Tim Pütz

Tim Pütz (German pronunciation: [ˈtɪm ˈpʏts]; born 19 November 1987) is a German professional tennis player. He is a doubles specialist who reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 57 in January 2020.

Tim Pütz

Pütz at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Usingen, Germany
Born	(1987-11-19) 19 November 1987 Frankfurt, Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$558,415
Singles
Career record	1–2 (in ATP Tour events)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 163 (2 February 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2015)
French Open	Q3 (2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2014)
US Open	Q1 (2013, 2014)
Doubles
Career record	39–33 (54.2% in ATP Tour events)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 57 (13 January 2020)
Current ranking	No. 62 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2019, 2020)
French Open	2R (2019)
Wimbledon	3R (2018)
US Open	2R (2018)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	QF (2018)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Professional career

2014

Pütz made his ATP main draw singles debut at Wimbledon. As a qualifier, he defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round. He lost to Fabio Fognini in four sets in the next round.

2017

Pütz played in the Davis Cup for the first time. He helped the German team to win over Portugal in the World Group play-offs by winning the doubles rubber with partner Jan-Lennard Struff.

2018

In the first round of the 2018 Davis Cup, Pütz and Struff beat the Australian duo John Peers and Matthew Ebden to set Germany on their way to victory.[1] Although Pütz and Struff won again in the Davis Cup quarterfinals against the Spaniards Feliciano López and Marc López, their team lost the tie with 2–3.

In June, Pütz won his first title on the ATP Tour at the Stuttgart Open in doubles, partnering Philipp Petzschner as a wild card entry.[2]

2019

Pütz won the doubles title with partner Frederik Nielsen at the Bavarian International Tennis Championships in Munich.[3]

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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 (2–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2018	Stuttgart Open, Germany	250 Series	Grass	Philipp Petzschner	Robert Lindstedt Marcin Matkowski	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Win	2–0	May 2019	Bavarian Championships, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Frederik Nielsen	Marcelo Demoliner Divij Sharan	6–4, 6–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (7–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (7–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2011	Leimen, Germany	Futures	Hard (i)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Nov 2011	Amelia Island, USA	Futures	Clay	Rudolf Siwy	6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Win	2–1	Sep 2012	Sarreguemine, France	Futures	Carpet (i)	Elie Rousset	7–5, 6–2
Loss	2–2	Oct 2012	Cardiff, Great Britain	Futures	Hard (i)	Bastian Knittel	1–6, 2–6
Win	3–2	Jan 2013	Bagnoles, France	Futures	Clay (i)	Márton Fucsovics	6–0, 4–1, ret.
Win	4–2	Mar 2013	Gatineau, Canada	Futures	Hard (i)	Austin Krajicek	6–2, 6–4
Win	5–2	Jun 2013	Essen, Germany	Futures	Clay	Steven Moneke	6–2, 7–5
Win	6–2	Sep 2013	Forbach, France	Futures	Carpet (i)	Oscar Otte	6–2, 6–2
Loss	6–3	Mar 2014	Taverne, Switzerland	Futures	Carpet (i)	Henri Laaksonen	6–4, 4–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Loss	0–1	Nov 2014	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Ruben Bemelmans	6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Loss	6–4	Feb 2017	Bellevue, Switzerland	Futures	Carpet (i)	Daniel Altmaier	5–7, 6–7^(5–7)
Win	7–4	Aug 2017	Neuchatel, Switzerland	Futures	Clay	Hiroyasu Ehara	6–2, 6–2
Loss	0–2	Oct 2017	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Lorenzo Sonego	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 30 (18–12)

