Alexander Popp

Alexander Popp
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Mannheim, Germany
Born	4 November 1976 (age 47); Heidelberg, West Germany
Height	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$976,038
Singles
Career record	45–65
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 74 (10 July 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2001)
French Open	1R (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Wimbledon	QF (2000, 2003)
US Open	2R (2000, 2002)
Doubles
Career record	5–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 266 (15 July 2002)
	Last updated on: 1 February 2022.

Last updated December 29, 2023

Alexander Popp (born 4 November 1976) is a former German professional tennis player.^[1] He reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 2000 and 2003.^[1]

Personal life

Popp was born in Heidelberg to parents Rainer and Jennifer, and started playing tennis at the age of 8. He was coached by Helmut Luthy, from 1994 until retirement.^[1] He holds a British passport through his mother, who was born in Wolverhampton.^[2]

Tennis career

Popp turned professional in 1997 at the age of 21.^[1]

Popp's career highlights are making the quarterfinals of Wimbledon (by far his most successful tournament) in 2000 (defeating Gustavo Kuerten and Michael Chang en route), and in 2003 (defeating Jiří Novák). He also reached the fourth round in 2004, losing to the eventual runner-up in each of these three runs (Patrick Rafter, Mark Philippoussis and Andy Roddick respectively), and the third round in 2005. Popp also reached the final of Newport in 2004 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74.

In doubles, Popp made the final of Newport in 2002 (partnering Jürgen Melzer) and the semifinals of the Ho Chi Minh City championships in 2005 (partnering Jiří Vaněk).

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2004	Newport, United States	International Series	Grass	Greg Rusedski	6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(2–7)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2002	Newport, United States	International Series	Grass	Jurgen Melzer	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–7, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (13–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–1)
ITF Futures (7–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (6–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1998	Latvia F1, Jūrmala	Futures	Clay	Janne Ojala	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–0	Oct 1998	Great Britain F8, Glasgow	Futures	Hard	Andreas Weber	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	3–0	Oct 1998	Great Britain F9, Leeds	Futures	Hard	Roman Smotlak	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win	4–0	Oct 1998	Great Britain F10, Edinburgh	Futures	Hard	Markus Menzler	6–2, 6–3
Loss	4–1	Nov 1998	USA F9, Tucson	Futures	Hard	Kepler Orellana	3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win	5–1	Feb 1999	Great Britain F1, Leeds	Futures	Carpet	Julian Knowle	7–6, 6–2
Win	6–1	Apr 1999	France F4, Clermont-Ferrand	Futures	Carpet	Jan-Ralph Brandt	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	6–2	May 1999	Germany F2, Schwäbisch Hall	Futures	Clay	Bartlomiej Dabrowski	7–5, 6–7, 4–6
Win	7–2	May 1999	Germany F3, Neckarau	Futures	Clay	Johan Settergren	6–2, 6–1
Win	8–2	May 1999	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Costa	7–6, 6–3
Win	9–2	Aug 1999	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Sebastien de Chaunac	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–4), 6–0
Win	10–2	Feb 2000	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Andy Fahlke	6–3, 6–2
Win	11–2	Nov 2001	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Axel Pretzsch	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Win	12–2	Nov 2001	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Peter Wessels	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Win	13–2	Jan 2002	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Jürgen Melzer	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	13–3	Feb 2002	Lübeck, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Raemon Sluiter	2–6, 0–3 ret.

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 1998	Great Britain F9, Leeds	Futures	Hard	Iain Bates	Jean-Rene Lisnard Ashley Naumann	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	Aug 2001	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Gilles Elseneer	Luke Bourgeois Aisam Qureshi	5–7, 7–5, 6–2

Performance timeline

**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.

Singles

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
French Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 6	0–6	0%
Wimbledon	A	QF	A	A	QF	4R	3R	0 / 4	13–4	76%
US Open	Q1	2R	Q1	2R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Win–loss	0–0	5–3	1–2	1–2	4–3	3–4	2–3	0 / 17	16–17	48%
ATP Masters Series
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–

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References

1 2 3 4 "Profile at itftennis.com". Archived from the original on 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
↑ "The Scud serves up a semi place"

External links

Alexander Popp at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Alexander Popp at the International Tennis Federation

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[itftennis-1] 1 2 3 4 "Profile at itftennis.com". Archived from the original on 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2012-08-18.

[theguardian-2] "The Scud serves up a semi place"

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