Alexander Popp

Alexander Popp
Country (sports) 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.

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]

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 United Kingdom 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 Austria Jurgen Melzer United States Bob Bryan
United States 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 Finland Janne Ojala 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Oct 1998 Great Britain F8, Glasgow Futures Hard Germany Andreas Weber 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–0 Oct 1998 Great Britain F9, Leeds Futures Hard Slovakia Roman Smotlak 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win 4–0 Oct 1998 Great Britain F10, Edinburgh Futures Hard Germany Markus Menzler 6–2, 6–3
Loss 4–1 Nov 1998 USA F9, Tucson Futures Hard Venezuela Kepler Orellana 3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win 5–1 Feb 1999 Great Britain F1, Leeds Futures Carpet Austria Julian Knowle 7–6, 6–2
Win 6–1 Apr 1999 France F4, Clermont-Ferrand Futures Carpet Germany Jan-Ralph Brandt 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 6–2 May 1999 Germany F2, Schwäbisch Hall Futures Clay Poland Bartlomiej Dabrowski 7–5, 6–7, 4–6
Win 7–2 May 1999 Germany F3, Neckarau Futures Clay Sweden Johan Settergren 6–2, 6–1
Win 8–2 May 1999 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay Brazil Francisco Costa 7–6, 6–3
Win 9–2 Aug 1999 Bronx, United States Challenger Hard France Sebastien de Chaunac 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Win 10–2 Feb 2000 Hamburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Germany Andy Fahlke 6–3, 6–2
Win 11–2 Nov 2001 Aachen, Germany Challenger Carpet Germany Axel Pretzsch 6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Win 12–2 Nov 2001 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet Netherlands Peter Wessels 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Win 13–2 Jan 2002 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Austria Jürgen Melzer 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 13–3 Feb 2002 Lübeck, Germany Challenger Carpet Netherlands 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 United Kingdom Iain Bates France Jean-Rene Lisnard
Australia Ashley Naumann		 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win 2–0 Aug 2001 Wrexham, United Kingdom Challenger Hard Belgium Gilles Elseneer Australia Luke Bourgeois
Pakistan Aisam Qureshi		 5–7, 7–5, 6–2


Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# 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. 1 2 3 4 "Profile at itftennis.com". Archived from the original on 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
  2. ↑ "The Scud serves up a semi place"


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