Jan-Lennard Struff

Jan-Lennard Struff (German pronunciation: [ʃtʁʊf]; born 25 April 1990) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in July 2019. In doubles, he achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 in October 2018.

Jan-Lennard Struff
Struff at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Germany
Born (1990-04-25) 25 April 1990
Warstein, Germany
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2009
PlaysRight-handed
(two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 5,662,992
Official websitejanlennardstruff.com
Singles
Career record130–151 (46.3% in ATP Tour events)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 33 (1 July 2019)
Current rankingNo. 34 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2018)
French Open4R (2019)
Wimbledon3R (2018, 2019)
US Open3R (2018)
Doubles
Career record77–79 (49.4% in ATP Tour events)
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 21 (22 October 2018)
Current rankingNo. 46 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2018)
French Open2R (2017)
WimbledonQF (2018)
US Open2R (2014)
Team competitions
Davis CupQF (2018, 2019)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Tennis career

2014

Struff advanced to his first semifinals on the ATP Tour in Marseille, Munich and Metz. He entered the top 100 in the ATP rankings for the first time in his career.[1]

2015

Struff made his Davis Cup debut for Germany against France in the first round. He lost the first rubber to Gilles Simon with 8–10 in the fifth set, and his team lost the tie with 2–3.[1]

2016

Struff reached the third round of the Paris Masters after beating world No. 3 Stan Wawrinka.[1]

2017

Struff reached the semifinals of both Winston-Salem and St. Petersburg.[1]

2018

Struff got to the semifinals in the Australian Open men's doubles in partnership with Ben McLachlan, including a win over the No. 1 seeds Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo.[2]

In Tokyo, Struff defeated Marin Čilić and had a match point in the second set of his quarterfinal encounter against Denis Shapovalov. At the same tournament, he won the first title of his career in doubles, partnering again with McLachlan.[3]

2019

Struff upset compatriot and at that time world No. 3 Alexander Zverev at the Indian Wells Masters in the third round.[4]

He had his best Grand Slam result by reaching the fourth round of the French Open, where he lost to top seed Novak Djokovic in straight sets.[5]

Playing style

Struff is a power baseliner type player. He possesses a strong serve along with a heavy forehand and solid backhand. When he plays well he can dictate play from the back of the court and hit winners from the forehand and backhand side. He also has a solid volley.

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–2)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2018 Sydney International, Australia 250 Series Hard Viktor Troicki Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo		 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2018 Japan Open, Japan 500 Series Hard (i) Ben McLachlan Raven Klaasen
Michael Venus		 6–4, 7–5
Win 2–1 Jan 2019 Auckland Open, New Zealand 250 Series Hard Ben McLachlan Raven Klaasen
Michael Venus		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Mar 2019 Dubai Championships, UAE 500 Series Hard Ben McLachlan Rajeev Ram
Joe Salisbury		 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 3–2 Sep 2019 Moselle Open, France 250 Series Hard (i) Robert Lindstedt Nicolas Mahut
Édouard Roger-Vasselin		 2–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–4]
Loss 3–3 Feb 2020 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i) Henri Kontinen Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut		 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [7–10]

