Philipp Kohlschreiber

Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber[2][3] (German pronunciation: [ˈfɪlɪp ˈkoːlʃʁaɪbɐ];[4] born 16 October 1983) is a German professional tennis player. The right-hander has won eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP World Tour and made the quarterfinals at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 16 in July 2012.

Philipp Kohlschreiber
Kohlschreiber at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceKitzbühel, Austria
Born (1983-10-16) 16 October 1983[1]
Augsburg, West Germany
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2001
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachTobias Summerer
Prize money$12,972,979
Singles
Career record470–375 (55.6% in ATP Tour events)
Career titles8
Highest rankingNo. 16 (30 July 2012)
Current rankingNo. 97 (9 November 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open4R (2005, 2008, 2012)
French Open4R (2009, 2013)
WimbledonQF (2012)
US Open4R (2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record98–117 (45.6% in ATP Tour events)
Career titles7
Highest rankingNo. 51 (10 November 2008)
Current rankingnot ranked (9 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2005, 2006, 2007, 2012)
French Open1R (2007)
Wimbledon1R (2006)
US Open1R (2005, 2006, 2007, 2011)
Team competitions
Davis CupSF (2007)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Personal life

Kohlschreiber married his long-term girlfriend Lena Alberti on 1 August 2018 in Kitzbühel, Austria.[5]

Career

2007: First ATP career title

In 2007, Kohlschreiber achieved his greatest result at an ATP Masters Series event during the Monte-Carlo Masters, when he reached the quarterfinals after going through qualifying, defeating world No. 12 David Nalbandian in the second round. He won his first career title in Munich defeating Mikhail Youzhny, thereby becoming the first German player to win the event since Michael Stich in 1994.

2008: Four top-ten victories

Kohlschreiber started 2008 by reaching the quarterfinals of the tournament in Doha and winning his second career title in Auckland, where he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final.

After his win in Auckland, he defeated world No. 6, Andy Roddick, in the third round of the Australian Open 6–4, 3–6, 7–6, 6–7, 8–6. Kohlschreiber hit a personal record 32 aces and 104 winners. He eventually lost in the fourth round to Jarkko Nieminen 6–3, 6–7, 6–7, 3–6. Kohlschreiber failed to convert 11 set points in the second (7) and third (4) sets.

He reached the final of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, eventually falling to the four-time champion Roger Federer 3–6, 4–6. At the US Open, he had to retire in the match against Viktor Troicki.

2009: 4th Round at the French Open
Kohlschreiber at the 2009 Madrid Masters

Kohlschreiber started 2009 by reaching the quarterfinals in Doha and Auckland. The German reached the second round at the Australian Open where he defeated Sam Querrey, before losing to Fabrice Santoro in five sets. In the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Kohlschreiber beat Nicolás Lapentti 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 before being defeated by Fernando Verdasco in the fourth round. Also in 2009, during the French Open, Kohlschreiber defeated world No. 4, Novak Djokovic, in a 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 upset.[6]

In the third round of Wimbledon, he was defeated by Roger Federer 6–3, 6–2, 6–7, 6–1. He was the only person other than finalist Andy Roddick to take a set off of Federer, the eventual champion.

2010: Quarterfinals in Monte Carlo and Canada Masters

Kohlschreiber started the season in Auckland well with three straight sets wins, including wins over Thomaz Bellucci and Frenchman Marc Gicquel before running into eventual finalist Arnaud Clément, losing in straight sets in the semifinals. Kohlschreiber progressed to the third round of the Australian Open with wins over Horacio Zeballos and Wayne Odesnik. He gave second seed Rafael Nadal a test in the third round, before losing 4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 5–7.

He returned to action in San Jose seeing off local boy Rajeev Ram in three sets and crushing Dudi Sela, only losing two games. He then ran into the in-form Denis Istomin and lost in three topsy sets, sparking a three-match losing streak. He crashed out of Memphis to Evgeny Korolev in two tight sets, followed by an easy three set lost to Gaël Monfils in the Davis Cup.

Kohlschreiber got back to winning ways at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells as he had a bye then beat fellow German Philipp Petzschner in straight sets. He then lost a final set tie-breaker in round 3 to world No. 2, Djokovic. At the Sony Ericsson Open Kohlschreiber received another bye and took on fellow German Florian Mayer and it was about to go into a first set tie breaker before Florian retired with an injury. Again he went out in the third round this time to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets.

