Alexander Waske (born 31 March 1975) is a retired tennis player from Germany.
Waske was ranked as high as world No. 16 in doubles, winning four titles. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 89 in June 2006. In 2010, Waske and his former Davis Cup companion Rainer Schüttler founded the Schüttler Waske Tennis-University, a tennis academy for professional players.
Waske twice beat players in the final qualifying rounds of tournaments who later got into the main draw as lucky losers and caused big historical upsets. In the 2002 Wimbledon final qualifying round at Roehampton, Waske beat George Bastl, before lucky loser Bastl later beat Pete Sampras in the second round of the 2002 Wimbledon tournament, in one of the greatest upsets in tennis history. In the final qualifying round for Indian Wells in 2007, Waske beat Guillermo Cañas, before lucky loser Cañas later beat Roger Federer in the second round of the 2007 Indian Wells tournament, ending Federer's 41–match unbeaten run.
ATP career finals Doubles: 8 (4–4) Legend (singles)Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1)ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–3) Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (3–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 May 2005 Munich, Germany Clay Florian Mayer Mario Ančić Julian Knowle 3–6, 6–1, 3–6Win 1–1 Apr 2006 Houston, United States Clay Michael Kohlmann Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer 5–7, 6–4, [10–5]Loss 1–2 Apr 2006 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Michael Kohlmann Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer 3–6, 4–6Win 2–2 May 2006 Munich, Germany Clay Andrei Pavel Alexander Peya Björn Phau 6–4, 6–2Win 3–2 Jan 2007 Zagreb, Croatia Carpet (i) Michael Kohlmann František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–5]Loss 3–3 Feb 2007 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard (i) Andrei Pavel Martin Damm Leander Paes 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [8–10]Win 4–3 Apr 2007 Barcelona, Spain Clay Andrei Pavel Rafael Nadal Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal 6–3, 7–6(7–1)Loss 4–4 Oct 2011 Bangkok, Thailand Hard (i) Michael Kohlmann Oliver Marach Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles Tournament2002200320062007 Australian Open1R1R1R0 / 30–3 French Open1R2R0 / 21–2 Wimbledon2R1R1R0 / 31–3 US Open1R1R1R0 / 30–3Win–loss1–20–31–40–20 / 112–11
Doubles Tournament2002200520062007200920112012 Australian OpenSF1R3R0 / 36–3 French Open3RSF3R3R2R1R0 / 611–6 Wimbledon2RQF1R1R0 / 44–4 US Open1R3R2R2R0 / 44–4Win–loss1–19–46–45–32–12–30–10 / 1725–17
Wins over top 10 players #PlayerRankTournamentSurfaceRdScore20021. Carlos Moyá10Japan Open, JapanHard2R6–4, 7–520052. Rafael Nadal3Halle Open, GermanyGrass1R4–6, 7–5, 6–3
References
External links
Official website of Alexander Waske