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Residence | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Born | Odense, Denmark | 9 February 1981
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Turned pro | 1999 |
Retired | 2009 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,127,884 |
Singles | |
Career record | 55–86 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 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 record | 6–24 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 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.
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]
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]
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1999 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() | 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 1999 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() | 6–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 1999 | US Open | Hard | ![]() | 7–6, 3–6, 4–6 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partnet | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1999 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7, 6–3, 6–0 |
Loss | 1999 | French Open | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 6–7 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Apr 1999 | New Zealand F3, Christchurch | Futures | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | May 2000 | Austria F3, Schwaz | Futures | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 7–5 |
Win | 2–1 | Jun 2000 | Ireland F1, Dublin | Futures | Carpet | ![]() | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–1 |
Win | 3–1 | Aug 2000 | Hungary F6, Budapest | Futures | Clay | ![]() | 7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 3–2 | Feb 2001 | Hull, United Kingdom | Challenger | Carpet | ![]() | 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–7(5–7) |
Win | 4–2 | May 2001 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 4–3 | Jun 2001 | Furth, Germany | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 5–3 | Dec 2001 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 5–4 | Jun 2004 | Poland F3, Warsaw | Futures | Clay | ![]() | 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 5–5 | Aug 2005 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 6–7(4–7), 6–7(6–8) |
Loss | 5–6 | Oct 2005 | Southampton, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 5–7 | Jul 2006 | Dublin, Ireland | Challenger | Carpet | ![]() | 5–7, 6–7(6–8) |
Loss | 5–8 | Oct 2006 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 6–8 | Nov 2006 | Rimouski, Canada | Challenger | Carpet | ![]() | 6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 6–9 | Nov 2006 | Nashville, United States | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 6–7(9–11), 3–6 |
Win | 7–9 | Apr 2007 | Saint-Brieuc, France | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 7–10 | Sep 2007 | Grenoble, France | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 7–11 | Mar 2008 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 5–7, 6–7(5–7) |
Loss | 7–12 | Jun 2008 | Izmir, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 5–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 7–13 | Nov 2008 | Rimouski, Canada | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Apr 1999 | New Zealand F3, Christchurch | Futures | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 6–2, 1–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Dec 1999 | Lucknow, India | Challenger | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jun 2000 | Ireland F1, Dublin | Futures | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 3–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Dec 2000 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 3–2 | Jul 2005 | Campos do Jordão, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Win | 4–2 | Nov 2006 | Rimouski, Canada | Challenger | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–3 | Nov 2008 | Rimouski, Canada | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 4–6, [6–10] |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | SR | W–L | Win% | |||||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | Q1 | 3R | 1R | A | Q3 | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% | |||||||||||
French Open | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | Q3 | 1R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | 17% | |||||||||||
US Open | Q2 | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | Q2 | 2R | 1R | Q2 | A | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | 44% | |||||||||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 18 | 9–18 | 33% | |||||||||||
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||||||
Miami | A | Q1 | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||||||
Monte Carlo | A | Q1 | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||||||||||
Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | NMS | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||||
Rome | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||||
Canada Masters | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||||||||||
Cincinnati | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–-0 | – | |||||||||||
Stuttgart | A | Q1 | Not Held | 0 / 0 | 0–-0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
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