Oliver Gross

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Oliver Gross
Country (sports) Flag of Germany.svg
Residence Munich, Germany
Born (1973-06-17) 17 June 1973 (age 50)
Hanau, West Germany
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1993
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$876,452
Singles
Career record49–76
Career titles0
10 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 60 (15 May 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (1998)
French Open 1R (1997, 1998, 1999)
Wimbledon 1R (1998, 1999)
US Open 4R (1998)
Doubles
Career record0-1
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 573 (9 December 2002)
Last updated on: 3 April 2022.

Oliver Gross (born 17 June 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

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Career

Gross, the 1991 German Youth Champion, turned professional in 1993. The following year reached his first and only ATP Tour final, in San Marino, where he was defeated in straight sets by Carlos Costa.

He reached his highest career ranking of 60 in 1995, after reaching the quarterfinals in Munich and defeating number two Peter Sampras in Barcelona 1–6, 6–2, 6–3. [1]

His best performance in a Grand Slam came at the 1998 US Open when he reached the round of 16. Gross came from two sets down in the opening round to beat 16th seed Albert Costa 2–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4. He then accounted for dual French Open winner Sergi Bruguera 6–1, 6–3, 6–4 and in the third round had another five setter, defeating American wildcard Geoff Grant, 7–5, 6–7, 5–7, 6–3, 7–5. Playing for a spot in the quarter-final, Gross was defeated by Swede Magnus Larsson 4–6, 5–7, 7–5, 2–6. [2]

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Aug 1994 San Marino, San MarinoWorld SeriesClay Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Costa 1–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (10–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (10–6)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (8–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1-0Mar 1994 Belém, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of Colombia.svg Mario Rincón 6–4, 6–4
Loss1-1May 1994 Dresden, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Chile.svg Marcelo Ríos 7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Loss1-2Mar 1995 Indian Wells, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Ho 7–6, 6–7, 2–6
Loss1-3Mar 1996 Agadir, MoroccoChallengerClay Flag of Norway.svg Christian Ruud 6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Loss1-4Aug 1996 Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Marcelo Charpentier 2–6, 1–3 ret.
Win2-4Mar 1997 Salinas, EcuadorChallengerHard Flag of Austria.svg Gilbert Schaller 6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Loss2-5Apr 1997 Naples, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Romania.svg Dinu-Mihai Pescariu 4–6, 2–6
Loss2-6Oct 1997 Lima, PeruChallengerClay Flag of Sweden.svg Tomas Nydahl 6–4, 0–6, 4–6
Win3-6Dec 1997 Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Francisco Cabello 6–2, 6–2
Win4-6May 2000 Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Joan Balcells 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win5-6Sep 2000 Skopje, MacedoniaChallengerClay Flag of Russia.svg Yuri Schukin 7–5, 6–4
Win6-6Jul 2001 Eisenach, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Martin Verkerk 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Win7-6Jul 2001 Montauban, FranceChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Julián Alonso 6–0, 4–1 ret.
Win8-6Jul 2001 Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Austria.svg Oliver Marach 6–0, 6–1
Win9-6Apr 2002 San Remo, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Renzo Furlan 6–4, 6–3
Win10-6Jul 2002 Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Martin Verkerk 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Sep 2002 Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Flag of Norway.svg Jan-Frode Andersen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Baccanello
Flag of Argentina.svg Sergio Roitman
4–6, 7–6(7–5), 5–6 ret.

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 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 A 1R A Q2 2R 1R A Q1 AA0 / 31–325%
French Open AAA Q3 1R 1R 1R Q3 Q2 Q2 Q2 0 / 30–30%
Wimbledon AAAAA 1R 1R A Q2 A Q2 0 / 20–20%
US Open A 1R AA 1R 4R Q1 Q1 Q2 Q2 A0 / 33–350%
Win–loss0–00–10–10–00–24–40–30–00–00–00–00 / 114–1127%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AA 1R AA Q2 Q2 AA Q1 A0 / 10–10%
Miami AA 2R AA 1R A Q1 Q1 Q2 Q1 0 / 21–233%
Monte Carlo A 1R 1R AAAAAAAA0 / 20–20%
Hamburg A Q1 3R 2R 3R 2R 2R AAA Q1 0 / 57–558%
Rome AA 2R AAA Q1 AAAA0 / 11–150%
Win–loss0–00–14–51–12–11–21–10–00–00–00–00 / 119–1145%

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References

  1. ATP World Tour Profile
  2. ITF Tennis Profile