Lars Rehmann (born 21 May 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.
Career Rehmann was a successful junior player, winning the Boys' Doubles at the 1993 Australian Open, with countryman Christian Tambue. They defeated the American pairing of Scott Humphries and Jimmy Jackson 6–7, 7–5, 6–2. In the same year he was also the junior single and doubles champion at Germany's national championship and also reached the final of the doubles at the 1993 Ansett Australian Indoor Championships. Along the way he and partner Alexander Mronz were victorious over top seeds Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.
In 1994, he partnered Australian Joshua Eagle at the Wimbledon Championships but they lost in the opening round to number six seeds Tom Nijssen and Cyril Suk. He also reached his first ATP final that year, at Zaragoza where he lost to Magnus Larsson.ITF Tennis Profile
The following year he competed in the singles of the 1995 Australian Open, the only other Grand Slam that he got to compete in. He defeated Luiz Mattar of Brazil 6–3, 6–4, 6–1 and make it into the second round, but then lost to eventual quarter finalist Andriy Medvedev 5–7, 4–6, 1–6. In Seoul he reached another ATP final but was defeated again, this time to Greg Rusedski.ATP World Tour Profile
He is married to former WTA player Melanie Schnell.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1993Australian OpenHard Christian Tambue Scott Humphries Jimmy Jackson6–7, 7–5, 6–2
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runners-up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (0–2)Titles by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)Titles by settingOutdoor (0–1)Indoor (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Zaragoza, SpainWorld SeriesCarpet Magnus Larsson4–6, 4–6Loss0–2Seoul, South KoreaWorld SeriesHard Greg Rusedski4–6, 1–3 ret.
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series(0–1)ATP World Series (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–0)Indoor (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Sydney, AustraliaChampionship SeriesHard Alexander Mronz Patrick McEnroe Richey Reneberg3–6, 5–7
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 2 (1–1) LegendATP Challenger (1–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Eisenach, GermanyChallengerClay Thomas Gollwitzer6–1, 1–6, 7–6Loss1–1Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerClay Félix Mantilla2–6, 2–6
Doubles: 6 (1–5) LegendATP Challenger (1–4)ITF Futures (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Nagoya, JapanChallengerHard Gilad Bloom Daniel Nestor Albert Chang7–6, 4–6, 4–6Loss0–2Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Alexander Mronz David Ekerot László Markovits7–6, 4–6, 6–7Loss0–3Lübeck, GermanyChallengerCarpet Lorenzo Manta Jim Pugh Joost Winnink5–7, 5–7Loss0–4Montauban, FranceChallengerClay Attila Sávolt Gabrio Castrichella Daniele Musa6–7, 6–2, 5–7Win1–4Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Rainer Schüttler Georg Blumauer Max Mirnyi6–4, 1–6, 6–3Loss1–5Austria F6, BergheimFuturesClay Ullrich-Jasper Seetzen Patrick Sommer Markus Wislsperger4–6, 4–6
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament1994199519961997SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ32RQ2A0 / 11–1French OpenQ1AQ1Q20 / 00–0WimbledonQ2AAQ10 / 00–0US OpenQ1AQ2Q10 / 00–0Win–loss0–01–10–00–00 / 11–1ATP Masters SeriesHamburgAAQ2Q20 / 00–0CanadaAAQ1A0 / 00–0ParisQ1AAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
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