ATP Challenger finals

Singles: 18 (5–13)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2011 Fürth, Germany Clay João Sousa 2–6, 6–0, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2011 Alphen, Netherlands Clay Igor Sijsling 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 2012 Madrid, Spain Clay Daniel Gimeno-Traver 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 Nov 2012 Loughborough, Great Britain Hard (i) Evgeny Donskoy 2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss 0–5 Jan 2013 Heilbronn, Germany Hard (i) Michael Berrer 5–7, 3–6
Loss 0–6 Feb 2013 Bergamo, Italy Hard (i) Michał Przysiężny 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss 0–7 Sep 2013 Geneva, Switzerland Hard Malek Jaziri 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–8 Feb 2014 Bergamo, Italy Hard (i) Simone Bolelli 6–7(6–8), 6–4
Win 1–8 May 2014 Heilbronn, Germany Clay Márton Fucsovics 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 1–9 Sep 2014 Szczecin, Poland Clay Dustin Brown 4–6, 3–6
Win 2–9 Sep 2015 Szczecin, Poland Clay Artem Smirnov 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–9 Oct 2015 Orléans, France Hard (i) Jerzy Janowicz 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–10 May 2016 Heilbronn, Germany Clay Nikoloz Basilashvili 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 3–11 Jun 2016 Fürth, Germany Clay Radu Albot 3–6, 4–6
Win 4–11 Sep 2016 Alphen, Netherlands Clay Robin Haase 6–4, 6–1
Win 5–11 Oct 2016 Mons, Belgium Hard Vincent Millot 6–2, 6–0
Loss 5–12 Jan 2017 Canberra, Australia Hard Dudi Sela 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 5–13 Aug 2018 Pullach, Germany Clay Pedro Sousa 1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 6 (5–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2013 Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) Gero Kretschmer Henri Kontinen
Andreas Siljeström		 6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2014 Szczecin, Poland Clay Dustin Brown Tomasz Bednarek
Igor Zelenay		 6–2, 6–4
Win 2–1 Sep 2015 Alphen, Netherlands Clay Tobias Kamke Victor Hănescu
Adrian Ungur		 7–6(7–1), 4–6, [10–7]
Win 3–1 Sep 2016 Alphen, Netherlands Clay Daniel Masur Robin Haase
Boy Westerhof		 6–4, 6–1
Win 4–1 Jan 2017 Canberra, Australia Hard Andre Begemann Carlos Berlocq
Andrés Molteni		 6–3, 6–4
Win 5–1 Sep 2017 Genoa, Italy Clay Tim Pütz Guido Andreozzi
Ariel Behar		 7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8)

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2020 Davis Cup Qualifying Round.

Tournament200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A Q3 1R 1R Q2 1R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 6 1–6 14%
French Open A A A A 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 4R 0 / 7 5–7 42%
Wimbledon A A A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 3R NH 0 / 7 5–7 42%
US Open A A Q1 A 1R 2R Q2 1R 1R 3R 2R 0 / 6 4–6 40%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–4 0–3 0–3 0–4 6–4 6–4 0–1 0 / 26 15–26 37%
National representation
Summer Olympics Not held A Not held 1R Not held P 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Davis Cup A A A A A A 1R PO PO QF QF QR 0 / 3 7–5 58%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A 1R A 2R 1R 4R NH 0 / 4 4–4 50%
Miami Open A A A A Q2 Q2 2R A 3R 1R 1R NH 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A Q1 1R 1R 3R 3R 2R NH 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Madrid Open A A A A A A A A A 2R 2R NH 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Italian Open A A A A A A A A 2R A 3R NH 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A A 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Shanghai Masters A A A A A A A A 3R A 1R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Paris Masters A A A A A Q1 Q2 3R 1R Q1 3R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–2 8–6 3–4 12–9 0–0 0 / 24 26–24 52%
Career statistics
200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020Career
Tournaments 0 0 0 0 9 17 18 18 28 24 27 4 145
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
Hard Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 9–8 5–9 7–9 16–15 13–14 18–19 7–5 0 / 77 76–82 48%
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–4 5–6 0–7 5–6 11–11 8–8 11–7 0–0 0 / 48 42–49 46%
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–3 0–3 1–3 1–3 2–3 6–3 0–0 0 / 20 12–20 38%
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–9 15–17 5–19 13–18 28–29 23–25 35–29 7–5 0 / 145 130–151 46%
Win % – – – – 31% 47% 21% 42% 49% 48% 55% 58% 46.26%
Year-end ranking 702 359 239 168 107 59 107 63 53 57 35

