Michael Berrer

Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Stuttgart, Germany
Born	(1980-07-01)1 July 1980 (age 45) Stuttgart,West Germany
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2016
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,766,701
Singles
Career record	88–145
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 42 (24 May 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2008,2009,2010,2014)
French Open	3R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2007)
US Open	2R (2007)
Doubles
Career record	24–30
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 134 (2 March 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2011)
French Open	1R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2007)
US Open	1R (2010)
Last updated on: 9 January 2023.

Michael Berrer (born 1 July 1980) is a German retired professionaltennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 in May 2010.

He reached the quarterfinal at theAircel Chennai Open in January, losing toStanislas Wawrinka in the quarterfinals.At the2010 Australian Open he was defeated byDenis Istomin in the second round after beatingKristof Vliegen in straight sets.In the second week of the Australian Open, he played atHeilbronn Challenger. He won the tournament after defeatingAndrey Golubev in two sets. The following week he reached his firstATP World Tour final at thePBZ Zagreb Indoors, which he lost toMarin Čilić 4–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 3–6.

At theDubai Tennis Championships in February, he defeatedSergiy Stakhovsky andNikolay Davydenko to reach the third round, where he lost toMarcos Baghdatis, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 1–6.He lost the opener at theBNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells toMardy Fish in three sets. He won the first round of theSony Ericsson Open in Miami, before falling toFeliciano López in the second round. At his first clay court tournament of the year inMonte-Carlo, he beatEvgeny Korolev andJuan Mónaco en route to a third-round showdown againstRafael Nadal, which he lost, 0–6, 1–6. After this, he lost his next three opening matches.

At theFrench Open, he was again knocked out in the first round byMardy Fish in five sets.He then suffered from an ankle injury. He made his next appearance inWimbledon one month later, where he had to retire during his first-round match againstIllya Marchenko. He then experienced two more first-round exits inStuttgart andHamburg in July.

In August, he reached the second round at theLegg Mason Tennis Classic, losing toFernando Verdasco. Two weeks later he defeatedTommy Robredo at theATP World Tour Masters 1000 inCincinnati, before losing toRichard Gasquet in two sets. At the2010 US Open, Berrer fell to countrymanAndreas Beck in the first round, 6–7⁽³⁾, 3–6, 1–6.

In September, he reached the second round of theOpen de Moselle in Metz, after beatingRainer Schüttler in two sets. He lost toPhilipp Kohlschreiber, 4–6, 2–6.As no. 51, he qualified for theChina Open in Beijing. In the first round of the main draw he defeated world no. 7Tomáš Berdych in three sets, before losing toGilles Simon, 7–6, 4–6, 6–7, in over three hours.Berrer beatGuillermo García López,Pablo Cuevas, andMarcos Baghdatis en route to the semifinal in Vienna, where he lost to Austrian lucky loserAndreas Haider-Maurer.

At the start of 2011, he again reached the Zagreb final, where he was defeated byIvan Dodig in straight sets.He won his first Grand Slam match at the2011 French Open against 26th seedMilos Raonic, before beatingArnaud Clément in the second round. In the third round, he was defeated 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 by Britain'sAndy Murray.

At the start of 2015, Berrer confirmed that it would be his last year as a pro. At the2015 Qatar Open, he beat world number 3Rafael Nadal 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the first round, after coming from a set down.

At the start of 2016, Michael changed his mind and started his 17th season on tour.

At the2016 Open Sud de France, he beat world number 38Borna Ćorić 7–6, 6–2 andKenny de Schepper 6–3, 6–4 to reach a quarterfinal, where he lost to another young gun a countrymanAlexander Zverev 7–6, 2–6, 5–7.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2010	Zagreb, Croatia	250 Series	Hard	Marin Čilić	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2011	Zagreb, Croatia	250 Series	Hard	Ivan Dodig	3–6, 4–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2006	Beijing, China	International Series	Hard	Kenneth Carlsen	Mario Ančić Mahesh Bhupathi	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	May 2008	Munich, Germany	International Series	Clay	Rainer Schüttler	Scott Lipsky David Martin	7–5, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	1–2	Jul 2008	Stuttgart, Germany	Championship Series	Clay	Mischa Zverev	Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber	3–6, 4–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2003	Qatar F1,Doha	Futures	Hard	Ivo Klec	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Oct 2003	France F19,Sarreguemines	Futures	Hard	Gary Lugassy	7–6(18–16), 1–6, 1–6
Win	2–1	Aug 2005	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Jimmy Wang	7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–1
Loss	2–2	Sep 2005	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Jimmy Wang	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	3–2	Nov 2005	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Steve Darcis	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Jun 2006	Ettlingen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Simon Greul	4–6, 3–6
Win	4–3	Nov 2006	Helsinki, Finland	Challenger	Hard	Tomáš Zíb	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win	5–3	Jan 2007	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Michaël Llodra	6–5 ret.
Loss	5–4	Apr 2007	Chiasso, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Werner Eschauer	3–6, 2–6
Win	6–4	Feb 2009	Wrocław, Poland	Challenger	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–4	Nov 2009	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard	Dominik Hrbatý	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win	8–4	Dec 2009	Salzburg, Austria	Challenger	Hard	Jarkko Nieminen	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
Win	9–4	Jan 2010	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Andrey Golubev	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win	10–4	Jan 2013	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Jan-Lennard Struff	7–5 6–3
Win	11–4	Oct 2013	Mouilleron-Le-Captif, France	Challenger	Hard	Nicolas Mahut	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	11–5	Mar 2014	Kazan, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Marsel xlhan	6–7(6–8), 3–6
Loss	11–6	Jul 2014	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Simone Bolelli	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	11–7	Nov 2015	Andria, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Ivan Dodig	2–6, 1–6
Win	12–7	Apr 2016	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	João Souza	6–3, 6–2

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2003	France F16,Mulhouse	Futures	Hard	Roman Valent	Gary Lugassy Jean-Michel Pequery	0–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	May 2004	Forest Hills, United States	Challenger	Clay	Jimmy Wang	Jason Marshall Bruno Soares	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	0–3	Oct 2004	Grenoble, France	Challenger	Hard	Răzvan Sabău	Uros Vico Lovro Zovko	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–4	Jun 2007	Karlsruhe, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Răzvan Sabău	Alex Kuznetsov Mischa Zverev	4–6, 7–6(8–6), [4–10]
Loss	0–5	Jul 2009	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Philipp Oswald	Dieter Kindlmann Marcel Zimmermann	4–6, 6–2, [4–10]

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Rank
2010
1.	Nikolay Davydenko	No. 6	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	2R	6–3, ret.	56
2.	Tomáš Berdych	No. 7	Beijing, China	Hard	1R	4–6, 7–5, 6–4	51
2015
3.	Rafael Nadal	No. 3	Doha, Qatar	Hard	1R	1–6, 6–3, 6–4	127

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