Philipp Kohlschreiber

Philipp Kohlschreiber

Kohlschreiber at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Kitzbühel, Austria
Born	(1983-10-16) 16 October 1983 Augsburg, West Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 9,526,354
Singles
Career record	391–303 (56.34% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 16 (30 July 2012)
Current ranking	No. 32 (21 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2005, 2008, 2012)
French Open	4R (2009, 2013)
Wimbledon	QF (2012)
US Open	4R (2012, 2013, 2014)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	93–104
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 51 (10 November 2008)
Current ranking	No. 168 (21 November 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2005, 2006, 2007, 2012)
French Open	1R (2007)
Wimbledon	1R (2006)
US Open	1R (2005, 2006, 2007, 2011)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	SF (2007)
Last updated on: 21 November 2016.

Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber (born 16 October 1983) is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won seven doubles and seven singles titles. Kohlschreiber reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 16 in July 2012. He is the current German No. 1.

Kohlschreiber reached the quarterfinals of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, after 32 Grand Slam tournaments (31 of them consecutively) from his debut at the 2003 US Open. He had previously fallen short in the fourth round four times.^[1] He has one of the strongest and most accurate one-handed backhands on the tour today.

Career

2007: First ATP career title

In 2007, Kohlschreiber achieved his greatest result at an ATP Masters Series event during the Monte Carlo Masters, when he reached the quarter-finals after going through qualifying, defeating World No. 12 David Nalbandian in the second round. He won his first career title in Munich defeating Mikhail Youzhny, thereby becoming the first German player to win the event since Michael Stich in 1994.

2008: 4 Top-10 Victories

Kohlschreiber started 2008 by reaching the quarter-finals of the tournament in Doha, Qatar and winning his second career title in Auckland, New Zealand, where he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final.

After Kohlschreiber's win in Auckland, he defeated World No. 6 Andy Roddick in the third round of the Australian Open 6–4, 3–6, 7–6, 6–7, 8–6. Kohlschreiber hit a personal record 32 aces and 104 winners. He eventually lost in the fourth round to Jarkko Nieminen 6–3, 6–7, 6–7, 3–6. Kohlschreiber failed to convert 11 set points in the second (7) and third (4) sets.

Kohlschreiber reached the final of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany eventually falling to the four-time champion Roger Federer 3–6, 4–6. At the 2008 US Open, he was defeated by Serb Viktor Troicki 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 0–3 retired.

2009: 4th Round at the French Open

Kohlschreiber at the 2009 Madrid Masters

Kohlschreiber started 2009 by reaching the quarter-finals in Doha and Auckland. The German reached the second round at the Australian Open where he defeated Sam Querrey, before losing to Fabrice Santoro in five sets. In the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, Kohlschreiber defeated Nicolás Lapentti 6–2 3–6 6–3 before being defeated by Fernando Verdasco in the fourth round. Also in 2009, during the French Open, Kohlschreiber defeated World No. 4 Novak Djokovic in a 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 upset.^[2]

In the third round of Wimbledon in 2009, he was defeated by Roger Federer 3–6, 2–6, 7–6, 1–6. He was the only person other than finalist Andy Roddick to take a set off of Federer, the eventual champion.

2010: Quarterfinals in Monte Carlo and Canada Masters

Kohlschreiber started the season in Auckland well with 3 straight sets wins, including wins over Thomaz Bellucci and Frenchman Marc Gicquel before running into eventual finalist Arnaud Clément, losing in straight sets in the semi finals. Kohlschreiber progressed to the 3rd round of the Australian Open with wins over Horacio Zeballos and Wayne Odesnik. He gave 2nd seed Rafael Nadal a test in the 3rd round, before losing 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5.

He returned to action in San Jose seeing off local boy Rajeev Ram in 3 sets and crushing Dudi Sela, only losing 2 games. He then ran into the in-form Denis Istomin and lost in three topsy sets, sparking a 3 match losing streak. He crashed out of Memphis to Evgeny Korolev in 2 tight sets, followed by an easy 3 set lost to Gaël Monfils, of France in the Davis Cup.

