Werner Eschauer (born 26 April 1974) is an Austrian former professional tennis player.

Tennis career In his first 12 years as a pro, Eschauer found little success, winning just 7 ATP-level matches and cracking the top-100 for just a few weeks in late 2003, peaking at No. 96.

In 2007 however, at the age of 33, Eschauer cracked the top 100 in April and reached World No. 52 in August. He won 7 ATP-level matches in 2007 to match his total from the previous 12 years and won 4 matches at the Dutch Open in July to reach his first ATP final, including a win over Carlos Moyá in the quarters. He then lost to Steve Darcis, another first-time finalist.

Eschauer's most notable match likely was playing Rafael Nadal on Centre Court at Wimbledon in the 2nd round in June 2007. ESPN's Chris Fowler reported during coverage of this event that when searching for a left-handed player to practice against as a warm-up for the left-handed Nadal, Eschauer ended up facing off against John McEnroe. Fowler described Eschauer as coming from a modest background, and stated that he did not receive support from the Tennis Federation.

ATP career finals

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

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Amersfoort, Netherlands250 SeriesClay Steve Darcis1–6, 6–7(1—7)

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

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentaScoreLoss0–1Buenos Aires, Argentina250 SeriesClay Peter Luczak Agustín Calleri Luis Horna0–6, 7–6(8–6), [2–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 23 (13–10) LegendATP Challenger (10–8)ITF Futures (3–2)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (11–8)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Austria F3, SchwazFuturesClay Alexander Peya7–6, 6–3Loss1–1Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Stephane Huet3–6, 5–7Loss1–2Italy F17, SardiniaFuturesHard Elia Grossi4–6, 6–0, 4–6Win2–2Tangier, MoroccoChallengerClay Nicolas Thomann6–4, 6–3Loss2–3Budaors, HungaryChallengerClay Juan Ignacio Chela5–7, 1–6Loss2–4Sofia, BulgariaChallengerClay Tomas Behrend0–6, 2–6Cancelled2–4Banja Luka, Bosnia & HerzegovinaChallengerClay Tomas BehrendAbandonedWin3–4Seoul, South KoreaChallengerHard Igor Kunitsyn6–2, ret.Loss3–5Sanremo, ItalyChallengerClay Tomas Behrend4–6, 2–6Win4–5Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Igor Kunitsyn6–1, 7–6(7–2)Loss4–6Banja Luka, Bosnia & HerzegovinaChallengerClay Yuri Schukin6–7(3–7), 6–7(7–9)Win5–6Genevsa, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Damián Patriarca6–3, 6–1Loss5–7Austria F2, BergheimFuturesCarpet Lukáš Lacko6–3, 1–6, 5–7Win6–7Italy F5, CaltanissettaFuturesClay Victor Crivoi6–3, 2–6, 6–2Win7–7Italy F6, CataniaFuturesClay Pablo Andújar6–3, 6–3Win8–7Chiasso, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Simon Greul6–1, 6–2Loss8–8Bergamo, ItalyChallengerClay Nicolas Devilder6–1, 5–7, 4–6Loss8–9Rimini, ItalyChallengerClay Pablo Andújar6–3, 1–6, 5–7Win9–9Kranj, SloveniaChallengerClay Gorka Fraile6–1, 6–0Win10–9Wrocław, PolandChallengerHard Tomáš Zíb5–7, 6–4, 6–4Loss10–10Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Carlos Berlocq6–3, 6–7(7–9), 0–2 ret.Win11–10Monza, ItalyChallengerClay Jan Hájek6–0, 3–0 ret.Win12–10Chiasso, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Michael Berrer6–3, 6–2Win13–10Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Jiří Vaněk6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–2)

Doubles: 17 (6–11) LegendATP Challenger (2–7)ITF Futures (4–4)Finals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (2–9)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Italy F17, SardiniaFuturesHard Wolfgang Schranz Daniele Ceraudo Elia Grossi6–3, 6–4Win2–0Italy F18, SelargiusFuturesHard Wolfgang Schranz Omar Camporese Elia Grossi6–2, 4–1 ret.Loss2–1Cagliari, ItalyChallengerClay Daniel Köllerer Tomas Behrend Giorgio Galimberti2–6, 1–6Loss2–2Zell, GermanyChallengerClay Rogier Wassen Jean-Claude Scherrer Alexander Waske6–4, 4–6, 3–6Loss2–3Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Herbert Wiltschnig Tomáš Cibulec David Škoch2–6, 4–6Win3–3Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Florin Mergea Francesco Aldi Francesco Piccari6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–0Loss3–4Canberra, AustraliaChallengerClay Vasilis Mazarakis Richard Fromberg Chris Guccione1–6, 2–6Loss3–5Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Christopher Kas Jean-Claude Scherrer Oliver Marach5–7, 3–6Loss3–6Austria F5, AnifFuturesClay Marko Neunteibl Fabian Roetschi Benjamin-David Rufer6–7(5–7), 4–6Win4–6Puebla, MexicoChallengerHard Alexander Satschko Santiago González Alejandro Hernández6–1, 6–4Loss4–7Austria F1, BergheimFuturesCarpet Christopher Kas Johan Brunström Philip Stolt3–6, 4–6Win5–7Austria F2, BergheimFuturesCarpet Florin Mergea Todor Enev Ilia Kushev6–2, 6–3Loss5–8Wrocław, PolandChallengerHard Jürgen Melzer James Cerretani Lukáš Rosol7–6(9–7), 3–6, [7–10]Loss5–9Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Philipp Oswald Marco Crugnola Oscar Hernandez Perez6–7(4–7), 2–6Win6–9Croatia F5, VrsarFuturesClay Herbert Wiltschnig Bastian Knittel Max Raditschnigg7–5, 6–3Loss6–10Turkey F11, AntalyaFuturesClay Marco Mirnegg Llaurentiu-Ady Gavrila Andrei Mlendea6–7(6–8), 3–6Loss6–11Turkey F12, AntalyaFuturesClay Alexander Flock Tihomir Grozdanov Dinko Halachev6–4, 2–6, [7–10]

Performance timeline

Singles Tournament200020012002200320042005200620072008SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ1Q2Q1Q2Q3AAA1R0 / 10–1French Open2RQ2Q3Q1Q1Q1Q22RQ10 / 22–2Wimbledon1RAQ1AAQ1A2RA0 / 21–2US OpenAQ1A1RAAA1RA0 / 20–2Win–loss1–20–00–00–10–00–00–02–30–10 / 73–7ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAAAAAA1R0 / 10–1Monte CarloAAAQ2AAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–10 / 10–1

External links

Eschauer World Ranking History