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Gero Kretschmer

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Gero Kretschmer
Full nameGero Kretschmer
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceCologne, Germany
Born (1985-05-06) 6 May 1985 (age 39)
Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in)
Turned pro2004
Retired2017
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 219,517
Singles
Career record0–0
Highest rankingNo. 316 (14 June 2010)
Doubles
Career record14–21
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 79 (26 May 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2015)

Gero Kretschmer (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːʁo ˈkʁɛtʃmɐ]; born 6 May 1985) is a retired German tennis player. He was a doubles specialist, who achieved his highest doubles ranking of world No. 79 in May 2014. He won his only ATP World Tour title with partner Alexander Satschko as alternates in Quito on 7 February 2015.[1]

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win Feb 2015 Ecuador Open,
Ecuador
250 Series Clay Germany Alexander Satschko Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella Burgos
Brazil João Souza
7–5, 7–6(7–3)

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Doubles: 24 (9 titles, 15 runner-ups)

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Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (6–11)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2010 Pereira, Colombia Clay Germany Alexander Satschko Germany Dominik Meffert
Austria Philipp Oswald
7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), [5–10]
Loss 0–2 May 2010 Sarasota, United States Clay Germany Alexander Satschko United States Brian Battistone
United States Ryler DeHeart
7–5, 6–7(4–7), [8–10]
Win 1–2 Aug 2010 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Germany Alexander Satschko Austria Philipp Oswald
Austria Martin Slanar
6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss 1–3 Sep 2010 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Germany Alexander Satschko Brazil Franco Ferreiro
Brazil André Sá
6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss 1–4 Oct 2010 Cali, Colombia Clay Germany Alexander Satschko Germany Andre Begemann
Germany Martin Emmrich
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 1–5 Jun 2013 Košice, Slovakia Clay Germany Alexander Satschko Slovakia Kamil Čapkovič
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 1–6 Jul 2013 Scheveningen, Netherlands Clay Germany Alexander Satschko Netherlands Antal van der Duim
Netherlands Boy Westerhof
3–6, 3–6
Win 2–6 Jul 2013 Poznań, Poland Clay Germany Alexander Satschko Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk
Finland Henri Kontinen
6–3, 6–3
Loss 2–7 Nov 2013 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Germany Alexander Satschko Italy Riccardo Ghedin
Italy Claudio Grassi
4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–8 Nov 2013 Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) Germany Jan-Lennard Struff Finland Henri Kontinen
Sweden Andreas Siljeström
6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win 3–8 Jan 2014 São Paulo, Brazil Hard Germany Alexander Satschko Colombia Nicolás Barrientos
Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella Burgos
4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss 3–9 Apr 2014 Le Gosier, Guadeloupe Hard New Zealand Michael Venus Poland Tomasz Bednarek
Canada Adil Shamasdin
5–7, 7–6(7–5), [8–10]
Win 4–9 Mar 2015 Shenzhen, China Hard Germany Alexander Satschko India Saketh Myneni
India Divij Sharan
6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
Loss 4–10 Aug 2015 Manerbio, Italy Clay Germany Alexander Satschko Spain Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
Italy Flavio Cipolla
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [9–11]
Win 5–10 Sep 2015 Como, Italy Clay Germany Alexander Satschko France Kenny de Schepper
France Maxime Teixeira
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss 5–11 Jan 2016 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Germany Alexander Satschko Sweden Johan Brunström
Sweden Andreas Siljeström
3–6, 4–6
Loss 5–12 Jan 2016 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Germany Alexander Satschko Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win 6–12 Mar 2016 Guadalajara, Mexico Hard Germany Alexander Satschko Mexico Santiago González
Croatia Mate Pavić
6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
Win 7–12 Apr 2016 Napoli, Italy Clay Germany Alexander Satschko Italy Matteo Donati
Italy Stefano Napolitano
6–1, 6–3
Win 8–12 Apr 2017 Qingdao, China Clay Germany Alexander Satschko Germany Andreas Mies
Germany Oscar Otte
2–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–3]
Win 9–12 Jun 2017 Vicenza, Italy Clay Germany Alexander Satschko United States Sekou Bangoura
Austria Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 9–13 Jun 2017 Lyon, France Clay Germany Alexander Satschko Belgium Sander Gillé
Belgium Joran Vliegen
7–6(7–2), 6–7(2–7), [12–14]
Loss 9–14 Jul 2017 Braunschweig, Germany Clay Germany Kevin Krawietz Austria Julian Knowle
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 9–15 Jul 2017 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Germany Andreas Mies Czech Republic Jan Šátral
Austria Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
3–6, 7–5, [3–10]

Doubles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 0–0
French Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A Q2 1R Q1 A 0–1
US Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1
Career statistics
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–5 4–7 5–7 1–1 14–21
Year-end ranking 607 760 941 614 172 514 403 119 128 84 111 140 40%

References

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  1. ^ "Kretschmer/Satschko Claim First ATP World Tour Doubles Crown". ATP World Tour. 7 February 2015.
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