Michael Berrer

Michael Berrer

Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Stuttgart, Germany
Born	(1980-07-01) 1 July 1980 (age 41) Stuttgart, West Germany
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2016
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,766,701
Singles
Career record	88–145
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 42 (24 May 2010)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2008, 2009, 2010, 2014)
French Open	3R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2007)
US Open	2R (2007)
Doubles
Career record	24–30
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 134 (2 March 2009)

Michael Berrer (born 1 July 1980) is a German retired professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 in May 2010.

Career[]

2010[]

He reached the quarterfinal at the Aircel Chennai Open in January, losing to Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarterfinals. At the 2010 Australian Open he was defeated by Denis Istomin in the second round after beating Kristof Vliegen in straight sets. In the second week of the Australian Open, he played at Heilbronn Challenger. He won the tournament after defeating Andrey Golubev in two sets. The following week he reached his first ATP World Tour final at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors, which he lost to Marin Čilić 4–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 3–6.

At the Dubai Tennis Championships in February, he defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky and Nikolay Davydenko to reach the third round, where he lost to Marcos Baghdatis, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 1–6. He lost the opener at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells to Mardy Fish in three sets. He won the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, before falling to Feliciano López in the second round. At his first clay court tournament of the year in Monte-Carlo, he beat Evgeny Korolev and Juan Mónaco en route to a third-round showdown against Rafael Nadal, which he lost, 0–6, 1–6. After this, he lost his next three opening matches.

At the French Open, he was again knocked out in the first round by Mardy Fish in five sets. He then suffered from an ankle injury. He made his next appearance in Wimbledon one month later, where he had to retire during his first-round match against Illya Marchenko. He then experienced two more first-round exits in Stuttgart and Hamburg in July.

In August, he reached the second round at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, losing to Fernando Verdasco. Two weeks later he defeated Tommy Robredo at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Cincinnati, before losing to Richard Gasquet in two sets. At the 2010 US Open, Berrer fell to countryman Andreas Beck in the first round, 6–7⁽³⁾, 3–6, 1–6.

In September, he reached the second round of the Open de Moselle in Metz, after beating Rainer Schüttler in two sets. He lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber, 4–6, 2–6. As no. 51, he qualified for the China Open in Beijing. In the first round of the main draw he defeated world no. 7 Tomáš Berdych in three sets, before losing to Gilles Simon, 7–6, 4–6, 6–7, in over three hours. Berrer beat Guillermo García-López, Pablo Cuevas, and Marcos Baghdatis en route to the semifinal in Vienna, where he lost to Austrian Lucky Loser Andreas Haider-Maurer.

2011[]

At the start of 2011, he again reached the Zagreb final, where he was defeated by Ivan Dodig in straight sets. He won his first Grand Slam match at the 2011 French Open against 26th seed Milos Raonic, before beating Arnaud Clément in the second round. In the third round, he was defeated 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 by Britain's Andy Murray.

2015[]

At the start of 2015, Berrer confirmed that it would be his last year as a pro. At the 2015 Qatar Open, he beat world number 3 Rafael Nadal 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the first round, after coming from a set down.

2016[]

At the start of 2016, Michael changed his mind and started his 17th season on tour.

At the 2016 Open Sud de France, he beat world number 38 Borna Ćorić 7–6, 6–2 and Kenny de Schepper 6–3, 6–4 to reach a quarterfinal, where he lost to another young gun a countryman Alexander Zverev 7–6, 2–6, 5–7.

ATP career finals[]

Singles: 2 (0–2)[]

Outcome	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	0–1	Feb 2010	Zagreb, Croatia	Hard (i)	Marin Čilić	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Runner-up	0–2	Feb 2011	Zagreb, Croatia (2)	Hard (i)	Ivan Dodig	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 3 (1–2)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 September 2006	Beijing, China	Hard	Kenneth Carlsen	Mario Ančić Mahesh Bhupathi	6–4, 6–3
Winner	1.	4 May 2008	Munich, Germany	Clay	Rainer Schüttler	Scott Lipsky David Martin	7–5, 3–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	2.	13 July 2008	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Mischa Zverev	Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–3, 6–4

ATP Challenger Tour titles[]

Singles (11)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	7 August 2005	Segovia, Spain	Hard	Jimmy Wang	7–5, 6–76, 6–1
2.	13 November 2005	Eckental, Germany	Carpet (i)	Steve Darcis	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
3.	19 November 2006	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Tomáš Zíb	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
4.	28 January 2007	Heilbronn, Germany (1)	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	6–5, ret.
5.	8 February 2009	Wrocław, Poland	Hard (i)	Alexander Kudryavtsev	6–3, 6–4
6.	22 November 2009	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Dominik Hrbatý	6–76, 6–4, 7–63
7.	6 December 2009	Salzburg, Austria	Hard (i)	Jarkko Nieminen	6–74, 6–4, 6–4
8.	31 January 2010	Heilbronn, Germany (2)	Hard (i)	Andrey Golubev	6–3, 7–64
9.	27 January 2013	Heilbronn, Germany (3)	Hard (i)	Jan-Lennard Struff	7–5, 6–3
10.	20 October 2013	Mouilleron-le-Captif, France	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
11.	3 April 2016	León, Mexico	Hard	João Souza	6–3, 6–2

Singles performance timeline[]

Current till 2016 Antwerp

Wins over top 10 players[]

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score	MB Rank
2010
1.	Nikolay Davydenko	No. 6	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	2nd Round	6–3, ret.	56
2.	Tomas Berdych	No. 7	Beijing, China	Hard	1st Round	4–6, 7–5, 6–4	51
2015
3.	Rafael Nadal	No. 3	Doha, Qatar	Hard	1st Round	1–6, 6–3, 6–4	127

External links[]

• Michael Berrer at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Michael Berrer at the International Tennis Federation
• Michael Berrer at the Davis Cup
• Official website