Kohlschreiber got back to winning ways at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells as he had a bye then beat fellow German Philipp Petzschner in straight sets. He then lost a final set tie breaker in R3 to world #2 Serbia's Novak Djokovic. At the Sony Ericsson Open Kohlschreiber received another bye and took on fellow German Florian Mayer and it was about to go into a first set tie breaker before Florian retired with an injury. Again he went out in the 3rd round this time to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets.

To start his clay season Kohlschreiber went to the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters where he caused a couple of upsets. In the first round, he edged out Bellucci in a final set tie break before he thumped the World #4 Andy Murray for the loss of just 3 games.^[3] He then took on Petzschner, again and again, won in straight sets, to reach the quarter-finals. Where he played Spaniard David Ferrer and was edged out in 2 tight sets.

At Wimbledon, Kohlschreiber defeated Potito Starace of Italy and Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia, before losing to Andy Roddick in the 3rd round. At Hamburg, he lost to Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil in the third round. In September he hired Murray's former coach Miles Maclagan.^[4]

2011: Grand Slam Struggles

Kohlschreiber began his year at the 2011 Qatar ExxonMobil Open where he was the 8th seed. He won his first match against Andreas Seppi 6–2, 6–4 but then lost to Ivo Karlović in a tight match 7–6, 6–7, 7–6. He then went to the 2011 Heineken Open in Auckland. He won his first round match against Carlos Berlocq 2–6, 6–3, 6–1 and his second round 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 against Marcel Granollers before falling to the top seed David Ferrer 3–6, 7–6, 3–6 in the quarterfinals. In February, Kohlschreiber attended the 2011 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In the first round, he faced Yen-Hsun Lu, of the Chinese Taipei. He defeated Lu 6–4, 7–6. In the second round, he put up a brave showing against the number 1 seed, world number 4 Robin Söderling, but lost 6–3, 5–7, 7–6. In the first round of the Davis Cup tie against Croatia, Kohlschreiber saved 1 Match Point in the second rubber against Ivan Dodig to win in five sets and to draw the score after day one. In the fourth rubber, Marin Čilić was too strong for Kohlschreiber – he was defeated in straight sets to give the tie a 2–2. In the deciding fifth rubber Philipp Petzschner managed to lead Germany to a 3–2 win. After a first round bye in Indian Wells, Kohlschreiber defeated Tim Smyczek in Round two saving 3 MP before beating World No. 4 Robin Söderling 7–6, 6–4 saving five set points in the opening set Tiebreak. In Round 4 he lost to Juan Martín del Potro 6–7, 6–7. Kohlschreiber was defeated by Roger Federer in the second round of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters after beating Andrey Golubev in Round 1. Kohlschreiber captured his third career title at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle defeating compatriot Philipp Petzschner in the final. On the way to the title, he overcame Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Lleyton Hewitt and Gaël Monfils.

2012: Quarterfinals at Wimbledon

At the 2012 Australian Open he lost in the fourth round to Juan Martin Del Potro. Kohlschreiber reached the semifinals of Gerry Weber Open 2012, defeating Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals, 6–3, 6–4.^[5] He lost in the semi-finals to Tommy Haas, 7–6 (7–5) 7–5.

Less than two weeks following his defeat of Nadal, Kohlschreiber beat Lukáš Rosol in straight sets 6–2, 6–3, 7–6 (8/6) in the 3rd round of the 2012 Wimbledon championships. Interestingly, Rosol had defeated Nadal in the previous round of Wimbledon in one of the greatest upsets in Grand Slam history. Kohlschreiber advanced to the quarterfinals of a Major for the first time,^[1] but was thwarted by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-7, 6-4, 6-7, 2-6. At the US Open, he lost in the fourth round to Janko Tipsarević.

2013: 4th Round at the French Open and US Open

Kohlschreiber at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open

At the 2013 Australian Open he lost in the third round to Milos Raonic. He made it to the fourth round of the French Open before losing to world number one Novak Djokovic. At Wimbledon, he had to retire in his first round match against Ivan Dodig. At the US Open, he lost in the fourth round to eventual champion Rafael Nadal.

2014: Davis Cup Quarterfinals

At the 2014 Rotterdam Open, Kohlschreiber defeated Richard Gasquet to reach quarter-finals, where he lost to Igor Sijsling. At Dubai, he won over Andreas Seppi in the second round and was defeated by Tomáš Berdych in the semi-finals.

