German tennis player
Alexander Popp Country (sports) Germany Residence Mannheim , Germany Born (1976-11-04 ) 4 November 1976 (age 47) Heidelberg , West Germany Height 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Turned pro 1997 Retired 2005 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $ 976,038Career record 45–65 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 74 (10 July 2000) Australian Open 2R (2001 ) French Open 1R (2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 ) Wimbledon QF (2000 , 2003 ) US Open 2R (2000 , 2002 ) Career record 5–6 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 266 (15 July 2002) Last updated on: 1 February 2022.
Alexander Popp (born 4 November 1976) is a former German professional tennis player.[ 1] He reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 2000 and 2003 .[ 1]
Popp was born in Heidelberg to parents Rainer and Jennifer, and started playing tennis at the age of 8. He was coached by Helmut Luthy, from 1994 until retirement.[ 1] He holds a British passport through his mother, who was born in Wolverhampton .[ 2]
Popp turned professional in 1997 at the age of 21.[ 1]
Popp's career highlights are making the quarterfinals of Wimbledon (by far his most successful tournament) in 2000 (defeating Gustavo Kuerten and Michael Chang en route), and in 2003 (defeating Jiří Novák ). He also reached the fourth round in 2004 , losing to the eventual runner-up in each of these three runs (Patrick Rafter , Mark Philippoussis and Andy Roddick respectively), and the third round in 2005 . Popp also reached the final of Newport in 2004 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74.
In doubles, Popp made the final of Newport in 2002 (partnering Jürgen Melzer ) and the semifinals of the Ho Chi Minh City championships in 2005 (partnering Jiří Vaněk ).
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Jul 2004
Newport , United States
International Series
Grass
Greg Rusedski
6–7(5–7) , 6–7(2–7)
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (6–1)
ITF Futures (7–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (6–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Aug 1998
Latvia F1, Jūrmala
Futures
Clay
Janne Ojala
6–4, 6–3
Win
2–0
Oct 1998
Great Britain F8, Glasgow
Futures
Hard
Andreas Weber
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win
3–0
Oct 1998
Great Britain F9, Leeds
Futures
Hard
Roman Smotlak
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win
4–0
Oct 1998
Great Britain F10, Edinburgh
Futures
Hard
Markus Menzler
6–2, 6–3
Loss
4–1
Nov 1998
USA F9, Tucson
Futures
Hard
Kepler Orellana
3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win
5–1
Feb 1999
Great Britain F1, Leeds
Futures
Carpet
Julian Knowle
7–6, 6–2
Win
6–1
Apr 1999
France F4, Clermont-Ferrand
Futures
Carpet
Jan-Ralph Brandt
2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss
6–2
May 1999
Germany F2, Schwäbisch Hall
Futures
Clay
Bartlomiej Dabrowski
7–5, 6–7, 4–6
Win
7–2
May 1999
Germany F3, Neckarau
Futures
Clay
Johan Settergren
6–2, 6–1
Win
8–2
May 1999
Oberstaufen , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Francisco Costa
7–6, 6–3
Win
9–2
Aug 1999
Bronx , United States
Challenger
Hard
Sebastien de Chaunac
6–7(4–7) , 7–6(7–4) , 6–0
Win
10–2
Feb 2000
Hamburg , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Andy Fahlke
6–3, 6–2
Win
11–2
Nov 2001
Aachen , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Axel Pretzsch
6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Win
12–2
Nov 2001
Eckental , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Peter Wessels
6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Win
13–2
Jan 2002
Heilbronn , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Jürgen Melzer
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss
13–3
Feb 2002
Lübeck , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Raemon Sluiter
2–6, 0–3 ret.
Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
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.