Tobias Kamke (born 21 May 1986) is a German former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 64 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in January 2011. In 2010, Kamke was awarded Newcomer of the Year by the ATP after slashing his singles ranking from No. 254 to No. 67 by year-end following four finals on the ATP Challenger Tour, having beaten emerging players Milos Raonic and Ryan Harrison in two of the finals for the titles, and a third round appearance at the Wimbledon Championships, his career-best performance at a major. Kamke announced his retirement in July 2022 and played his last professional match at the Hamburg European Open.

Professional career

2008 Although losing to No. 134 Jan Hernych in the final qualifying round, Kamke reached the main draw in singles of the Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser. However, he then lost his first match to world No. 30, Andreas Seppi.

2010 He made the main draw at Wimbledon where he progressed through to the first and second rounds and then lost to 10th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 1–6, 4–6, 6–7. In July, he won the Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby by beating Milos Raonic in the final, 6–3, 7–6. At the Tiburon Challenger, he secured his second career Challenger title by defeating Ryan Harrison in the final. He reached back-to-back second rounds on ATP World Tour-level at Stockholm, Vienna and Basel.

As Kamke started the year as world No. 254 and finished it as world No. 67, he was awarded "Newcomer of the Year" by the ATP.

2011 2011 saw Kamke reach career-high rankings in both singles (world No. 64 in January) and doubles (world No. 419 in October).

2012 Kamke faced Roger Federer in the first round of the French Open. He led Federer by 4–1 in the second set before losing 2–6, 5–7, 3–6. In September, he reached a new career-high in doubles at world No. 256.

2022 Kamke announced his retirement in July 2022 and played his last professional match at the Hamburg European Open in the doubles tournament with Dustin Brown; they lost in the first round.

Singles performance timeline

Tournament2004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAQ1Q1Q21R2R2R1R1RAQ2Q2Q2Q1Q1Q30 / 52–5French OpenAAAAQ2Q12R2R1R2R2RA1RQ2Q2AQ1Q3A0 / 64–6WimbledonAAAA1RQ23R2R1R1R1RQ2Q3Q1Q2ANHQ1A0 / 63–6US OpenAAAAQ3Q11R1R1R2R1RQ2Q3Q2A1RAQ1A0 / 61–6Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–10–03–32–41–43–41–40–10–10–00–00–10–00–00–00 / 2310–23ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAAAAA1R1RQ11RQ1AQ2AANHAA0 / 30–3Miami OpenAAAAAAA1R1R3RQ2Q1AQ2AANHAA0 / 32–3Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAAAAQ2Q1Q1AAAAAANHAA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAAAAAAAA1RQ2Q1AAAANHAA0 / 10–1Italian OpenAAAAAAAAAAQ1AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAAAAAA1RAQ21RAAAAANHAA0 / 20–2Cincinnati MastersAAAAAAAAAQ1Q1AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Shanghai Mastersnot heldAAAAAAAAAAANHA0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAAAAQ1AAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0German OpenAAQ1Q1Anot Masters series0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–30–22–20–20–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 92–9National representationDavis CupAAAAAAAAA1RQFAAAAAAAA0 / 21–2Career statisticsTournaments00011082318211655201000101Overall win–loss0–00–00–00–10–10–07–815–236–1817–2210–171–55–52–20–00–10–00–00–063–103Year-end ranking8097164452102432546796987498277118 23321324223625567338%