Kohlschreiber won the Düsseldorf Open, then the following week reached the third round of the French Open where he took reigning Wimbledon champion Andy Murray to five sets.

At Hamburg, he reached the semi-finals after winning over Gilles Simon and Lukáš Rosol. At the US Open, he defeated John Isner in the third round and lost to Novak Djokovic in the round of 16.

2015: Title in Kitzbühel

Kohlschreiber defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu in the first round of the Australian Open in straight sets for his first win of the season, before bowing out to Bernard Tomic in a tightly contested 4-set match, 7–6 (7–5), 4–6, 6–7 (6–8), 6–7 (5–7). He was very dominant against Japanese Go Soeda to begin the French Open, losing only 3 games, but could not get past Pablo Andújar despite winning sets 3 and 4. He fell to Djokovic with a score of 4–6, 4–6, 4–6 in the first round of Wimbledon. Kohlschreiber then took part in 2015 Kitzbühel, defeating two top-30 players in Fabio Fognini and Dominic Thiem in the quarters and semis, respectively. He then defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu to win the tournament. The US Open saw his best grand slam performance of the year, defeating countryman Alexander Zverev Jr. in 5 sets, and then taking down Lukas Rosol with a score of 7–6 (7–4), 6–2, 6–2. Federer took down Kohlschreiber in straights in the third round, however.

Playing style

Kohlschreiber is an all-court player with an emphasis on baseline play. He has strong groundstrokes on both wings which are equally as solid. His forehand is his primary weapon, and he is known to hit inside-out forehands to draw opponents out, while his single-handed backhand is considered one of the best on the tour currently. It is known for its consistency, power, and his ability to hit it in a variety of ways, namely flat, with top-spin and slice. Generally playing from the baseline, Kohlschreiber constructs points and uses a sudden injection of pace or a drop-shot to draw opponents out of their comfort zone and dominate the point from there.

Complementing his strong baseline play, as an all-court player, Kohlschreiber is also a proficient volleyer and uses variety to construct points. He is known to employ drop-shots mid-rally to catch opponents off-guard, especially on the backhand side. He occasionally uses a chip-and-charge tactic as well, especially on grass. It is due to the variety of shots he has that has led him to be successful on all surfaces, as can be seen by the fact that he has reached at least the fourth round of all Grand Slams and won titles on all surfaces (although he has won the most titles on clay).

ATP career finals

Singles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	30 April 2007	BMW Open, Munich, Germany (1)	Clay	Mikhail Youzhny	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	12 January 2008	Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7–6(7–4), 7–5
Runner-up	1.	15 June 2008	Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany	Grass	Roger Federer	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	27 September 2009	Open de Moselle, Metz, France	Hard (i)	Gaël Monfils	6–7(1–7), 6–3, 2–6
Winner	3.	12 June 2011	Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany	Grass	Philipp Petzschner	7–6(7–5), 2–0, ret.
Winner	4.	6 May 2012	BMW Open, Munich, Germany (2)	Clay	Marin Čilić	7–6(10–8), 6–3
Runner-up	3.	28 July 2012	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Robin Haase	7–6(7–2), 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	13 January 2013	Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	David Ferrer	6–7(5–7), 1–6
Runner-up	5.	5 May 2013	BMW Open, Munich, Germany	Clay	Tommy Haas	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up	6.	14 July 2013	MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Fabio Fognini	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	24 May 2014	Düsseldorf Open, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Ivo Karlović	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	7.	3 May 2015	BMW Open, Munich, Germany	Clay	Andy Murray	6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–7(4–7)
Winner	6.	8 August 2015	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Paul-Henri Mathieu	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	7.	1 May 2016	BMW Open, Munich, Germany (3)	Clay	Dominic Thiem	7–6(9–7), 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	8.	12 June 2016	MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany (2)	Grass	Dominic Thiem	7–6(7–2), 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	26 September 2005	Vietnam Open, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Carpet	Lars Burgsmüller	Ashley Fisher Robert Lindstedt	5–6(3), 6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	24 July 2006	Austrian Open, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Stefan Koubek	Oliver Marach Cyril Suk	6–2, 6–3
Winner	3.	30 April 2007	BMW Open, Munich, Germany	Clay	Mikhail Youzhny	Jan Hájek Jaroslav Levinský	6–1, 6–4
Winner	4.	4 January 2008	Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha, Qatar (1)	Hard	David Škoch	Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie	6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Runner-up	1.	24 February 2008	ABN AMRO Tournament, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Mikhail Youzhny	Tomáš Berdych Dmitry Tursunov	5–7, 6–3, [7–10]
Winner	5.	13 July 2008	Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Christopher Kas	Michael Berrer Mischa Zverev	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	26 October 2008	Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Christopher Kas	Mahesh Bhupati Mark Knowles	3–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	14 June 2009	Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany	Grass	Christopher Kas	Andreas Beck Marco Chiudinelli	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	6 January 2012	Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Christopher Kas	Filip Polášek Lukáš Rosol	3–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	4 January 2013	Qatar Open, Doha, Qatar (2)	Hard	Christopher Kas	Julian Knowle Filip Polášek	7–5, 6–4

