Gero Kretschmer

Gero Kretschmer (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːʁo ˈkʁɛtʃmɐ]; born 6 May 1985) is a German retired tennis player. He was a doubles specialist, who achieved his highest doubles ranking of world No. 79 in May 2014. He won his only ATP World Tour title with partner Alexander Satschko as alternates in Quito on 7 February 2015.[1]

Gero Kretschmer
Full nameGero Kretschmer
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceCologne, Germany
Born (1985-05-06) 6 May 1985
Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro2004
Retired2017
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 219,517
Singles
Career record0–0
Highest rankingNo. 316 (14 June 2010)
Doubles
Career record14–21
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 79 (26 May 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2015)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win Feb 2015 Ecuador Open,
Ecuador		 250 Series Clay Alexander Satschko Víctor Estrella Burgos
João Souza		 7–5, 7–6(7–3)

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Doubles: 24 (9 titles, 15 runner-ups)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (6–11)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2010 Pereira, Colombia Clay Alexander Satschko Dominik Meffert
Philipp Oswald		 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), [5–10]
Loss 0–2 May 2010 Sarasota, United States Clay Alexander Satschko Brian Battistone
Ryler DeHeart		 7–5, 6–7(4–7), [8–10]
Win 1–2 Aug 2010 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Alexander Satschko Philipp Oswald
Martin Slanar		 6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss 1–3 Sep 2010 Bogota, Colombia Clay Alexander Satschko Franco Ferreiro
André Sá		 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss 1–4 Oct 2010 Cali, Colombia Clay Alexander Satschko Andre Begemann
Martin Emmrich		 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 1–5 Jun 2013 Košice, Slovakia Clay Alexander Satschko Kamil Čapkovič
Igor Zelenay		 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 1–6 Jul 2013 Scheveningen, Netherlands Clay Alexander Satschko Antal van der Duim
Boy Westerhof		 3–6, 3–6
Win 2–6 Jul 2013 Poznań, Poland Clay Alexander Satschko Mateusz Kowalczyk
Henri Kontinen		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 2–7 Nov 2013 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Alexander Satschko Riccardo Ghedin
Claudio Grassi		 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–8 Nov 2013 Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) Jan-Lennard Struff Henri Kontinen
Andreas Siljestrom		 6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win 3–8 Jan 2014 São Paulo, Brazil Hard Alexander Satschko Nicolás Barrientos
Víctor Estrella Burgos		 4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss 3–9 Apr 2014 Le Gosier, Guadeloupe Hard Michael Venus Tomasz Bednarek
Adil Shamasdin		 5–7, 7–6(7–5), [8–10]
Win 4–9 Mar 2015 Shenzen, China Hard Alexander Satschko Saketh Myneni
Divij Sharan		 6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
Loss 4–10 Aug 2015 Manerbio, Italy Clay Alexander Satschko Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
Flavio Cipolla		 6–7(5–7), 6–3, [9–11]
Win 5–10 Sep 2015 Como, Italy Clay Alexander Satschko Kenny de Schepper
Maxime Teixeira		 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss 5–11 Jan 2016 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Alexander Satschko Johan Brunström
Andreas Siljeström		 3–6, 4–6
Loss 5–12 Jan 2016 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Alexander Satschko Wesley Koolhof
Matwé Middelkoop		 3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win 6–12 Mar 2016 Guadalajara, Mexico Hard Alexander Satschko Santiago González
Mate Pavić		 6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
Win 7–12 Apr 2016 Napoli, Italy Clay Alexander Satschko Matteo Donati
Stefano Napolitano		 6–1, 6–3
Win 8–12 Apr 2017 Qingdao, China Clay Alexander Satschko Andreas Mies
Oscar Otte		 2–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–3]
Win 9–12 Jun 2017 Vicenza, Italy Clay Alexander Satschko Sekou Bangoura
Tristan-Samuel Weissborn		 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 9–13 Jun 2017 Lyon, France Clay Alexander Satschko Sander Gillé
Joran Vliegen		 7–6(7–2), 6–7(2–7), [12–14]
Loss 9–14 Jul 2017 Braunschweig, Germany Clay Kevin Krawietz Julian Knowle
Igor Zelenay		 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 9–15 Jul 2017 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Andreas Mies Jan Šátral
Tristan-Samuel Weissborn		 3–6, 7–5, [3–10]

Doubles performance timeline
Tournament200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 0–0
French Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A Q2 1R Q1 A 0–1
US Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1
Career statistics
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–5 4–7 5–7 1–1 14–21
Year-end ranking 607 760 941 614 172 514 403 119 128 84 111 140 40%
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References
  1. "Kretschmer/Satschko Claim First ATP World Tour Doubles Crown". ATP World Tour. 7 February 2015.
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