Tim Pütz (German pronunciation: [ˈtɪm ˈpʏts]; born 19 November 1987) is a German professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
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Residence | Usingen, Germany |
Born | (1987-11-19) 19 November 1987 (age 34) Frankfurt, West Germany |
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Turned pro | 2011 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Dominik Meffert |
Prize money | US$1,484,552 |
Singles | |
Career record | 1–2 (in ATP Tour events) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 163 (2 February 2015) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2015) |
French Open | Q3 (2015) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2014) |
US Open | Q1 (2013, 2014) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 116–71 (62.0% in ATP Tour events) |
Career titles | 7 |
Highest ranking | No. 7 (29 August 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 17 (7 November 2022) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2022) |
French Open | QF (2020, 2021) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2018) |
US Open | 3R (2022) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R (2020) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2022) |
US Open | 1R (2022) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | SF (2021) |
Last updated on: 7 November 2022. |
He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 on 29 August 2022, and has won seven doubles titles on the ATP Tour, most notably the 2021 Paris Masters alongside Michael Venus. Pütz has also reached three Grand Slam quarterfinals in doubles. In singles, he has a career-high ranking of world No. 163, achieved in February 2015, and reached the second round at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.
Pütz has represented Germany in the Davis Cup since 2017, most notably reaching the semifinals in 2021. He also competed at the 2020 Olympic Games alongside Kevin Krawietz.
Pütz made his ATP Tour main-draw singles debut at Wimbledon. As a qualifier, he defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round. He lost to Fabio Fognini in four sets in the next round.
Pütz played in the Davis Cup for the first time. He helped the German team to win over Portugal in the World Group play-offs by winning the doubles rubber with partner Jan-Lennard Struff.
In the first round of the 2018 Davis Cup, Pütz and Struff beat the Australian duo John Peers and Matthew Ebden to set Germany on their way to victory.[1] Although Pütz and Struff won again in the Davis Cup quarterfinals against the Spaniards Feliciano López and Marc López, their team lost the tie with 2–3.
In June, Pütz won his first title on the ATP Tour at the Stuttgart Open in doubles, partnering Philipp Petzschner as a wild card entry.[2]
Pütz won his second doubles title with partner Frederik Nielsen at the Bavarian International Tennis Championships in Munich.[3]
Pütz reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2020 French Open partnering also with Frederik Nielsen where they lost to world No. 1 and top seeded Columbian pair of Farah/Cabal.
Pütz won his third doubles title at the Estoril Open, partnering Hugo Nys.[4]
He reached his first semifinal in doubles at a Masters 1000 at the Madrid Open, partnering with compatriot Alexander Zverev,[5] but they withdrew from the match. Later in May, Pütz won his fourth doubles title at the Lyon Open, again with Nys.[6]
The Pütz/Nys duo reached the quarterfinals of the French Open where they were defeated by Kazakh duo Bublik/Golubev.
In July, partnering with Michael Venus, he won his fifth title and his first at an ATP 500 tournament at the Hamburg European Open.[7]
He and Venus got to the semifinals of the Indian Wells Masters.[8]
He won his first ATP Masters 1000 title at the Paris Masters, again with Venus.[9] As a result, he reached a new doubles career-high of No. 17 in November 2021.
Seeded sixth, Pütz reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, partnering again with Venus, where they were defeated by eventual champions Thanasi Kokkinakis / Nick Kyrgios. On 21 March, he broke into the top ten for the first time, ranked at world No. 9.
After a final showing at the 2022 Western & Southern Open partnering again with Venus,[10] he reached world No. 7 in the doubles rankings on 29 August 2022.
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q3 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | 2R | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
US Open | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
Career statistics | ||||||||||
Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
Year-end ranking | 594 | 425 | 241 | 187 | 424 | 685 | 337 | 317 |
Current through the 2022 Paris Masters.
Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | QF | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | QF | 3R | 0 / 4 | 9–4 | 69% |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | NH | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% |
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 3R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 6–4 | 0 / 15 | 17–15 | 53% |
Year-end championship | |||||||||||||||
ATP Finals | did not qualify | Alt | Alt | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||
National representation | |||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | NH | A | not held | A | not held | 2R | NH | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||||
Davis Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | PO | QF | QR | A | SF | QF | 0 / 2 | 12–0 | 100% |
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | SF | 2R | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | QF | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | SF | A | 0 / 1 | 3–0 | 100% |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | F | 0 / 3 | 5–3 | 63% |
Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | not held | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | W | QF | 1 / 2 | 6–1 | 86% |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 14–4 | 7–5 | 1 / 12 | 21–10 | 68% |
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Career | |||
Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 78 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | ||
Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 15–7 | 17–19 | 8–10 | 38–13 | 36–19 | 116–71 | ||
Win % | – | – | – | – | – | – | 40% | 68% | 47% | 44% | 75% | 65% | 62% | ||
Year-end ranking | 811 | 542 | 156 | 194 | 269 | 577 | 164 | 60 | 63 | 61 | 18 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2021 | Paris Masters | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–7(4–7), [11–9] |
Loss | 2022 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7) |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jun 2018 | Stuttgart Open, Germany |
250 Series | Grass | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
Win | 2–0 | May 2019 | Bavarian Championships, Germany |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 3–0 | May 2021 | Estoril Open, Portugal |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 3–6, [10–3] |
Win | 4–0 | May 2021 | Lyon Open, France |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, [10–8] |
Win | 5–0 | Jul 2021 | Hamburg European Open, Germany |
500 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–8] |
Win | 6–0 | Nov 2021 | Paris Masters, France |
Masters 1000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–7(4–7), [11–9] |
Loss | 6–1 | Feb 2022 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands |
500 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–7(5–7), [5–10] |
Win | 7–1 | Feb 2022 | Dubai Championships, United Arab Emirates |
500 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–7(5–7), [16–14] |
Loss | 7–2 | Jun 2022 | Stuttgart Open, Germany |
250 Series | Grass | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 6–7(5–7) |
Loss | 7–3 | Jun 2022 | Halle Open, Germany |
500 Series | Grass | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–6(7–5), [12–14] |
Loss | 7–4 | Jul 2022 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 4–6, [8–10] |
Loss | 7–5 | Aug 2022 | Cincinnati Masters, United States |
Masters 1000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7) |
Legend |
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ATP Challenger (0–2) |
ITF Futures (7–4) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2011 | Leimen, Germany | Futures | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–1 | Nov 2011 | Amelia Island, USA | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 2–1 | Sep 2012 | Sarreguemine, France | Futures | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–2 | Oct 2012 | Cardiff, Great Britain | Futures | Hard (i) | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Jan 2013 | Bagnoles, France | Futures | Clay (i) | ![]() |
6–0, 4–1, ret. |
Win | 4–2 | Mar 2013 | Gatineau, Canada | Futures | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 5–2 | Jun 2013 | Essen, Germany | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 6–2 | Sep 2013 | Forbach, France | Futures | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 6–3 | Mar 2014 | Taverne, Switzerland | Futures | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
6–4, 4–6, 6–7(6–8) |
Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2014 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
Loss | 6–4 | Feb 2017 | Bellevue, Switzerland | Futures | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
5–7, 6–7(5–7) |
Win | 7–4 | Aug 2017 | Neuchatel, Switzerland | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2017 | Ortisei, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Legend |
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ATP Challenger (15–4) |
ITF Futures (4–8) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2006 | Wetzlar, Germany | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Sep 2011 | Kempten, Germany | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–2 | Oct 2011 | Leimen, Germany | Futures | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 2–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Nov 2011 | Amelia Island, USA | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 1–6 |
