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Alexander Waske

Country (sports)	Germany
Born	(1975-03-31) 31 March 1975 Frankfurt, West Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2012
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
College	San Diego State
Prize money	$1,339,987
Singles
Career record	28–64
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 89 (12 June 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2003, 2006, 2007)
French Open	2R (2006)
Wimbledon	2R (2002)
US Open	1R (2002, 2006, 2007)
Doubles
Career record	111–76
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 16 (30 April 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2005)
French Open	SF (2006)
Wimbledon	QF (2005)
US Open	3R (2006)

Alexander Waske (born 31 March 1975) is a retired tennis player from Germany.

Waske was ranked as high as world No. 16 in doubles, winning four titles. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 89 in June 2006. In 2010, Waske and his former Davis Cup companion Rainer Schüttler founded the Schüttler Waske Tennis-University, a tennis academy for professional players.

Waske twice beat players in the final qualifying rounds of tournaments who later got into the main draw as lucky losers and caused big historical upsets. In the 2002 Wimbledon final qualifying round at Roehampton, Waske beat George Bastl, before lucky loser Bastl later beat Pete Sampras in the second round of the 2002 Wimbledon tournament, in one of the greatest upsets in tennis history. In the final qualifying round for Indian Wells in 2007, Waske beat Guillermo Cañas, before lucky loser Cañas later beat Roger Federer in the second round of the 2007 Indian Wells tournament, ending Federer's 41–match unbeaten run.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 8 (4–4)

Legend (singles) Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–3)	Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (3–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2005	Munich, Germany	Clay	Florian Mayer	Mario Ančić Julian Knowle	3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2006	Houston, United States	Clay	Michael Kohlmann	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	5–7, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss	1–2	Apr 2006	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Michael Kohlmann	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	May 2006	Munich, Germany	Clay	Andrei Pavel	Alexander Peya Björn Phau	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–2	Jan 2007	Zagreb, Croatia	Carpet (i)	Michael Kohlmann	František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–5]
Loss	3–3	Feb 2007	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Andrei Pavel	Martin Damm Leander Paes	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [8–10]
Win	4–3	Apr 2007	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Andrei Pavel	Rafael Nadal Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal	6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Loss	4–4	Oct 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	Michael Kohlmann	Oliver Marach Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)

Grand Slam performance timelines

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.

Singles

Tournament	2002	2003	2006	2007	SR	W–L
Australian Open		1R	1R	1R	0 / 3	0–3
French Open		1R	2R		0 / 2	1–2
Wimbledon	2R	1R	1R		0 / 3	1–3
US Open	1R		1R	1R	0 / 3	0–3
Win–loss	1–2	0–3	1–4	0–2	0 / 11	2–11

Doubles

Tournament	2002	2005	2006	2007	2009	2011	2012	SR	W–L
Australian Open		SF	1R	3R				0 / 3	6–3
French Open		3R	SF	3R	3R	2R	1R	0 / 6	11–6
Wimbledon	2R	QF	1R			1R		0 / 4	4–4
US Open		1R	3R	2R		2R		0 / 4	4–4
Win–loss	1–1	9–4	6–4	5–3	2–1	2–3	0–1	0 / 17	25–17

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Tournament	Surface	Rd	Score
2002
1.	Carlos Moyá	10	Japan Open, Japan	Hard	2R	6–4, 7–5
2005
2.	Rafael Nadal	3	Halle Open, Germany	Grass	1R	4–6, 7–5, 6–3

External links

• Alexander Waske at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Alexander Waske at World Tennis
• Alexander Waske at the Davis Cup (archived)
• Official website of Alexander Waske (in German and English)