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 20 (11–9) LegendATP Challenger (8–8)ITF Futures (3–1)Finals by surfaceHard (6–4)Clay (4–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Germany F8, LeunFuturesClay Kornel Bardoczky2–6, 3–6Win1–1Austria F4, AnifFuturesClay Matthias Bachinger6–1, 7–6(9–7)Win2–1Germany F11, EssenFuturesClay Maxime Authom6–1, 6–4Win3–1Germany F4, MettmannFuturesCarpet (i) Dieter Kindlmann6–2, 4–6, 6–3Loss0–1Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard (i) Steve Darcis3–6, 6–1, 4–6Loss0–2Karlsruhe, GermanyChallengerClay Teymuraz Gabashvili1–6, 4–6Loss0–3Baton Rouge, United StatesChallengerHard Kevin Anderson7–6(9–7), 6–7(7–9), 1–6Loss0–4Fürth, GermanyChallengerClay Robin Haase4–6, 2–6Win1–4Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Milos Raonic6–3, 7–6(7–4)Win2–4Tiburon, United StatesChallengerHard Ryan Harrison6–1, 6–1Win3–4Loughborough, Great BritainChallengerHard Flavio Cipolla6–2, 7–5Loss3–5Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Thomaz Bellucci6–7(4–7), 3–6Win4–5Pétange, LuxembourgChallengerHard (i) Paul-Henri Mathieu7–6(9–7), 6–4Win5–5Pétange, Luxembourg (2)ChallengerHard (i) Paul-Henri Mathieu1–6, 6–3, 7–5Win6–5Fürth, GermanyChallengerClay Íñigo Cervantes6–3, 6–2Win7–5Liberec, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Andrej Martin7–6(7–4), 6–4Win8–5Kazan, RussiaChallengerHard (i) Aslan Karatsev6–4, 6–2Loss8–6Saint-Brieuc, FranceChallengerHard (i) Egor Gerasimov6–7(3–7), 6–7(5–7)Loss8–7Lille, FranceChallengerHard (i) Grégoire Barrère1–6, 4–6Loss8–8Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Thiago Monteiro6–7(6–8), 1–6

Doubles: 7 (3–4) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Kazan, RussiaHard (i) Julian Reister Jan Mertl Yuri Schukin2–6, 4–6Loss0–2Pétange, LuxembourgHard (i) Benjamin Becker Ken Skupski Neal Skupski3–6, 7–6(7–5), [7–10]Win1–2Rennes, FranceHard (i) Philipp Marx František Čermák Jonathan Erlich3–6, 6–2, [10–3]Loss1–3Mouilleron-le-Captif, FranceHard (i) Philipp Marx Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut3–6, 4–6Loss1–4Marburg, GermanyClay Simon Stadler Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop1–6, 5–7Win2–4Alphen, Netherlands Clay Jan-Lennard Struff Victor Hănescu Adrian Ungur7–6(7–1), 3–6, [10–7]Win3–4Yokohama, JapanHard Tim Pütz Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana3–6, 7–5, [12–10]

Head-to-head record against top 10 players Kamke's match record against players who have been ranked in the top ten. Only ATP Tour main-draw and Davis Cup matches are considered. Players who have been No. 1 are in boldface.

James Blake 1–0 Taylor Fritz 1–0 Juan Martín del Potro 1–0 Fabio Fognini 1–1 Jürgen Melzer 1–1 Tommy Robredo 1–1 Tomáš Berdych 1–2 Roberto Bautista Agut 0–1 Pablo Carreño Busta 0–1 Mardy Fish 0–1 David Goffin 0–1 Lleyton Hewitt 0–1 Tommy Haas 0–1 Daniil Medvedev 0–1 Andy Murray 0–1 Rafael Nadal 0–1 Jack Sock 0–1 Radek Štěpánek 0–1 Janko Tipsarević 0–1 Stan Wawrinka 0–1 Marcos Baghdatis 0–2 Marin Čilić 0–2 Roger Federer 0–2 Richard Gasquet 0–2 John Isner 0–2 Milos Raonic 0–2 Fernando Verdasco 0–2 Alexander Zverev 0–2 Nicolás Almagro 0–3 David Ferrer 0–3 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 0–3 Juan Mónaco 0–4

Top 10 wins #PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreTK Rank20101. Tomáš Berdych6Basel, SwitzerlandHard (i)1R6–4, 6–17220132. Juan Martín del Potro7Miami, United StatesHard2R7–6(7–5), 6–189

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