Gero Kretschmer

Gero Kretschmer

Full name	Gero Kretschmer
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Cologne, Germany
Born	(1985-05-06) 6 May 1985 Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2004
Retired	2017
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 219,517
Singles
Career record	0–0
Highest ranking	No. 316 (14 June 2010)
Doubles
Career record	14–21
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 79 (26 May 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2015)

Gero Kretschmer (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːʁo ˈkʁɛtʃmɐ]; born 6 May 1985) is a retired German tennis player. He was a doubles specialist, who achieved his highest doubles ranking of world No. 79 in May 2014. He won his only ATP World Tour title with partner Alexander Satschko as alternates in Quito on 7 February 2015.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	Feb 2015	Ecuador Open, Ecuador	250 Series	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Víctor Estrella Burgos João Souza	7–5, 7–6(7–3)

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Doubles: 24 (9 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (6–11)
Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2010	Pereira, Colombia	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Dominik Meffert Philipp Oswald	7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), [5–10]
Loss	0–2	May 2010	Sarasota, United States	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Brian Battistone Ryler DeHeart	7–5, 6–7(4–7), [8–10]
Win	1–2	Aug 2010	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Philipp Oswald Martin Slanar	6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss	1–3	Sep 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Franco Ferreiro André Sá	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss	1–4	Oct 2010	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Andre Begemann Martin Emmrich	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	1–5	Jun 2013	Košice, Slovakia	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Kamil Čapkovič Igor Zelenay	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	1–6	Jul 2013	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Antal van der Duim Boy Westerhof	3–6, 3–6
Win	2–6	Jul 2013	Poznań, Poland	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Mateusz Kowalczyk Henri Kontinen	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–7	Nov 2013	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Riccardo Ghedin Claudio Grassi	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–8	Nov 2013	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Jan-Lennard Struff	Henri Kontinen Andreas Siljeström	6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win	3–8	Jan 2014	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Alexander Satschko	Nicolás Barrientos Víctor Estrella Burgos	4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss	3–9	Apr 2014	Le Gosier, Guadeloupe	Hard	Michael Venus	Tomasz Bednarek Adil Shamasdin	5–7, 7–6(7–5), [8–10]
Win	4–9	Mar 2015	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Alexander Satschko	Saketh Myneni Divij Sharan	6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
Loss	4–10	Aug 2015	Manerbio, Italy	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Flavio Cipolla	6–7(5–7), 6–3, [9–11]
Win	5–10	Sep 2015	Como, Italy	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Kenny de Schepper Maxime Teixeira	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss	5–11	Jan 2016	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Alexander Satschko	Johan Brunström Andreas Siljeström	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–12	Jan 2016	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Alexander Satschko	Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop	3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win	6–12	Mar 2016	Guadalajara, Mexico	Hard	Alexander Satschko	Santiago González Mate Pavić	6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
Win	7–12	Apr 2016	Napoli, Italy	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Matteo Donati Stefano Napolitano	6–1, 6–3
Win	8–12	Apr 2017	Qingdao, China	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Andreas Mies Oscar Otte	2–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–3]
Win	9–12	Jun 2017	Vicenza, Italy	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Sekou Bangoura Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	9–13	Jun 2017	Lyon, France	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	7–6(7–2), 6–7(2–7), [12–14]
Loss	9–14	Jul 2017	Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Kevin Krawietz	Julian Knowle Igor Zelenay	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	9–15	Jul 2017	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Andreas Mies	Jan Šátral Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	3–6, 7–5, [3–10]

Doubles 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.

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	1R	Q1	A	0–1
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1
Career statistics
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 1
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–5	4–7	5–7	1–1	14–21
Year-end ranking	607	760	941	614	172	514	403	119	128	84	111	140	40%

External links

• Gero Kretschmer at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Gero Kretschmer at the International Tennis Federation