Alexander Popp (born 4 November 1976) is a former German professional tennis player. He reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 2000 and 2003.
Personal life
Popp was born in Heidelberg to parents Rainer and Jennifer, and started playing tennis at the age of 8. He was coached by Helmut Luthy, from 1994 until retirement. He holds a British passport through his mother, who was born in Wolverhampton."The Scud serves up a semi place"
Tennis career Popp turned professional in 1997 at the age of 21.
Popp's career highlights are making the quarterfinals of Wimbledon (by far his most successful tournament) in 2000 (defeating Gustavo Kuerten and Michael Chang en route), and in 2003 (defeating Jiří Novák). He also reached the fourth round in 2004, losing to the eventual runner-up in each of these three runs (Patrick Rafter, Mark Philippoussis and Andy Roddick respectively), and the third round in 2005. Popp also reached the final of Newport in 2004 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74.
In doubles, Popp made the final of Newport in 2002 (partnering Jürgen Melzer) and the semifinals of the Ho Chi Minh City championships in 2005 (partnering Jiří Vaněk).
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP International Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Newport, United StatesInternational SeriesGrass Greg Rusedski6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP International Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Newport, United StatesInternational SeriesGrass Jurgen Melzer Bob Bryan Mike Bryan5–7, 3–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 16 (13–3) LegendATP Challenger (6–1)ITF Futures (7–2)Finals by surfaceHard (4–1)Clay (3–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (6–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Latvia F1, JūrmalaFuturesClay Janne Ojala6–4, 6–3Win2–0Great Britain F8, GlasgowFuturesHard Andreas Weber3–6, 6–3, 6–2Win3–0Great Britain F9, LeedsFuturesHard Roman Smotlak6–2, 3–6, 6–3Win4–0Great Britain F10, EdinburghFuturesHard Markus Menzler6–2, 6–3Loss4–1USA F9, TucsonFuturesHard Kepler Orellana3–6, 6–4, 0–6Win5–1Great Britain F1, LeedsFuturesCarpet Julian Knowle7–6, 6–2Win6–1France F4, Clermont-FerrandFuturesCarpet Jan-Ralph Brandt2–6, 6–2, 6–2Loss6–2Germany F2, Schwäbisch HallFuturesClay Bartlomiej Dabrowski7–5, 6–7, 4–6Win7–2Germany F3, NeckarauFuturesClay Johan Settergren6–2, 6–1Win8–2Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Francisco Costa7–6, 6–3Win9–2Bronx, United StatesChallengerHard Sebastien de Chaunac6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–0Win10–2Hamburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Andy Fahlke6–3, 6–2Win11–2Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Axel Pretzsch6–3, 1–6, 6–2Win12–2Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Peter Wessels6–4, 5–7, 6–2Win13–2Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Jürgen Melzer3–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss13–3Lübeck, GermanyChallengerCarpet Raemon Sluiter2–6, 0–3 ret.
Doubles: 2 (2–0) LegendATP Challenger (1–0)ITF Futures (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Great Britain F9, LeedsFuturesHard Iain Bates Jean-Rene Lisnard Ashley Naumann6–4, 4–6, 6–4Win2–0Wrexham, United KingdomChallengerHard Gilles Elseneer Luke Bourgeois Aisam Qureshi5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament1999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA2RAA1RA0 / 21–2French OpenA1R1R1R1R1R1R0 / 60–6WimbledonAQFAAQF4R3R0 / 413–4US OpenQ12RQ12R1R1R1R0 / 52–5Win–loss0–05–31–21–24–33–42–30 / 1716–17ATP Masters SeriesHamburgAAAAAAQ10 / 00–0CincinnatiAAAAQ2AA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
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