubles titles.

Tennis career[]

2014: Top 50 debut[]

Struff advanced to his first semifinals on the ATP Tour in Marseille, Munich and Metz. He entered the top 50 in the ATP rankings for the first time in his career and finished the year in the top 100 also for the first time at World No. 59.^[1]

2015[]

Struff made his Davis Cup debut for Germany against France in the first round. He lost the first rubber to Gilles Simon with 8–10 in the fifth set, and his team lost the tie with 2–3.^[1]

2016[]

Struff reached the third round of the Paris Masters as a qualifier, his best showing at the Masters 1000 level thus far, after beating world No. 3 Stan Wawrinka, saving a match point.^[1]

2017[]

Struff reached the semifinals of both Winston-Salem and St. Petersburg.^[1]

2018: Australian Open doubles semifinal, First doubles title[]

Struff got to the semifinals in the Australian Open men's doubles in partnership with Ben McLachlan, including a win over the No. 1 seeds Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo.^[2]

In Tokyo, Struff defeated Marin Čilić and had a match point in the second set of his quarterfinal encounter against Denis Shapovalov. At the same tournament, he won the first title of his career in doubles, partnering again with McLachlan.^[3]

2019: French Open fourth round[]

Struff upset compatriot and at that time World No. 3 Alexander Zverev at the Indian Wells Masters in the third round.^[4]

He had his best Grand Slam result by reaching the fourth round of the French Open, where he lost to top seed Novak Djokovic in straight sets.^[5]

2020: Top 30 debut[]

He had his best ATP Masters 1000 showing at the 2020 Western & Southern Open in New York, where he reached the quarterfinals and was defeated by World No. 1 and eventual champion Novak Djokovic. As a result, he entered the top 30 for the first time in his career and reached a career-high in singles of World No. 29 on 31 August 2020.

2021: ATP Cup semifinal, First ATP final, Second French Open fourth round[]

Struff began his season in February with the 2021 ATP Cup, where he represented Germany with Alexander Zverev, Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies to reach the semifinals.

Struff reached his first ATP final at the 2021 BMW Open in Munich after defeating Filip Krajinović in the quarterfinals, after a three hour match, and Ilya Ivashka in the semifinals. This was his best performance at this tournament since reaching the semifinals in 2014 (l. to Fabio Fognini).^[6]. He lost to Nikoloz Basilashvili in straight sets.

At the 2021 French Open Struff upset the seventh seed Andrey Rublev in five sets. He proceeded to the fourth round after wins over Facundo Bagnis and Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets.^[7]

Performance timelines[]

Singles[]

Current through the 2021 Winston-Salem Open.

Doubles[]

Current after the 2021 Western & Southern Open.

ATP Tour finals[]

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2021	Bavarian Championships, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Nikoloz Basilashvili	4–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2018	Sydney International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Viktor Troicki	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Oct 2018	Japan Open, Japan	500 Series	Hard (i)	Ben McLachlan	Raven Klaasen Michael Venus	6–4, 7–5
Win	2–1	Jan 2019	Auckland Open, New Zealand	250 Series	Hard	Ben McLachlan	Raven Klaasen Michael Venus	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Mar 2019	Dubai Championships, UAE	500 Series	Hard	Ben McLachlan	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win	3–2	Sep 2019	Moselle Open, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Robert Lindstedt	Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin	2–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–4]
Loss	3–3	Feb 2020	Rotterdam Open, Netherlands	500 Series	Hard (i)	Henri Kontinen	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	6–7(5–7), 6–4, [7–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[]

