Simon Greul (; born 13 April 1981) is a German former male tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 55 achieved on 22 March 2010 and a doubles ranking of No. 121 achieved on 12 April 2010.

Career His major breakthrough was at the 2006 Nasdaq-100 Open, where after beating Adrián García and Ricardo Mello in the qualifying rounds, he reached the round of 16 at the main draw, defeating Paradorn Srichaphan, Dominik Hrbatý, and Tim Henman before succumbing to fourth seed Andy Roddick 6–3, 3–6, 6–2.

In 2009 he reached the quarterfinal at the German Open in Hamburg. He lost to Spaniard David Ferrer. At the 2009 US Open he defeated Giovanni Lapentti in the first round but lost to eventual finalist Roger Federer in the second round. In his next tournament, the BCR Romania Open in Bucharest he reached the semifinal where he lost to Juan Mónaco. Greul finished the season ranked No.59. The year was highlighted by a win at an ATP Challenger Tour Event in Todi, a semifinal appearance in Trani and Genoa. It was the best season in his career earning $305,269 and a match record of 15–15 in ATP World Tour level.

In March 2010 Greul was nominated for the Davis Cup first round match against France. Greul defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a dead rubber. That was Germany's only win in this tie. Greul reached his career high ranking of #55 after advancing to the third round of the 2010 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells after beating Richard Gasquet and Gaël Monfils. This was followed by a first round exit at the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. At the 2010 BMW Open in Munich he was defeated by Marin Čilić in the second round after leading 4:1 in the deciding set. He reached the quarterfinal at the 2010 Ordina Open in s´Hertogenbosch and at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart. He could not defend the quarterfinal points in Hamburg of the season before which meant a drop in the ranking. At the BCR Romania Open he was knocked out in the second round by Juan Ignacio Chela.

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)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–1)Indoor (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Buenos Aires, Argentina250 SeriesClay Peter Luczak Sebastián Prieto Horacio Zeballos6–7(4–7), 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 30 (20–10) LegendATP Challenger (13–9)ITF Futures (7–1)Finals by surfaceHard (5–3)Clay (13–7)Grass (0–0)Carpet (2–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Germany F10, BerlinFuturesClay Johan Settergren7–6(10–8), 6–3Win2–0Aschaffenburg, GermanyChallengerClay Martin Verkerk7–6(7–5), 6–2Win3–0Finland F1, SavitaipaleFuturesClay Francisco Fogues-Domenech7–6(7–4), 6–2Loss3–1Donetsk, UkraineChallengerClay Federico Browne2–6, 1–6Win4–1Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard Justin Gimelstob6–3, 7–6Loss4–2Canada F1, CalgaryFuturesHard Jacob Adaktusson4–6, 4–6Win5–2India F1, MumbaiFuturesHard David Sherwood4–6, 6–3, 6–2Win6–2India F2, DelhiFuturesHard Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya6–2, 6–2Win7–2India F5, BangaloreFuturesHard Ivan Cerović6–2, 6–4Win8–2Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Albert Portas7–5, 6–2Loss8–3Busan, South KoreaChallengerHard Bjorn Phau1–6, 2–6Loss8–4Chiasso, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Werner Eschauer1–6, 2–6Win9–4Dresden, GermanyChallengerClay Janko Tipsarević7–6, 6–2Win10–4Ettlingen, GermanyChallengerClay Michael Berrer6–4, 6–3Win11–4Córdoba, SpainChallengerHard Kevin Kim6–7, 6–1, 7–6Win12–4Almaty, KazakhstanChallengerClay Daniel Brands6–4, 6–2Win13–4Almaty, KazakhstanChallengerClay Woong-Sun Jun6–3, 6–2Win14–4Germany F4, MettmannFuturesCarpet Andreas Beck6–2, 3–6, 6–2Win15–4Germany F5, SchwieberdingenFuturesCarpet Jeroen Masson6–4, 6–4Win16–4Freudenstadt, GermanyChallengerClay Matthias Bachinger6–3, 6–4Win17–4Alphen aan den Rijn, NetherlandsChallengerClay Iván Navarro6–4, 6–3Loss17–5Tarragona, SpainChallengerClay Alberto Martín7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6Loss17–6Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Sebastián Decoud6–7(2–7), 1–6Win18–6Todi, ItalyChallengerClay Adrian Ungur2–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6)Win19–6Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Victor Crivoi6–2, 6–1Loss19–7Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Aljaž Bedene6–7(1–7), 2–6Loss19–8Alphen aan den Rijn, NetherlandsChallengerClay Thiemo de Bakker4–6, 2–6Win20–8Porto Alegre, BrazilChallengerClay Gastão Elias2–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5Loss20–9Mersin, TurkeyChallengerClay Jiří Veselý1–6, 1–6Loss20–10Ortisei, ItalyChallengerHard Andreas Seppi6–7(4–7), 2–6

