Began playing tennis aged six...Nickname is "Bachi"...Father is Eduard, mother is Eve, one sister, Stefanie, and one brother, Michael...Favourite surfaces are grass and hard courts...Hobbies include football and playing computer games...Practices at the TennisBase Oberhaching in Munich...Coached by Markus Wislsperger.
2012 -- The German posted a career-high 9 match wins on ATP World Tour and compiled a 14-12 match record in Challengers... In April, advanced to 1st career ATP World Tour SF in Bucharest with wins over Volandri, No. 30 Troicki and Brands before losing to eventual champion Simon. In July, reached QF in Umag (l. to Granollers)...In Grand Slam play, lost in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Sweeting), Wimbledon (l. to De Schepper) and US Open (l. to Baghdatis in 5th set TB)...In Challengers, reached final in Geneva (l. to Gicquel) and QF in Prague, Oberstaufen and St. Remy...Earned a career-high $258,476...
2011 -- The German had breakthrough with success on Challenger level, compiling a 35-17 record with title in Athens (W/O vs. Tursunov) and runner-up at Pingguo (l. to Soeda) in March, Nottingham (l. to Muller) in June, Granby (l. to Roger-Vasselin) in July and Helsinki (l. to Brands) in November...On ATP World Tour, reached 1st career QF in Bangkok (l. to Simon)...Reached a career-high No. 85 on Aug. 15 and earned a career-high $207,775...Qualified for ATP Challenger Tour Finals in Sao Paulo and went 0-3 in round robin play...
2010 -- Qualified for Stockholm (l. to Blake) and Vienna (l. to Kamke) in October...Won one ATP Challenger Tour title at Loughborough (d. Nielsen)...Reached one ITF Futures final at Italy F21 (l. to Crugnola)...In doubles, won Marburg Challenger title (w/Gremelmayr)...Finished year at No. 187...
2009 -- Failed to qualify for all four Grand Slams...Did not play any ATP events...In doubles, won one ATP Challenger Tour title at Rimini (w/Kindlmann)...Finished year at No. 239...
2008 -- Qualified for Rotterdam (l. to Berrer) in February and Stockholm in October (l. to Acasuso)...Attempted to qualify for Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open...Reached two ATP Challenger Tour finals at Kyoto (l. to Soeda) and Freudenstadt (l. to Greul)...In doubles, was runner-up at San Remo Challenger (w/Brands)...Finished year at World No. 225...
2007 -- Made ATP debut as a qualifier at Munich in April...Beat Andreas Beck, before falling to No. 19 Baghdatis in 2nd RD...Attempted to qualify for Roland Garros and Wimbledon...Won one ATP Challenger Tour title at Louisville (d. Young)...
2006 -- Won one ITF Futures title at Spain F33 (d. Burrieza-Lopez) from three finals...In doubles, reached one Futures final (w/Brands)...
2005 -- Reached one ITF Futures final at Germany F13 (l. to Zimmermann) and won doubles title (w/Piyamonglol)...
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