Lars Burgsmüller Explained

Lars Burgsmüller
Residence:Altstätten, Switzerland
Birth Date:1975 12, df=y
Birth Place:Mülheim, West Germany
Turnedpro:1993
Retired:2008
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$1,887,164
Singlesrecord:90–152
Singlestitles:1
Highestsinglesranking:No. 65 (18 February 2002)
Australianopenresult:3R (2001)
Frenchopenresult:3R (2001)
Wimbledonresult:2R (2003, 2005)
Usopenresult:2R (1999, 2003)
Doublesrecord:31–70
Doublestitles:1
Highestdoublesranking:No. 61 (28 August 2006)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (2006)
Usopendoublesresult:3R (2005)

Lars Burgsmüller (born 6 December 1975) is a German former professional tennis player. Burgsmüller reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 65, achieved on 18 February 2002. He also reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 61, achieved on 28 August 2006.

Burgsmüller reached two singles finals on the ATP Tour, winning the 2002 Copenhagen Open in Denmark where he defeated Olivier Rochus of Belgium in the final in straight sets, and losing the final of the 2004 ATP Shanghai to Argentine Guillermo Cañas, also in straight sets. He also reached three doubles finals on the ATP Tour with three different partners. Partnered with Andrew Painter, he lost in the final of the 2000 Grand Prix Hassan II tournament in Casablanca falling in two sets to Frenchmen Sébastien Grosjean and Arnaud Clément. Alongside Jan Vacek he lost his next doubles final at the 2004 Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands in three sets to Czech pairing Martin Damm and Cyril Suk. He would prove victorious in his third and last ATP doubles final appearance at the 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Open in Vietnam, where partnering compatriot Philipp Kohlschreiber he defeated Ashley Fisher and Robert Lindstedt in three sets.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 win, 1 loss)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Feb 2002Copenhagen, DenmarkCarpet Olivier Rochus6–3, 6–3
Loss1–1Sep 2004Shanghai, ChinaHard Guillermo Cañas0–6, 1–6

