CAREER SUCCESSES / SPECIAL CAREER MOMENTS -'15- 36/First appearance on tour at Entry Jönköping (as No.23 seed, l. to No.11 seed Araya 06 06 in 3r). -'16- 8/After losing 7 matches in a row, first to win at Entry Santiago de Chile (as No.14 seed, d. No.19 seed Garay 62 61 in 3r). 15/Reached first QF at Entry Krugersdorp (as No.17 seed, d. No.8 seed Wolf 62 62 in 4r, l. to No.4 seed Rohr 06 36). 16/Reached first SF at the National Championships of Japan (as No.3 seed, l. to No.2 seed Cid 16 26). 26/Played and reached first QF at a Trainee tournament at Kelkheim (as No.7 seed, l. to top seed & eventual champion Toledo Vargas 16 06). -'17- 16/Reached first final at the National Championships of Japan (as No.2 seed, l. to top seeded champion Alvarez 26 36). 34/Played and reached first QF at a Future tournament at Saitama (as No.8 seed, l. to No.4 seed & eventual champion Ciesla 36 63 26). 36/Won first career title at Entry Nottingham by ousting all top 3 seeded players en route (as No.5 seed, d. No.3 seed Brightblade 62 63 in QF, No.2 seed Bahrs 61 63 in SF and top seeded runner-up Blanco 67(4) 64 64). Reached at least QF or higher at 13 of the 17 tournaments played in '17 (9 QF, 2 SF, 1 F & 1 W). Played in team "Lawn Tennis Club" (finishing No.3 in 4/5). -'18- First Top 500 season (finishing at No.425). 3/Played first Challenger tournament at Carson (l. to No.7 seed Fernandez 26 67(3) in 1r). 8/Won first Future title at F1 Nishi-Tama in home-country and second in total (as No.3 seed, d. top seeded runner-up Dingo 61 75). First player and Japanese to win this tournament. 35/Reached 100th career win (by d. No.26 seed Schiavone 63 61 in 3r at Entry Pisagua as eventual champion). 38/Won 4th career title at the National Championships of Japan (as top seed, d. No.2 seeded runner-up Urahara 62 63). Reached at least QF or higher at 13 of the 19 tournaments played in '18 (4 QF, 3 SF, 3 F & 3 W). Successfully played in team "Lawn Tennis Club" (finishing at No.2 4/5, rose to third league). °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° SINGLES Win - Loss records: 253 - 142 Finals records: 10 - 11 Career-high: 35 ('22/13) Championsrace-high: 21 ('23/2) TITLES (10): -'21- ~38/National Championships of Japan; ~Junior: 4/Impfondo -'20- ~Challenger: 6/Belgrade, 22/Aptos -'19- ~Challenger: 4/Dallas; ~Entry: 27/Kabala -'18- ~38/National Championships of Japan; ~Future: 8/F1 Nishi-Tama; ~Entry: 35/Pisagua -'17- ~Entry: 36/Nottingham RUNNER-UP (11): -'22- ~ATP: 33/Stockholm -'20- ~ATP: 28/New Haven -'19- ~Challenger: 6/Belgrade; ~Future: 10/F1 Daegu, 19/F8 Blois, 23/F20 Modena, 33/F26 Mansfield -'18- ~Future: 20/F6 Akishima-Tokyo; ~Trainee: 12/Braunsbach, 22/Jazzin -'17- ~16/National Championships of Japan °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° DOUBLES -'19, '20, '21, '22, '23 w/Hartmann Win - Loss records: 208 - 106 Finals records: 28 - 13 Career-high: 2 ('22/11) Championsrace-high: 1 ('19/2) TITLES (28): -'23- ~ATP: 