Win | 2–3 | Aug 2012 | Wetzlar, Germany | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–0 |
Loss | 2–4 | Oct 2012 | La Roche-sur-Yon, France | Futures | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7) |
Win | 3–4 | Dec 2012 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 3–5 | Jan 2013 | Bagnoles , France | Futures | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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walkover |
Win | 4–5 | Mar 2013 | Gatineau, Canada | Futures | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(7–0), 6–1 |
Loss | 4–6 | Apr 2013 | Angers, France | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 4–7 | Apr 2013 | Grasse, France | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(6–8), 4–6 |
Win | 1–0 | Aug 2013 | Liberec, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–2 |
Loss | 4–8 | Sep 2013 | Forbach, France | Futures | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(9–7), 2–6, [7–10] |
Win | 2–0 | Nov 2013 | Ortisei, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 3–0 | Apr 2014 | Saint-Brieuc, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 3–1 | Apr 2014 | Shenzhen, China | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Win | 4–1 | May 2014 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 5–1 | Feb 2015 | Wrocław, Poland | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Loss | 5–2 | May 2015 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 6–2 | Sep 2016 | Sibiu, Romania | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 7–2 | Sep 2017 | Genoa, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8) |
Loss | 7–3 | Oct 2017 | Ismaning, Germany | Challenger | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(7–1), 2–6, [8–10] |
Win | 8–3 | Jan 2018 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 9–3 | Mar 2018 | Yokohama, Japan | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–5, [12–10] |
Win | 10–3 | Mar 2018 | Lille, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(7–3), 1–6, [10–7] |
Win | 11–3 | May 2018 | Aix-en-Provence, France | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 6–2, [10–8] |
Win | 12–3 | Apr 2019 | Tunis, Tunisia | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 12–4 | May 2019 | Aix-en-Provence, France | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
Win | 13–4 | Nov 2019 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–6(7–4), [11–9] |
Win | 14–4 | Nov 2019 | Helsinki, Finland | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(7–2), 6–0 |
Win | 15–4 | Feb 2021 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
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Group | Rd | Date | Opponent nation | Score | Venue | Surface | Match | Opponent player(s) | W/L | Rubber score |
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2017 | ||||||||||
WG PO | Sep 2017 | ![]() |
3–2 | Oeiras | Clay | Doubles (w/ J-L Struff) | G Elias / J Sousa | Win | 6–2, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4 | |
2018 | ||||||||||
WG | 1R | Feb 2018 | ![]() |
3–1 | Brisbane | Hard | Doubles (w/ J-L Struff) | M Ebden / J Peers | Win | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–4 |
QF | Apr 2018 | ![]() |
2–3 | Valencia | Clay | Doubles (w/ J-L Struff) | F López / M López | Win | 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4–7), 7–5 | |
2019 | ||||||||||
QR | Feb 2019 | ![]() |
5–0 | Frankfurt | Hard (i) | Doubles (w/ J-L Struff) | G Borsos / P Nagy | Win | 6–2, 6–3 | |
2020–21 | ||||||||||
Finals | RR | Nov 2021 | ![]() |
2–1 | Innsbruck | Hard (i) | Doubles (w/ K Krawietz) | N Ćaćić / N Djokovic | Win | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(7–5) |
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2–1 | Doubles (w/ K Krawietz) | O Marach / P Oswald | Win | 6–3, 6–4 | |||||
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2–1 | Doubles (w/ K Krawietz) | J Salisbury / N Skupski | Win | 7–6(12–10), 7–6(7–5) | ||||
SF | Dec 2021 | ![]() |
1–2 | Madrid | Doubles (w/ K Krawietz) | A Karatsev / K Khachanov | Win | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 | ||
2022 | ||||||||||
QR | Mar 2022 | ![]() |
3–1 | Rio de Janeiro | Clay | Doubles (w/ K Krawietz) | F Meligeni Alves / B Soares | Win | 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 | |
Finals | RR | Sep 2022 | ![]() |
2–1 | Hamburg | Hard (i) | Doubles (w/ K Krawietz) | N Mahut / A Rinderknech | Win | 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–1) |
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2–1 | Doubles (w/ K Krawietz) | S Gillé / J Vliegen | Win | 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5) | |||||
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2–1 | Doubles (w/ K Krawietz) | M Ebden / M Purcell | Win | 6–4, 6–4 |
Rd | Opponent nation | Score | Venue | Match | Opponent player(s) | W/L | Match score | |
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2–1 | Sydney | Doubles (w/ Kevin Krawietz) | Taylor Fritz / John Isner | Loss | 0–6, 3–6 | |
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1–2 | Doubles (w/ Kevin Krawietz) | Steven Diez / Brayden Schnur | Win | 6–3, 6–4 |
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