Performance timelines

Current through the 2016 Paris Masters.

Singles

* Kohlschreiber's second-round match at the 2013 French Open was a walkover (so doesn't count as a win)

Doubles

¹ Did not participate at Madrid Masters. 1 participation at Hamburg Masters 2007 (1R).
² Including Win–Loss 2004 (2–1)

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2004
1.	Rainer Schüttler	6	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	1R	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2005
2.	Joachim Johansson	10	Halle, Germany	Grass	1R	7–6(7–4), 6–1
2006
3.	Lleyton Hewitt	4	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	2R	6–3, 0–6, 7–5
4.	Nikolay Davydenko	6	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	1R	6–2, 6–4
2007
5.	James Blake	8	Halle, Germany	Grass	QF	6–4, 6–3
6.	Nikolay Davydenko	4	Davis Cup, Moscow, Russia	Clay (i)	RR	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5
2008
7.	Andy Roddick	6	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	3R	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–7(3–7), 8–6
8.	David Ferrer	5	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	RR	6–1, 6–0
9.	James Blake	7	Halle, Germany	Grass	SF	6–3, 7–5
10.	David Ferrer	5	Paris, France	Hard (i)	2R	6–3, 6–2
2009
11.	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	9	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	RR	6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–3
12.	Novak Djokovic	4	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	3R	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
13.	Fernando Verdasco	9	Davis Cup, Marbella, Spain	Clay	RR	6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 2–6, 8–6
2010
14.	Andy Murray	4	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	2R	6–2, 6–1
15.	Fernando Verdasco	9	Beijing, China	Hard	1R	6–2, 7–5
2011
16.	Robin Söderling	4	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	3R	7–6(10–8), 6–4
17.	Gaël Monfils	8	Halle, Germany	Grass	SF	6–3, 6–3
2012
18.	Nicolas Almagro	10	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	QF	7–6(7–5), 6–4
19.	Rafael Nadal	2	Halle, Germany	Grass	QF	6–3, 6–4
20.	John Isner	10	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	3R	6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2014
21.	Richard Gasquet	9	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	2R	7–5, 7–5
2016
22.	Tomáš Berdych	7	Davis Cup, Hannover, Germany	Hard (i)	1R	6–3, 7–5, ret.

References

External links

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• Philipp Kohlschreiber at the International Tennis Federation
• Philipp Kohlschreiber at the Davis Cup

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten German male singles tennis players as of 12 December 2016
1. Alexander Zverev (24 ) 2. Philipp Kohlschreiber (32 ) 3. Florian Mayer (50 ) 4. Mischa Zverev (51 ) 5. Jan-Lennard Struff 63 )
6. Dustin Brown (72 ) 7. Tobias Kamke (118 ) 8. Benjamin Becker (119 ) 9. Daniel Brands (168 ) 10. Maximilian Marterer (176 1)

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten German male doubles tennis players as of 12 December 2016
1. Philipp Petzschner (66 ) 2. Andre Begemann (106 ) 3. Gero Kretschmer (111 ) 4. Alexander Satschko (125 ) 5. Kevin Krawietz (135 )
6. Alexander Zverev (161 ) 7. Philipp Kohlschreiber (167 1) 8. Dustin Brown (173 1) 9. Andreas Mies (181 ) 10. Jan-Lennard Struff (182 )