Christopher Kas

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Christopher Kas
Christopher Kas at the 2010 US Open 01.jpg
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Residence Trostberg, Germany
Born (1980-06-13) 13 June 1980 (age 44)
Trostberg, West Germany
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2001
Retired2014
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$1,350,322
Singles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 224 (4 November 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2003)
Wimbledon Q1 (2003)
Doubles
Career record191–202
Career titles5
22 Challenger, 6 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 17 (6 February 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open QF (2012)
French Open 3R (2009, 2011, 2013)
Wimbledon SF (2011)
US Open QF (2008)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2009, 2010)
French Open SF (2010)
Wimbledon 3R (2009)
US Open 1R (2008, 2009, 2011)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games SF – 4th (2012)
Last updated on: 29 August 2021.

Christopher Kas (born 13 June 1980) is a retired German tennis player.

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Kas has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 224, which he achieved in November 2002. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 17, achieved in February 2012.

Kas reached 20 double finals on the ATP Tour posting a record of 5 wins and 15 losses with an array of partners.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished in fourth place in mixed doubles alongside Sabine Lisicki. In January 2015, Sabine appointed him to her coaching team. [1]

In 2022, Kas coaches German tennis player Jule Niemeier. Together they reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. He is currently coaching Kateryna Baindl.

Olympic medal matches

Mixed doubles: 1 bronze medal match (0–1)

ResultYearLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
4th place 2012 London Olympics Grass Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lisicki Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan
3–6, 6–4, [4–10]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 20 (5 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–2)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–13)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–7)
Clay (2–8)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (5–11)
Indoor (0–4)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Jul 2006 Båstad, Sweden250 SeriesClay Flag of Austria.svg Oliver Marach Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman
Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Johansson
3–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss0–2 Jul 2006 Amersfoort, Netherlands250 SeriesClay Flag of Argentina.svg Lucas Arnold Ker Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Martín
Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Vicente
4–6, 3–6
Loss0–3 Jul 2007 Kitzbühel, Austria500 SeriesClay Flag of Germany.svg Tomas Behrend Flag of Italy.svg Potito Starace
Flag of Peru.svg Luis Horna
6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss0–4 Oct 2007 Vienna, Austria500 SeriesHard Flag of Germany.svg Tomas Behrend Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Matkowski
4–6, 2–6
Loss0–5 Mar 2008 Zagreb, Croatia250 SeriesHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rogier Wassen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Hanley
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Kerr
3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win1–5 Jul 2008 Stuttgart, Germany500 SeriesClay Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Kohlschreiber Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Berrer
Flag of Germany.svg Mischa Zverev
6–3, 6–4
Loss1–6 Oct 2008 Basel, Switzerland250 SeriesHard Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Kohlschreiber Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles
3–6, 3–6
Loss1–7 Feb 2009 Zagreb, Croatia250 SeriesHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rogier Wassen Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm
Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Lindstedt
4–6, 3–6
Win2–7 Jun 2009 Halle, Germany250 SeriesGrass Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Kohlschreiber Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Beck
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marco Chiudinelli
6–3, 6–4
Loss2–8 Jul 2010 Stuttgart, Germany250 SeriesClay Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Kohlschreiber Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Berlocq
Flag of Sweden.svg Eduardo Schwank
6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8)
Win3–8 Oct 2010 Bangkok, Thailand250 SeriesHard Flag of Slovakia.svg Viktor Troicki Flag of Israel.svg Jonathan Erlich
Flag of Austria.svg Jürgen Melzer
6–4, 6–4
Loss3–9 Feb 2011 Delray Beach, United States250 SeriesHard Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Peya Flag of the United States.svg Scott Lipsky
Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram
6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Loss3–10 May 2011 München, Germany250 SeriesClay Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Beck Flag of Italy.svg Simone Bolelli
Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio Zeballos
6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss3–11 Jul 2011 Gstaad, Switzerland250 SeriesClay Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Peya Flag of the Czech Republic.svg František Čermák
Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek
3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss3–12 Aug 2011 Winston-Salem, United States250 SeriesHard Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Peya Flag of Israel.svg Jonathan Erlich
Flag of Israel.svg Andy Ram
6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss3–13 Jan 2012 Doha, Qatar250 SeriesHard Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Kohlschreiber Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Rosol
3–6, 4–6
Win4–13 Jan 2013 Doha, Qatar250 SeriesHard Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Kohlschreiber Flag of Austria.svg Julian Knowle
Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek
7–5, 6–4
Loss4–14 Apr 2013 Casablanca, Morocco250 SeriesClay Flag of Germany.svg Dustin Brown Flag of Austria.svg Julian Knowle
Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek
3–6, 2–6
Win5–14 Aug 2013 Kitzbühel, Austria250 SeriesClay Flag of Germany.svg Martin Emmrich Flag of the Czech Republic.svg František Čermák
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Dlouhý
6–4, 6–3
Loss5–15 May 2014 Düsseldorf, Germany250 SeriesClay Flag of Germany.svg Martin Emmrich Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Lipsky
5–7, 6–4, [3–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Sep 2000Czech Republic F1, Znojmo FuturesClay Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Hromec 6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Loss1–1Nov 2001Jamaica F2, Negril FuturesClay Flag of Austria.svg Zbynek Mlynarik 7–5, 6–7(4–7), ret.

