Alexander Popp

Alexander Popp (born 4 November 1976) is a former German professional tennis player.[1] He reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 2000 and 2003.[1]

Alexander Popp
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceMannheim, Germany
Born (1976-11-04) 4 November 1976
Heidelberg, West Germany
Height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1997
Retired2005
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$976,038
Singles
Career record45–65
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 74 (10 July 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2001)
French Open1R (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
WimbledonQF (2000, 2003)
US Open2R (2000, 2002)
Doubles
Career record5–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 266 (15 July 2002)
Last updated on: 1 February 2022.

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.[1] He holds a British passport through his mother, who was born in Wolverhampton.[2]

Tennis career

Popp turned professional in 1997 at the age of 21.[1]

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)
Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2004 Newport, United States International Series Grass Greg Rusedski 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)


Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2002 Newport, United States International Series Grass Jurgen Melzer Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		 5–7, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (13–3)
Legend
ATP Challenger (6–1)
ITF Futures (7–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (6–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1998 Latvia F1, Jūrmala Futures Clay Janne Ojala 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Oct 1998 Great Britain F8, Glasgow Futures Hard Andreas Weber 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–0 Oct 1998 Great Britain F9, Leeds Futures Hard Roman Smotlak 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win 4–0 Oct 1998 Great Britain F10, Edinburgh Futures Hard Markus Menzler 6–2, 6–3
Loss 4–1 Nov 1998 USA F9, Tucson Futures Hard Kepler Orellana 3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win 5–1 Feb 1999 Great Britain F1, Leeds Futures Carpet Julian Knowle 7–6, 6–2
Win 6–1 Apr 1999 France F4, Clermont-Ferrand Futures Carpet Jan-Ralph Brandt 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 6–2 May 1999 Germany F2, Schwäbisch Hall Futures Clay Bartlomiej Dabrowski 7–5, 6–7, 4–6
Win 7–2 May 1999 Germany F3, Neckarau Futures Clay Johan Settergren 6–2, 6–1
Win 8–2 May 1999 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay Francisco Costa 7–6, 6–3
Win 9–2 Aug 1999 Bronx, United States Challenger Hard Sebastien de Chaunac 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Win 10–2 Feb 2000 Hamburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Andy Fahlke 6–3, 6–2
Win 11–2 Nov 2001 Aachen, Germany Challenger Carpet Axel Pretzsch 6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Win 12–2 Nov 2001 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet Peter Wessels 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Win 13–2 Jan 2002 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Jürgen Melzer 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 13–3 Feb 2002 Lübeck, Germany Challenger Carpet Raemon Sluiter 2–6, 0–3 ret.

Doubles: 2 (2–0)
Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1998 Great Britain F9, Leeds Futures Hard Iain Bates Jean-Rene Lisnard
Ashley Naumann		 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win 2–0 Aug 2001 Wrexham, United Kingdom Challenger Hard Gilles Elseneer Luke Bourgeois
Aisam Qureshi		 5–7, 7–5, 6–2


Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles
Tournament1999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R A A 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 6 0–6 0%
Wimbledon A QF A A QF 4R 3R 0 / 4 13–4 76%
US Open Q1 2R Q1 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Win–loss 0–0 5–3 1–2 1–2 4–3 3–4 2–3 0 / 17 16–17 48%
ATP Masters Series
Hamburg A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati A A A A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 


References
  1. Profile at itftennis.com
  2. "The Scud serves up a semi place"


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