Doubles: 3 (1 win, 2 losses)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Apr 2000Casablanca, MoroccoClay Andrew Painter Arnaud Clément
Sébastien Grosjean		6–7(4–7), 4–6
Loss0–2Sep 2004's-Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsGrass Jan Vacek Martin Damm
Cyril Suk		3–6, 7–6(9–7), 3–6
Win1–2Sep 2005Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamCarpet Philipp Kohlschreiber Ashley Fisher
Robert Lindstedt		5–7, 6–4, 6–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 11 (4–7)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–7)
ITF World Tennis Tour (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (3–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0bgcolor=moccasinLippstadt, Germanybgcolor=moccasinChallengerCarpet Jonas Svenssonwalkover
Loss1–1bgcolor=moccasinWeiden, Germanybgcolor=moccasinChallengerClay Dinu-Mihai Pescariu4–6, 2–6
Loss1–2bgcolor=moccasinPortorož, Sloveniabgcolor=moccasinChallengerHard Orlin Stanoytchev6–1, 6–7, 0–6
Win2–2bgcolor=moccasinMagdeburg, Germanybgcolor=moccasinChallengerCarpet Andrei Pavel6–4, 6–3
Win3–2bgcolor=moccasinWrexham, United Kingdombgcolor=moccasinChallengerHard Ivo Heuberger6–2, 6–7(5–7) 6–4
Win4–2bgcolor=moccasinEckental, Germanybgcolor=moccasinChallengerCarpet Björn Phau7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–4
Loss4–3bgcolor=moccasinCalabasas, United Statesbgcolor=moccasinChallengerHard Jérôme Golmard3–6, 5–7
Loss4–4bgcolor=moccasinHeilbronn, Germanybgcolor=moccasinChallengerCarpet Gilles Elseneer6–3, 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss4–5bgcolor=moccasinAachen, Germanybgcolor=moccasinChallengerCarpet Novak Djokovic4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss4–6bgcolor=moccasinEckental, Germanybgcolor=moccasinChallengerCarpet Alexander Waske5–7, 6–7(15–17)
Loss4–7bgcolor=moccasinHeilbronn, Germanybgcolor=moccasinChallengerCarpet Jiří Vaněk2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 11 (2–9)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–9)
ITF World Tennis Tour (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–5)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1bgcolor=moccasinNeumünster, Germanybgcolor=moccasinChallengerCarpet Markus Hantschk John-Laffnie de Jager
Chris Haggard		3–6, 1–6
Win1–1bgcolor=moccasinWismar, Germanybgcolor=moccasinChallengerCarpet Michael Kohlmann Bernardo Martínez
Óscar Ortiz		6–4, 7–6
Win2–1bgcolor=moccasinAachen, Germanybgcolor=moccasinChallengerCarpet Takao Suzuki Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Jairo Velasco		7–6, 6–4
Loss2–2bgcolor=moccasinEdinburgh, United Kingdombgcolor=moccasinChallengerClay Ota Fukárek Michael Russell
Tommy Robredo		0–6, 2–6
Loss2–3bgcolor=moccasinEckental, Germanybgcolor=moccasinChallengerCarpet Andreas Tattermusch Stephen Huss
Robert Lindstedt		walkover
Loss2–4bgcolor=moccasinHeilbronn, Germanybgcolor=moccasinChallengerCarpet Kenneth Carlsen Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski		3–6, 3–6
Loss2–5bgcolor=moccasinAachen, Germanybgcolor=moccasinChallengerCarpet Michael Kohlmann James Auckland
Jamie Delgado		6–2, 5–7, 3–6
Loss2–6bgcolor=moccasinNouméa, New Caledoniabgcolor=moccasinChallengerHard Denis Gremelmayr Alex Bogomolov Jr.
Todd Widom		6–3, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss2–7bgcolor=moccasinEttlingen, Germanybgcolor=moccasinChallengerClay Simon Greul Vasilis Mazarakis
Felipe Parada		6–3, 1–6, [4–10]
Loss2–8bgcolor=moccasinShrewsbury, United Kingdombgcolor=moccasinChallengerHard Mischa Zverev Philipp Marx
Frederik Nielsen		4–6, 4–6
Loss2–9bgcolor=moccasinDublin, Irelandbgcolor=moccasinChallengerCarpet Mischa Zverev Rohan Bopanna
Adam Feeney		2–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenQ32RQ2A1R1RQ23R1R2R1R1R2RQ10 / 95–9
French OpenAQ1Q1AQ1Q1Q23R1R2R2R1RQ2A0 / 54–5
WimbledonA1RAAQ2AQ31R1R2R1R2RQ2Q20 / 62–6
US OpenAAQ1Q2Q12R1R1R1R2RQ11RQ1Q10 / 62–6
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–01–20–00–00–11–20–14–40–44–41–31–41–10–00 / 2613–26
ATP Tour Masters 1000
bgcolor=efefef align=leftIndian Wells MastersAAAAAAAQ2Q2A1RQ11RA0 / 20–2
bgcolor=efefef align=leftMiami OpenAAAAAQ1Q2Q12R1R2R1RQ1A0 / 42–4
bgcolor=efefef align=leftMonte-Carlo MastersQ3Q1Q2AAAAQ1AAQ1Q1AA0 / 00–0
bgcolor=efefef align=leftHamburg MastersNot Masters SeriesA2R1R2R2R1RAA0 / 53–5
bgcolor=efefef align=leftItalian OpenAAAAAAAQ2Q1Q1Q1Q2Q1A0 / 00–0
bgcolor=efefef align=leftCanada MastersAAAAAQ2AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0
bgcolor=efefef align=leftCincinnati MastersAAAAQ2AAAAAAQ1AA0 / 00–0
bgcolor=efefef align=leftStuttgartAAAAAAAQ2Not Held0 / 00–0
bgcolor=efefef align=leftParis MastersAAAAAAAQ2AAAAAA0 / 00–0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–11–21–22–30–20–10–00 / 115–11

Doubles

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Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenA1RA1R1R1R1RA0 / 50–5
French OpenAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0
WimbledonQ2AAAAA2R1R0 / 21–2
US Open1RAAAA3R2RA0 / 33–3
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–10–10–00–10–12–22–30–10 / 104–10