Legend
ATP Challenger (14–4)
ITF Futures (4–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2006	Wetzlar, Germany	Futures	Clay	Fernando Cabrera	Artemon Apostu-Efremov Laurent Bram	2–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2011	Kempten, Germany	Futures	Clay	Steven Moneke	Andre Wiesler Marcel Zimmermann	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Oct 2011	Leimen, Germany	Futures	Hard (i)	Terence Nugent	Victor Anagnastopol Florin Mergea	6–7^(3–7), 2–6
Loss	1–3	Nov 2011	Amelia Island, USA	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Lacroix	Rudolf Siwy Matteo Viola	6–7^(3–7), 1–6
Win	2–3	Aug 2012	Wetzlar, Germany	Futures	Clay	Steven Moneke	Andre Begemann Alejandro Figueroa	6–2, 6–0
Loss	2–4	Oct 2012	La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Futures	Hard (i)	Moritz Baumann	Jean Andersen Hugo Nys	6–7^(6–8), 6–7^(3–7)
Win	3–4	Dec 2012	Jakarta, Indonesia	Futures	Hard	Michael Venus	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	7–5, 6–3
Loss	3–5	Jan 2013	Bagnoles , France	Futures	Clay (i)	Moritz Baumann	Ivan Arenas-Gualda Enrique López-Pérez	walkover
Win	4–5	Mar 2013	Gatineau, Canada	Futures	Hard (i)	Moritz Baumann	Adam El Mihdawy Peter Polansky	7–6^(7–0), 6–1
Loss	4–6	Apr 2013	Angers, France	Futures	Clay	Niels Desein	Ivan Bjelica Miljan Zekić	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–7	Apr 2013	Grasse, France	Futures	Clay	Jeremy Jahn	Jonathan Eysseric Nicolas Renavand	6–7^(6–8), 4–6
Win	1–0	Aug 2013	Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Rameez Junaid	Colin Ebelthite Lee Hsin-han	6–0, 6–2
Loss	4–8	Sep 2013	Forbach, France	Futures	Carpet (i)	Lukas Storck	Andreas Mies Oscar Otte	7–6^(9–7), 2–6, [7–10]
Win	2–0	Nov 2013	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Christopher Kas	Benjamin Becker Daniele Bracciali	6–2, 7–5
Win	3–0	Apr 2014	Saint-Brieuc, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Dominik Meffert	Philipp Marx Victor Baluda	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–1	Apr 2014	Shenzhen, China	Challenger	Hard	Dominik Meffert	Samuel Groth Chris Guccione	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Win	4–1	May 2014	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Andre Begemann	Jesse Huta Galung Rameez Junaid	6–3, 6–3
Win	5–1	Feb 2015	Wrocław, Poland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Philipp Petzschner	Frank Dancevic Andriej Kapaś	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
Loss	5–2	May 2015	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Dominik Meffert	Mateusz Kowalczyk Igor Zelenay	4–6, 3–6
Win	6–2	Sep 2016	Sibiu, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Robin Haase	Jonathan Eysseric Tristan Lamasine	6–4, 6–2
Win	7–2	Sep 2017	Genoa, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Jan-Lennard Struff	Guido Andreozzi Ariel Behar	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(10–8)
Loss	7–3	Oct 2017	Ismaning, Germany	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Dustin Brown	Marin Draganja Tomislav Draganja	7–6^(7–1), 2–6, [8–10]
Win	8–3	Jan 2018	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Hugo Nys	Alejandro González Jaume Munar	6–2, 6–2
Win	9–3	Mar 2018	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Tobias Kamke	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	3–6, 7–5, [12–10]
Win	10–3	Mar 2018	Lille, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Hugo Nys	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Purav Raja	7–6^(7–3), 1–6, [10–7]
Win	11–3	May 2018	Aix-en-Provence, France	Challenger	Clay	Philipp Petzschner	Guido Andreozzi Kenny de Schepper	6–7^(3–7), 6–2, [10–8]
Win	12–3	Apr 2019	Tunis, Tunisia	Challenger	Clay	Ruben Bemelmans	Facundo Argüello Guillermo Durán	6–3, 6–1
Loss	12–4	May 2019	Aix-en-Provence, France	Challenger	Clay	Frederik Nielsen	Kevin Krawietz Jürgen Melzer	6–7^(5–7), 2–6
Win	13–4	Nov 2019	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard (i)	Frederik Nielsen	Roman Jebavý Igor Zelenay	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), [11–9]
Win	14–4	Nov 2019	Helsinki, Finland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Frederik Nielsen	Tomislav Draganja Pavel Kotov	7–6^(7–2), 6–0

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
French Open	A	A	A	Q2	Q3	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	2R	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
US Open	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 2	1–2
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
Year-end ranking	594	425	241	187	424	685	337	317

Doubles

Current through the 2020 Open 13.

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R		0 / 1	1–1
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	3R	2R		0 / 2	3–2
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R		0 / 2	1–2
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	2–4	0–1	0 / 7	5–7
National representation
Davis Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	PO	QF	QR		0 / 1	4–0
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	20	4	35
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	15–7	17–19	5–4	39–33
Year-end ranking	811	542	156	194	269	577	164	60	63		54%

National participation

Davis Cup (4–0)

Group membership World Group (2–0) Qualifying Round (1–0) WG Play-off (1–0)

Matches by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (2–0) Grass (0–0)

Matches by type Singles (0–0) Doubles (4–0)

Matches by venue Germany (1–0) Away (3–0)

Group	Rd	Date	Opponent nation	Score	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent player(s)	W/L	Rubber score
2017
WG PO		Sep 2017	Portugal	3–2	Oeiras	Clay	Doubles (w/ J-L Struff)	G Elias / J Sousa	Win	6–2, 4–6, 6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
2018
WG	1R	Feb 2018	Australia	3–1	Brisbane	Hard	Doubles (w/ J-L Struff)	M Ebden / J Peers	Win	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–2, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4
	QF	Apr 2018	Spain	2–3	Valencia	Clay	Doubles (w/ J-L Struff)	F López / M López	Win	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7^(4–7), 7–5
2019
QR		Feb 2019	Hungary	5–0	Frankfurt	Hard (i)	Doubles (w/ J-L Struff)	G Borsos / P Nagy	Win	6–2, 6–3

References

1. "Davis Cup: Putz and Struff earn pivotal point for Germany over Australia". Tennis World USA. 3 February 2018.
2. "ATP Stuttgart: Wildcards Philipp Petzschner and Tim Puetz claim title". Tennis World USA. 17 June 2018.
3. "Nielsen/Puetz Win Munich On Team Debut". ATP Tour. 5 May 2019.

External links

• Tim Pütz at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Tim Pütz at the International Tennis Federation
• Tim Pütz at the Davis Cup