Andreas Beck (tennis)

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Andreas Beck
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceRavensburg, Germany
Born (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 38)
Weingarten, Germany
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2003
Retired2016
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$ 1,564,600
Singles
Career record41–65
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 33 (2 November 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2009, 2012)
French Open2R (2009, 2010)
Wimbledon2R (2010)
US Open2R (2008, 2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record22–27
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 116 (30 January 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (2010)
US Open1R (2009)
Last updated on: 28 August 2021.

Andreas Beck (German pronunciation: [anˈdʁeːas ˈbɛk];[1][2] born 5 February 1986) is a German former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in November 2009. As a qualifier, Beck reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Monte Carlo Masters.

Professional career[edit]

2008[edit]

In June, Beck qualified for the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, beating No. 218 Paolo Lorenzi, No. 194 Brendan Evans, and No. 280 Jaroslav Pospíšil. In his first round match he played World No. 2 Rafael Nadal on Centre Court, losing in straight sets.

2009[edit]

In the Monte-Carlo Masters, Beck entered as a qualifier and reached the quarterfinals, defeating sixth seed Gilles Simon and Juan Mónaco along the way. He was defeated by Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets, the Swiss having beaten countryman and World No. 2 Roger Federer in the previous round. As a result of his performance in this tournament, Beck's ranking climbed 29 places in the ATP rankings to No. 60, while he reached his career-high of World No. 33 later in the year.

Beck reached his first ATP final at the Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad. He was defeated by qualifier Thomaz Bellucci.

ATP career finals[edit]

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2009 Gstaad, Switzerland 250 Series Clay Brazil Thomaz Bellucci 4–6, 6–7(2–7)

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–2)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponenta Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2009 Halle, Germany 250 Series Grass Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli Germany Christopher Kas
Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 May 2011 Munich, Germany 250 Series Clay Germany Christopher Kas Argentina Horacio Zeballos
Italy Simone Bolelli
6–7(3–7), 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[edit]

Singles: 30 (14–16)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–10)
ITF Futures (9–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–6)
Clay (6–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2004 Germany F6, Neheim-Husten Futures Clay Latvia Andis Juška 4–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2004 Netherlands F4, Alphen aan den Rijn Futures Clay Belgium Stefan Wauters 7–6(7–1), 6–2
Loss 1–2 Jan 2005 Germany F3, Oberhaching Futures Hard Czech Republic Robin Vik 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 1–6
Win 2–2 Jul 2005 Germany F6, Trier Futures Clay France Trystan Meniane 6–1, 6–2
Win 3–2 Jan 2006 Germany F1, Nussloch Futures Carpet Germany Tobias Summerer 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)
Loss 3–3 Jan 2006 Germany F3, Oberhaching Futures Hard Germany Tobias Summerer 4–6, 3–6
Win 4–3 Mar 2006 Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina Challenger Hard Sweden Andreas Vinciguerra 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 7–6(8–6)
Win 5–3 Apr 2007 Great Britain F8, Bath Futures Hard France Thomas Oger 7–5, 6–4
Win 6–3 Jul 2007 Germany F7, Trier Futures Clay Czech Republic Ladislav Chramosta 6–2, 6–4
Win 7–3 Aug 2007 Austria F7, Altenstadt Futures Clay Croatia Antonio Veić 6–4, 6–4
Win 8–3 Aug 2007 Germany F14, Wahlstedt Futures Clay Germany Julian Reister 5–7, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 8–4 Nov 2007 Aachen, Germany Challenger Carpet Russia Evgeny Korolev 4–6, 4–6
Loss 8–5 Feb 2008 Germany F4, Mettmann Futures Carpet Germany Simon Greul 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 9–5 Mar 2008 Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina Challenger Hard Austria Alexander Peya 6–3, 7–6(10–8)
Win 10–5 May 2008 Dresden, Germany Challenger Clay South Korea Jun Woong-sun 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 10–6 Sep 2008 Düsseldorf, Germany Challenger Clay Belgium Kristof Vliegen 0–6, 3–6
Loss 10–7 Nov 2008 Jersey, United Kingdom Challenger Hard France Adrian Mannarino 6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss 10–8 Mar 2009 Besançon, France Challenger Hard Belgium Kristof Vliegen 2–6, 7–6(10–8), 3–6
Win 11–8 Mar 2009 Khorat, Thailand Challenger Hard Sweden Filip Prpic 7–5, 6–3
Loss 11–9 Feb 2011 Kazan, Russia Challenger Hard Romania Marius Copil 4–6, 4–6
Loss 11–10 Mar 2011 Bath, United Kingdom Challenger Hard Russia Dmitry Tursunov 4–6, 4–6
Loss 11–11 Jul 2011 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Daniel Brands 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 11–12 Sep 2011 Como, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Pablo Carreño Busta 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 12–12 Mar 2014 Switzerland F2, Trimbach Futures Carpet France Albano Olivetti 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 13–12 Apr 2014 Saint Brieuc, France Challenger Hard France Grégoire Burquier 7–5, 6–3
Loss 13–13 May 2014 Aix En Provence, France Challenger Clay Argentina Diego Schwartzman 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 2–6
Loss 13–14 Jul 2014 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Belgium David Goffin 3–6, 2–6
Loss 13–15 Jan 2016 Germany F1, Schwieberdingen Futures Carpet Germany Daniel Masur 6–7(10–12), 7–6(13–11), 6–7(5–7)
Win 14–15 Mar 2016 France F6, Poitiers Futures Hard Belgium Maxime Authom 7–6(10–8), 6–4
Loss 14–16 May 2016 France F9, Grasse Futures Clay Germany Maxime Janvier 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(6–8)