1/Chennai -'22- ~ATP: 1/Chennai, 4/Johannesburg, 7/Dubai, 19/Eastbourne, 27/Cincinnati, 30/Metz, 32/Shanghai, 36/Paris -'21- ~ATP: 2/Auckland, 19/Eastbourne, 23/Atlanta, 24/Los Angeles; ~Challenger: 1/Sao Paulo, 6/Belgrade -'20- ~ATP: 5/Costa do Sauipe, 21/Newport, 30/Metz, 31/Tokyo; ~Challenger: 37/Toyota -'19- ~Grand Slam: 29/US OPEN; ~ATP: 1/Chennai, 30/Bangkok; ~Challenger: 4/Dallas, 7/Besancon, 12/Tallahassee, 21/Oberstaufen, 36/Knoxville RUNNER-UP (13): -'22- ~ATP: 5/Rotterdam, 18/Halle, 23/Atlanta, 31/Beijing, 34/St. Petersburg -'21- ~ATP: 25/Washington D.C., 27/Cincinnati, 36/Paris -'20- ~ATP: 14/Munich, 29/US OPEN, 35/Valencia -'19- ~ATP: 24/Gstaad; ~Challenger: 37/Yokohama °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° PRIVATE LIFE Married to his current Tour doubles partner Christopher Hartmann on October, 23 2010 with André Lachmann as groomsman. °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Last update: 11/12/2011, 3:28 pm
YEAR '19 IN DETAIL 1/Won first tour doubles title at Chennai (d. top seeds Marcolan/Salau in SF and No.3 seeded runner-ups Frohn/Rossow 76(4) 75 en route to win). Won first Tour main draw match and first ATP Tour title of any kind in doubles. 2/Reached QF at F1 Glasgow (l. to No.4 seed & eventual champion Alcântara 36 26). Accomplished his longest winning streak so far (9 - 0; begins with Entry Pisagua in '18/35, ends with F1 Glasgow in '19/2). 3/Reached 3r at AUSTRALIAN OPEN in doubles (l. to No.5 seeds Frey/Frey 46 76(5) 64 67(2) 67(7)). Grand Slam debut with doubles. 4/Won first Challenger title and 5th in total at CH Dallas by ousting 4 seeded players en route (as unseeded player, d. No.8 seed Castro in 1r, No.4 seed Spaltro in QF, top seed Praino in SF and No.3 seeded runner-up Meier). First match and win over Top 100 player (No.76 Praino). Also won first Challenger doubles title and second in total at same event (d. No.3 seeded runner-ups Hülgenburg/Henss 63 75). First Japanese player to win a tournament both in singles and doubles. 5/Top 300 debut (rose from No.412 to No.282). Japan's No.1 for the first time. 6/Runner-up at CH Belgrade (as unseeded player, l. to champion Costa 62 46 26). Also reached SF in doubles (as No.2 seeds, l. to No.5 seeds and eventual champions Costa/Costa 46 76(5) 46). 7/Reached 2r at CH Besancon (as No.8 seed, l. to Bertolini 57 26). Won third doubles title (as No.2 seeds, d. top seeded runner-ups Sikorski/Ciesla 63 76(3)). 8/Reached 4r at Indian Wells in doubles (as No.21 seeds, l. to No.6 seeds & eventual champions Nowak/Swobodny 67(4) 67(6)). 9/Fell 1r at Miami (l. to Mann 46 62 36). Also reached QF in doubles (as No.24 seeds, d. No.16 seeds Zverev/Edberg in 3r and top seeds Rasmussen/Ford in 4r en route, l. to No.9 seeds Goller/Bauch). 10/Runner-up at F1 Daegu (as top seed, l. to No.2 seeded champion K.Tesdorpf 46 76(1) 36). 11/Reached 3r at Monte-Carlo in doubles (l. to No.2 seeds Marcolan/Salau 16 64 57). 