Matthias Bachinger (born 2 April 1987) is a German former tennis player who played professionally from 2005 to 2023. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 85, achieved in August 2011.

Professional career In 2007, Bachinger qualified for his first ATP tournament, the 2007 BMW Open. Bachinger won in the first round against Andreas Beck 6–2, 7–6, 7–5 before losing to Marcos Baghdatis in the second round 6–7, 2–6, 4–6.

In 2008, Bachinger entered the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, the BMW Open, the Austrian Open and the If Stockholm Open, losing in the first round in each event.

He then played only Challenger level tournaments before qualifying for the 2010 If Stockholm Open, where he reached the second round.

Bachinger reached his first ATP semifinal at the 2012 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy. He also reached the quarterfinals of Umag the same year, defeating seventh-seeded Martin Kližan en route.

In 2013, Bachinger defeated World No. 18 Andreas Seppi, for his first top 20 win.

In 2014, he recorded his first Major win as a qualifier at the 2014 US Open (tennis) defeating Radek Štěpánek. He also reached the semifinals in Stockholm as a qualifier.

In 2018, he reached his first ATP Tour final in Metz, again as a qualifier, after defeating Kei Nishikori in the semifinals, before losing to Gilles Simon.

In April 2023, Bachinger announced his retirement and played his last professional match at the BMW Open in his hometown Munich in the doubles competition with Dominic Thiem, where they lost in the first round.

Playing style Bachinger has an unusual take-back and swing on his forehand and backhand. He has solid groundstrokes, with both sides capable of producing winners. He has a good serve that can reach up to 127 mph (204 km/h). He is very strong at the net and frequently rushes to the net. He frequently serve-and-volleys and uses the chip-and-charge tactic on returns.

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament2005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAQ1Q3Q2Q21RQ2Q22RAQ21RQ2Q2AQ1A0 / 31–3French OpenAAQ1Q1Q1AQ1Q3Q2Q11RQ1AQ1Q2AQ1AA0 / 10–1WimbledonAAQ1Q2Q3A1R1RQ1Q2Q2Q3AQ3Q1NHAAA0 / 20–2US OpenAAAQ1Q1A1R1RQ22RQ1Q3AQ1Q1AAAA0 / 31–3Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–20–30–01–11–20–00–00–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 92–9Career statisticsTournaments00140210166241044010055Titles / Finals0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 1Overall win–loss0–00–01–10–40–01–24–109–162–64–22–40–10–05–43–40–00–10–00–031–55Year-end ranking64833217322523918794123159141222493180130223278234815912

Doubles Tournament20112012201320142015Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1RAAA0 / 10–1French OpenA1RAAA0 / 10–1Wimbledon2R1RQ1AQ10 / 21–2US Open1RAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss1–20–30–00–00–00 / 51–5Career statisticsTitles / Finals0 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 1

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP Finals (0–0)ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Moselle Open, France250 SeriesHard (i) Gilles Simon6–7(2–7), 1–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP Finals (0–0)ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Atlanta Open, United States250 SeriesHard Frank Moser Alex Bogomolov Jr. Matthew Ebden6–3, 5–7, [8–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 22 (6–16)

LegendATP Challenger (4–11)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (2–5)Finals by surfaceHard (5–8)Clay (1–5)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Germany F13, NusslochFuturesClay Marcel Zimmermann2–6, 1–6Loss0–2Austria F4, AnifFuturesClay Tobias Kamke1–6, 6–7(7–9)Loss0–3Germania F13, MunchenFuturesClay Martin Vacek4–6, 4–6Win1–3Spain F33, CórdobaFuturesHard Oscar Burrieza6–2, 7–6(7–3)Win1–0Louisville, USChallengerHard (i) Donald Young0–6, 7–5, 6–3Loss1–1Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet (i) Go Soeda6–7(0–7), 6–2, 4–6Loss1–2Freudenstadt, GermanyChallengerClay Simon Greul3–6, 4–6Loss1–4Italy F21, EppanFuturesClay Marco Crugnola4–6, 6–3, 2–6Win2–2Loughborough, United KingdomChallengerHard (i) Frederik Nielsen6–3, 3–6, 6–1Loss2–3Pingguo, ChinaChallengerHard Go Soeda4–6, 5–7Win3–3Athens, GreeceChallengerHard Dmitry TursunovwalkoverLoss3–4Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerGrass Gilles Müller6–7(4–7), 2–6Loss3–5Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Édouard Roger-Vasselin6–7(9–11), 6–4, 1–6Loss3–6Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard (i) Daniel Brands6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7)Loss3–7Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerHard (i) Marc Gicquel6–3, 3–6, 4–6Loss3–8Ortisei, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Andreas Seppi4–6, 3–6Win2–4Italy F24, BolzanoFuturesClay Andrea Basso6–4, 6–2Win4–8Gwangju, South KoreaChallengerHard Yang Tsung-hua6–3, 6–4Loss4–9Manacor, SpainChallengerHard Bernard Tomic6–4, 3–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss4–10Biella, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Daniel Masur3–6, 7–6(10–8), 5–7Loss4–11Forli, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Maxime Cressy4–6, 2–6Loss2–5M25 Veigy-Foncenex, FranceWorld TourCarpet (i) Neil Oberleitner4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 9 (5–4) ATP Challenger (4–3)ITF Futures (1–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Germany F13, NusslochFuturesClay Philipp Piyamongkol Dustin Brown Tobias Klein6–4, 6–4Loss1–1Slovenia F1, KranjFuturesClay Daniel Brands Mattia Livraghi Matteo Volante6–3, 6–7(5–7), 4–6Loss0–1Sanremo, ItalyChallengerClay Daniel Brands Harel Levy Jim Thomas4–6, 4–6Win1–1Rimini, ItalyChallengerClay Dieter Kindlmann Leonardo Azzaro Marco Crugnola6–4, 6–2Win2–1Marburg, GermanyChallengerClay Denis Gremelmayr Guillermo Olaso Grega Žemlja6–4, 6–4Win3–1Wolfsburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet (i) Simon Stadler Dominik Meffert Frederik Nielsen3–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–7]Loss3–2Athens, GreeceChallengerHard Benjamin Becker Colin Fleming Scott LipskywalkoverLoss3–3Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Frank Moser Karol Beck Édouard Roger-Vasselin1–6, 3–6Win4–3Meerbusch, GermanyChallengerClay Dominik Meffert Gong Maoxin Peng Hsien-yin6–3, 3–6, [10–6]

Record against top-10 players Bachinger's match record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher is as follows. Only ATP Tour main draw are considered.

Radek Štěpánek 1–0 Fernando Verdasco 1–0 Roberto Bautista Agut 1–1 Kei Nishikori 1–1 James Blake 0–1 David Goffin 0–1 Gaël Monfils 0–1 Andy Murray 0–1 Casper Ruud 0–1 Mikhail Youzhny 0–1 Tomáš Berdych 0–2 Marin Čilić 0–2 Gilles Simon 0–3 Marcos Baghdatis 0–4

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