Clemens Trimmel

Clemens Trimmel (born 8 June 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Austria.

Clemens Trimmel
Full nameClemens Trimmel
Country (sports) Austria
Born (1978-06-08) 8 June 1978
Vienna, Austria
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$97,932
Singles
Career record1–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 147 (23 April 2001)
Doubles
Career record1–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 419 (16 July 2001)

Biography

Professional tour

Trimmel, a right-handed player from Vienna, was a top-50 ranked junior. He turned professional in 1997 and made several main draw appearances at ATP Tour tournaments. Most notably he had a first-round win over world number 23 Jonas Björkman at St. Pölten in 1997.[1] At the same tournament the following year he narrowly lost to Thomas Muster, 5–7 in the final set. Muster was also his doubles partner at ATP Tour tournaments in Stuttgart and Kitzbühel.

His only Challenger title came in 2000 at the Oberstaufen Cup, where he defeated Radomir Vasek in the final. He was unable to defend his title in 2001 but did have a win over David Ferrer.

At the 2001 French Open he made it to the final round of qualifying, beating James Blake en route.[2]

Davis Cup

The first of his two Davis Cup appearances for Austria was an away tie to Croatia in 2001. He played in the reverse singles, a dead rubber that he lost to Mario Ančić in a final set tie-break.[3] His second Davis Cup match came in 2002, when Austria hosted Israel in Tyrol. He partnered Alexander Peya in the doubles, which they lost in five sets to Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.[4]

In 2012 he was appointed Austria's Davis Cup captain and in his first year took the team to the World Group quarter-finals, for the first time since 1995.[5] The Austrians were relegated in 2013 and after their 2014 campaign, in which they were unable to return to the World Group, Trimmel was replaced by Stefan Koubek. He also captained the Austria Fed Cup team in the 2014 season.[6]

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)
No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 2000 Oberstaufen, Germany Clay Radomír Vašek 6–4, 6–1

See also

References
  1. "Tennis Raiffeisen Grand Prix In St. Polten, Austria". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 20 May 1997. p. 53. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. "Tennis French Open Qualifying". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 25 May 2001. p. 54. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  3. "Kroatien gewinnt gegen Österreich 4:1". Der Standard (in German). 9 April 2001. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  4. "Daviscup: Bresnik stapelt tief". Der Standard (in German). 14 February 2002. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  5. "Trimmel named Austrian Davis Cup captain". USA Today. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  6. "Jurgen Waber to return as Austria Fed Cup captain after year away, replaces Clemens Trimmel". Times Colonist. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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