To start his clay-court season, Kohlschreiber went to the Monte-Carlo Masters where he caused a couple of upsets. In the first round, he edged out Bellucci in a final set tie-break before he thumped the world No. 4, Andy Murray, for the loss of just three games.[7] He then took on Petzschner, again and again, won in straight sets, to reach the quarterfinals. Where he played David Ferrer and was edged out in two tight sets.

At Wimbledon, Kohlschreiber defeated Potito Starace and Teymuraz Gabashvili, before losing to Andy Roddick in the third round. At Hamburg, he lost to Thomaz Bellucci in the third round. In September, he hired Murray's former coach Miles Maclagan.[8]

2011: Grand Slam struggles

Kohlschreiber began his year at the Qatar Open where he was the eighth seed. He won his first match against Andreas Seppi 6–2, 6–4 but then lost to Ivo Karlović in a tight match 7–6, 6–7, 7–6. He then went to the Heineken Open in Auckland where he won against Carlos Berlocq 2–6, 6–3, 6–1, and 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 against Marcel Granollers before falling to the top seed David Ferrer, 3–6, 7–6, 3–6, in the quarterfinals. In February, Kohlschreiber attended the ABN AMRO tournament in Rotterdam. In the first round, he faced Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan whom he defeated 6–4, 7–6. In the second round, he put up a brave showing against top seed and world No. 4, Robin Söderling, but lost 6–3, 5–7, 7–6. In the first round of the Davis Cup tie against Croatia, Kohlschreiber saved one match point in the second rubber against Ivan Dodig to win in five sets and to draw the score after day one. In the fourth rubber, Marin Čilić was too strong for Kohlschreiber – he was defeated in straight sets to give the tie a 2–2. In the deciding fifth rubber Philipp Petzschner managed to lead Germany to a 3–2 win. After a first round bye in Indian Wells, Kohlschreiber defeated Tim Smyczek in Round two saving 3 MP before beating world No. 4, Robin Söderling, 7–6, 6–4, saving five set points in the opening set tie-break. In round 4, he lost to Juan Martín del Potro, 6–7, 6–7. Kohlschreiber was defeated by Federer in the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters after beating Andrey Golubev in round 1. He captured his third career title at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle defeating Philipp Petzschner in the final. On the way to the title, he overcame Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Lleyton Hewitt and Gaël Monfils.

2012: Quarterfinals at Wimbledon

At the Australian Open he lost in the fourth round to Juan Martín del Potro. Kohlschreiber reached the semifinals of Gerry Weber Open, defeating Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals, 6–3, 6–4.[9] He lost in the semifinals to Tommy Haas, 6–7, 5–7.

Less than two weeks following his defeat of Nadal, Kohlschreiber beat Tommy Haas, Malek Jaziri and then Lukáš Rosol in straight sets 6–2, 6–3, 7–6 in the third round of Wimbledon Championships. Rosol had defeated Nadal in the previous round of in one of the greatest upsets in Grand Slam history. Kohlschreiber then advanced to the quarterfinals of a major for the first time by defeating Brian Baker,[10] but was thwarted by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2. At the US Open, he lost in the fourth round to Janko Tipsarević.

2013: 4th Round at the French Open and US Open
Kohlschreiber at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open
Philipp Kohlschreiber at the 2013 US Open

At the Australian Open, he lost in the third round to Milos Raonic. He made it to the fourth round of the French Open before losing to world number one, Novak Djokovic. At Wimbledon, he had to retire in his first-round match against Ivan Dodig. At the US Open, he lost in the fourth round to eventual champion Rafael Nadal.

2014: Davis Cup quarterfinals

At the 2014 Rotterdam Open, Kohlschreiber defeated Richard Gasquet to reach quarterfinals, where he lost to Igor Sijsling. At Dubai, he won over Andreas Seppi in the second round and was defeated by Tomáš Berdych in the semifinals.

Kohlschreiber won the Düsseldorf Open, then the following week reached the third round of the French Open where he took reigning Wimbledon champion Andy Murray to five sets.

At Hamburg, he reached the semifinals winning over Gilles Simon and Lukáš Rosol. At the US Open, he defeated John Isner in the third round and lost to Djokovic in the round of 16.

