Gero Kretschmer (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːʁo ˈkʁɛtʃmɐ]; born 6 May 1985) is a German retired tennis player. He was a doubles specialist, who achieved his highest doubles ranking of world No. 79 in May 2014. He won his only ATP World Tour title with partner Alexander Satschko as alternates in Quito on 7 February 2015.[1]

Gero Kretschmer

Full name	Gero Kretschmer
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Cologne, Germany
Born	(1985-05-06) 6 May 1985 (age 37) Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2004
Retired	2017
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 219,517
Singles
Career record	0–0
Highest ranking	No. 316 (14 June 2010)
Doubles
Career record	14–21
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 79 (26 May 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2015)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	Feb 2015	Ecuador Open, Ecuador	250 Series	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Víctor Estrella Burgos João Souza	7–5, 7–6(7–3)

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Doubles: 24 (9 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2010	Pereira, Colombia	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Dominik Meffert Philipp Oswald	7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), [5–10]
Loss	0–2	May 2010	Sarasota, United States	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Brian Battistone Ryler DeHeart	7–5, 6–7(4–7), [8–10]
Win	1–2	Aug 2010	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Philipp Oswald Martin Slanar	6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss	1–3	Sep 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Franco Ferreiro André Sá	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss	1–4	Oct 2010	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Andre Begemann Martin Emmrich	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	1–5	Jun 2013	Košice, Slovakia	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Kamil Čapkovič Igor Zelenay	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	1–6	Jul 2013	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Antal van der Duim Boy Westerhof	3–6, 3–6
Win	2–6	Jul 2013	Poznań, Poland	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Mateusz Kowalczyk Henri Kontinen	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–7	Nov 2013	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Riccardo Ghedin Claudio Grassi	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–8	Nov 2013	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Jan-Lennard Struff	Henri Kontinen Andreas Siljeström	6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win	3–8	Jan 2014	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Alexander Satschko	Nicolás Barrientos Víctor Estrella Burgos	4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss	3–9	Apr 2014	Le Gosier, Guadeloupe	Hard	Michael Venus	Tomasz Bednarek Adil Shamasdin	5–7, 7–6(7–5), [8–10]
Win	4–9	Mar 2015	Shenzen, China	Hard	Alexander Satschko	Saketh Myneni Divij Sharan	6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
Loss	4–10	Aug 2015	Manerbio, Italy	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Flavio Cipolla	6–7(5–7), 6–3, [9–11]
Win	5–10	Sep 2015	Como, Italy	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Kenny de Schepper Maxime Teixeira	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss	5–11	Jan 2016	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Alexander Satschko	Johan Brunström Andreas Siljeström	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–12	Jan 2016	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Alexander Satschko	Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop	3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win	6–12	Mar 2016	Guadalajara, Mexico	Hard	Alexander Satschko	Santiago González Mate Pavić	6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
Win	7–12	Apr 2016	Napoli, Italy	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Matteo Donati Stefano Napolitano	6–1, 6–3
Win	8–12	Apr 2017	Qingdao, China	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Andreas Mies Oscar Otte	2–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–3]
Win	9–12	Jun 2017	Vicenza, Italy	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Sekou Bangoura Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	9–13	Jun 2017	Lyon, France	Clay	Alexander Satschko	Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	7–6(7–2), 6–7(2–7), [12–14]
Loss	9–14	Jul 2017	Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Kevin Krawietz	Julian Knowle Igor Zelenay	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	9–15	Jul 2017	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Andreas Mies	Jan Šátral Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	3–6, 7–5, [3–10]

Doubles performance timeline

References

External links

• Gero Kretschmer at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Gero Kretschmer at the International Tennis Federation

На других языках

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[ru] Кречмер, Геро