Singles: 28 (11–17)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2010	Germany F5, Cologne	Futures	Clay	Dennis Bloemke	7–6(7–5), 6–0
Loss	1–1	Aug 2010	Germany F10, Dortmund	Futures	Clay	Grigor Dimitrov	5–7, 5–7
Loss	1–2	Feb 2011	Germany F4, Nussloch	Futures	Carpet	Ervin Eleskovic	5–7, 4–6
Win	2–2	Mar 2011	Spain F9, Barcelona	Futures	Clay	Pedro Clar–Rossello	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Apr 2011	Spain F10, Reus	Futures	Clay	Pedro Clar–Rossello	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Apr 2011	Italy F5, Vercelli	Futures	Clay	Stefano Galvani	6–7(6–8), 0–6
Loss	2–5	Jun 2011	Fürth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	João Sousa	2–6, 6–0, 2–6
Loss	2–6	Sep 2011	Alphen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Igor Sijsling	6–7(2–7), 3–6
Win	3–6	Jun 2012	Germany F6, Cologne	Futures	Clay	Jeremy Jahn	7–6(7–4), 7–5
Win	4–6	Jul 2012	Germany F11, Dortmund	Futures	Clay	Matthias Wunner	6–1, 6–4
Win	5–6	Aug 2012	Italy F23, Este	Futures	Clay	Salvatore Caruso	6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–2
Loss	5–7	Sep 2012	Madrid, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Gimeno Traver	4–6, 2–6
Win	6–7	Oct 2012	Germany F19, Essen	Futures	Hard (i)	Bastian Knittel	6–3, 6–2
Loss	6–8	Nov 2012	Loughborough, Great Britain	Challenger	Hard (i)	Evgeny Donskoy	2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	6–9	Jan 2013	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	Michael Berrer	5–7, 3–6
Loss	6–10	Feb 2013	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Michał Przysiężny	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss	6–11	Sep 2013	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard	Malek Jaziri	4–6, 3–6
Loss	6–12	Feb 2014	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Simone Bolelli	6–7(6–8), 6–4
Win	7–12	May 2014	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Márton Fucsovics	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	7–13	Sep 2014	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Dustin Brown	4–6, 3–6
Win	8–13	Sep 2015	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Artem Smirnov	6–4, 6–3
Win	9–13	Oct 2015	Orléans, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jerzy Janowicz	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	9–14	May 2016	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Nikoloz Basilashvili	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	9–15	Jun 2016	Fürth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Radu Albot	3–6, 4–6
Win	10–15	Sep 2016	Alphen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Robin Haase	6–4, 6–1
Win	11–15	Oct 2016	Mons, Belgium	Challenger	Hard	Vincent Millot	6–2, 6–0
Loss	11–16	Jan 2017	Canberra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Dudi Sela	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	11–17	Aug 2018	Pullach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Pedro Sousa	1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 6 (5–1)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2013	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Gero Kretschmer	Henri Kontinen Andreas Siljeström	6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2014	Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Dustin Brown	Tomasz Bednarek Igor Zelenay	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–1	Sep 2015	Alphen, Netherlands	Clay	Tobias Kamke	Victor Hănescu Adrian Ungur	7–6(7–1), 4–6, [10–7]
Win	3–1	Sep 2016	Alphen, Netherlands (2)	Clay	Daniel Masur	Robin Haase Boy Westerhof	6–4, 6–1
Win	4–1	Jan 2017	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Andre Begemann	Carlos Berlocq Andrés Molteni	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–1	Sep 2017	Genoa, Italy	Clay	Tim Pütz	Guido Andreozzi Ariel Behar	7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8)

Playing style[]

Struff is a power baseliner type player. He possesses a strong serve along with a heavy forehand and solid backhand. When he plays well he can dictate play from the back of the court and hit winners from the forehand and backhand side. He also has a solid volley.

Record against top-10 players[]

Struff's match record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher, with those who are active in boldface.
Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered.

• Statistics correct as of 9 August 2021.

Player	Years	Matches	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass
Number 1 ranked players
Andy Murray	2014	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–
Rafael Nadal	2019	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–
Roger Federer	2016–2018	4	0–4	0%	0–2	–	0–2
Novak Djokovic	2017–2021	6	0–6	0%	0–5	0–1	–
Number 2 ranked players
Tommy Haas	2017	2	2–0	100%	–	2–0	–
Daniil Medvedev	2016–2021	5	1–4	20%	0–2	0–1	1–1
Number 3 ranked players
Stan Wawrinka	2016	1	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–
Marin Čilić	2014–2019	4	2–2	50%	1–1	1–1	–
Milos Raonic	2017–2021	4	2–2	50%	2–1	–	0–1
Grigor Dimitrov	2013–2021	5	2–3	40%	0–1	2–2	–
Stefanos Tsitsipas	2019–2020	5	2–3	40%	1–3	1–0	–
Dominic Thiem	2015–2018	4	1–3	25%	1–2	0–1	–
Alexander Zverev	2016–2019	5	1–4	20%	1–0	0–4	–
Juan Martín del Potro	2016–2017	2	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–
Number 4 ranked players
Tomáš Berdych	2017–2018	2	1–1	50%	1–0	0–1	–
Kei Nishikori	2019	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–
Number 5 ranked players
Tommy Robredo	2016	1	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–
Kevin Anderson	2015–2017	2	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2014–2019	6	2–4	33%	2–2	0–2	–
Number 6 ranked players
Gilles Simon	2015–2017	4	2–2	50%	2–1	–	0–1
Gaël Monfils	2014–2018	2	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–
Number 7 ranked players
Andrey Rublev	2018–2021	4	2–2	50%	1–1	1–1	–
David Goffin	2014–2021	6	2–4	33%	1–4	1–0	–
Richard Gasquet	2016–2018	2	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–
Fernando Verdasco	2013–2014	2	0–2	0%	–	0–2	–
Number 8 ranked players
Marcos Baghdatis	2016	1	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0
Karen Khachanov	2019–2020	3	1–2	33%	1–0	0–1	0–1
Diego Schwartzman	2017–2021	3	1–2	33%	1–0	0–2	–
Mikhail Youzhny	2014–2016	3	1–2	33%	1–1	0–1	–
Matteo Berrettini	2019	2	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1
John Isner	2014–2019	4	0–4	0%	0–4	–	–
Number 9 ranked players
Fabio Fognini	2014–2021	3	1–2	33%	0–1	1–1	–
Roberto Bautista Agut	2017–2021	5	1–4	20%	1–2	0–1	0–1
Number 10 ranked players
Denis Shapovalov	2018–2021	6	4–2	67%	1–2	2–0	1–0
Pablo Carreño Busta	2016–2020	4	1–3	25%	1–2	0–1	–
Lucas Pouille	2017–2019	4	1–3	25%	0–1	–	1–2
Total	2013–2021	119	37–82	31%	22–45 (33%)	11–27 (29%)	4–10 (29%)