2015: Title in Kitzbühel

Kohlschreiber defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu in the first round of the Australian Open in straight sets for his first win of the season, before bowing out to Bernard Tomic in a tightly contested four-set match, 7–6, 4–6, 6–7, 6–7. He was very dominant against Japanese Go Soeda to begin the French Open, losing only three games, but could not get past Pablo Andújar despite winning sets three and four. He fell to Djokovic with a score of 4–6, 4–6, 4–6 in the first round of Wimbledon. Kohlschreiber then took part in Kitzbühel, defeating two top-30 players in Fabio Fognini and Dominic Thiem in the quarter- and semifinals, respectively. He then defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu to win the tournament. The US Open saw his best grand slam performance of the year, defeating countryman Alexander Zverev in five sets, and then taking down Lukas Rosol with a score of 7–6, 6–2, 6–2. Federer took down Kohlschreiber in straights in the third round, however.

2016: Munich champion, Stuttgart runner-up, poor Grand Slam results

Kohlschreiber began 2016 ranked 34th in the world and had a season high rank of 22. He lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Kei Nishikori in straight sets. He played in the Sofia Open and lost to Victor Troicki in the quarterfinals. His next tournament was the Rotterdam Open where Kohlschreiber beat former US Open champion Marin Cilic in the quarterfinals. He then lost in the next round. Following the Rotterdam semifinals, Kohlschreiber made the quarterfinals of Dubai where he lost to Stan Wawrinka. Kohlschreiber then represented Germany in their Davis Cup team against the Czech Republic where he beat both Lukáš Rosol and Tomáš Berdych.

Kohlschreiber reached the round of 32 at both the Indian Wells Masters and the Monte-Carlo Masters where he lost to Djokovic and Wawrinka, respectively. He reached the semifinals in Barcelona before winning the Munich Open with wins against Mayer, del Potro, Fognini and Dominic Thiem in the final. He lost early at both Madrid Masters and the Rome Masters before a first-round loss at the French Open to Nicolás Almagro.

2017: 400th win, best Grand Slam result since 2014

Kohlschreiber started 2017 ranked No. 32. At the Australian Open, he won against Nikoloz Basilashvili and Donald Young, but lost in round 3 to Gael Monfils. In February, Kohlschreiber played in the Dubai Tennis Championships where he beat eighth seed Gilles Muller in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Kohlschreiber who was aiming to win his 400th match on tour lost in three tight sets to eventual champion and world No. 1, Andy Murray. Kohlschreiber won the first set 7–6, and in the second set tiebreaker lost 18–20. In that tiebreaker, Kohlschreiber had seven match points. Murray saved all seven, won the tiebreaker, and won the deciding set 6–1.

Kohlschreiber finally won his 400th match at the BNP Paribas Open against Alexandr Dolgopolov. He subsequently lost his next match to eventual finalist Stan Wawrinka. Later that month at the Miami Open, as the 26th seed, Kohlschreiber won his second-round match in three sets against young American Taylor Fritz. In the third round, despite winning the first set 6–0, Kohlschreiber lost to 15 time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal. In August, Kohlschreiber won his second title at Kitzbuhel.

Originally for the US Open, Kohlschreiber was to be unseeded; however, the last-minute withdrawal of Andy Murray saw a draw reshuffle with Kohlschreiber becoming the 33rd seed. Kohlschreiber reached the round of 16 where he lost to Roger Federer, world No. 3, in straight sets. Kohlschreiber did not drop a set in reaching the round of 16.

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
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

Current through the 2020 ATP Tour.

