Christian Saceanu (born 8 July 1968) is a German retired tennis player who turned professional in 1986. The right-hander won two grass court singles titles (1988, Bristol and 1991, Rosmalen) in his career. Saceanu reached his highest singles ATP-ranking in March 1988 when he became the number 60 of the world.
He began playing tennis when he was nine. He was ranked No. 1 in the Romanian 14s and one year later moved with his family to West Germany where he won the German national singles title in 1986. In that same year he was ranked No. 1 in the 18s.
ATP career finals
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (2–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (2–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (2–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Livingston, United StatesGrand PrixHard Johan Kriek6–7(4–7), 6–3, 2–6Win1–1Bristol, United KingdomGrand PrixGrass Ramesh Krishnan6–4, 2–6, 6–2Win2–1Rosmalen, NetherlandsWorld SeriesGrass Michiel Schapers6–1, 3–6, 7–5
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 5 (3–2) LegendATP Challenger (3–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (1–1)Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Croydon, United KingdomChallengerCarpet Udo Riglewski6–3, 6–0Win2–0Bristol, United KingdomChallengerGrass Arnaud Boetsch6–3, 6–7, 6–3Win3–0Hong Kong, Hong KongChallengerHard Felix Barrientos6–4, 6–1Loss3–1Cherbourg, FranceChallengerCarpet Jan Apell3–6, 7–6, 6–7Loss3–2Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Chris Wilkinson4–6, 4–6
Doubles: 12 (7–5) LegendATP Challenger (7–5)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (6–2)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Guadeloupe, FranceChallengerHard Patrick Baur Gilad Bloom Brad Pearce4–6, 2–6Loss0–2British Hong KongChallengerHard Christian Geyer Neil Borwick Paul Wekesa2–6, 2–6Loss0–3Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Michiel Schapers Diego Nargiso Stefano Pescosolido2–6, 2–6Win1–3Cherbourg, FranceChallengerCarpet Kent Kinnear Joost Winnink Tomas Anzari6–1, 6–4Loss1–4Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Michael Mortensen Grant Stafford Christo van Rensburg1–6, 3–6Loss1–5Guadalajara, MexicoChallengerClay Marc-Kevin Goellner Royce Deppe David Rikl6–7, 4–6Win2–5Guangzhou, ChinaChallengerHard Kent Kinnear Richard Matuszewski John Sullivan6–7, 6–3, 6–4Win3–5Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Gilad Bloom Danilo Marcelino Fernando Meligeni4–6, 6–4, 7–6Win4–5Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Gilad Bloom Cristiano Caratti Grant Doyle7–5, 6–3Win5–5Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Dirk Dier Lionel Barthez Patrick Baur7–6, 7–6Win6–5Azores, PortugalChallengerHard Tim Henman Nuno Marques Chris Wilkinson6–2, 6–2Win7–5Azores, PortugalChallengerHard Marcus Hilpert Jamie Delgado Charlie Singer6–7, 6–2, 6–4
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament19861987198819891990199119921993199419951996SRW–LWin %Grand Slam TournamentsAustralian OpenA1R4R2RQ12R1R1RAAA0 / 65–6French OpenAA2R2RA1RAQ2AQ2A0 / 32–3Wimbledon1R1R1R1RQ13R4RQ32RQ2A0 / 76–7US OpenA1RAAA2RQ2AAAA0 / 21–2Win–loss0–10–34–32–30–04–43–20–11–10–00–00 / 1814–18ATP Tour Masters 1000MiamiAA1R1RAA1RAAAQ20 / 30–3Hamburg1R1RAAAAAAAAA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–10–10–10–10–00–00–10–00–00–00–00 / 50–5
Doubles Tournament1986198719881989199019911992199319941995SRW–LWin %Grand Slam TournamentsAustralian OpenA3R1R1R1RAAAAA0 / 42–4French OpenAAA3RAAA1RAA0 / 22–2WimbledonA1RA1R1RAQ22RQ2Q10 / 41–4US OpenAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–02–20–12–30–20–00–01–20–00–00 / 105–10ATP Tour Masters 1000MiamiAA1R1R1RAAAAA0 / 30–3Hamburg1R1RAAAAAAAA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–10–10–10–10–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 50–5
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