Axel Pretzsch (born 16 June 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.
Career Pretzsch, who was Germany's junior champion in 1990 and 1994, played in the main draw of four Grand Slams during his career. He twice made it into the second round, the first time at the 1999 US Open, where he beat Cyril Saulnier, before losing to eventual champion Andre Agassi. The German also reached the second round in the 2000 Australian Open, beating Alex O'Brien.ITF Tennis Profile
His best result on the ATP Tour came at the 1999 President's Cup in Tashkent, where he had to best win of his career, defeating world number 60 Sargis Sargsian en route to the quarter-finals.ATP World Tour Profile
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 11 (6–5) LegendATP Challenger (6–4)ITF Futures (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (4–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0-1Denmark F3, SvendborgFuturesClay Johan Settergren5–7, 1–6Loss0-2Hamburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Vladimir Voltchkov6–4, 3–6, 6–7Win1-2Wolfsburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Diego NargisowalkoverWin2-2Lübeck, GermanyChallengerCarpet Michael Kohlmann7–6, 6–4Loss2-3Magdeburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Markus Hantschk6–3, 6–7, 4–6Win3-3Wroclaw, PolandChallengerHard Antony Dupuis7–5, 7–6(7–1)Win4-3Magdeburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Clemens Trimmel6–4, 6–4Win5-3Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Jeff Morrison6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4Loss5-4Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Alexander Popp3–6, 6–1, 2–6Loss5-5Magdeburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Dick Norman6–7(6–8), 6–3, 4–6Win6-5Wolfsburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Arvind Parmar6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Doubles: 1 (1–0) LegendATP Challenger (1–0)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Wolfsburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Karsten Braasch Alexander Peya Aisam Qureshi6–4, 6–2
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAA2RA1R0 / 21–2French OpenAAAAA1RQ1Q3Q20 / 10–1WimbledonAAAQ1AQ2Q1Q1Q20 / 00–0US OpenAAAAA2RAQ2A0 / 11–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–01–21–10–00–10 / 42–4ATP World Tour Masters 1000HamburgQ1AAQ2Q2AQ21RA0 / 10–1CanadaAAAAA2RAAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1StuttgartAAAAAAA2RNMS0 / 11–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–20–01–20–00 / 41–4
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