Tournament200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 4R 2R 2R 4R 2R 3R 2R 4R 3R A 2R 1R 3R 1R 2R 2R* A 0 / 15 22–14 61%
French Open A A A Q2 1R 2R 2R 1R 4R 3R 1R 2R 4R* 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 16 14–16 47%
Wimbledon A A A A 1R 3R 1R 1R 3R 3R 1R QF 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R NH 0 / 15 13–15 46%
US Open A A 1R 2R 1R 1R 3R 2R 3R 2R 1R 4R 4R 4R 3R 1R 4R 4R 1R 1R 0 / 18 24–18 57%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–4 4–4 4–4 4–4 8–4 7–4 1–4 11–4 7–4 6–3 4–4 0–4 5–4 5–4 2–4 1–2 0–0 0 / 64 73–63 54%
National representation
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 2R Not Held 0 / 1 1–0 100%
Davis Cup A A A A A A SF QF QF 1R QF A 1R QF 1R 1R 1R QF QF QR 0 / 12 20–14 59%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A Q1 Q1 3R 2R 3R 4R 3R 4R 2R 2R 2R 3R 3R 3R QF 4R NH 0 / 14 20–13 61%
Miami Open A A A Q1 1R A A 2R 1R 3R 2R 3R 2R 2R A A 3R A A NH 0 / 9 3–9 25%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A Q1 A QF 3R 2R QF 2R 2R 3R 2R 2R 2R A 3R 2R NH 0 / 12 19–12 61%
Madrid Open NH A A A A A A 2R 3R 1R A 1R A 1R 2R 1R 1R 3R 2R NH 0 / 10 7–9 44%
Italian Open A A A A A A A A 2R 2R 2R 1R 3R 3R 2R 2R A 3R 3R A 0 / 10 13–9 59%
Canadian Open A A A A A A 1R 1R 2R QF 1R 3R 1R 1R A A A A A NH 0 / 8 5–8 38%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A 2R QF 1R 3R 3R 1R 2R 2R 1R A A 1R Q2 A 0 / 10 10–9 53%
Shanghai Masters Not Held 1R 1R A 2R 2R A A 1R A A A NH 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Paris Masters A A A A A A A 3R 1R 1R 2R 1R 3R 2R A 1R A 2R A A 0 / 9 7–9 44%
German Open Q1 1R A A 1R 1R 2R 1R Not Masters Series 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 6–5 9–8 8–8 11–8 7–7 5–8 8–7 5–8 4–5 3–6 2–3 10–6 7–4 0–0 0–0 0 / 92 87–88 50%
Career statistics
200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021Career
Tournaments 0 2 3 10 25 20 23 20 26 24 23 25 25 26 23 24 21 22 21 7 0 370
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 8
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 18
Hard Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–5 6–10 7–6 12–13 21–14 20–15 21–14 17–16 20–14 16–14 18–14 13–12 15–12 17–10 11–11 12–11 2–4 0–0 1 / 197 232–196 54%
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 0–3 1–2 2–5 2–9 10–9 16–10 7–5 15–8 12–8 9–10 13–7 14–8 15–9 17–8 11–7 12–6 10–10 9–8 0–3 0–0 6 / 127 175–135 56%
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–3 4–3 3–3 4–2 5–2 4–2 5–1 9–3 2–3 4–2 2–3 6–2 3–3 3–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 1 / 40 58–38 60%
Carpet Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 3–2 2–1 0–0 Discontinued 0 / 6 5–6 45%
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–3 1–3 6–10 12–25 24–20 33–27 32–21 40–25 37–24 31–27 42–24 32–25 37–25 32–23 32–21 32–19 24–24 21–22 2–7 0–0 8 / 370 470–375 56%
Win % – 0% 25% 38% 32% 55% 55% 60% 62% 61% 53% 64% 56% 60% 58% 60% 63% 50% 48% 22% – 56%
Year-end ranking 759 247 208 88 86 62 32 28 27 34 43 20 22 24 34 32 29 34 79 98

* Kohlschreiber's second-round match at the 2013 French Open was a walkover (so doesn't count as a win).
 * Kohlschreiber withdrew before the second round match at the 2020 Australian Open due to a injury (so doesn't count as a loss).

