Michael Berrer

Michael Berrer
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Stuttgart, Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,445,984
Singles
Career record	48-79
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 42 (24 May 2010)
Current ranking	No. 52 (18 October 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2008, 2009, 2010)
French Open	1R (2008, 2010)
Wimbledon	2R (2007)
US Open	2R (2007)
Doubles
Career record	14–11
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 137 (13 August 2007)
Current ranking	No. 585 (18 October 2010)
	Last updated on: 11 October 2010.

Michael Berrer (born July 1, 1993 in Stuttgart) is a German professional tennis player.

Career

2010

He reached the quarterfinal at the Aircel Chennai Open in January, losing to Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarterfinals. At the 2010 Australian Open he was defeated by Denis Istomin in the second round after beating Kristof Vliegen in straight sets. In the second week of the Australian Open he played at Heilbronn Challenger. He won the tournament after defeating Andrey Golubev in two sets. The following week he reached his first ATP World Tour final at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors which he lost to Marin Čilić 4–6, 7–6⁵, 3–6.

At the Dubai Tennis Championships in February he defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky and Nikolay Davydenko to reach the third round where he lost to Marcos Baghdatis 6–7⁵, 1–6. He lost the opener at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells to Mardy Fish in three sets. He won the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami before falling to Feliciano López in the second round. At his first clay court tournament of the year in Monte-Carlo he beat Evgeny Korolev and Juan Monaco en route to a third round showdown against Rafael Nadal which he lost 0–6, 1–6. After this he lost his next three opening matches.

At the French Open in Paris he was again knocked out in the first round by Mardy Fish in five sets. He then suffered from an ankle injury. He made his next appearance in Wimbledon one month later where he had to retire during his first round match against Illya Marchenko. He then experienced two more first round exits in Stuttgart and Hamburg in July.

In August, he reached the second round at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, losing to Fernando Verdasco. Two weeks later he defeated Tommy Robredo at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Cincinnati before losing to Richard Gasquet in two sets. At the 2010 US Open Berrer fell to countryman Andreas Beck in the first round 6–7³, 3–6, 1–6. In September, he reached the second round of the Open de Moselle in Metz after beating Rainer Schüttler in two sets. He lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber 4–6, 2–6. As No.51 he qualified for the China Open in Beijing. In the first round of the Main Draw he defeated World No.7 Tomas Berdych in three sets before losing to Gilles Simon 7:6, 4:6, 6:7 in over three hours.

Career finals

Singles (1)

Runner-ups (1)

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

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	February 7, 2010	Zagreb, Croatia	Hard (i)	Marin Čilić	4–6, 7–6(5), 3–6

Doubles (1)

Wins (1)

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

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	May 4, 2008	Munich, Germany	Clay	Rainer Schüttler	Scott Lipsky David Martin	7–5, 3–6, [10–8]

Runner-ups (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	September 18, 2006	Beijing, China	Hard	Kenneth Carlsen	Mario Ančić Mahesh Bhupathi	6–4, 6–3
2.	July 13, 2008	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Rainer Schüttler	Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–3, 6–4

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