Lars Burgsmüller (born 6 December 1975) is a German former professional tennis player. Burgsmüller reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 65, achieved on 18 February 2002. He also reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 61, achieved on 28 August 2006.
Burgsmüller reached two singles finals on the ATP Tour, winning the 2002 Copenhagen Open in Denmark where he defeated Olivier Rochus of Belgium in the final in straight sets, and losing the final of the 2004 ATP Shanghai to Argentine Guillermo Cañas, also in straight sets. He also reached three doubles finals on the ATP Tour with three different partners. Partnered with Andrew Painter, he lost in the final of the 2000 Grand Prix Hassan II tournament in Casablanca falling in two sets to Frenchmen Sébastien Grosjean and Arnaud Clément. Alongside Jan Vacek he lost his next doubles final at the 2004 Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands in three sets to Czech pairing Martin Damm and Cyril Suk. He would prove victorious in his third and last ATP doubles final appearance at the 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Open in Vietnam, where partnering compatriot Philipp Kohlschreiber he defeated Ashley Fisher and Robert Lindstedt in three sets.
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (1 win, 1 loss) Legend Grand Slam (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (1)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Feb 2002 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet Olivier Rochus 6–3, 6–3Loss 1–1 Sep 2004 Shanghai, China Hard Guillermo Cañas 0–6, 1–6
Doubles: 3 (1 win, 2 losses) Legend Grand Slam (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (1)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Apr 2000 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Andrew Painter Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean 6–7(4–7), 4–6Loss 0–2 Sep 2004 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Jan Vacek Martin Damm Cyril Suk 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 3–6Win 1–2 Sep 2005 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Carpet Philipp Kohlschreiber Ashley Fisher Robert Lindstedt 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 11 (4–7) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (4–7)ITF World Tennis Tour (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (3–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Lippstadt, GermanyChallengerCarpet Jonas SvenssonwalkoverLoss1–1Weiden, GermanyChallengerClay Dinu-Mihai Pescariu4–6, 2–6Loss1–2Portorož, SloveniaChallengerHard Orlin Stanoytchev6–1, 6–7, 0–6Win2–2Magdeburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Andrei Pavel6–4, 6–3Win3–2Wrexham, United KingdomChallengerHard Ivo Heuberger6–2, 6–7(5–7) 6–4Win4–2Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Björn Phau7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–4Loss4–3Calabasas, United StatesChallengerHard Jérôme Golmard3–6, 5–7Loss4–4Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Gilles Elseneer6–3, 3–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss4–5Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Novak Djokovic4–6, 6–3, 4–6Loss4–6Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Alexander Waske5–7, 6–7(15–17)Loss4–7Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Jiří Vaněk2–6, 4–6
Doubles: 11 (2–9) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (2–9)ITF World Tennis Tour (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (2–5)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Neumünster, GermanyChallengerCarpet Markus Hantschk John-Laffnie de Jager Chris Haggard3–6, 1–6Win1–1Wismar, GermanyChallengerCarpet Michael Kohlmann Bernardo Martínez Óscar Ortiz6–4, 7–6Win2–1Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Takao Suzuki Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco7–6, 6–4Loss2–2Edinburgh, United KingdomChallengerClay Ota Fukárek Michael Russell Tommy Robredo0–6, 2–6Loss2–3Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Andreas Tattermusch Stephen Huss Robert LindstedtwalkoverLoss2–4Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Kenneth Carlsen Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski3–6, 3–6Loss2–5Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Michael Kohlmann James Auckland Jamie Delgado6–2, 5–7, 3–6Loss2–6Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Denis Gremelmayr Alex Bogomolov Jr. Todd Widom6–3, 2–6, [6–10]Loss2–7Ettlingen, GermanyChallengerClay Simon Greul Vasilis Mazarakis Felipe Parada6–3, 1–6, [4–10]Loss2–8Shrewsbury, United KingdomChallengerHard Mischa Zverev Philipp Marx Frederik Nielsen4–6, 4–6Loss2–9Dublin, IrelandChallengerCarpet Mischa Zverev Rohan Bopanna Adam Feeney2–6, 2–6
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ32RQ2A1R1RQ23R1R2R1R1R2RQ10 / 95–9French OpenAQ1Q1AQ1Q1Q23R1R2R2R1RQ2A0 / 54–5WimbledonA1RAAQ2AQ31R1R2R1R2RQ2Q20 / 62–6US OpenAAQ1Q2Q12R1R1R1R2RQ11RQ1Q10 / 62–6Win–loss0–01–20–00–00–11–20–14–40–44–41–31–41–10–00 / 2613–26ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAAAAAQ2Q2A1RQ11RA0 / 20–2Miami OpenAAAAAQ1Q2Q12R1R2R1RQ1A0 / 42–4Monte-Carlo MastersQ3Q1Q2AAAAQ1AAQ1Q1AA0 / 00–0Hamburg MastersNot Masters SeriesA2R1R2R2R1RAA0 / 53–5Italian OpenAAAAAAAQ2Q1Q1Q1Q2Q1A0 / 00–0Canada MastersAAAAAQ2AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAAAQ2AAAAAAQ1AA0 / 00–0StuttgartAAAAAAAQ2Not Held0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAAAAAQ2AAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–11–21–22–30–20–10–00 / 115–11
Doubles Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1RA1R1R1R1RA0 / 50–5French OpenAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0WimbledonQ2AAAAA2R1R0 / 21–2US Open1RAAAA3R2RA0 / 33–3Win–loss0–10–10–00–10–12–22–30–10 / 104–10
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