Tennis in Germany

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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]

World No. 1 ranked tennis players from Germany
Steffi Graf
Boris Becker
Angelique Kerber

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 30 August 2021.

Highest ranked players[]

HR = Highest ranking, CR = Current ranking. Players are sorted by highest ranking, then by number of titles.

Singles[]

The lists include the 50 best ranked German players. The rankings were introduced in 1973 (men) and 1975 (women).

Doubles[]

The lists include the 20 best ranked German players. The rankings were introduced in 1976 (men) and 1984 (women).

Achievements timeline[]

Singles ATP and WTA performances since 1973.

Year Highest year-end ranked player Titles
Men Women ATP / WTA overall Grand Slam
Player Rank Player Rank Men Women Total Men Women Total
1973 Karl Meiler 32 no rankings 2 2 4 0
1974 Hans Pohmann 45 no rankings 3 2 5 0
1975 Karl Meiler (2) 31 Iris Riedel-Kühn 28 1 1 2 0
1976 Hans Pohmann (2) 40 Helga Masthoff 24 0 1 1 0
1977 Karl Meiler (3) 35 Katja Ebbinghaus 19 1 0 1 0
1978 Ulrich Pinner 35 Sylvia Hanika 35 2 0 2 0
1979 Ulrich Pinner (2) 24 Sylvia Hanika (2) 16 1 1 2 0
1980 Rolf Gehring 39 Sylvia Hanika (3) 14 1 0 1 0
1981 Rolf Gehring (2) 41 Sylvia Hanika (4) 6 0 4 4 0
1982 Damir Keretić 69 Bettina Bunge 9 0 6 6 0
1983 Rolf Gehring (3) 94 Sylvia Hanika (5) 6 0 1 1 0
1984 Boris Becker 65 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 8 0 2 2 0
1985 Boris Becker (2) 6 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (2) 5 5 1 6 Becker 1
1986 Boris Becker (3) 2 Steffi Graf 3 6 9 15 Becker 1
1987 Boris Becker (4) 5 Steffi Graf (2) 1 3 11 14 Graf 1
1988 Boris Becker (5) 4 Steffi Graf (3) 1 8 14 22 Graf (4) 4
1989 Boris Becker (6) 2 Steffi Graf (4) 1 7 16 23 Becker (2) Graf (3) 5
1990 Boris Becker (7) 2 Steffi Graf (5) 1 6 15 21 Graf 1
1991 Boris Becker (8) 3 Steffi Graf (6) 2 10 9 19 Becker, Stich Graf 3
1992 Boris Becker (9) 5 Steffi Graf (7) 2 9 10 19 Graf 1
1993 Michael Stich 2 Steffi Graf (8) 1 9 12 21 Graf (3) 3
1994 Boris Becker (10) 3 Steffi Graf (9) 1 9 11 20 Graf 1
1995 Boris Becker (11) 4 Steffi Graf (10) 1 7 11 18 Graf (3) 3
1996 Boris Becker (12) 6 Steffi Graf (11) 1 8 10 18 Becker Graf (3) 4
1997 Nicolas Kiefer 32 Anke Huber 14 1 1 2 0
1998 Tommy Haas 34 Steffi Graf (12) 9 0 3 3 0
1999 Nicolas Kiefer (2) 6 Anke Huber (2) 16 5 1 6 Graf 1
2000 Nicolas Kiefer (3) 20 Anke Huber (3) 19 3 2 5 0
2001 Tommy Haas (2) 8 Anke Huber (4) 18 5 2 7 0
2002 Tommy Haas (3) 11 Anca Barna 62 1 1 2 0
2003 Rainer Schüttler 5 Marlene Weingärtner 47 2 0 2 0
2004 Tommy Haas (4) 17 Anna-Lena Grönefeld 68 2 0 2 0
2005 Nicolas Kiefer (4) 22 Anna-Lena Grönefeld (2) 21 0 0 0 0
2006 Tommy Haas (5) 11 Anna-Lena Grönefeld (3) 19 3 1 4 0
2007 Tommy Haas (6) 12 Martina Müller 54 2 1 3 0
2008 Philipp Kohlschreiber 28 Sabine Lisicki 54 2 0 2 0
2009 Tommy Haas (7) 18 Sabine Lisicki (2) 23 2 2 4 0
2010 Philipp Kohlschreiber (2) 34 Andrea Petkovic 32 0 1 1 0
2011 Florian Mayer 23 Andrea Petkovic (2) 10 2 4 6 0
2012 Philipp Kohlschreiber (3) 20 Angelique Kerber 5 2 3 5 0
2013 Tommy Haas (8) 12 Angelique Kerber (2) 9 2 2 4 0
2014 Philipp Kohlschreiber (4) 24 Angelique Kerber (3) 10 1 6 7 0
2015 Philipp Kohlschreiber (5) 34 Angelique Kerber (4) 10 1 6 7 0
2016 Alexander Zverev 24 Angelique Kerber (5) 1 3 4 7 Kerber (2) 2
2017 Alexander Zverev (2) 4 Julia Görges 14 7 5 12 0
2018 Alexander Zverev (3) 4 Angelique Kerber (6) 2 5 5 10 Kerber 1
2019 Alexander Zverev (4) 7 Angelique Kerber (7) 20 1 1 2 0
2020 Alexander Zverev (5) 7 Angelique Kerber (8) 25 2 0 2 0
2021 Alexander Zverev (6) 4 Angelique Kerber (9) 17 4 2 6 0
Total 156 202 358 Becker (6),
Stich
Graf (22),
Kerber (3)
32

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.

Players in italics are active at the 2021 US Open.

Men[]

Player Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open ATP Finals Olympics
Boris Becker Win (2) Semifinal Win (3) Win Win (3) 3rd round
Michael Stich Semifinal Final Win Final Win 2nd round
Alexander Zverev Semifinal Semifinal 4th round Final Win Gold
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
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
Michael Stich Quarterfinal 3rd round Win Semifinal Did not play Gold
Kevin Krawietz 3rd round Win (2) 3rd round Semifinal Round robin 2nd round
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
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Final Final Win Win Final Bronze
Steffi Graf Semifinal Final Win Semifinal Semifinal Bronze
Laura Siegemund 3rd 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 Olympics
Anna-Lena Grönefeld Quarterfinal Win Win Semifinal Did not play
Laura Siegemund 1st round 1st round Quarterfinal Win Quarterfinal
Julia Görges Quarterfinal Final Quarterfinal 1st round Did not play

Records[]

Record Singles Doubles
Men Women Men Women
Titles
(Finals)
Overall Becker 49 (77) Graf 107 (138) Meiler 17 (25) Kohde 25 (64)
Grand Slams 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 Zverev 1 (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 Slams 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 178 (316) Graf 274 (305)
Grass Becker 116 (141) Kohde 93 (139)
Carpet Becker 258 (322) Graf 187 (210)
Match win % Overall Becker 76.9% Graf 89.2%
Grand Slams Becker 80.3% Graf 89.7%
Grand Slam appearances Kohlschreiber 67 Kerber 55
Top 10 wins Becker 121 Graf 208
Youngest title winner Becker 17 yrs 6 m Huber 15 yrs 8 m
Oldest title winner Haas 35 yrs 6 m Masthoff 34 yrs 6 m

Team competitions[]

Finals[]

Competition Titles Runner-ups
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
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
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
Davis Cup RR
BJK Cup RR

See also[]

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[]

  1. ^ "Daten & Fakten". Deutscher Tennis Bund (in German). Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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