Doubles
Tournament200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R 1R 1R A A A A 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 4 0–4
French Open A A A A A A 1R A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon A A A A A 1R A A A A A A A A A A A A A NH 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A A A 1R 1R 1R A A A 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 4 0–4
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 10 0–10
National representation
Davis Cup A A A A A A SF QF QF 1R QF A 1R QF 1R 1R 1R QF QF QR 0 / 12 4–3
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A 1R A 2R 1R 1R A 1R A QF 1R 1R A NH 0 / 8 3–8
Miami Open A A A A A A A A 1R 1R 1R A 1R A A A A A A NH 0 / 4 0–4
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A QF A 1R A A 2R A 2R 1R A A 1R NH 0 / 6 4–6
Madrid Open NH A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A NH 0 / 1 0–1
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A QF A A A A 0 / 1 2–1
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A 1R QF A 1R 2R A A A A A A NH 0 / 4 3–4
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A 2R 1R A 1R 1R 1R A A A SF A A 0 / 6 4–5
Shanghai Masters Not Held 1R 1R A A 1R A A A A A A NH 0 / 3 0–2
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A QF 1R A 1R A A A 2R A A A A 0 / 4 3–4
German Open A A A A A A 1R A Not Masters Series 0 / 1 0–1
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 3–3 3–7 0–2 0–4 2–5 0–2 1–1 5–4 0–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 38 19–36
Career statistics
200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021Career
Tournaments 0 0 0 2 9 6 13 9 14 13 8 10 11 7 4 6 7 5 3 0 0 127
Titles 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Finals 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 8–8 6–4 8–12 17–8 17–11 5–15 7–7 3–10 8–10 5–7 2–4 5–7 0–6 3–5 2–2 0–0 0–0 98–117
Win % – – – 67% 50% 60% 40% 68% 61% 25% 50% 23% 44% 42% 33% 42% 0% 38% 50% – – 46%
Year-end ranking 582 1290 803 346 124 148 139 53 74 197 164 328 138 288 563 167 555 176 289 –

ATP career finals

Singles: 18 (8 titles, 10 runner-ups)
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 International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (8–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (6–6)
Grass (1–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2007 Bavarian Championships, Germany International Clay Mikhail Youzhny 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–0 Jan 2008 Auckland Open, New Zealand International Hard Juan Carlos Ferrero 7–6(7–4), 7–5
Loss 2–1 Jun 2008 Halle Open, Germany International Grass Roger Federer 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–2 Sep 2009 Moselle Open, France 250 Series Hard (i) Gaël Monfils 6–7(1–7), 6–3, 2–6
Win 3–2 Jun 2011 Halle Open, Germany 250 Series Grass Philipp Petzschner 7–6(7–5), 2–0 ret.
Win 4–2 May 2012 Bavarian Championships, Germany (2) 250 Series Clay Marin Čilić 7–6(10–8), 6–3
Loss 4–3 Jul 2012 Kitzbühel Open, Austria 250 Series Clay Robin Haase 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 2–6
Loss 4–4 Jan 2013 Auckland Open, New Zealand 250 Series Hard David Ferrer 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Loss 4–5 May 2013 Bavarian Championships, Germany 250 Series Clay Tommy Haas 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 4–6 Jul 2013 Stuttgart Open, Germany 250 Series Clay Fabio Fognini 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win 5–6 May 2014 Düsseldorf Open, Germany 250 Series Clay Ivo Karlović 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 5–7 May 2015 Bavarian Championships, Germany 250 Series Clay Andy Murray 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–7(4–7)
Win 6–7 Aug 2015 Kitzbühel Open, Austria 250 Series Clay Paul-Henri Mathieu 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 7–7 May 2016 Bavarian Championships, Germany (3) 250 Series Clay Dominic Thiem 7–6(9–7), 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 7–8 Jun 2016 Stuttgart Open, Germany 250 Series Grass Dominic Thiem 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 4–6
Loss 7–9 Apr 2017 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco 250 Series Clay Borna Ćorić 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 5–7
Win 8–9 Aug 2017 Kitzbühel Open, Austria (2) 250 Series Clay João Sousa 6–3, 6–4
Loss 8–10 May 2018 Bavarian Championships, Germany 250 Series Clay Alexander Zverev 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–1)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (3–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2005 Kingfisher Open, Vietnam International Carpet (i) Lars Burgsmüller Ashley Fisher
Robert Lindstedt		 5–6(3–7), 6–4, 6–2[lower-alpha 1]
Win 2–0 Jul 2006 Kitzbühel Open, Austria Intl. Gold Clay Stefan Koubek Oliver Marach
Cyril Suk		 6–2, 6–3
Win 3–0 Apr 2007 Bavarian Championships, Germany International Clay Mikhail Youzhny Jan Hájek
Jaroslav Levinský		 6–1, 6–4
Win 4–0 Jan 2008 Doha, Qatar International Hard David Škoch Jeff Coetzee
Wesley Moodie		 6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss 4–1 Feb 2008 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands Intl. Gold Hard (i) Mikhail Youzhny Tomáš Berdych
Dmitry Tursunov		 5–7, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 5–1 Jul 2008 Stuttgart Open, Germany Intl. Gold Clay Christopher Kas Michael Berrer
Mischa Zverev		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–2 Oct 2008 Swiss Indoors, Switzerland International Hard (i) Christopher Kas Mahesh Bhupati
Mark Knowles		 3–6, 3–6
Win 6–2 Jun 2009 Halle Open, Germany 250 Series Grass Christopher Kas Andreas Beck
Marco Chiudinelli		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–3 Jan 2012 Doha, Qatar 250 Series Hard Christopher Kas Filip Polášek
Lukáš Rosol		 3–6, 4–6
Win 7–3 Jan 2013 Doha, Qatar (2) 250 Series Hard Christopher Kas Julian Knowle
Filip Polášek		 7–5, 6–4
  1. Tie-breaks were held at 5–5 and not 6–6 in this tournament.

