Michael Berrer

Michael Berrer

Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Stuttgart, Germany
Born	(1980-07-01) 1 July 1980 (age 43) Stuttgart, West Germany
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2016
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,766,701
Singles
Career record	88–145
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 42 (24 May 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2008, 2009, 2010, 2014)
French Open	3R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2007)
US Open	2R (2007)
Doubles
Career record	24–30
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 134 (2 March 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2011)
French Open	1R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2007)
US Open	1R (2010)
Last updated on: 9 January 2023.

Michael Berrer (born 1 July 1980) is a German retired professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 in May 2010.

Career

2010

He reached the quarterfinal at the Aircel Chennai Open in January, losing to Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarterfinals. At the 2010 Australian Open he was defeated by Denis Istomin in the second round after beating Kristof Vliegen in straight sets. In the second week of the Australian Open, he played at Heilbronn Challenger. He won the tournament after defeating Andrey Golubev in two sets. The following week he reached his first ATP World Tour final at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors, which he lost to Marin Čilić 4–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 3–6.

At the Dubai Tennis Championships in February, he defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky and Nikolay Davydenko to reach the third round, where he lost to Marcos Baghdatis, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 1–6. He lost the opener at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells to Mardy Fish in three sets. He won the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, before falling to Feliciano López in the second round. At his first clay court tournament of the year in Monte-Carlo, he beat Evgeny Korolev and Juan Mónaco en route to a third-round showdown against Rafael Nadal, which he lost, 0–6, 1–6. After this, he lost his next three opening matches.

At the French Open, he was again knocked out in the first round by Mardy Fish in five sets. He then suffered from an ankle injury. He made his next appearance in Wimbledon one month later, where he had to retire during his first-round match against Illya Marchenko. He then experienced two more first-round exits in Stuttgart and Hamburg in July.

In August, he reached the second round at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, losing to Fernando Verdasco. Two weeks later he defeated Tommy Robredo at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Cincinnati, before losing to Richard Gasquet in two sets. At the 2010 US Open, Berrer fell to countryman Andreas Beck in the first round, 6–7⁽³⁾, 3–6, 1–6.

In September, he reached the second round of the Open de Moselle in Metz, after beating Rainer Schüttler in two sets. He lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber, 4–6, 2–6. As no. 51, he qualified for the China Open in Beijing. In the first round of the main draw he defeated world no. 7 Tomáš Berdych in three sets, before losing to Gilles Simon, 7–6, 4–6, 6–7, in over three hours. Berrer beat Guillermo García López, Pablo Cuevas, and Marcos Baghdatis en route to the semifinal in Vienna, where he lost to Austrian lucky loser Andreas Haider-Maurer.

2011

At the start of 2011, he again reached the Zagreb final, where he was defeated by Ivan Dodig in straight sets. He won his first Grand Slam match at the 2011 French Open against 26th seed Milos Raonic, before beating Arnaud Clément in the second round. In the third round, he was defeated 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 by Britain's Andy Murray.

2015

At the start of 2015, Berrer confirmed that it would be his last year as a pro. At the 2015 Qatar Open, he beat world number 3 Rafael Nadal 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the first round, after coming from a set down.

2016

At the start of 2016, Michael changed his mind and started his 17th season on tour.

At the 2016 Open Sud de France, he beat world number 38 Borna Ćorić 7–6, 6–2 and Kenny de Schepper 6–3, 6–4 to reach a quarterfinal, where he lost to another young gun a countryman Alexander Zverev 7–6, 2–6, 5–7.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2010	Zagreb, Croatia	250 Series	Hard	Marin Čilić	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2011	Zagreb, Croatia	250 Series	Hard	Ivan Dodig	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2006	Beijing, China	International Series	Hard	Kenneth Carlsen	Mario Ančić Mahesh Bhupathi	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	May 2008	Munich, Germany	International Series	Clay	Rainer Schüttler	Scott Lipsky David Martin	7–5, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	1–2	Jul 2008	Stuttgart, Germany	Championship Series	Clay	Mischa Zverev	Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber	3–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 19 (12–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2003	Qatar F1, Doha	Futures	Hard	Ivo Klec	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Oct 2003	France F19, Sarreguemines	Futures	Hard	Gary Lugassy	7–6(18–16), 1–6, 1–6
Win	2–1	Aug 2005	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Jimmy Wang	7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–1
Loss	2–2	Sep 2005	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Jimmy Wang	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	3–2	Nov 2005	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Steve Darcis	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Jun 2006	Ettlingen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Simon Greul	4–6, 3–6
Win	4–3	Nov 2006	Helsinki, Finland	Challenger	Hard	Tomáš Zíb	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win	5–3	Jan 2007	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Michaël Llodra	6–5 ret.
Loss	5–4	Apr 2007	Chiasso, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Werner Eschauer	3–6, 2–6
Win	6–4	Feb 2009	Wrocław, Poland	Challenger	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–4	Nov 2009	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard	Dominik Hrbatý	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win	8–4	Dec 2009	Salzburg, Austria	Challenger	Hard	Jarkko Nieminen	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
Win	9–4	Jan 2010	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Andrey Golubev	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win	10–4	Jan 2013	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Jan-Lennard Struff	7–5 6–3
Win	11–4	Oct 2013	Mouilleron-Le-Captif, France	Challenger	Hard	Nicolas Mahut	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	11–5	Mar 2014	Kazan, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Marsel xlhan	6–7(6–8), 3–6
Loss	11–6	Jul 2014	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Simone Bolelli	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	11–7	Nov 2015	Andria, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Ivan Dodig	2–6, 1–6
Win	12–7	Apr 2016	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	João Souza	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 5 (0–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2003	France F16, Mulhouse	Futures	Hard	Roman Valent	Gary Lugassy Jean-Michel Pequery	0–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	May 2004	Forest Hills, United States	Challenger	Clay	Jimmy Wang	Jason Marshall Bruno Soares	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	0–3	Oct 2004	Grenoble, France	Challenger	Hard	Răzvan Sabău	Uros Vico Lovro Zovko	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–4	Jun 2007	Karlsruhe, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Răzvan Sabău	Alex Kuznetsov Mischa Zverev	4–6, 7–6(8–6), [4–10]
Loss	0–5	Jul 2009	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Philipp Oswald	Dieter Kindlmann Marcel Zimmermann	4–6, 6–2, [4–10]

Performance timeline

Singles

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score	MB Rank
2010
1.	Nikolay Davydenko	No. 6	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	2nd round	6–3, ret.	56
2.	Tomáš Berdych	No. 7	Beijing, China	Hard	1st round	4–6, 7–5, 6–4	51
2015
3.	Rafael Nadal	No. 3	Doha, Qatar	Hard	1st round	1–6, 6–3, 6–4	127

External links

• Michael Berrer at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Michael Berrer at the International Tennis Federation
• Michael Berrer at the Davis Cup
• Official website