Doubles: 38 (28–10)

Legend
ATP Challenger (22–8)
ITF Futures (6–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–3)
Clay (17–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (4–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 2000Luxembourg F1, Luxembourg FuturesClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dick Norman Flag of South Africa.svg Willem-Petrus Meyer
Flag of South Africa.svg Rik de Voest
6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Loss1–1Sep 2000Czech Republic F1, Znojmo FuturesClay Flag of Austria.svg Ronald Dueller Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Igor Brukner
Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Hromec
6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win2–1May 2002Italy F1, Valdengo FuturesClay Flag of Japan.svg Jun Kato Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Capannelli
Flag of Italy.svg Gianluca Luddi
6–3, 6–4
Win3–1Sep 2002 Brașov, RomaniaChallengerClay Flag of Austria.svg Herbert Wiltschnig Flag of Spain.svg Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Flag of Spain.svg Santiago Ventura
5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Win4–1Sep 2002 Sofia, BulgariaChallengerClay Flag of Austria.svg Oliver Marach Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ilia Kushev
Flag of Austria.svg Luben Pampoulov
7–6(7–4), 6–7(7–9), 6–2
Win5–1Feb 2003Portugal F1, Espinho FuturesClay Flag of Luxembourg.svg Mike Scheidweiler Flag of Slovakia.svg Michal Mertiňák
Flag of Austria.svg Marco Mirnegg
6–3, 6–2
Win6–1Mar 2004Portugal F1, Faro FuturesHard Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner Flag of Slovakia.svg Boris Borgula
Flag of Slovakia.svg Roman Kukal
3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win7–1May 2004Italy F6, Valdengo FuturesClay Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Menga
Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Ocera
6–3, 6–1
Win8–1Jun 2004Italy F13, Cesena FuturesClay Flag of Italy.svg Federico Torresi Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Junqueira
Flag of Chile.svg Felipe Parada
3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win9–1Aug 2004 Mönchengladbach, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner Flag of Germany.svg Karsten Braasch
Flag of Germany.svg Franz Stauder
3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win10–1Nov 2004 Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Bracciali
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Luxa
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win11–1Dec 2004 Ischgl, AustriaChallengerCarpet Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Azzaro Flag of Italy.svg Gianluca Bazzica
Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Dell'Acqua
7–5, 6–3
Win12–1May 2005 Dresden, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart Beks
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Martijn van Haasteren
6–7(2–7), 6–2, 6–4
Loss12–2Jul 2005 Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Austria.svg Werner Eschauer Flag of Austria.svg Oliver Marach
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jean-Claude Scherrer
5–7, 3–6
Loss12–3Jul 2005 Rimini, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Škoch
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Štěpánek
3–6, 7–6(7–1), 1–6
Win13–3Oct 2005 Mons, BelgiumChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Cibulec
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Vanhoudt
7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win14–3Nov 2005 Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner Flag of Germany.svg Torsten Popp
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jasper Smit
6–3, 7–5
Loss14–4Nov 2005 Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yves Allegro
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann
6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss14–5Nov 2005 Sunderland, United KingdomChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Rieschick
Flag of Germany.svg Frank Moser
4–6, 7–6(7–3), 4–6
Loss14–6Jan 2006Austria F1, Bergheim FuturesCarpet Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Petzschner Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Brunström
Flag of the United States.svg Philip Stolt
3–6, 4–6
Win15–6Jan 2006 Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Škoch
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Dlouhý
6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–4]
Loss15–7Feb 2006 Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Bracciali
Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Galimberti
5–7, 6–0, [11–13]
Win16–7Feb 2006 Besançon, FranceChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jean-Claude Scherrer
Flag of Croatia.svg Lovro Zovko
6–2, 6–2
Loss16–8Apr 2006 Monza, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Azzaro Flag of Spain.svg Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Flag of Italy.svg Tomas Tenconi
6–4, 4–6, [11–13]
Loss16–9May 2006 Dresden, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner Flag of Slovakia.svg Michal Mertiňák
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yves Allegro
3–6, 0–6
Win17–9Jun 2006 Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Tomas Behrend Flag of Argentina.svg Máximo González
Flag of Argentina.svg Sergio Roitman
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win18–9Sep 2006 Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Tomas Behrend Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Bednarek
Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Matkowski
6–1, 3–6, [10–4]
Win19–9Feb 2007 Besançon, FranceChallengerHard Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Peya Flag of France.svg Grégory Carraz
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Gilles Müller
6–4, 6–4
Win20–9May 2007 Dresden, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Tomas Behrend Flag of France.svg Jean-Baptiste Perlant
Flag of France.svg Xavier Pujo
6–3, 6–4
Win21–9Jun 2007 Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Tomas Behrend Flag of Spain.svg Óscar Hernández
Flag of Spain.svg Carles Poch Gradin
6–0, 6–2
Win22–9Sep 2007 Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Tomas Behrend Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Pablo Guzmán
6–0, 5–7, [10–8]
Win23–9Sep 2007 Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Tomas Behrend Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Azzaro
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Motti
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win24–9Nov 2007 Dnipropetrovsk, UkraineChallengerHard Flag of Croatia.svg Lovro Zovko Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna
Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Haggard
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win25–9Apr 2009 Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Simon Greul Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Brunström
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg Jean-Julien Rojer
4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–2]
Loss25–10May 2011 Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Peya Flag of the Czech Republic.svg František Čermák
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Rosol
3–6, 4–6
Win26–10Sep 2012 Pétange, LuxembourgChallengerHard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dick Norman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Murray
Flag of Brazil.svg André Sá
2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win27–10May 2013 Bordeaux, FranceChallengerClay Flag of Austria.svg Oliver Marach Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Monroe
Flag of Germany.svg Simon Stadler
2–6, 6–4, [10–1]
Win28–10Nov 2013 Ortisei, ItalyChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Tim Pütz Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Bracciali
Flag of Germany.svg Benjamin Becker
6–2, 7–5

