Jens Wöhrmann | |
Itf Name: | Jens Woehrmann |
Country: | West Germany Germany |
Birth Date: | 8 September 1967 |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Careerprizemoney: | $165,790 |
Singlesrecord: | 20–28 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 54 (13 Nov 1989) |
Australianopenresult: | 2R (1990) |
Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1990) |
Doublesrecord: | 0–3 |
Doublestitles: | 0 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 311 (25 Nov 1991) |
Jens Wöhrmann (born 8 September 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.[1]
Wöhrmann had a win over world number nine Jakob Hlasek en route to a semi-final exit at the Stuttgart Outdoor tournament in 1989.[2] He finished the season well, making the quarter-finals in Frankfurt and in the Stockholm Open.[2]
Now ranked in the top 100, Wöhrmann gained direct entry into the 1990 Australian Open, his first Grand Slam appearance.[2] He defeated Soviet player Andres Võsand in the opening round, then lost in four sets to Lars-Anders Wahlgren.[2] At the 1990 Wimbledon Championships he also made the second round, where he was beaten by Milan Šrejber.[2] He had defeated American Brian Garrow in the first round.[2] In the 1990 BMW Open he had two big wins, over Yannick Noah (for the second time in his career) and countryman Carl-Uwe Steeb.[2] He lost to Petr Korda in the quarter-finals.[2] Also that year, Wöhrmann represented West Germany in a Davis Cup tie against Argentina in Buenos Aires. The German played the first rubber, against Alberto Mancini, which he lost.[3]