12/Fell 1r at CH Tallahassee (l. to Spaltro 62 57 16). Won 4th doubles title (d. No.2 seeded runner-ups Hülgenburg/Henss 61 36 63). 13/Reached 3r at Rome in doubles (l. to No.6 seeds Baumann/Shorbaji 57 46). 14/Reached 2r at Munich (l. to eventual champion C.Tesdorpf 26 36). Also reached QF in doubles (l. to Valicenti/Ramos 46 46). 15/Fell 1r at Madrid in doubles (l. to Dengel/Scherer 67(2) 57). 16/Reached 2r at CH Cremona (l. to No.4 seed Reinhold 67(1) 36). Also reached SF in doubles (as top seeds, l. to No.4 seeds & eventual champions Geiger/Hahn 67(3) 46). 17/Reached 3r at ROLAND GARROS in doubles (l. to Goldworthy/Lange 62 36 36 46). 18/Fell 1r at London (l. to No.10 seed Kowalski 76(6) 26 46). Also reached SF in doubles (l. to top seeds & eventual champions Damianovic/Dowiyogo 67(5) 76(4) 67(6)). 19/Runner-up at F8 Blois (as No.4 seed, l. to No.3 seeded champion Cayafa 26 57). 20/Fell 1r at WIMBLEDON in doubles (l. to Baumann/Geiger 36 26 76(5) 67(5)). 21/Fell 1r at CH Oberstaufen (l. to No.4 seed & eventual champion Micerda 46 57(5)). Won 5th doubles title (as top seeds, d. No.2 seeded runner-ups Klemm/Wille 62 62). 22/Reached SF at Stuttgart in doubles (l. to No.5 seeds Valicenti/Ramos 46 46). 23/Runner-up at F20 Modena (as top seed, l. to No.2 seeded champion Alvarez 64 36 57). 24/Runner-ups at Gstaad in doubles (l. to No.5 seeded champions Goldworthy/Lange 06 26). Top 200 debut (rose from No.210 to No.197). 25/Did not play. 26/Reached 3r at Toronto in doubles (l. to No.2 seeds & eventual champions Frey/Frey 67(2) 67(4)). 27/Won 6th career title at Entry Kabala (as top seed, d. No.5 seeded runner-up Portugal 64 62). 28/Reached 2r at New Haven (l. to No.12 seed Swobodny 16 63 36). Also reached 3r in doubles (l. to Araujo/Wahldrich 57 67(5)). 29/Won first Grand Slam of any kind and 6th title at US OPEN in doubles (d. defending champions Goller/Bauch in 4r, No.2 seeds Frey/Frey in SF and top seeded runner-ups Damianovic/Dowiyogo en route to title). First Japanese and Asian player ever to succeed this action at Grand Slam event of any kind (first to reach QF, SF, F and W on first appearance at a Grand Slam event). 30/Fell 1r at Bangkok (l. to No.7 seed Salau 57 63 36). Won 7th doubles title (d. top seeded runner-ups Weidenhammer/Waßmann 76(4) 63). Doubles Top 10 debut (rose from No.25 to No.10). First Japanese player to reach Top 10 doubles ranking. 31/Reached 2r at CH Mons (l. to top seed Kowalski 26 62 26). 32/Reached 3r at Shanghai in doubles (l. to Strauch/Flierl 63 16 67(2)). 33/Runner-up at F26 Mansfield (l. to top seeded champion Kammann 62 46 46). 34/Reached 2r at Vienna (l. to Ventura 57 36). Also reached QF in doubles (l. to No.5 seeds Frohn/Rossow 36 46). 35/Reached QF at Basel in doubles (l. to No.8 seeds Goldworthy/Lange 46 67(4)). 36/Reached QF at CH Knoxville (l. to No.5 seed C.Tesdorpf 46 67(4)). Won 8th doubles title (d. No.2 seeded runner-ups Franzese/Gaspar 63 64). 37/Reached QF at CH Yokohama (l. to top seed and double partner Hartmann 63 36 26). Runner-ups in doubles (l. to No.2 seeded champions Nowak/Swobodny 60 26 67(6)). 38/Reached QF at ATP World Tour Finals in doubles (l. to Weidenhammer/Waßmann 76(4) 67(4) 67(3)). First Japanese player ever to participate in ATP World Tour Finals. Succesfully played in Team "Tennis Academy München" (finishing No.1, rose from 6/8 to 5th league). Last update: 03/05/2011, 12:17 pm