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.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Doubles

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R QF 1R 2R 0 / 87–847%
French Open 1R 1R 2R 3R 1R 3R 2R 3R 1R 0 / 98–947%
Wimbledon 1R 3R 3R 3R 1R SF 2R A 1R 0 / 811–858%
US Open 2R 1R QF 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R A0 / 87–847%
Win–loss1–32–48–45–42–46–45–43–31–30 / 3333–3350%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AA 1R A 1R A 1R AA0 / 30–30%
Miami AA 2R 1R 1R AA 1R A0 / 41–420%
Monte Carlo AAAA 1R A 1R AA0 / 20–20%
Hamburg A 2R 1R Not Masters Series0 / 21–233%
Madrid AA 1R 1R AA 2R AA0 / 31–325%
Rome AAAAAA 2R AA0 / 11–150%
Shanghai AAAAA 2R AAA0 / 11–150%
Paris Masters AAA QF 1R SF 2R AA0 / 46–460%
Win–loss0–01–11–42–30–44–23–50–10–00 / 2011–2035%

Mixed doubles

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA 2R 2R A 1R 0 / 32–340%
French Open AA 1R SF A 1R 0 / 33–350%
Wimbledon 1R A 3R 1R 1R A0 / 41–420%
US Open A 1R 1R A 1R A0 / 30–30%
Win–loss0–10–12–44–30–20–20 / 136–1332%

References

  1. "Sabine Lisicki adds former Olympic doubles partner to her coaching team".