Christian Saceanu

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Christian Saceanu
Native nameChristian Săceanu
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Residence Neuss, Germany
Born (1968-07-08) 8 July 1968 (age 57)
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1986
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$738,632
Singles
Career record71–110
Career titles2
3 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 60 (7 March 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 4R (1988)
French Open 2R (1988, 1989)
Wimbledon 4R (1992)
US Open 2R (1991)
Doubles
Career record43–81
Career titles0
7 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 111 (16 October 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 3R (1987)
French Open 3R (1989)
Wimbledon 2R (1993)

Christian Saceanu (born 8 July 1968) is a retired tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1986. The right-hander won two grass court singles titles (1988, Bristol and 1991, Rosmalen) in his career. Saceanu reached his highest singles ATP-ranking in March 1988 when he became the number 60 of the world.

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He began playing tennis when he was nine. He was ranked No. 1 in the Romanian 14s and one year later moved with his family to West Germany where he won the German national singles title in 1986. In that same year he was ranked No. 1 in the 18s. [1]

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Jul 1987 Livingston, United StatesGrand PrixHard Flag of the United States.svg Johan Kriek 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 2–6
Win1–1 Jul 1988 Bristol, United KingdomGrand PrixGrass Flag of India.svg Ramesh Krishnan 6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Win2–1 Jun 1991 Rosmalen, NetherlandsWorld SeriesGrass Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michiel Schapers 6–1, 3–6, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (3–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Feb 1990 Croydon, United KingdomChallengerCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Udo Riglewski 6–3, 6–0
Win2–0Jul 1990 Bristol, United KingdomChallengerGrass Flag of France.svg Arnaud Boetsch 6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win3–0Dec 1990 Hong Kong, Hong KongChallengerHard Flag of the Philippines.svg Felix Barrientos 6–4, 6–1
Loss3–1Oct 1992 Cherbourg, FranceChallengerCarpet Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Apell 3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss3–2Jul 1995 Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Wilkinson 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 12 (7–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Apr 1989 Guadeloupe, FranceChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Baur Flag of Israel.svg Gilad Bloom
Flag of the United States.svg Brad Pearce
4–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Dec 1990 British Hong Kong ChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Christian Geyer Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Borwick
Flag of Kenya.svg Paul Wekesa
2–6, 2–6
Loss0–3Jan 1991 Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michiel Schapers Flag of Italy.svg Diego Nargiso
Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Pescosolido
2–6, 2–6
Win1–3Oct 1992 Cherbourg, FranceChallengerCarpet Flag of the United States.svg Kent Kinnear Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joost Winnink
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomas Anzari
6–1, 6–4
Loss1–4Nov 1992 Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Mortensen Flag of South Africa.svg Grant Stafford
Flag of South Africa.svg Christo van Rensburg
1–6, 3–6
Loss1–5Nov 1992 Guadalajara, MexicoChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Marc-Kevin Goellner Flag of South Africa.svg Royce Deppe
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Rikl
6–7, 4–6
Win2–5Dec 1992 Guangzhou, ChinaChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Kent Kinnear Flag of the United States.svg Richard Matuszewski
Flag of the United States.svg John Sullivan
6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win3–5May 1993 Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Flag of Israel.svg Gilad Bloom Flag of Brazil.svg Danilo Marcelino
Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Meligeni
4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win4–5Jul 1993 Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Israel.svg Gilad Bloom Flag of Italy.svg Cristiano Caratti
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grant Doyle
7–5, 6–3
Win5–5May 1995 Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Dier Flag of France.svg Lionel Barthez
Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Baur
7–6, 7–6
Win6–5Sep 1995 Azores, PortugalChallengerHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Henman Flag of Portugal (official).svg Nuno Marques
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Wilkinson
6–2, 6–2
Win7–5Sep 1996 Azores, PortugalChallengerHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marcus Hilpert Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Delgado
Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Singer
6–7, 6–2, 6–4

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 4R 2R Q1 2R 1R 1R AAA0 / 65–645%
French Open AA 2R 2R A 1R A Q2 A Q2 A0 / 32–340%
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 3R 4R Q3 2R Q2 A0 / 76–746%
US Open A 1R AAA 2R Q2 AAAA0 / 21–233%
Win–loss0–10–34–32–30–04–43–20–11–10–00–00 / 1814–1844%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami AA 1R 1R AA 1R AAA Q2 0 / 30–30%
Hamburg 1R 1R AAAAAAAAA0 / 20–20%
Win–loss0–10–10–10–10–00–00–10–00–00–00–00 / 50–50%

Doubles

Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 3R 1R 1R 1R AAAAA0 / 42–433%
French Open AAA 3R AAA 1R AA0 / 22–250%
Wimbledon A 1R A 1R 1R A Q2 2R Q2 Q1 0 / 41–420%
US Open AAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–02–20–12–30–20–00–01–20–00–00 / 105–1033%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami AA 1R 1R 1R AAAAA0 / 30–30%
Hamburg 1R 1R AAAAAAAA0 / 20–20%
Win–loss0–10–10–10–10–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 50–50%

References

  1. "ATP Player Profile". ATP. Retrieved 31 March 2012.