YEAR '20 IN DETAIL 1/Fell 1r at Chennai (l. to Thavaputhran 64 36 36). Also reached QF in doubles as defending champions (l. to Frohn/Rossow 76(5) 67(3) 67(5)). 2/Did not play. 3/Reached QF at AUSTRALIAN OPEN in doubles (l. to Quezada/Michelini 46 63 67(9) 67(8)). 4/Reached SF at F2 Naucalpan (as No.2 seed, l. to No.3 seed & eventual champion Kaiser 36 67(4)). 5/Won 9th doubles title at Costa do Sauipe (d. top seeded runner-ups & defending champions Weidenhammer/Waßmann 63 57 64). 6/Won biggest career title and 7th in total at CH Belgrade (as unseeded player, d. top seeded runner-up Öhlwerther 76(2) 76(4)). 7/Fell 1r at Dubai (l. to his doubles partner Hartmann 36 63 67(2)). Also reached QF in doubles (l. to Goldworthy/Lange 67(2) 61 67(9)). 8/Reached 4r at Indian Wells in doubles (l. to Marcolan/Salau 67(6) 62 36). 9/Reached 2r at Miami (l. to No.17 seed Cuoco 36 67(3)). Also reached QF in doubles (l. to Baumann/Geiger 67(5) 76(6) 46). 10/Reached 2r at Houston (l. to Michelini 26 46). Also reached QF in doubles (l. to Franzese/Gaspar 57 46). 11/Reached 3r at Monte-Carlo in doubles (l. to Cesário/Biagi 63 16 46). 12/Reached 2r at CH Tallahassee (l. to No.2 seed Gaspar 67(3) 36). 13/Reached QF at Rome in doubles (l. to K.Tesdorpf/Gröschen 26 36). 14/Reached first QF at ATP Tour at Munich (d. No.5 seed Berg in 2r en route, l. to No.3 seed Keller 57 26 in QF). Also runner-ups in doubles (l. to top seeded defending champions Frey/Frey 63 26 57). 15/Reached QF at Madrid in doubles (l. to defending champions Weidenhammer/Waßmann 67(6) 57). 17/Reached 4r at ROLAND GARROS in doubles (l. to Keller/Weißer 62 46 67(6) 67(3)). 18/Reached first SF at ATP Tour at London (d. No.3 seed Damianovic in 2r and No.14 seed Kinetix in 3r en route, l. to Darecki 36 46 in SF). 19/Dropped opener at Eastbourne in doubles (l. to Nowak/Swobodny 67(6) 67(4)). Top 150 debut (rose from No.163 to No.137). 20/Grand Slam singles debut at WIMBLEDON. Won first Grand Slam singles match in his career in 1r (d. Uribe 64 67(2) 76(5) 63) and reached 2r (l. to No.8 seed Szymczak 46 67(7) 46). Also reached 3r in doubles (l. to Kammann/Krause 67(3) 76(6) 76(13) 67(6) 67(2)). 21/Won 10th doubles title at Newport (d. runner-ups Sabbatini/Grepet 76(2) 76(5)). 22/Won 8th career title at CH Aptos (d. runner-up Lau 76(4) 64). 23/Fell 1r at Hamburg (l. to Müller 36 46). Also reached 3r in doubles (l. to Bahia/Cerqueira 63 36 57). 24/Reached SF at Los Angeles in doubles (l. to Nowak/Swobodny 67(4) 76(5) 46). 