Alexander Waske

Alexander Waske

File:Alexander Waske.jpg
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Frankfurt, Germany
Born	(1975-03-31) 31 March 1975 Frankfurt, Germany
Height
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2012
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,339,987
Singles
Career record	28–64
Career titles	0 5 Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 89 (12 June 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2003, 2006, 2007)
French Open	2R (2006)
Wimbledon	2R (2002)
US Open	1R (2002, 2006, 2007)
Doubles
Career record	111–76
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 16 (30 April 2007)
Current ranking	No. 136 (April 15, 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2005)
French Open	SF (2006)
Wimbledon	QF (2005)
US Open	3R (2006)

Alexander Waske (born 31 March 1975) is a retired professional tennis player from Germany.

Waske was ranked as high as World No. 16 in doubles, winning 4 titles. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of World No. 89 in June 2006. In 2010 Waske and his former Davis Cup companion Rainer Schüttler founded the Schüttler Waske Tennis-University, a tennis academy for professional tennis players.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–2)	Titles by Surface Hard (0–2) Clay (3–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	16 April 2006	Houston, United States	Clay	Michael Kohlmann	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	5–7, 6–4, [10–5]
Runner-up	1.	30 April 2006	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Michael Kohlmann	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	1 May 2006	Munich, Germany	Clay	Andrei Pavel	Alexander Peya Björn Phau	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	29 January 2007	Zagreb, Croatia	Carpet (i)	Michael Kohlmann	František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	2.	26 February 2007	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Andrei Pavel	Martin Damm Leander Paes	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [8–10]
Winner	4.	23 April 2007	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Andrei Pavel	Rafael Nadal Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal	6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Runner-up	3.	2 October 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	Michael Kohlmann	Oliver Marach Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2002	2003	2006	2007	SR	W–L
Grand Slams
Australian Open		1R	1R	1R	0 / 3	0–3
French Open		1R	2R		0 / 2	1–2
Wimbledon	2R	1R	1R		0 / 3	1–3
US Open	1R		1R	1R	0 / 3	0–3
Win–Loss	1–2	1–3	1–4	0–2	0 / 11	3–11

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2002	2005	2006	2007	2009	2011	2012	SR	W–L
Grand Slams
Australian Open		SF	1R	3R				0 / 3	6–3
French Open		3R	SF	3R	3R	2R	1R	0 / 6	11–6
Wimbledon	2R	QF	1R			1R		0 / 4	4–4
US Open		1R	3R	2R		2R		0 / 4	4–4
Win–Loss	1–1	9–4	6–4	5–3	2–1	2–3	0–1	0 / 17	25–17

External links

• Alexander Waske at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Alexander Waske at the Davis Cup
• Official website of Alexander Waske (German) (English)