Ulf Fischer Explained

Ulf Fischer
Fullname:Ulf Jens Wladimir Fischer
Birth Date:29 July 1965
Birth Place:Göttingen, West Germany
Plays:Right-handed
Highestsinglesranking:No. 357 (14 Mar 1983)
Wimbledonresult:Q1 (1987)
Doublesrecord:1–6
Highestdoublesranking:No. 190 (25 Apr 1983)
Wimbledondoublesresult:Q1 (1987)

Ulf Fischer (born 29 July 1965) is a German tennis coach and former professional player.

Active on tour in the 1980s, Fischer was born in Göttingen and had a best career singles world ranking of 357. He featured in the qualifying draw for the 1987 Wimbledon Championships. His best performance on the Grand Prix tennis circuit was a doubles semi-final appearance at the 1982 Bavarian Tennis Championships and he made two doubles finals on the second tier ATP Challenger Series. He had a best doubles ranking of 190 in the world.[1]

Fischer has been a tennis coach since 1992 and served as an assistant coach for the Germany Davis Cup team from 2007 to 2011, under Patrik Kühnen. During the 1990s he coached both Hendrik Dreekmann and Alex Rădulescu to grand slam quarter-finals. More recently he was coach of Benjamin Becker, Tommy Haas and Florian Mayer. He was named "Trainer of the Year" by the German Tennis Federation in 2014.[2]

ATP Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.Neunkirchen, West GermanyClay Eric Jelen Hans-Dieter Beutel
Christoph Zipf
6–7, 5–7
Loss2.Marrakech, MoroccoClay Goran Prpić Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez
6–4, 3–6, 1–6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Munich 1982 Tennis Tournament . itftennis.com.
  2. News: Fritz . Jörg . Tommy Haas' neuer Trainer: Fischer, der Bessermacher . . 13 June 2013 . de.