25/Reached 2r at Washington D.C. (l. to Sikorski 67(9) 46). Also reached 2r in doubles (l. to Zverev/Berg 67(4) 67(2)). 26/Reached QF at Toronto in doubles (l. to Cuoco/Thiel 76(6) 67(6) 46). 27/Reached QF at Cincinnati in doubles (l. to Bahia/Cerqueira 76(4) 67(3) 36). 28/Reached first final at ATP Tour at New Haven (d. No.16 seed Escobar in 2r and No.7 seed Fallon in QF en route, l. to champion Junior 67(5) 67(4) in final). Also reached SF in doubles (l. to eventual champions Stackelberg/Riquelme 67(2) 76(5) 67(6)). 29/Fell 1r at US OPEN (l. to eventual runner-up Darecki 46 76(2) 64 36 26). Also runner-ups in doubles (as defending champions, l. to champions Puente/Cayafa 46 46 76(5) 67(4)). Top 100 debut (rose from No.121 to No.93). Doubles Top 5 debut (rose from No.6 to No.5). 30/Fell 1r at Metz (l. to No.4 seed Rossow 67(4) 46). Won 11th doubles title (d. top seeded runner-ups Etzdorf/Güntzel 76(4) 36 76(5)). 31/Reached QF at Tokyo (l. to Rigoni 76(4) 57 67(3)). Won 12th doubles title (d. runner-ups Cuoco/Thiel 57 76(5) 76(12)). 32/Fell 1r at Shanghai (l. to Vera 67(4) 67(4)). Also reached QF in doubles (l. to Trindade/Miranda 67(1) 36). 33/Reached SF at Moscow in doubles (l. to eventual champions Kaiser/Hülgenburg 67(4) 67(3)). 34/Reached 2r at Vienna (l. to Etzdorf 64 67(10) 36). Also reached SF in doubles (l. to Ölwerther/Prince 67(5) 67(4)). 35/Reached QF at Valencia (l. to top seed & eventual champion Puente 67(6) 76(3) 67(8)). Also runner-ups in doubles (l. to defending champions Rojas/Rencelj 67(4) 76(6) 16). 36/Fell 1r at Paris (l. to Necknatel 46 67(5)). Also reached 3r in doubles (l. to Darecki/Henning 36 67(4)). 37/Won 13th doubles title at CH Toyota (d. runner-ups Franzese/Gaspar 67(5) 64 64). 38/Reached SF at ATP World Tour Finals in doubles (l. to Rojas/Rencelj 36 76(5) 67(3)). Played in Team "Team Doppelfehler" (finishing No.8, league 2/2). Last update: 05/04/2011, 06:38 pm
Ich nehm mal an ihr seid nicht schwul hihi [smiley="wink"] Bist echt n guter Spieler, Duc! Noch nicht den ganz grossen Durchbruch, aber kannst die grossen echt ärgern, weiter so! [smiley="wink"]
YEAR '21 IN DETAIL 1/Reached 2r at CH Sao Paulo (l. to Becquer 46 36). Won 14th doubles title (d. runner-ups Swenner/Clark 64 62). 2/Won 15th doubles title at Auckland (d. runner-ups Campos/Palazzorossi 67(2) 76(3) 76(6)). 3/Did not play. 4/Won 9th career title at Junior Impfondo (d. runner-up Faret 75 76(5)). 5/Reached QF at San Jose in doubles (l. to Döring/Faret 63 67(4) 67(6)). 6/Reached QF at CH Belgrade (l. to No.5 seed Spaltro 46 46). Won 16th doubles title (d. runner-ups & defending champions Swenner/Clark 76(5) 63). 7/Fell 1r at Dubai in doubles (l. to Osmanovic/Marsel 76(6) 36 67(6)). 8/Reached 4r at Indian Wells (d. No.3 seed Almendares in 2r en route, l. to No.14 seed Sepulvida 67(4) 67(5) in 4r). Also reached 4r in doubles (l. to eventual champions Strauch/Stera 46 67(3)). 