Country (sports) | Germany |
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Residence | Frankfurt |
Born | Frankfurt, West Germany | 31 March 1975
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Turned pro | 2000 |
Retired | 2012 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
College | San Diego State |
Prize money | $1,339,987 |
Singles | |
Career record | 28–64 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 89 (12 June 2006) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2003, 2006, 2007) |
French Open | 2R (2006) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2002) |
US Open | 1R (2002, 2006, 2007) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 111–76 |
Career titles | 4 |
Highest ranking | No. 16 (30 April 2007) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2005) |
French Open | SF (2006) |
Wimbledon | QF (2005) |
US Open | 3R (2006) |
Alexander Waske (born 31 March 1975) is a retired tennis player from Germany.
Waske was ranked as high as world No. 16 in doubles, winning four titles. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 89 in June 2006. [1] In 2010, Waske and his former Davis Cup companion Rainer Schüttler founded the Schüttler Waske Tennis-University, a tennis academy for professional players.
Waske twice beat players in the final qualifying rounds of tournaments who later got into the main draw as lucky losers and caused big historical upsets. In the 2002 Wimbledon final qualifying round at Roehampton, Waske beat George Bastl, before lucky loser Bastl later beat Pete Sampras in the second round of the 2002 Wimbledon tournament, in one of the greatest upsets in tennis history. In the final qualifying round for Indian Wells in 2007, Waske beat Guillermo Cañas, before lucky loser Cañas later beat Roger Federer in the second round of the 2007 Indian Wells tournament, ending Federer's 41–match unbeaten run.
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Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2005 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Florian Mayer | Mario Ančić Julian Knowle | 3–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Apr 2006 | Houston, United States | Clay | Michael Kohlmann | Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer | 5–7, 6–4, [10–5] |
Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2006 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Michael Kohlmann | Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2–2 | May 2006 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Andrei Pavel | Alexander Peya Björn Phau | 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 3–2 | Jan 2007 | Zagreb, Croatia | Carpet (i) | Michael Kohlmann | František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský | 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–5] |
Loss | 3–3 | Feb 2007 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) | Andrei Pavel | Martin Damm Leander Paes | 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [8–10] |
Win | 4–3 | Apr 2007 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Andrei Pavel | Rafael Nadal Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal | 6–3, 7–6(7–1) |
Loss | 4–4 | Oct 2011 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard (i) | Michael Kohlmann | Oliver Marach Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7) |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2006 | 2007 | SR | W–L |
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Australian Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | |
French Open | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | ||
Wimbledon | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | |
US Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | |
Win–loss | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0 / 11 | 2–11 |
Tournament | 2002 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2012 | SR | W–L |
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Australian Open | SF | 1R | 3R | 0 / 3 | 6–3 | ||||
French Open | 3R | SF | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 6 | 11–6 | |
Wimbledon | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | |||
US Open | 1R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | |||
Win–loss | 1–1 | 9–4 | 6–4 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0 / 17 | 25–17 |
# | Player | Rank | Tournament | Surface | Rd | Score |
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2002 | ||||||
1. | Carlos Moyá | 10 | Japan Open, Japan | Hard | 2R | 6–4, 7–5 |
2005 | ||||||
2. | Rafael Nadal | 3 | Halle Open, Germany | Grass | 1R | 4–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
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