Team competition: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Result W–L Year Tournament Surface Partners Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 2009 World Team Cup, Germany Clay Nicolas Kiefer
Rainer Schüttler
Mischa Zverev		 Janko Tipsarević
Viktor Troicki
Nenad Zimonjić		 1–2
Win 1–1 2011 World Team Cup, Germany Clay Florian Mayer
Philipp Petzschner
Christopher Kas		 Juan Mónaco
Juan Ignacio Chela
Máximo González		 2–1

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)
ATP Challenger (4–4)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2002 Enschede, Netherlands Futures Clay Jun Kato 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
Loss 1–1 Oct 2002 Montego Bay, Jamaica Futures Hard Cedric Kauffmann 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–0 Oct 2003 Tumkur, India Challenger Hard Lee Childs 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 1–1 Jun 2004 Reggio Emilia, Italy Challenger Clay Olivier Mutis 2–6, 6–0, 3–6
Win 2–1 Jul 2004 Hilversum, Netherlands Challenger Clay Dennis van Scheppingen 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Nov 2004 Réunion Island Challenger Hard Michal Tabara 1–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Jun 2005 Fürth, Germany Challenger Clay Albert Portas 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win 3–3 Nov 2005 Réunion Island Challenger Hard Teymuraz Gabashvili 6–2, 6–3
Loss 3–4 Sep 2011 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard Denis Istomin 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Win 4–4 Jan 2020 Canberra, Australia Challenger Hard Emil Ruusuvuori 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1–0)
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2003 Lille, France Futures Hard (i) Markus Wislsperger Jérôme Hanquez
Régis Lavergne		 6–4, 6–4

Playing style

Kohlschreiber is an all-court player with an emphasis on baseline play. He has strong groundstrokes on both wings which are equally as solid and is often able to wrong-foot opponents due to his quick follow-through, forcing them to commit early. His forehand is his primary weapon, and he is known to hit inside-out forehands to draw opponents out, while his single-handed backhand is considered one of the best on the tour currently. It is known for its consistency, power, and his ability to hit it in a variety of ways, namely flat, with top-spin and slice. Generally playing from the baseline, Kohlschreiber constructs points and uses a sudden injection of pace or a drop-shot to draw opponents out of their comfort zone and dominate the point from there.

Complementing his strong baseline play, as an all-court player, Kohlschreiber is also a proficient volleyer and uses variety to construct points. He is known to employ drop-shots mid-rally to catch opponents off-guard, especially on the backhand side. He occasionally uses a chip-and-charge tactic as well, especially on grass. It is due to the variety of shots he has that has led him to be successful on all surfaces, as can be seen by the fact that he has reached at least the fourth round of all Grand Slam tournaments and won titles on all surfaces (although he has won the most titles on clay).