Doubles: 15 (5–10) LegendATP Challenger (4–10)ITF Futures (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (5–9)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Finland F1, SavitaipaleFuturesClay Dmitry Vlasov Tapio Nurminen Janne Ojala3–6, 6–1, 6–3Win2–0Fürth, GermanyChallengerClay Denis Gremelmayr Tomas Behrend Karsten Braasch6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–5)Loss2–1Freudenstadt, GermanyChallengerClay Sebastian Fitz Pavel Snobel Martin Štěpánek2–6, 4–6Loss2–2Joplin, United StatesChallengerHard Benjamin Becker Lesley Joseph Henry Adjei-Darko3–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss2–3Ettlingen, GermanyChallengerClay Lars Burgsmüller Felipe Parada Vasilis Mazarakis6–3, 1–6, [4–10]Loss2–4Düsseldorf, GermanyChallengerClay Evgeny Korolev Hugo Armando Tomas Behrend1–6, 6–4, [4–10]Loss2–5Monza, ItalyChallengerClay Denis Gremelmayr Stefano Galvani Alberto Martin5–7, 6–2, [3–10]Win3–5Rome 3, ItalyChallengerClay Alessandro Motti Filippo Volandri Daniele Bracciali6–4, 7–5Win4–5Rome 1, ItalyChallengerClay Christopher Kas Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–2]Loss4–6Fürth, GermanyChallengerClay Alessandro Motti Santiago Ventura Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo6–4, 1–6, [6–10]Loss4–7Trani, ItalyChallengerClay Alessandro Motti Jamie Delgado Jamie Murray6–3, 4–6, [10–12]Win5–7Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Bastian Knittel Facundo Bagnis Eduardo Schwank2–6, 6–3, [11–9]Loss5–8Alphen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Bastian Knittel Rameez Junaid Simon Stadler6–4, 1–6, [5–10]Loss5–9Porto Alegre, BrazilChallengerClay Alessandro Motti João Souza Marcelo Demoliner3–6, 6–3, [7–10]Loss5–10Alphen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Wesley Koolhof Boy Westerhof Antal Van Der Duim6–4, 3–6, [10–12]

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010201120122013SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ3Q1AQ11RAQ11R1RQ1Q10 / 30–3French OpenAAQ1Q1A1R1R1RQ3Q1Q30 / 30–3WimbledonAAA1RAA2R1RQ1Q2Q10 / 31–3US OpenAAQ21RAA2R1RAQ2A0 / 31–3Win–loss0–00–00–00–20–10–12–30–40–10–00–00 / 122–12ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAQ11RAQ13RAAA0 / 22–2Miami MastersAAA4R2RAQ21RAAA0 / 34–3Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1Hamburg MastersAAA1RAANot Masters Series0 / 10–1Madrid MastersAAAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1Rome MastersAAAAAAQ11RAAA0 / 10–1Cincinnati MastersAAAAAAAQ2AAA0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAQ1AAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–03–21–20–00–02–50–00–00–00 / 96–9

References

External links

Greul world ranking history