Mark Kratzmann

Mark Kratzmann

Full name	Mark Edward Kratzmann
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Windera, Australia
Born	(1966-05-17) 17 May 1966 (age 57) Murgon, Australia
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1984
Retired	1992
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,378,936
Singles
Career record	59–96
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 50 (26 March 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1987)
French Open	1R (1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990)
Wimbledon	3R (1986, 1990)
US Open	2R (1990)
Doubles
Career record	267–203
Career titles	18 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 5 (16 April 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1989)
French Open	SF (1992)
Wimbledon	QF (1987, 1989, 1992)
US Open	QF (1989)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (1992)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1991)
French Open	QF (1992)
Wimbledon	F (1989)
US Open	QF (1993)

Mark Edward Kratzmann (born 17 May 1966) is a former Australian professional tennis player.

Tennis career

Kratzmann was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in 1983.^[1]

Juniors

As the world's No. 1 ranked junior player in 1984, Kratzmann won the boys' singles tournaments at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open that year.

Pro tour

As a professional player, Kratzmann won 18 doubles titles, including the Cincinnati Masters in 1990 (also reaching the Australian Open men's doubles final in 1989).

His best Grand Slam performance in singles was reaching the fourth round of the 1987 Australian Open. Kratzmann achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 50 in March 1990.

He sometimes partnered his brother Andrew in doubles matches.

After retirement

Kratzmann began to play cricket after moving to Hong Kong in 2003, where he originally worked as a tennis coach. He won the Hong Kong Cricket Association's Player of the Year award for 2005–06. In May 2007, he was selected in the national squad to participate in the ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament. He was also in the 20-man list for the Asia Cup but was not included in the final 14. He has made three international appearances for Hong Kong.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 30 (18 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 1986	Queen's Club, United Kingdom	Grand Prix	Grass	Darren Cahill	Kevin Curren Guy Forget	2–6, 6–7
Win	1–1	Aug 1986	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Kim Warwick	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Nov 1986	Hong Kong	Grand Prix	Hard	Pat Cash	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6–7, 7–6, 5–7
Win	2–2	Oct 1987	Sydney, Australia	Grand Prix	Hard	Darren Cahill	Boris Becker Robert Seguso	6–3, 6–2
Win	3–2	Nov 1987	Hong Kong	Grand Prix	Hard	Jim Pugh	Martin Davis Brad Drewett	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win	4–2	Jan 1988	Adelaide, Australia	Grand Prix	Hard	Darren Cahill	Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win	5–2	Jan 1988	Sydney, Australia	Grand Prix	Hard	Darren Cahill	Bud Schultz Joey Rive	7–6, 6–4
Loss	5–3	Jan 1989	Adelaide, Australia	Grand Prix	Hard	Glenn Layendecker	Neil Broad Stefan Kruger	2–6, 6–7
Loss	5–4	Jan 1989	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Darren Cahill	Jim Pugh Rick Leach	4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win	6–4	Jun 1989	Queen's, United Kingdom	Grand Prix	Grass	Darren Cahill	Tim Pawsat Laurie Warder	7–6, 6–3
Win	7–4	Aug 1989	Stratton Mountain, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Wally Masur	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–3, 4–6, 7–6
Win	8–4	Oct 1989	Brisbane, Australia	Grand Prix	Hard	Darren Cahill	Broderick Dyke Simon Youl	6–4, 5–7, 6–0
Loss	8–5	Oct 1989	Sydney, Australia	Grand Prix	Hard	Darren Cahill	David Pate Scott Warner	3–6, 7–6, 5–7
Win	9–5	Jan 1990	Sydney International, Australia	World Series	Hard	Pat Cash	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–4, 7–5
Win	10–5	Mar 1990	Memphis, United States	World Series	Hard	Darren Cahill	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	7–5, 6–2
Win	11–5	Apr 1990	Japan Open	Championship Series	Hard	Wally Masur	Kent Kinnear Brad Pearce	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	12–5	May 1990	Singapore	World Series	Hard	Jason Stoltenberg	Todd Woodbridge Brad Drewett	6–1, 6–0
Win	13–5	Jun 1990	Manchester, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Jason Stoltenberg	Nick Brown Kelly Jones	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win	14–5	Jul 1990	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Darren Cahill	Todd Nelson Bryan Shelton	7–6, 6–2
Win	15–5	Jul 1990	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Darren Cahill	Neil Broad Gary Muller	7–6, 6–2
Loss	15–6	Nov 1990	Paris Masters, France	Masters Series	Carpet	Darren Cahill	Scott Davis David Pate	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	15–7	Jan 1991	Sydney International, Australia	World Series	Hard	Darren Cahill	Scott Davis David Pate	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	15–8	Jan 1992	Adelaide, Australia	World Series	Hard	Jason Stoltenberg	Goran Ivanisevic Marc Rosset	6–7, 6–7
Loss	15–9	May 1992	Italian Open	Masters Series	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	Jakob Hlasek Marc Rosset	4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win	16–9	Feb 1993	Milan, Italy	Championship Series	Carpet	Wally Masur	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	17–9	Feb 1993	Stuttgart, Germany	Championship Series	Carpet	Wally Masur	Steve Devries David Macpherson	6–3, 7–6
Loss	17–10	May 1993	Italian Open	Masters Series	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 6–7
Win	18–10	Jan 1994	Adelaide, Australia	World Series	Hard	Andrew Kratzmann	David Adams Byron Black	6–4, 6–3
Loss	18–11	Jan 1994	Sydney, Australia	World Series	Hard	Laurie Warder	Darren Cahill Sandon Stolle	1–6, 6–7
Loss	18–12	Aug 1994	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	7–6, 3–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 1989	Hobart, Australia	Challenger	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 6–1, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1991	Taipei, Taiwan	Challenger	Hard	Jason Stoltenberg	Kelly Jones Todd Woodbridge	6–7, 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1982	Australian Open	Hard	Simon Youl	6–3, 7–5
Win	1984	Australian Open	Hard	Patrick Flynn	6–4, 6–1
Loss	1984	French Open	Clay	Kent Carlsson	3–6, 3–6
Win	1984	Wimbledon	Grass	Stefan Kruger	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win	1984	US Open	Hard	Boris Becker	6–3, 7–6

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partnet	Opponents	Score
Win	1983	French Open	Clay	Simon Youl	Mihnea Nastase Olli Rahnasto	6–4, 6–4
Win	1983	Wimbledon	Grass	Simon Youl	Mihnea Nastase Olli Rahnasto	6–4, 6–4
Win	1983	US Open	Hard	Simon Youl	Patrick McEnroe Brad Pearce	6–1, 7–6
Loss	1984	Wimbledon	Grass	Jonas Svensson	Ricky Brown Robbie Weiss	6–1, 4–6, 9–11
Win	1984	Australian Open	Hard	Mike Baroch	Brett Custer David Macpherson	6–2, 5–7, 7–5

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

References

External links

• Mark Kratzmann at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mark Kratzmann at the International Tennis Federation
• Mark Kratzmann at the Davis Cup
• Mark Kratzmann at Tennis Australia
• Kratzmann Sports Asia
• The Age 2007 article
• Mark Kratzmann at ESPNcricinfo
• Mark Kratzmann at CricketArchive (subscription required)