Daniel Koellerer

Started playing at age 3 ½ with his father, Peter, who works for the city council…Mother, Renate, is deceased…Has no siblings…Considers clay as best surface and drop shot as best shot...His favorite tournament is Kitzbuehel...Ambition is to reach Top 50 and then Top 30…Likes to hang out with friends, skiing and supports Lask Linz football club…Idol growing up was countryman Thomas Muster and favorite player now is Roger Federer…Coached by Hannes Puehringer (since August 2008).

2005 -- Reached SF at Aracaju and QFs at Guayaquil and Buenos Aires.

2006 -- Won first Futures title in Iran on clay, reached final at Bogota Challenger (l. to Hartfield), SF at Asuncio and QF at Medellin…

2007 -- Reached second career Challenger final in Rimini (l. to Marach), SFs in Como and Szczecin and QFs at Bermuda, Graz, Genova, Seoul and Rijeka Challengers…

2008 -- Compiled a 33-23 record in Challengers, highlighted by first title in Cali (d. Capdeville), runner-up in Como (l. to Junqueira) and SF showings in Bogota and Rome and QFs at three Challengers…Won a Futures title in Germany…

2009

The No. 2 Austrian (behind No. 28 Melzer) finished in Top 100 for first time, winning a personal-best 10 ATP World Tour-level matches and advancing to QFs in Acapulco (l. to Vassallo-Arguello) in February and Kitzbühel (l. to Benneteau) in May…Reached a career-high No. 55 in October before finishing No. 71…In September advanced to a Grand Slam personal-best third round at US Open where he lost to eventual champ del Potro in four sets…In Challenger level play, compiled a 21-7 record, winning two titles in Italy (Rome and Trani), reaching one SF and two QF…Compiled marks of 6-7 on clay, 4-7 on hard and 0-3 on grass…Earned a career-high $278,996.