German tennis player
Alexander Waske (born 31 March 1975) is a retiredtennis player from Germany.
Waske was ranked as high as world No. 16 in doubles, winning four titles. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 89 in June 2006.[1] In 2010, Waske and his former Davis Cup companionRainer Schüttler founded theSchüttler Waske Tennis-University, a tennis academy for professional players.
Waske twice beat players in the final qualifying rounds of tournaments who later got into the main draw as lucky losers and caused big historical upsets. In the2002 Wimbledon final qualifying round atRoehampton, Waske beatGeorge Bastl, before lucky loser Bastl later beatPete Sampras in the second round of the2002 Wimbledon tournament, in one of the greatest upsets in tennis history. In the final qualifying round for Indian Wells in 2007, Waske beatGuillermo Cañas, before lucky loser Cañas later beatRoger Federer in the second round of the2007 Indian Wells tournament, ending Federer's 41–match unbeaten run.
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| Legend (singles) |
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| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) | | ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1) | | ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–3) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–2) | | Clay (3–2) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (1–0) |
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| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | May 2005 | Munich, Germany | Clay |  Florian Mayer |  Mario Ančić
 Julian Knowle | 3–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Apr 2006 | Houston, United States | Clay | Michael Kohlmann | Julian Knowle
Jürgen Melzer | 5–7, 6–4, [10–5] |
| Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2006 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Michael Kohlmann | Julian Knowle
Jürgen Melzer | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | May 2006 | Munich, Germany | Clay |  Andrei Pavel | Alexander Peya
Björn Phau | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jan 2007 | Zagreb, Croatia | Carpet (i) | Michael Kohlmann |  František Čermák
Jaroslav Levinský | 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–5] |
| Loss | 3–3 | Feb 2007 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) | Andrei Pavel | Martin Damm
 Leander Paes | 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [8–10] |
| Win | 4–3 | Apr 2007 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Andrei Pavel |  Rafael Nadal
Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal | 6–3, 7–6(7–1) |
| Loss | 4–4 | Oct 2011 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard (i) | Michael Kohlmann | Oliver Marach
 Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7) |
Grand Slam performance timelines
[edit](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.
Wins over top 10 players
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