Kristian Pless

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Kristian Pless
Kristian Pless 2007 Australian Open R1.jpg
Country (sports)Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Residence Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Born (1981-02-09) 9 February 1981 (age 44)
Odense, Denmark
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,127,884
Singles
Career record55–86 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 65 (28 January 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (2002)
French Open 2R (2001, 2007)
Wimbledon 2R (2001)
US Open 2R (2001, 2002, 2004, 2006)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 2R (2000)
Doubles
Career record6–24 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 172 (23 July 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 1R (2007)
Wimbledon 1R (2007)
Last updated on: 28 October 2021.

Kristian Peter Pless (born 9 February 1981) is a former professional male tennis player from Denmark.

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Tennis career

Juniors

Pless had an excellent junior career, winning the 1999 Australian Open Boys' Singles (defeated Mikhail Youzhny), and reaching the Boys' final at both Wimbledon (lost to Jürgen Melzer), and the US Open (lost to Jarkko Nieminen) the same year. He finished 1999 as the No. 1 ranked junior player in the world. [1]

Pro tour

He turned professional in 1999, and on 28 January 2002, Kristian Pless reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 65. He has won tournaments at the Futures and Challenger levels, and has reached three semifinals on the ATP Tour. He suffered a serious shoulder injury in 2003, which after multiple surgery kept him out of competition for almost a year.

After returning from injury in 2004, he had dropped in the rankings to World No. 846 on 24 May. Subsequently, he has gradually climbed the rankings, and after successful performances at the Challenger level in autumn 2006, he entered the Top 100 again. In January 2007, he continued his good performances as he defeated World No. 8 David Nalbandian in three sets in the first round of Chennai Open. This was Pless' first win against a Top-10 ranked player.

In 2007 he also managed to take a set from tennis legend Roger Federer at their meeting in Dubai, but eventually Federer won the tie 7–6(2), 3–6, 6–3. It was first set Federer had lost that year after he had won the Australian Open without losing a single set.

In 2008 he reached two Challenger finals (in Izmir, Turkey and Rimouski, Canada), but ended the year outside of Top 100. 2009 was his last year on tour. [2]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 1999 Australian Open Hard Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Youzhny 6–4, 6–3
Loss 1999 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Austria.svg Jürgen Melzer 6–7, 3–6
Loss 1999 US Open Hard Flag of Finland.svg Jarkko Nieminen 7–6, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnetOpponentsScore
Win 1999 Australian Open Hard Flag of Austria.svg Jürgen Melzer Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ladislav Chramosta
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Navrátil
6–7, 6–3, 6–0
Loss 1999 French Open Clay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Olivier Rochus Flag of Georgia.svg Irakli Labadze
Flag of Croatia.svg Lovro Zovko
1–6, 6–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 20 (7–13)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–11)
ITF Futures (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–9)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–2)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 1999New Zealand F3, Christchurch FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Vosloo 4–6, 3–6
Win1–1May 2000Austria F3, Schwaz FuturesClay Flag of Ireland.svg Scott Barron 6–3, 7–5
Win2–1Jun 2000Ireland F1, Dublin FuturesCarpet Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grant Doyle 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–1
Win3–1Aug 2000Hungary F6, Budapest FuturesClay Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Peya 7–5, 6–3
Loss3–2Feb 2001 Hull, United KingdomChallengerCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win4–2May 2001 Edinburgh, United KingdomChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Gorka Fraile 6–3, 6–3
Loss4–3Jun 2001 Furth, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Germán Puentes 4–6, 3–6
Win5–3Dec 2001 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Mello 6–1, 6–1
Loss5–4Jun 2004Poland F3, Warsaw FuturesClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dušan Karol 3–6, 4–6
Loss5–5Aug 2005 Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg John Paul Fruttero 6–7(4–7), 6–7(6–8)
Loss5–6Oct 2005 Southampton, United KingdomChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Jérôme Haehnel 2–6, 3–6
Loss5–7Jul 2006 Dublin, IrelandChallengerCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Mischa Zverev 5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Loss5–8Oct 2006 Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Waske 4–6, 3–6
Win6–8Nov 2006 Rimouski, CanadaChallengerCarpet Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lu Yen-hsun 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss6–9Nov 2006 Nashville, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Haase 6–7(9–11), 3–6
Win7–9Apr 2007 Saint-Brieuc, FranceChallengerClay Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Farrukh Dustov 6–3, 6–1
Loss7–10Sep 2007 Grenoble, FranceChallengerHard Flag of Ecuador.svg Nicolás Lapentti 3–6, 5–7
Loss7–11Mar 2008 Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Thierry Ascione 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Loss7–12Jun 2008 Izmir, TurkeyChallengerHard Flag of Luxembourg.svg Gilles Müller 5–7, 3–6
Loss7–13Nov 2008 Rimouski, CanadaChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Sweeting 4–6, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–1)
ITF Futures (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Apr 1999New Zealand F3, Christchurch FuturesHard Flag of New Zealand.svg Mark Nielsen Flag of the United States.svg Wynn Criswell
Flag of South Africa.svg Shaun Rudman
2–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win1–1Dec 1999 Lucknow, IndiaChallengerGrass Flag of Thailand.svg Paradorn Srichaphan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Lee
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Delgado
5–7, 6–3, 7–5
Loss1–2Jun 2000Ireland F1, Dublin FuturesCarpet Flag of Finland.svg Jarkko Nieminen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gilles Elseneer
Flag of France.svg Jean-Michel Pequery
6–7(2–7), 6–4, 3–6
Win2–2Dec 2000 Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerHard Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam Qureshi Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ivo Heuberger
Flag of Finland.svg Ville Liukko
6–4, 6–4
Win3–2Jul 2005 Campos do Jordão, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Aleksandar Vlaski Flag of Brazil.svg Franco Ferreiro
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Melo
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win4–2Nov 2006 Rimouski, CanadaChallengerCarpet Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Nielsen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jasper Smit
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Martijn van Haasteren
6–2, 6–4
Loss4–3Nov 2008 Rimouski, CanadaChallengerHard Flag of Sweden.svg Michael Ryderstedt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vasek Pospisil
7–5, 4–6, [6–10]

Performance timeline

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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 3R 1R A Q3 Q2 1R Q1 A0 / 32–340%
French Open A 2R 1R A 1R Q3 1R 2R AA0 / 52–529%
Wimbledon A 2R 1R A 1R Q2 1R 1R Q2 Q2 0 / 51–517%
US Open Q2 2R 2R A 2R Q2 2R 1R Q2 A0 / 54–544%
Win–loss0–03–33–40–11–30–01–31–40–00–00 / 189–1833%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AA Q2 Q2 AAA 1R AA0 / 10–10%
Miami A Q1 1R AAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Monte Carlo A Q1 2R AAAAAAA0 / 11–150%
Hamburg AAAAAAA Q1 ANMS0 / 00–0  
Rome AA Q2 AAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
Canada Masters AA 2R AAA Q1 AAA0 / 11–150%
Cincinnati AA Q1 AAA Q1 AAA0 / 00–-0  
Stuttgart A Q1 Not Held0 / 00–-0  
Win–loss0–00–02–30–00–00–00–00–10–00–00 / 42–433%

See also

References

  1. "Kristian Pless – Junior". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  2. "Kristian Pless – ATP Tour Overview". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
Preceded by ITF Junior World Champion
1999
Succeeded by