9/Reached 3r at Miami (d. No.4 seed Cerqueira in 2r en route, l. to Nogueira 46 76(5) 67(6) in 3r). Also reached 4r in doubles (l. to Forster/Wopmann 57 76(3) 67(12)). 10/Reached QF at Casablanca in doubles (l. to Bergengruen/Baumgarten 67(2) 36). 11/Fell 1r at Monte-Carlo (l. to No.12 seed Costa 46 67(4)). Also reached 2r in doubles (l. to Stackelberg/Riquelme 36 67(1)). 12/Reached 2r at Barcelona (l. to No.10 seed Fallon 57 63 36). Also reached QF in doubles (l. to Kaiser/Hülgenburg 46 26). Reached 200th career win (by d. Mendonça in 1r). 13/Reached first QF at ATP Tour Masters at Rome (d. No.15 seed Eichel in 1r and No.2 seed Darecki in 3r en route, l. to No.12 seed Costa 46 26 in QF). Also reached 3r in doubles (l. to eventual champions Veiga/Wahldrich 64 16 46). 14/Reached QF at Munich in doubles (l. to eventual champions Etzdorf/Güntzel 06 46). Top 50 debut (rose from No.61 to No.45). 15/Reached 3r at Rome (d. No.8 seed Veiga in 2r en route, l. to Thiel 46 46 in 3r). Also reached 3r in doubles (l. to eventual champions Nowak/Swobodny 36 26). 16/Reached 2r at Nice in doubles (l. to eventual champions Costa/Marcolan 36 26). 17/Fell 1r at ROLAND GARROS (l. to Rencelj 46 57 64 36). Also reached 2r in doubles (l. to Xavier/Barroso 75 67(0) 36 67(0)). 18/Fell 1r at Halle (l. to Follonier 67(5) 16). Also reached QF in doubles (l. to Nowak/Swobodny 67(5) 67(4)). 19/Dropped opener at Eastbourne (as No.5 seed, l. to Lippert 57 76(2) 67(7)). First time being seeded in an ATP tournament. Won 17th doubles title (d. runner-ups Kaiser/Hülgenburg 67(4) 76(12) 63). 20/Fell 1r at WIMBLEDON (l. to Barral 57 67(1) 26). Also reached 4r in doubles (l. to Vogel/Müller 67(4) 67(5) 67(8)). 21/Reached 2r at Newport (l. to eventual champion Marsel 67(4) 67(7)). Also reached QF in doubles (as defending champions, l. to Cuoco/Thiel 67(3) 76(6) 67(8)). Reached 100th win in doubles (by d. Trindade/Miranda in 2r). 22/Reached QF at Stuttgart in doubles (l. to Ledesma/Barral 67(2) 67(5)). 23/Reached 2r at Atlanta (l. to No.2 seed Prince 36 46). Won 18th doubles title (d. runner-ups & defending champions Kaiser/Hülgenburg 76(2) 46 76(6)). 24/Won 19th doubles title at Los Angeles (d. runner-ups Lippert/Lange 76(5) 76(5)). 25/Fell 1r at Washington D.C. (l. to No.6 seed Stera 67(7) 67(8)). Also runner-ups in doubles (l. to champions Azemon/Grabov 46 46). 26/Reached QF at Toronto (l. to Vera 67(2) 46). Also reached SF in doubles (l. to Franzese/Gaspar 57 36). 27/Runner-ups at Cincinnati in doubles (l. to champions Azemon/Grabov 67(4) 67(3)). 28/Reached 2r at New Haven (l. to Lichtenberger 46 67(7)). Dropped opener in doubles (l. to Xavier/Barroso 63 67(5) 57). 29/Fell 1r at US OPEN (l. to Silva 64 67(4) 16 63 67(5)). Also reached SF in doubles (l. to eventual champions Cuoco/Thiel 76(10) 64 46 67(7) 46). 30/Reached QF at Kuala Lumpur in doubles (l. to Dodic/Urbaniak 67(2) 76(5) 67(5)). 31/Reached QF at Tokyo (d. No.6 seed and defending champion Marsel in 2r en route, l. to Moreira 36 57 in QF). Also reached QF in doubles (as defending champions, l. to eventual champions Münze/Schaefer 46 67(4)). 