Wins over top 10 players
  • He has a 25–100 (20.0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020Total
Wins0001122432230101021025
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score PK Rank
2004
1. Rainer Schüttler 6 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard 1R 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 164
2005
2. Joachim Johansson 10 Halle, Germany Grass 1R 7–6(7–4), 6–1 71
2006
3. Lleyton Hewitt 4 Adelaide, Australia Hard 2R 6–3, 0–6, 7–5 86
4. Nikolay Davydenko 6 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass 1R 6–2, 6–4 96
2007
5. James Blake 8 Halle, Germany Grass QF 6–4, 6–3 34
6. Nikolay Davydenko 4 Davis Cup, Moscow Clay (i) SF 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 32
2008
7. Andy Roddick 6 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard 3R 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–7(3–7), 8–6 27
8. David Ferrer 5 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf Clay RR 6–1, 6–0 35
9. James Blake 7 Halle, Germany Grass SF 6–3, 7–5 40
10. David Ferrer 5 Paris Masters, France Hard (i) 2R 6–3, 6–2 30
2009
11. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 9 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf Clay RR 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–3 31
12. Novak Djokovic 4 French Open, Paris Clay 3R 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 31
13. Fernando Verdasco 9 Davis Cup, Marbella Clay QF 6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 2–6, 8–6 29
2010
14. Andy Murray 4 Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco Clay 2R 6–2, 6–1 33
15. Fernando Verdasco 9 Beijing, China Hard 1R 6–2, 7–5 32
2011
16. Robin Söderling 4 Indian Wells, United States Hard 3R 7–6(10–8), 6–4 35
17. Gaël Monfils 8 Halle, Germany Grass SF 6–3, 6–3 49
2012
18. Nicolas Almagro 10 Auckland, New Zealand Hard QF 7–6(7–5), 6–4 42
19. Rafael Nadal 2 Halle, Germany Grass QF 6–3, 6–4 34
20. John Isner 10 US Open, New York Hard 3R 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 20
2014
21. Richard Gasquet 9 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard (i) 2R 7–5, 7–5 27
2016
22. Tomáš Berdych 7 Davis Cup, Hanover Hard (i) 1R 6–3, 7–5, ret. 30
2018
23. Marin Cilic 3 Indian Wells, United States Hard 3R 6–4, 6–4 37
24. Alexander Zverev 4 US Open, New York Hard 3R 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 6–1, 6–3 34
2019
25. Novak Djokovic 1 Indian Wells, United States Hard 3R 6–4, 6–4 39

Record against top 10 players

Kohlschreiber's ATP-only record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher.