Wins over top 10 players[]

• He has a 10–28 (26.3%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Tournament	Surface	Rd	Score	Struff Rank
2016
1.	Stan Wawrinka	3	Paris Masters, France	Hard (i)	2R	3–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–1)	91
2018
2.	Marin Čilić	6	Japan Open, Japan	Hard (i)	1R	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)	56
2019
3.	Alexander Zverev	3	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Hard	3R	6–3, 6–1	55
4.	Stefanos Tsitsipas	8	Barcelona Open, Spain	Clay	3R	6–4, 3–6, 6–2	51
5.	Marin Čilić	10	Italian Open, Italy	Clay	2R	6–2, 6–3	51
6.	Stefanos Tsitsipas	7	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Hard	2R	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6)	36
7.	Karen Khachanov	8	Paris Masters, France	Hard (i)	2R	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–5	36
2020
8.	David Goffin	10	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Hard	3R	6–3, 3–6, 6–4	34
2021
9.	Andrey Rublev	7	French Open, France	Clay	1R	6–3, 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 3–6, 6–4	42
10.	Daniil Medvedev	2	Halle Open, Germany	Grass	1R	7–6(8–6), 6–3	45

National participation[]

Davis Cup (11–5)[]

Group	Rd	Date	Opponent nation	Score	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent player(s)	W/L	Rubber score
2015
WG	1R	Mar 2015	France	2–3	Frankfurt	Hard (i)	Singles 1	Gilles Simon	Loss	6–7(4–7), 6–2, 7–6(7–1), 2–6, 8–10
							Singles 5 (dead)	Nicolas Mahut	Win	7–6(8–6), 6–3
2016
WG PO		Sep 2016	Poland	3–2	Berlin	Clay	Singles 1	Kamil Majchrzak	Win	6–7(8–10), 6–3, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
							Singles 5 (decider)	Hubert Hurkacz	Win	7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–1
2017
WG PO		Sep 2017	Portugal	3–2	Oeiras	Clay	Singles 2	Pedro Sousa	Loss	2–6, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
							Doubles (w/ Tim Pütz)	Gastão Elias / João Sousa	Win	6–2, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
							Singles 4	João Sousa	Win	6–0, 6–7(3–7), 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
2018
WG	1R	Feb 2018	Australia	3–1	Brisbane	Hard	Singles 2	Nick Kyrgios	Loss	4–6, 4–6, 4–6
							Doubles (w/ Tim Pütz)	Matthew Ebden / John Peers	Win	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–4
	QF	Apr 2018	Spain	2–3	Valencia	Clay	Doubles (w/ Tim Pütz)	Feliciano López / Marc López	Win	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
2019
QR		Feb 2019	Hungary	5–0	Frankfurt	Hard (i)	Doubles (w/ Tim Pütz)	Gábor Borsos / Péter Nagy	Win	6–2, 6–3
Finals	RR	Nov 2019	Argentina	3–0	Madrid	Hard (i)	Singles 2	Diego Schwartzman	Win	6–3, 7–6(10–8)
			Chile	2–1			Singles 2	Cristian Garín	Loss	7–6(7–3), 6–7(7–9), 6–7(8–10)
	QF		Great Britain	0–2			Singles 2	Dan Evans	Loss	6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–7(2–7)
2020
QR		Mar 2020	Belarus	4–1	Düsseldorf	Hard (i)	Singles 1	Ilya Ivashka	Win	6–4, 6–4
							Singles 4	Egor Gerasimov	Win	6–3, 6–2

ATP Cup (6–3)[]

Round	Opponent nation	Score	Venue	Match	Opponent player(s)	W/L	Match score
2020
RR	Australia	0–3	Brisbane	Singles	Nick Kyrgios	Loss	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
	Greece	2–1		Singles	Michail Pervolarakis	Win	6–4, 6–1
	Canada	1–2		Singles	Félix Auger-Aliassime	Win	6–1, 6–4
2021
RR	Canada	2–1	Melbourne	Singles	Milos Raonic	Win	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)
				Doubles (w/ Kevin Krawietz)	Steven Diez / Peter Polansky	Loss	6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), [3–10]
	Serbia	2–1		Singles	Dušan Lajović	Win	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
				Doubles (w/ Alexander Zverev)	Nikola Ćaćić / Novak Djokovic	Win	7–6(7–4), 5–7, [10–7]
SF	Russia	1–2		Singles	Andrey Rublev	Loss	6–3, 1–6, 2–6
				Doubles (w/ Kevin Krawietz)	Evgeny Donskoy / Aslan Karatsev	Win	6–3, 7–6(7–2)

References[]

External links[]

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