Patrik Kühnen (; born 11 February 1966) is a German former professional tennis player, who turned professional in 1985.
Kühnen had his biggest career singles win in the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1988 when he beat Jimmy Connors en route to the quarterfinals in which he lost to eventual champion Stefan Edberg. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on May 15, 1989, when he became the number 43 of the world. He won three doubles titles during his career. He was part of the German Davis Cup teams that won the competition in 1988 and 1993. Since 2003 he is the captain for Germany's Davis Cup team and also coaches the German team in the World Team Cup which won the competition in 2005 and 2011.
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (0–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Carpet (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Adelaide, AustraliaGrand PrixHard Mark Woodforde5–7, 6–1, 5–7Loss0–2Moscow, RussiaWorld SeriesCarpet Marc Rosset4–6, 3–6
Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (3–3)Finals by surfaceHard (1–3)Carpet (2–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–0)Indoors (2–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Toulouse, FranceGrand PrixHard Kelly Jones Wojciech Fibak Michiel Schapers2–6, 4–6Win1–1Frankfurt, West GermanyGrand PrixCarpet Boris Becker Scott Davis David Pate6–4, 6–2Win2–1Rotterdam, NetherlandsGrand PrixCarpet Tore Meinecke Magnus Gustafsson Diego Nargiso7–6, 7–6Loss2–2Bordeaux, FranceWorld SeriesHard Alexander Mronz Arnaud Boetsch Guy Forget2–6, 2–6Win3–2Doha, QatarWorld SeriesHard Boris Becker Shelby Cannon Scott Melville6–4, 6–2Loss3–3Beijing, ChinaWorld SeriesHard Gary Muller Martin Damm Andrei Olhovskiy4–6, 5–7
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Doubles (1–2) LegendATP Challenger (1–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Brest, FranceChallengerHard Alexander Mronz Lars Koslowski Arne Thoms2–6, 6–1, 3–6Win1–1Garmisch, GermanyChallengerCarpet Alexander Mronz Thomas Gollwitzer Brent Haygarth6–4, 6–2Loss1–2Hamburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Karsten Braasch Tomáš Krupa Pavel Vízner3–6, 5–7
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament19861987198819891990199119921993199419951996SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1R2R3R2R3R1R1R2RAQ20 / 87–8French OpenA1R3R1R3R2RA3RAAA0 / 67–6WimbledonQ11RQF3R1R3R1R1R2RAA0 / 89–8US OpenAA2RA1R2R2R2RAAA0 / 54–5Win–loss0–00–38–44–33–46–41–33–42–20–00–00 / 2727–27ATP Masters SeriesMiamiAA1RAAA1R1RAAQ20 / 30–3Monte CarloAAA3RAAAAQ1AA0 / 12–1Hamburg1RA1R3R2R1R1R1R2RQ11R0 / 94–9RomeAAAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1CanadaAAAAAA3R1RAAA0 / 22–2Win–loss0–10–00–24–21–10–12–30–41–10–00–10 / 168–16
Doubles Tournament1987198819891990199119921993199419951996SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1R1R2R2R3R2R2R1RA1R0 / 96–9French Open1R2R1RAAA1RAA2R0 / 52–5WimbledonA3R1RAAASF1RA1R0 / 56–5US OpenA2RAAAAAAA1R0 / 21–2Win–loss0–24–41–31–12–11–15–30–20–01–40 / 2115–21ATP Masters SeriesMiamiAAA1RA3R1RAA1R0 / 42–4Monte CarloAA1RSFAAA1RAA0 / 33–3HamburgAQFQF1R1RA1R2RA1R0 / 75–7RomeAAAAAASFAAA0 / 13–1CanadaAAAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–02–12–23–30–12–23–31–20–00–20 / 1613–16
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