Benedikt Martin Dorsch (born 10 January 1981) is a professional tennis player from Germany.ITF Pro Circuit Profile
Career Dorsch was at Baylor University from 2002 to 2005 and was a member of the Baylor team that claimed the national championship in 2004. A three-time singles and doubles All-American, Dorsch won the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Player of the Year award in 2004 and 2005. He was the NCAA Division 1 singles champion in his final year. The German then committed himself to the international tennis circuit.Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "Bears set their sights on repeat", 13 May 2005
He has only been able to qualify once for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament once, which was at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.ATP World Tour Profile In the opening round he faced former Wimbledon semi-finalist Xavier Malisse, who won in straight sets.
Despite having a win over Rainer Schüttler in the qualifying round for the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open (Miami Masters), Dorsch didn't manage to make it into the main draw. He did however feature in the doubles, with Horia Tecău. The pair lost in the opening round to Tomáš Berdych and Ivan Ljubičić, in a match decided by a super tie-break.
In 2008 he appeared in the main draw of two ATP World Tour tournaments, the Qatar Open, where he lost in the first round to top seed Nikolay Davydenko and the SAP San Jose Open, where he was beaten in the opening round by Bobby Reynolds.
He has won four Challenger titles during his career, two each in singles and doubles, as well as finishing runner-up a further 10 times, again split evenly between singles and doubles.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 11 (5–6) LegendATP Challenger (2–5)ITF Futures (3–1)Finals by surfaceHard (4–5)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Finland F2, VierumäkiFuturesClay Mait Künnap6–1, 6–3Win2–0USA F22, ClaremontFuturesHard Tyler Cleveland6–2, 6–3Loss2–1Tulsa, United StatesChallengerHard Harel Levy7–5, 5–7, 6–7(6–8)Loss2–2USA F26, ArlingtonFuturesHard Michael Russell1–6, 3–6Win3–2USA F6, McAllenFuturesHard Johan Brunström3–6, 6–2, 6–1Loss3–3Telde, SpainChallengerClay Marc López0–6, 1–6Loss3–4Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard Robert Kendrick3–6, 4–6Win4–4Penza, RussiaChallengerHard Mikhail Ledovskikh7–5, 5–7, 6–1Win5–4Penza, RussiaChallengerHard Sergiy Stakhovsky1–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)Loss5–5Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Fred Gil4–6, 6–1, 3–6Loss5–6Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard Lukáš Rosol1–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7)
Doubles: 11 (3–8) LegendATP Challenger (2–5)ITF Futures (1–3)Finals by surfaceHard (2–4)Clay (1–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Mandeville, United StatesChallengerHard Matija Zgaga Sébastien de Chaunac Zack Fleishman7–6(7–3), 6–7(2–7), 3–6Win1–1Austria F1, TelfsFuturesClay Stefan Wauters Jan Mertl Jiri Vencl6–3, 7–5Loss1–2Iran F4, Kish IslandFuturesClay Marko Neunteibl Juan Ignacio Cerda Jasper Smit6–7(3–7), 6–4, 3–6Loss1–3Finland F2, VierumäkiFuturesClay Mischa Zverev Mait Künnap Janne Ojala3–6, 3–6Loss1–4Austria F4, TelfsFuturesClay Mischa Zverev Bastian Knittel Christopher Koderisch1–2 ret.Loss1–5Lanzarote, SpainChallengerHard Steven Korteling Gregory Carraz Jean-Michel Pequery3–6, 5–7Loss1–6Paget, BermudaChallengerClay Sergiy Stakhovsky Marcelo Melo André Sá2–6, 4–6Win2–6Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard Björn Phau Scott Lipsky David Martin6–4, 6–4Win3–6Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard Björn Phau Yu Xinyuan Zeng Shaoxuan6–3, 7–5Loss3–7Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerHard Philipp Petzschner Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský3–6, 2–6Loss3–8Wrocław, PolandChallengerHard Sam Warburg Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament200620072008200920102011SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ1AQ1Q3AA0 / 00–0French OpenQ2Q2Q2AQ1A0 / 00–0Wimbledon1RQ1AAAQ10 / 10–1US OpenQ1Q2Q1AAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 10–1ATP Tour Masters 1000MiamiAQ2AQ1AA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
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