32/Reached QF at Shanghai (d. No.3 seed Cerqueira in 1r and No.14 seed Vera in 3r en route, l. to No.11 seed Xavier 67(4) 63 67(5) in QF). Also reached 3r in doubles (l. to Sabbatini/Grepet 76(3) 36 57). 33/Reached QF at Stockholm in doubles (l. to Münze/Schaefer 76(5) 46 57). 34/Reached SF at Lyon (as No.5 seed, d. No.3 seed Swobodny en route, l. to Grepet 67(5) 76(4) 67(3) in SF). Also reached SF in doubles (l. to Nowak/Swobodny 67(7) 36). 35/Reached QF at Basel in doubles (l. to Bergengruen/Baumgarten 46 76(5) 67(7)). 36/Fell 1r at Paris (l. to Marcolan 67(5) 46). Also runner-ups in doubles (l. to champions Nowak/Swobodny 67(8) 46). 37/Did not play. 38/Won 10th career title at the National Championships of Japan (as top seed, d. No.2 seeded runner-up Urahara 60 60). Played in Team "Team Doppelfehler" (finishing No.4, league 2/2). Last update: 07/22/2011, 10:16 am
YEAR '22 IN DETAIL 1/Fell 1r at Chennai (as No.6 seed, l. to his doubles partner Hartmann 46 36). Won 20th doubles title (d. runner-ups Costa/Marcolan 62 62). 2/Reached QF at Auckland (d. No.6 seed Sepulvida in 1r en route, l. to No.2 seed Stera 64 67(6) 67(3) in QF). Also reached QF in doubles (as defending champions, l. to eventual champions Szymczak/Żurek 67(5) 67(3)). 3/Reached 2r at AUSTRALIAN OPEN (l. to No.13 seed Fallon 57 67(5) 36). Also reached QF in doubles (l. to eventual champions Sabbatini/Grepet 46 46 67(4)). 4/Reached 2r at Johannesburg (as No.4 seed, l. to Frey 67(5) 76(5) 67(3)). Won 21th doubles title (d. runner-ups Xavier/Barroso 76(8) 64). 5/Reached QF at Rotterdam (d. No.8 seed Rencelj in 1r en route, l. to Sano 36 76(6) 36 in QF). Also runner-ups in doubles (l. to champions Xavier/Barroso 46 67(3)). 6/Reached 2r at Memphis (l. to No.6 seed Zverev 76(9) 67(4) 67(4)). Also reached SF in doubles (l. to eventual champions Szymczak/Żurek 57 76(5) 67(4)). 7/Won 22th doubles title at Dubai (d. runner-ups Szymczak/Żurek 76(3) 76(3)). 8/Did not play. Top 40 debut (rose from No.44 to No.40). Top 3 debut in doubles (rose from No.4 to No.3). 9/Reached 4r at Miami (as No.25 seed, l. to Leinemann 67(12) 76(6) 26). Also reached QF in doubles (l. to eventual champions Sabbatini/Grepet 46 67(6)). 10/Reached SF at Houston in doubles (l. to eventual champions Sabbatini/Grepet 76(1) 67(10) 67(4)). 11/Reached 2r at Monte-Carlo (l. to No.7 seed Kammann 26 16). Also reached SF in doubles (l. to eventual champions Sabbatini/Grepet 63 16 57). 12/Reached QF at Barcelona (d. top seed Stera in 3r en route, l. to Barroso 46 64 67(3) in QF). Also reached 3r in doubles (l. to Karasiński/Nadgłowski 36 46). 13/Reached SF at Munich in doubles (l. to Dawson/Döring 60 26 26). 14/Reached 2r at Madrid (l. to top seed Forster 57 75 06). Also reached SF in doubles (l. to eventual champions Sikorski/Güntzel 67(4) 36). 