Doubles
Tournament201220132014201520162017201820192020SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R A 1R SF 1R QF 0 / 5 7–5 58%
French Open A A A 1R A 2R 1R 1R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Wimbledon A A 2R A 2R 1R QF 1R NH 0 / 5 5–5 50%
US Open A A 2R A A 1R 1R 1R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–4 7–4 0–4 3–1 0 / 18 14–18 44%
National representation
Davis Cup A A A 1R PO PO QF QF QR 0 / 3 4–0 100%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A 2R NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami Open A A A A A A SF A NH 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A A A A A QF 1R NH 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Italian Open A A A A A A A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Shanghai Masters A A A A A A 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Paris Masters A A A A A A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 6–4 2–7 0–0 0 / 11 8–11 42%
Career statistics
201220132014201520162017201820192020Career
Tournaments 1 1 7 10 5 13 22 21 3 83
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 2 / 3 0 / 1 3 / 6
Overall Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 4–7 4–10 4–5 3–12 34–21 20–19 8–3 77–79
Win % 0% 0% 36% 29% 44% 20% 62% 51% 73% 49.36%
Year-end ranking 404 450 169 162 182 190 22 56

Record against top-10 players

Struff's match record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher. Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered.

  • Statistics correct as of 27 February 2020.
Player Years Matches Record Win % Hard Clay Grass
Number 1 ranked players
Andy Murray 2014 1 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0
Rafael Nadal 2019 1 0–1 0% 0–0 0–1 0–0
Novak Djokovic 2017–2020 3 0–3 0% 0–2 0–1 0–0
Roger Federer 2016–2018 4 0–4 0% 0–2 0–0 0–2
Number 2 ranked players
Tommy Haas 2017 2 2–0 100% 0–0 2–0 0–0
Number 3 ranked players
Stan Wawrinka 2016 1 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0
Marin Čilić 2014–2019 4 2–2 50% 1–1 1–1 0–0
Grigor Dimitrov 2013–2019 4 2–2 50% 0–1 2–1 0–0
Milos Raonic 2017–2019 3 1–2 33% 1–1 0–0 0–1
Dominic Thiem 2015–2018 4 1–3 25% 1–2 0–1 0–0
Alexander Zverev 2016–2019 5 1–4 20% 1–0 0–4 0–0
Juan Martín del Potro 2016–2017 2 0–2 0% 0–1 0–1 0–0
Number 4 ranked players
Tomáš Berdych 2017–2018 2 1–1 50% 1–0 0–1 0–0
Kei Nishikori 2019 1 0–1 0% 0–0 0–1 0–0
Daniil Medvedev 2016–2019 3 0–3 0% 0–2 0–1 0–0
Number 5 ranked players
Tommy Robredo 2016 1 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0
Stefanos Tsitsipas 2019–2020 4 2–2 50% 1–2 1–0 0–0
Kevin Anderson 2015–2017 2 1–1 50% 1–1 0–0 0–0
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2014–2019 6 2–4 33% 2–2 0–2 0–0
Number 6 ranked players
Gilles Simon 2015–2017 4 2–2 50% 2–1 0–0 0–1
Gaël Monfils 2014–2018 2 0–2 0% 0–1 0–1 0–0
Number 7 ranked players
David Goffin 2014–2019 4 1–3 25% 0–3 1–0 0–0
Richard Gasquet 2016–2018 2 0–2 0% 0–2 0–0 0–0
Fernando Verdasco 2013–2014 2 0–2 0% 0–0 0–2 0–0
Number 8 ranked players
Marcos Baghdatis 2016 1 1–0 100% 0–0 0–0 1–0
Karen Khachanov 2019 2 1–1 50% 1–0 0–0 0–1
Mikhail Youzhny 2014–2016 3 1–2 33% 1–1 0–1 0–0
Matteo Berrettini 2019 2 0–2 0% 0–1 0–0 0–1
John Isner 2014–2019 4 0–4 0% 0–4 0–0 0–0
Number 9 ranked players
Fabio Fognini 2014–2018 2 1–1 50% 0–0 1–1 0–0
Roberto Bautista Agut 2017–2020 4 1–3 25% 1–1 0–1 0–1
Number 10 ranked players
Pablo Carreño Busta 2016–2019 3 1–2 33% 1–1 0–1 0–0
Lucas Pouille 2017–2019 4 1–3 25% 0–1 0–0 1–2
Total 2013–2020 92 27–65 29% 17–34 8–22 2–9