  • Statistics correct as of 19 October 2020.
Player Years Matches Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Carpet
Number 1 ranked players
Thomas Muster 2011 1 1–0 100% – 1–0 – –
Juan Carlos Ferrero 2006–2009 4 3–1 75% 2–0 1–1 – –
Lleyton Hewitt 2002–2011 4 2–2 50% 1–1 0–1 1–0 –
Carlos Moyá 2007–2008 2 1–1 50% 1–1 – – –
Andy Roddick 2003–2011 6 2–4 33% 2–2 0–1 0–1 –
Andy Murray 2010–2017 6 1–5 17% 0–2 1–3 – –
Novak Djokovic 2008–2020 14 2–12 14% 1–6 1–4 0–2 –
Rafael Nadal 2007–2018 16 1–15 6% 0–8 0–7 1–0 –
Roger Federer 2005–2019 14 0–14 0% 0–8 0–1 0–5 –
Number 2 ranked players
Tommy Haas 2008–2013 7 4–3 57% 2–0 0–1 2–2 –
Àlex Corretja 2002 1 0–1 0% – 0–1 – –
Number 3 ranked players
Dominic Thiem 2015–2016 3 2–1 67% – 2–0 0–1 –
Alexander Zverev 2015–2018 5 3–2 60% 2–0 1–1 0–1 –
Marin Čilić 2007–2018 12 7–5 58% 5–3 2–1 0–1 –
Nikolay Davydenko 2006–2009 5 2–3 40% 0–2 1–1 1–0 –
David Nalbandian 2003–2007 3 1–2 33% 0–2 1–0 – –
Milos Raonic 2013–2019 3 1–2 33% 0–2 1–0 – –
Juan Martín del Potro 2007–2018 9 2–7 22% 0–6 2–1 – –
David Ferrer 2005–2018 14 3–11 21% 2–7 1–4 – –
Grigor Dimitrov 2017–2018 2 0–2 0% – 0–2 – –
Ivan Ljubičić 2006–2008 3 0–3 0% 0–2 0–1 – –
Stan Wawrinka 2008–2017 5 0–5 0% 0–3 0–2 – –
Number 4 ranked players
Sebastien Grosjean 2007 1 1–0 100% – 1–0 – –
Robin Söderling 2005–2011 6 5–1 83% 2–1 1–0 2–0 –
James Blake 2007–2008 3 2–1 67% 0–1 – 2–0 –
Nicolas Kiefer 2005–2008 2 1–1 50% – 1–1 – –
Daniil Medvedev 2017–2018 2 1–1 50% 1–1 – – –
Tomáš Berdych 2005–2019 11 2–9 18% 2–7 0–2 – –
Kei Nishikori 2016–2018 3 0–3 0% 0–2 0–1 – –
Number 5 ranked players
Rainer Schüttler 2004 1 1–0 100% 1–0 – – –
Gastón Gaudio 2004–2005 2 1–1 50% 1–0 0–1 – –
Jiří Novák 2005–2006 2 1–1 50% 0–1 1–0 – –
Tommy Robredo 2007–2014 8 3–5 38% 1–2 2–3 – –
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2007–2017 12 1–11 8% 0–7 1–3 0–1 –
Stefanos Tsitsipas 2018 2 0–2 0% 0–2 – – –
Kevin Anderson 2014–2018 4 0–4 0% 0–1 0–2 0–1 –
Number 6 ranked players
Gilles Simon 2007–2019 10 5–5 50% 2–5 3–0 – –
Albert Costa 2005 2 1–1 50% – 1–1 – –
Nicolás Lapentti 2002–2009 2 1–1 50% 1–0 0–1 – –
Gaël Monfils 2008–2019 16 2–14 13% 0–10 1–3 1–1 –
Number 7 ranked players
Mardy Fish 2005–2013 2 2–0 100% 2–0 – – –
Mario Ančić 2006 1 1–0 100% – 1–0 – –
Fernando Verdasco 2006–2018 10 6–4 60% 4–1 2–2 0–1 –
Richard Gasquet 2005–2019 5 3–2 60% 2–0 1–1 0–1 –
David Goffin 2013–2015 3 1–2 33% 0–1 1–1 – –
Thomas Johansson 2005 1 0–1 0% – – – 0–1
Number 8 ranked players
Jürgen Melzer 2003–2014 4 4–0 100% 2–0 2–0 – –
Andrey Rublev 2017 1 1–0 100% – 1–0 – –
Diego Schwartzman 2017 1 1–0 100% 1–0 – – –
Mikhail Youzhny 2006–2013 10 7–3 70% 3–1 3–0 0–1 1–1
Karen Khachanov 2016–2019 5 3–2 67% 1–1 2–1 – –
John Isner 2010–2017 8 4–4 50% 4–3 0–1 – –
Jack Sock 2016–2018 2 1–1 50% 0–1 1–0 – –
Marcos Baghdatis 2006–2017 8 3–5 38% 0–2 2–1 1–2 –
Janko Tipsarević 2005–2014 6 2–4 33% 1–2 1–2 – –
Radek Štěpánek 2005–2016 8 2–6 25% 1–3 0–2 1–1 –
Matteo Berrettini 2019 1 0–1 0% – 0–1 – –
Number 9 ranked players
Joachim Johansson 2005 1 1–0 100% – – 1–0 –
Nicolás Massú 2005 1 1–0 100% 1–0 – – –
Fabio Fognini 2012–2020 10 7–3 70% 3–1 4–2 – –
Roberto Bautista Agut 2014–2018 5 3–2 60% 1–1 2–1 – –
Nicolás Almagro 2005–2017 10 3–7 30% 2–2 1–5 – –
Number 10 ranked players
Pablo Carreño Busta 2014–2016 2 2–0 100% 1–0 1–0 – –
Ernests Gulbis 2009–2012 2 2–0 100% – 2–0 – –
Juan Mónaco 2004–2012 4 2–2 50% 2–0 0–2 – –
Arnaud Clément 2007–2010 2 1–1 50% 0–1 1–0 – –
Lucas Pouille 2017–2019 4 1–3 25% 1–2 – 0–1 –
Total 2002–2020 345 130–215 38% 61–117 55–73 13–23 1–2

German tournaments
Tournament2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020SRW–LWin %
Hamburg 1R A A 1R 1R 2R 1R 3R 3R 3R QF A SF 1R QF SF 1R 1R 1R 0 / 16 15–16 48%
Munich 1R A 2R A QF W A 2R QF QF W F 1R F W 2R F QF NH 3 / 15 35–12 74%
Halle A A A QF 1R SF F SF QF W SF QF SF 1R QF 2R 2R 1R NH 1 / 15 31–13 70%
Stuttgart A A 1R 2R 1R 2R QF 2R 1R A A F 2R QF F QF 1R 1R NH 0 / 14 16–13 55%
Düsseldorf Not Held 2R W Discontinued 1 / 2 4–1 80%

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