Ulf Fischer

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Ulf Fischer
Full nameUlf Jens Wladimir Fischer
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Born (1965-07-29) 29 July 1965 (age 58)
Göttingen, West Germany
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 357 (14 Mar 1983)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Q1 (1987)
Doubles
Career record1–6
Highest rankingNo. 190 (25 Apr 1983)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon Q1 (1987)

Ulf Fischer (born 29 July 1965) is a German tennis coach and former professional player.

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Active on tour in the 1980s, Fischer was born in Göttingen and had a best career singles world ranking of 357. He featured in the qualifying draw for the 1987 Wimbledon Championships. His best performance on the Grand Prix tennis circuit was a doubles semi-final appearance at the 1982 Bavarian Tennis Championships and he made two doubles finals on the second tier ATP Challenger Series. He had a best doubles ranking of 190 in the world. [1]

Fischer has been a tennis coach since 1992 and served as an assistant coach for the Germany Davis Cup team from 2007 to 2011, under Patrik Kühnen. During the 1990s he coached both Hendrik Dreekmann and Alex Rădulescu to grand slam quarter-finals. More recently he was coach of Benjamin Becker, Tommy Haas and Florian Mayer. He was named "Trainer of the Year" by the German Tennis Federation in 2014. [2]

ATP Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

ResultNo.   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.Jul 1984 Neunkirchen, West GermanyClay Flag of Germany.svg Eric Jelen Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Dieter Beutel
Flag of Germany.svg Christoph Zipf
6–7, 5–7
Loss2.Apr 1985 Marrakech, MoroccoClay Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Goran Prpić Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Casal
Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Sánchez
6–4, 3–6, 1–6

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  2. Fritz, Jörg (13 June 2013). "Tommy Haas' neuer Trainer: Fischer, der Bessermacher". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German).