Hendrik Dreekmann Explained

Hendrik Dreekmann (born 29 January 1975) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991. He reached the quarterfinals of the 1994 French Open and the 1997 Miami Masters.

Personal life

Dreekmann was born in Bielefeld, West Germany, on 29 January 1975. He has been married to former long jumper Susen Tiedtke since 28 January 2005.

Career

Juniors

As a junior, Dreekmann was the runner-up at the 1989 European Junior Championships in Sofia, and reached the semis at the 1991 Orange Bowl.

Pro tour

Dreekman's greatest result in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 1994 French Open, only the second grand slam he had participated in. En route he defeated Adrian Voinea, Richey Reneberg and former top tenners Carlos Costa and Aaron Krickstein. In the quarter-finals, Dreekman led Magnus Larsson two sets to love, but eventually lost in five sets.

The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 30 September 1996, when he became World No. 39.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (0–2)

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

Finals by setting Outdoors (0–1) Indoors (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		Sun City, South Africa	World Series	Hard	Markus Zoecke	1–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2		Basel, Switzerland	World Series	Hard	Pete Sampras	5–7, 2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (0–1)

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

Finals by setting Outdoors (0–1) Indoors (0–0)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (3–3)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–3) ITF Futures (0–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1		Wellington, New Zealand	Challenger	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0-2		Rennes, France	Challenger	Carpet	Daniel Vacek	3–6, 4–6
Win	1-2		Lippstadt, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Patrik Fredriksson	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1-3		Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Henrik Holm	3–6, 6–2, 0–6
Win	2-3		Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Jiří Novák	5–7, 7–6, 6–3
Win	3-3		Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Orlin Stanoytchev	7–6, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Germany F4, Mannheim	Futures	Clay	Franz Stauder	Markus Bayer Florian Jeschonek	6–4, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	1–1		Germany F9, Espelkamp	Futures	Clay	Franz Stauder	Martin Emmrich Tobias Kamke	7–5, 7–6(7–3)

Performance timeline

Singles

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Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	2R	0 / 6	3–6
French Open	A	QF	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	0 / 5	6–5
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 6	2–6
US Open	A	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 6	4–6
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	5–4	3–4	3–4	1–4	2–3	1–4	0 / 23	15–23
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	Q2	Q3	2R	2R	Q1	0 / 2	2–2
Miami	A	A	1R	3R	QF	2R	3R	0 / 5	9–5
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Hamburg	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q1	1R	0 / 6	0–6
Stuttgart	A	A	A	1R	Q1	Q2	A	0 / 1	0–1
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–4	5–3	2–2	2–2	0 / 15	11–15