Axel Pretzsch Explained

Axel Pretzsch
Country:	Germany
Birth Date:	1976 6, df=yes
Birth Place:	Hamburg, West Germany
Height:	6 ft. 1 in.
Turnedpro:	1996
Plays:	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$336,815
Singlesrecord:	11–25
Singlestitles:	0
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 99 (14 January 2002)
Australianopenresult:	2R (2000)
Frenchopenresult:	1R (1999)
Wimbledonresult:	Q2 (1999, 2002)
Usopenresult:	2R (1999)
Doublesrecord:	0–0
Doublestitles:	0
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 318 (7 April 2003)
Updated:	1 February 2022

Axel Pretzsch (born 16 June 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Career

Pretzsch, who was Germany's junior champion in 1990 and 1994, played in the main draw of four Grand Slams during his career. He twice made it into the second round, the first time at the 1999 US Open, where he beat Cyril Saulnier, before losing to eventual champion Andre Agassi. The German also reached the second round in the 2000 Australian Open, beating Alex O'Brien.^[1]

His best result on the ATP Tour came at the 1999 President's Cup in Tashkent, where he had to best win of his career, defeating world number 60 Sargis Sargsian en route to the quarter-finals.^[2]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 11 (6–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–4)
ITF Futures (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (4–4)

Result	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	Denmark F3, Svendborg	Futures	Clay	Johan Settergren	5–7, 1–6
Loss	0-2	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Vladimir Voltchkov	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Win	1-2	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Diego Nargiso	walkover
Win	2-2	Lübeck, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Michael Kohlmann	7–6, 6–4
Loss	2-3	Magdeburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Markus Hantschk	6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Win	3-3	Wroclaw, Poland	Challenger	Hard	Antony Dupuis	7–5, 7–6^(7–1)
Win	4-3	Magdeburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Clemens Trimmel	6–4, 6–4
Win	5-3	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Jeff Morrison	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
Loss	5-4	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Alexander Popp	3–6, 6–1, 2–6
Loss	5-5	Magdeburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Dick Norman	6–7^(6–8), 6–3, 4–6
Win	6-5	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Arvind Parmar	6–7^(1–7), 7–6^(7–5), 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	0 / 2	1–2
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	Q1	Q3	Q2	0 / 1	0–1
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q2	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	Q2	A	0 / 1	1–1
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	0 / 4	2–4
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Hamburg	Q1	A	A	Q2	Q2	A	Q2	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	NMS	0 / 1	1–1
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	0 / 4	1–4

Notes and References

http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10008862 ITF Tennis Profile
http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Pr/A/Axel-Pretzsch.aspx ATP World Tour Profile