Wins over top 10 players
  • He has a 7–20 (25.9%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020Total
Wins0000000101507
No. Player Rank Tournament Surface Rd Score Struff Rank
2016
1. Stan Wawrinka 3 Paris Masters, France Hard (i) 2R 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–1) 91
2018
2. Marin Čilić 6 Japan Open, Japan Hard (i) 1R 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1) 56
2019
3. Alexander Zverev 3 Indian Wells Masters, United States Hard 3R 6–3, 6–1 55
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas 8 Barcelona Open, Spain Clay 3R 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 51
5. Marin Čilić 10 Rome Masters, Italy Clay 2R 6–2, 6–3 51
6. Stefanos Tsitsipas 7 Cincinnati Masters, United States Hard 2R 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6) 36
7. Karen Khachanov 8 Paris Masters, France Hard (i) 2R 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–5 36

National participation

Davis Cup (11–5)
Group membership
World Group / Finals (4–4)
Qualifying Round (3–0)
WG Play-off (4–1)
Matches by surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (5–1)
Grass (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (7–5)
Doubles (4–0)
Matches by venue
Germany (6–1)
Away (4–2)
Neutral (1–2)
Group Rd Date Opponent nation Score Venue Surface Match Opponent player(s) W/L Rubber score
2015
WG 1R Mar 2015  France 2–3 Frankfurt Hard (i) Singles 1 Gilles Simon Loss 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 7–6(7–1), 2–6, 8–10
Singles 5 (dead) Nicolas Mahut Win 7–6(8–6), 6–3
2016
WG PO Sep 2016  Poland 3–2 Berlin Clay Singles 1 Kamil Majchrzak Win 6–7(8–10), 6–3, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Singles 5 (decider) Hubert Hurkacz Win 7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–1
2017
WG PO Sep 2017  Portugal 3–2 Oeiras Clay Singles 2 Pedro Sousa Loss 2–6, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Doubles (w/ Tim Pütz) Gastão Elias / João Sousa Win 6–2, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
Singles 4 João Sousa Win 6–0, 6–7(3–7), 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
2018
WG 1R Feb 2018  Australia 3–1 Brisbane Hard Singles 2 Nick Kyrgios Loss 4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Doubles (w/ Tim Pütz) Matthew Ebden / John 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/ Tim Pütz) Feliciano López / Marc 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/ Tim Pütz) Gábor Borsos / Péter Nagy Win 6–2, 6–3
Finals RR Nov 2019  Argentina 3–0 Madrid Hard (i) Singles 2 Diego Schwartzman Win 6–3, 7–6(10–8)
 Chile 2–1 Singles 2 Cristian Garín Loss 7–6(7–3), 6–7(7–9), 6–7(8–10)
QF  Great Britain 0–2 Singles 2 Dan Evans Loss 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–7(2–7)
2020
QR Mar 2020  Belarus 4–1 Düsseldorf Hard (i) Singles 1 Ilya Ivashka Win 6–4, 6–4
Singles 4 Egor Gerasimov Win 6–3, 6–2

References
  1. "Jan-Lennard Struff - Bio - Year By Year". ATP World. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  2. "Mclachlan/Struff Stun Top Seeds". ATP World Tour. 23 January 2018.
  3. "Struff/McLachlan Triumph In Tokyo For First Team Title". ATP World Tour. 7 October 2018.
  4. "Struff Topples Zverev For Second Top 5 Win". ATP Tour. 11 March 2019.
  5. "Struff Has An Opinion, And A Shot At Djokovic At Roland Garros". ATP Tour. 2 June 2019.
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