Thomas Strengberger Explained

Thomas Strengberger
Country: Austria
Birth Date:5 October 1975
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$62,659
Highestsinglesranking:No. 447 (5 Aug 1996)
Doublesrecord:8-10
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 135 (13 Sep 1999)

Thomas Strengberger (born 5 October 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Austria.[1]

Career

A doubles specialist, Strengberger had the best performance of his career at the 1997 Austrian Open, where he and partner Thomas Buchmayer were surprise finalists, having entered the tournament as wildcards.[2] They upset the top seeded pairing of Luis Lobo and Andrei Olhovskiy in the semi-final, but were unable to defeat Wayne Arthurs and Richard Fromberg in the decider.[2] The Austrian did well at his home event again in 2001, making the quarter-finals, this time with Wolfgang Schranz as his partner.[2]

Strengberger appeared in two Davis Cup ties for Austria during his career. In 1998, he and Schranz won a doubles rubber over Kenneth Carlsen and Frederik Fetterlein. Two years later, with Austria now in the World Group, Strengberger teamed up with Julian Knowle for their doubles rubber against France. The French duo, Olivier Delaître and Nicolas Escudé, proved too strong.[3]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (8)

width=30No.width=50YearTournamentwidth=60SurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1. 1997Skopje, MacedoniaClay Thomas Buchmayer Nebojsa Djordjevic
Dušan Vemić
6–4, 7–6
2. 1998Kyiv, UkraineClay Thomas Buchmayer Jeff Coetzee
Jim Thomas
6–4, 7–6
3.1998Budapest, HungaryClay Gábor Köves Leoš Friedl
Radek Štěpánek
6–4, 6–4
4.1999Vienna, AustriaClay Julian Knowle Petr Kralert
Michel Kratochvil
6–3, 6–2
5. 1999Manerbio, ItalyClay Massimo Valeri Federico Browne
Francisco Cabello
6–3, 6–3
6. 1999Freudenstadt, GermanyClay Juan Balcells Michal Tabara
Robin Vik
4–6, 6–2, 6–3
7.2000Linz, AustriaClay Julian Knowle Petr Luxa
David Škoch
6–3, 7–5
8. 2001Manerbio, ItalyClay Attila Sávolt Alessandro Da Col
Andrea Stoppini
7–5, 7–5

Notes and References

  1. http://itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10006710 ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/St/T/Thomas-Strengberger-S597.aspx ATP World Tour Profile
  3. http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10006710 Davis Cup Profile