Alexander Satschko

Alexander Satschko
Full name	Alexander Satschko
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Munich, Germany
Born	12 November 1980 (age 44); Deggendorf, Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2017
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$268,282
Singles
Career record	0–0
Highest ranking	No. 259 (2 February 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2009)
Doubles
Career record	12–23
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 80 (13 October 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)

Last updated November 15, 2024

Alexander Satschko (born 12 November 1980) is a German retired tennis player. He was a doubles specialist, who achieved his highest doubles ranking of world No. 80 in October 2014. He won his first ATP World Tour title with partner Gero Kretschmer as alternates in Quito on 7 February 2015.^[1]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2015	Ecuador Open, Ecuador	250 Series	Clay	Gero Kretschmer	Víctor Estrella Burgos João Souza	7–5, 7–6^(7–3)

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Doubles: 28 (12 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (8–12)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2005	Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Werner Eschauer	Santiago González Alejandro Hernández	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Apr 2006	Leon, Mexico	Hard	Dawid Olejniczak	Juan Manuel Elizondo Miguel Gallardo Valles	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Jul 2006	Cuenca, Ecuador	Clay	Frank Moser	Santiago Giraldo Carlos Salamanca	3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	2–2	Apr 2010	Pereira, Colombia	Clay	Gero Kretschmer	Dominik Meffert Philipp Oswald	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(5–7), [5–10]
Loss	2–3	May 2010	Sarasota, United States	Clay	Gero Kretschmer	Brian Battistone Ryler DeHeart	7–5, 6–7^(4–7), [8–10]
Win	3–3	Aug 2010	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Gero Kretschmer	Philipp Oswald Martin Slanar	6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss	3–4	Sep 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Gero Kretschmer	Franco Ferreiro André Sá	6–7^(6–8), 4–6
Loss	3–5	Oct 2010	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Gero Kretschmer	Andre Begemann Martin Emmrich	4–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	3–6	Jun 2013	Košice, Slovakia	Clay	Gero Kretschmer	Kamil Čapkovič Igor Zelenay	4–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	3–7	Jul 2013	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Clay	Gero Kretschmer	Antal van der Duim Boy Westerhof	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–7	Jul 2013	Poznań, Poland	Clay	Gero Kretschmer	Mateusz Kowalczyk Henri Kontinen	6–3, 6–3
Loss	4–8	Nov 2013	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Gero Kretschmer	Riccardo Ghedin Claudio Grassi	4–6, 4–6
Loss	4–9	Nov 2013	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Clay	Roman Borvanov	Stephan Fransen Wesley Koolhof	6–1, 2–6, [5–10]
Win	5–9	Jan 2014	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Gero Kretschmer	Nicolás Barrientos Víctor Estrella Burgos	4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss	5–10	Sep 2014	Genoa, Italy	Clay	Frank Moser	Daniele Bracciali Potito Starace	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–11	Sep 2014	Biella, Italy	Clay	Frank Moser	Marco Cecchinato Matteo Viola	5–7, 0–6
Loss	5–12	Oct 2014	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Frank Moser	Lukáš Lacko Ante Pavić	3–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Win	6–12	Mar 2015	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Gero Kretschmer	Saketh Myneni Divij Sharan	6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
Loss	6–13	Aug 2015	Manerbio, Italy	Clay	Gero Kretschmer	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Flavio Cipolla	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, [9–11]
Win	7–13	Sep 2015	Como, Italy	Clay	Gero Kretschmer	Kenny de Schepper Maxime Teixeira	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
Loss	7–14	Jan 2016	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Gero Kretschmer	Johan Brunström Andreas Siljeström	3–6, 4–6
Loss	7–15	Jan 2016	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Gero Kretschmer	Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop	3–6, 6–7^(1–7)
Win	8–15	Mar 2016	Guadalajara, Mexico	Hard	Gero Kretschmer	Santiago González Mate Pavić	6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
Win	9–15	Apr 2016	Napoli, Italy	Clay	Gero Kretschmer	Matteo Donati Stefano Napolitano	6–1, 6–3
Win	10–15	Apr 2016	Blois, France	Clay	Simon Stadler	Mao-Xin Gong Yasutaka Uchiyama	6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
Win	11–15	Apr 2017	Qingdao, China	Clay	Gero Kretschmer	Andreas Mies Oscar Otte	2–6, 7–6^(8–6), [10–3]
Win	12–15	Jun 2017	Vicenza, Italy	Clay	Gero Kretschmer	Sekou Bangoura Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	12–16	Jun 2017	Lyon, France	Clay	Gero Kretschmer	Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	7–6^(7–2), 6–7^(2–7), [12–14]

Doubles 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.

Current till 2017 ATP World Tour

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	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	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0–1
Wimbledon	A	A	A	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	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	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–2
Career statistics
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	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	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–8	4–8	2–5	1–1	12–23
Year-end ranking	699	884	327	234	394	349	649	158	286	203	115	97	86	125	157	34%

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References

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

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

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