Country (sports) | Germany |
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Residence | Stuttgart, Germany |
Born |
Stuttgart, West Germany |
1 July 1980
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 11 Challengers |
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) |
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.
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.