Alexander Mronz

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Alexander Mronz
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Residence Cologne, Germany
Born (1965-04-07) 7 April 1965 (age 59)
Cologne, Germany
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1987
Retired1996
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money $830,234
Singles
Career record61–105
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 73 (8 April 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (1994)
French Open 1R (1989, 1991)
Wimbledon 4R (1995)
US Open 2R (1992)
Doubles
Career record49–81
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 74 (3 October 1984)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994)
French Open 2R (1989, 1990)
Wimbledon 1R (1994, 1995)
US Open 1R (1994)

Alexander Mronz (born 7 April 1965) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1987.

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Mronz played right-handed, and won one doubles title (1988, Schenectady) in his career. Mronz reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on April 8, 1991, when he became the world No. 73.

Mronz is famous for being the opponent of Jeff Tarango in a third round match at 1995 Wimbledon, having already knocked out Sjeng Schalken and Kenneth Carlsen to get to that stage. Mronz was leading by a set and a break, when Tarango was defaulted after losing his temper with the umpire, Bruno Rebeuh, following a couple of code violations. Tarango walked off the court in anger. Tarango's wife, Benedict, later slapped Rebeuh across the face. [1] Mronz then lost to the world No. 1, Andre Agassi, in the fourth round.

Mronz also reached the third round of the 1994 Australian Open, losing from 2 sets up against former world No. 1 and three-time Australian Open champion Mats Wilander (who was currently in the process of coming back to the sport), 6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6. [2]

Career finals

Doubles (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jul 1988 Schenectady, U.S.Hard Flag of the United States.svg Greg Van Emburgh Flag of the United States.svg Paul Annacone
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick McEnroe
6–3, 6–7, 7–5
Loss1–1Oct 1988 Tel Aviv, IsraelHard Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Baur Flag of the Bahamas.svg Roger Smith
Flag of Kenya.svg Paul Wekesa
3–6, 3–6
Loss1–2Jan 1990Adelaide, AustraliaHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michiel Schapers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Castle
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nduka Odizor
6–7, 2–6
Loss1–3Sep 1991 Bordeaux Hard (i) Flag of Germany.svg Patrik Kühnen Flag of France.svg Arnaud Boetsch
Flag of France.svg Guy Forget
2–6, 2–6
Loss1–4Oct 1993 Sydney, AustraliaHard Flag of Germany.svg Lars Rehmann Flag of the United States.svg Patrick McEnroe
Flag of the United States.svg Richey Reneberg
3–6, 5–7

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