Doubles: 15 (8–7)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–6)
ITF Futures (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (5–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2003 Croatia F3, Našice Futures Clay France Josselin Ouanna Croatia Ivan Cerović
Croatia Albert Loncaric
6–4, 7–5
Loss 1–1 Apr 2004 Germany F4, Riemerling Futures Clay Germany Torsten Popp Netherlands Edwin Kempes
Netherlands Melvyn op der Heijde
5–7, 4–6
Win 2–1 Jul 2007 Germany F7, Trier Futures Clay Germany Marcel Zimmermann Germany Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh
Germany Philipp Petzschner
walkover
Loss 2–2 Aug 2008 Bronx, United States Challenger Hard Austria Martin Fischer Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
Czech Republic Tomáš Zíb
6–3, 4–6, [9–11]
Win 3–2 Feb 2011 Kazan, Russia Challenger Hard Switzerland Yves Allegro Russia Mikhail Elgin
Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev
6–4, 6–4
Loss 3–3 Mar 2011 Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina Challenger Hard Switzerland Yves Allegro United Kingdom Jamie Delgado
United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss 3–4 Mar 2011 Bath, United Kingdom Challenger Hard Switzerland Yves Allegro United Kingdom Jamie Delgado
United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
3–6, 4–6
Win 4–4 Apr 2013 Mersin, Turkey Challenger Clay Germany Dominik Meffert Moldova Radu Albot
Ukraine Oleksandr Nedovyesov
5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Win 5–4 Apr 2013 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Austria Martin Fischer Germany Martin Emmrich
Australia Rameez Junaid
7–6(7–2), 6–0
Loss 5–5 May 2014 Aix En Provence, France Challenger Clay Austria Martin Fischer Argentina Diego Schwartzman
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
4–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Loss 5–6 Nov 2014 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet Germany Philipp Petzschner Belgium Ruben Bemelmans
Belgium Niels Desein
3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win 6–6 Mar 2015 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard Czech Republic Jan Mertl Australia Rameez Junaid
Canada Adil Shamasdin
6–2, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss 6–7 Jul 2015 Todi, Italy Challenger Clay Germany Peter Gojowczyk Italy Flavio Cipolla
Argentina Máximo González
4–6, 1–6
Win 7–7 May 2016 France F9, Grasse Futures Clay Belgium Maxime Authom Spain Marc Fornell Mestres
Portugal Gonçalo Oliveira
6–4, 6–3
Win 8–7 Sep 2016 France F18, Mulhouse Futures Hard France Grégoire Jacq Belgium Maxime Authom
France Hugo Nys
6–4, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[edit]

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2004 US Open Hard Germany Sebastian Rieschick United States Brendan Evans
United States Scott Oudsema
6–4, 1–6, 2–6

Performance timeline[edit]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles[edit]

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 2R A A 2R A Q1 Q3 0 / 2 2–2 50%
French Open Q3 A Q1 2R 2R 1R A 1R 1R Q1 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Wimbledon Q1 A 1R 1R 2R 1R A A Q2 Q3 0 / 4 1–4 20%
US Open Q1 A 2R 2R 2R Q2 A Q1 Q2 Q1 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–4 3–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0 / 14 8–14 36%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami A A A A 1R A A A A Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte Carlo A A A QF 1R A A A A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Rome A A A Q2 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A A A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai A A A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Paris A A A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–3 0–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 7 4–7 36%

a 2012 Australian Open counts as 1 win, 0 loss. (Round 2 Roger Federer walkover after Beck withdrew because of lower back injury[3] does not count as a Beck loss, nor a Federer win.)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. pp. 187, 223. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
  2. ^ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 314, 358. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
  3. ^ Walton, Darren (January 18, 2012). "Open irony as Federer gets walkover". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved July 23, 2012.

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