Benjamin Kohllöffel Explained

Benjamin Kohllöffel
Itf Name:Benjamin Kohlloeffel
Birth Date:13 March 1982
Height:6 ft 0 in
Plays:Left-handed
Careerprizemoney:$15,558
Highestsinglesranking:No. 461 (5 May 2003)
Highestdoublesranking:No. 715 (19 May 2003)

Benjamin Kohllöffel (born 13 March 1982) is a German former professional tennis player.

A native of Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Kohllöffel was a left-handed player and reached a best singles ranking of 461 on the professional tour, winning two ITF Futures titles. He made ATP Challenger quarter-finals at Aschaffenburg in 2001 and Hull in 2002. His only ATP Tour appearances were in qualifying, including for the 2006 Indian Wells Masters.[1]

Kohllöffel played collegiate tennis for the UCLA Bruins and in 2006 became the third German in a row to win the NCAA singles championship, after Benjamin Becker and Benedikt Dorsch.[2] He defeated Somdev Devvarman in the final.[3]

ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Germany F8, LeunClay Daniel Lesske6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Loss1–1Japan F3, Kumamoto CityHard Yoon Yong-il3–6, 2–6
Win2–1Germany F11, EssenClay Ilija Bozoljac2–6, 7–6(4), 6–2

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Germany F10, LeunClay Artemon Apostu-Efremov Diego Ayala
Hamid Mirzadeh
6–7(4), 4–6
Win1–1Sweden F2, GothenburgHard Aleksander Djuranovic Philip Gubenco
Jasper Smit
6–4, 6–2
Loss1–2Germany F3, ArnsbergClay Florian Jeschonek Benedikt Stronk
Marius Zay
6–3, 6–7(7), 5–7

Notes and References

  1. News: Kohlloeffel wins NCTC . . 16 January 2006.
  2. Web site: Dominik Köpfer im Portrait: Zahmer Pitbull . tennis MAGAZIN . de-DE . 24 June 2019.
  3. Web site: UCLA's Kohlloeffel, Cal's Babos win tennis singles titles . ESPN.com . en . 29 May 2006.