15/Reached 3r at Rome (d. No.10 seed Strauß in 2r en route, l. to No.8 seed & doubles partner Hartmann 63 26 36 in 3r). Also reached 3r in doubles (l. to Lomboy/Rencelj 36 57). 16/Reached SF at Düsseldorf in doubles (l. to Sikorski/Güntzel 64 67(4) 26). 17/Reached 2r at ROLAND GARROS (as No.28 seed, l. to Gaspar 61 64 36 67(8) 16). Also reached QF in doubles (l. to eventual champions Sikorski/Güntzel 62 57 67(6) 64 67(4)). 18/Runner-ups at Halle in doubles (l. to Szymczak/Żurek 67(3) 67(12)). 19/Fell 1r at Eastbourne (as No.7 seed, l. to Cuenca 36 46). Won 23th doubles title (as defending champions, d. runner-ups Sabbatini/Grepet 76(11) 67(6) 76(3)). 20/Reached 2r at WIMBLEDON (as No.32 seed, l. to Mery 67(6) 67(6) 46). Fell 1r in doubles (l. to Strauß/Leinemann 67(5) 76(5) 76(13) 67(10) 67(4)). 21/Reached QF at Newport in doubles (l. to Xavier/Barroso 67(21) 76(6) 67(3)). 22/Reached SF at Stuttgart (as No.7 seed, l. to Müller 16 64 46). Also reached SF in doubles (l. to eventual champions Sikorski/Güntzel 26 67(3)). 23/Reached 2r at Atlanta (as No.8 seed, l. to Birndorfer 67(5) 62 36). Runner-ups in doubles (as defending champions, l. to champions Sabbatini/Grepet 57 46). 24/Reached SF at Los Angeles in doubles (as defending champions, l. to Xavier/Barroso 63 67(5) 67(6)). 25/Reached 2r at Washington D.C. (as No.15 seed, l. to Trindade 36 67(5)). Also reached SF in doubles (l. to eventual champions Sikorski/Güntzel 76(6) 26 46). 26/Fell 1r at Toronto (l. to Pigni 67(6) 62 67(4)). Also reached 2r in doubles (l. to Alvarado/Forster 36 46). 27/Fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. to No.3 seed Nadgłowski 36 67(11)). Won 24th doubles title (d. runner-ups Sabbatini/Grepet 46 76(5) 76(4)). 28/Reached QF at New Haven in doubles (l. to Alvarado/Forster 67(1) 76(2) 67(6)). 29/Fell 1r at US OPEN (l. to Müller 46 36 16). Also reached QF in doubles (l. to Frey/Frey 57 46 67(6)). 30/Won 25th doubles title at Metz (d. runner-ups Klug/Frohn 63 64). 31/Fell 1r at Beijing (l. to Henning 36 46). Also runner-ups in doubles (l. to champions Franzese/Gaspar 46 67(4)). 32/Fell 1r at Shanghai (l. to Teixeira 67(3) 64 67(5)). Won 26th doubles title (d. runner-ups Sikorski/Güntzel 63 67(5) 76(3)). 33/Runner-up at Stockholm (as No.7 seed, d. top seeded Nadgłowski in QF en route, l. to champion Tremblay 46 16 in final). Also reached SF in doubles (l. to eventual champions Münze/Schaefer 67(5) 75 57). 34/Reached QF at St. Petersburg (as No.8 seed, l. to No.4 seed Barroso 67(10) 36). Also runner-ups in doubles (l. to champions Szymczak/Żurek 67(3) 46). 35/Reached SF at Basel in doubles (l. to eventual champions Sikorski/Güntzel 46 36). 36/Fell 1r at Paris (l. to his doubles partner & No.6 seed Hartmann 46 67(8)). Won 27th doubles title (d. runner-ups Valicenti/Follonier 75 76(4)). 37/Did not play. 38/Reached QF at ATP World Tour Finals (l. to Vogel/Müller 63 36 67(9)). Successfully played in Team "Team Doppelfehler" (finishing No.1, rose from 2/2 to 1st league). Last update: 11/12/2011, 3:16 pm
