Philipp Kohlschreiber

Full name is Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber...Began playing tennis at age four...Parents Maria and Gerhard...His father used to operate a gas station...His mother is a kindergarten teacher...Two sisters, Sandra and Gerlinde...Prefers clay and hard courts...Enjoys driving cars, swimming and playing with his dogs...Favorite movie is "Lord of the Rings"...Follows soccer and hockey...Fan of FC Bayern Munich...Has a 5-4 career Davis Cup record (4-3 in singles) in four ties...Coached by Swede and former ATP pro Stefan Eriksson (since May 2009).

1998 -- At 14 years, 9 months played doubles in Oberstaufen Challenger (w/ Carretero)...

1999 -- Earned first ATP point by reaching 2nd RD at Germany Futures (at 15 yrs., 7 mos.)...

2000 -- Played Eckental Challenger (l. to Stepanek in 1st RD)..2001--.

2001 -- Reached SF in doubles at Aschaffenburg Challenger (w/Meffert)...

2002 -- Made ATP debut in Munich (l. to N. Lapentti in 1st RD)...Made AMS debut at Hamburg (l. to Hewitt in 1st RD)...Represented Germany in ATP World Team Championship (l. to Corretja)...

2003 -- Earned first ATP match win in St. Poelten (d. Melzer) before losing in 2nd RD (l. to Roddick)...Made Grand Slam debut at US Open (l. to Nalbandian in 1st RD)...Won first Challenger title in Tumkur (d. Childs)...

2004 -- Finished in Top 100 for first time and reached first ATP QF in Auckland (l. to to eventual champion Hrbaty)...Won one Challenger in two finals...Went 24-16 in Challengers...

2005 -- Reached a personal-best 4th RD at Australian Open and QF in Halle (d. No. 10 J. Johansson, l. to No. 1 Federer) and s-Hertogenbosch...Finalist at Furth Challenger...In doubles, won first ATP title in Ho Chi Minh (w/Burgsmuller)...

2006 -- Advanced to first ATP SF in Gstaad and reached QF on four different surfaces -- on hard in Adelaide and Las Vegas, clay in Munich and Kitzbnhel, grass in 's-Hertogenbosch and carpet in Moscow (l. to Santoro)...In doubles, captured his second ATP title in Kitzbnhel (w/Koubek)...

2007 -- Captured first ATP World Tour title in Munich (d. Youzhny) and posted a personal-high 33 match wins as he reached QF or better on four different surfaces for second straight year...Reached QF in Auckland and Rotterdam and achieved career-best AMS QF showing in Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal)...Followed by winning on home soil in Munich, and partnered final opponent Mikhail Youzhny to clinch third ATP doubles title...One of three players (Malisse, Grosjean) to win singles and doubles titles at same event...

In June, defeated No. 8 Blake at Halle to reach first grass court SF...Finished season with back-to-back QF at Russian indoor events at Moscow and St. Petersburg, retiring after first set of both matches due to a back injury and illness... Represented Germany at ARAG ATP World Team Championship in Dusseldorf (1-2 record) and made Davis Cup debut by defeating Belgium's O. Rochus in QF tie...Finished with 2-2 record, including win over No. 4 Davydenko in SF vs. Russia.  

2008 -- Finished as top German for first time with Top 30 year-end ranking...Jumped off to a 12-2 start with QF in Doha, second career ATP title in Auckland (d. Ferrero) and 4th RD at Australian Open where he fired a career-high 32 aces in five-set win over No. 6 Roddick (l. to Nieminen)...Did not reach another QF (or better) until June when he advanced to first grass final in Halle (d. No. 7 Blake in SF, l. to Federer)...

In July, reached QF in Stuttgart (l. to del Potro) along with AMS Cincinnati (l. to Karlovic)...In October, advanced to SF in Vienna (l. to Monfils)...Went 4-6 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 21-14 on hard, 7-5 on clay and 4-2 on grass...Earned a career-high $775,090.

2009

The German came into Wimbledon with a career-best 24-12 match record (11-5 on clay, 10-6 on hard, 3-1 on grass) this season...Reached SF (or better) in Halle for third straight year, losing to countryman and eventual champion Tommy Haas... His previous best results were QFs...On clay he advanced to a personal-best fourth round showing at Roland Garros where he beat No. 4 Djokovic in third round before losing to No. 16 seed Tommy Robredo in four sets...

Prior to that, helped his country to final of ATP World Team Championship in Duesseldorf (l. to Serbia), highlighted by three-sets win over No. 9-ranked Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga...At ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid, defeated Nicolas Almagro and No. 13 seed Marin Cilic before withdrawing from his third round vs. Nadal due to a left foot injury...In March, rallied from a two-set deficit to beat Austria's Jurgen Melzer in five sets in the second rubber as Germany went on to win the first round Davis Cup tie.