Rüdiger Haas Explained

Rüdiger Haas
Birth Date:15 December 1969
Birth Place:Eberbach,
West Germany
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$49,741
Singlesrecord:1–4
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 321 (2 March 1992)
Doublesrecord:10–5
Doublestitles:2
Highestdoublesranking:No. 138 (2 October 1989)

Rüdiger Haas (born 15 December 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.[1]

Career

Despite winning two Grand Prix doubles titles, Haas never competed in the main draw of a Grand Slam event. He did however make some Grand Slam appearances in the juniors. The biggest tournament he participated in as a singles player was the 1991 German Open, part of the ATP Super 9 series. He lost in the first round to Omar Camporese from Italy. The only occasion that he made it past the opening round of a Grand Prix or ATP Tour tournament was in the 1991 Kremlin Cup, where he defeated Soviet Sergei Skakun, before being eliminated in the second round by Jakob Hlasek.[2]

He won his first doubles title at Frankfurt in 1988, partnering a 17-year-old Goran Ivanišević. They upset the reigning Australian Open champions Rick Leach and Jim Pugh in the semi-finals, then defeated Jeremy Bates and Tom Nijssen in the final. The other title win was in Palermo the following year, with he and partner Peter Ballauff beating both the first and second seeds.[3]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Oct 1988Frankfurt, West GermanyCarpet Goran Ivanišević Jeremy Bates
Tom Nijssen
1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win2–0Oct 1989Palermo, ItalyClay Peter Ballauff Goran Ivanišević
Diego Nargiso
6–2, 6–7, 6–4

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tennis-landau.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=102&Itemid=1 Tennis Landau: Herren 40 deutscher Vizemeister
  2. http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/rudiger-haas/h232/overview ATP World Tour profile
  3. http://itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10000569 ITF Tennis profile