Mark Kratzmann
Mark Edward Kratzmann (born 17 May 1966) is a former Australian professional tennis player.
| Full name | Mark Edward Kratzmann |
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| Residence | Windera, Australia |
| Born | 17 May 1966 Murgon, Australia |
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Turned pro | 1984 |
| Retired | 1992 |
| Plays | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $1,378,936 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 59–97 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 50 (26 March 1990) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (1987) |
| French Open | 1R (1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1986, 1990) |
| US Open | 2R (1990) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 267–203 |
| Career titles | 18 |
| Highest ranking | No. 5 (16 April 1990) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1989) |
| French Open | SF (1992) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1987, 1989, 1992) |
| US Open | QF (1989) |
Tennis career
Kratzmann was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in 1983.[1]
Juniors
As the world's No. 1 ranked junior player in 1984, Kratzmann won the boys' singles tournaments at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open that year.
Pro tour
As a professional player, Kratzmann won 18 doubles titles, including the Cincinnati Masters in 1990 (also reaching the Australian Open men's doubles final in 1989).
His best slam performance in singles was reaching the fourth round of the 1987 Australian Open. Kratzmann achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 50 in March 1990.
He sometimes partnered his brother Andrew in doubles matches.
After retirement
Kratzmann began to play cricket after moving to Hong Kong in 2003, where he originally worked as a tennis coach. He won the Hong Kong Cricket Association's Player of the Year award for 2005–06. In May 2007, he was selected in the national squad to participate in the ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament. He was also in the 20-man list for the Asia Cup but was not included in the final 14. He has made three international appearances for Hong Kong.
Career finals
Doubles: 30 (18–12)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 1986 | Queen's Club, England | Grass | |
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2–6, 6–7 |
| Winner | 1. | 1986 | Cincinnati, USA | Hard | |
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6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 1986 | Hong Kong, UK | Hard | |
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6–7, 7–6, 5–7 |
| Winner | 2. | 1987 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | |
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6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 3. | 1987 | Hong Kong | Hard | |
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6–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 4. | 1988 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | |
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4–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
| Winner | 5. | 1988 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Hard | |
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7–6, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 1989 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | |
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2–6, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 1989 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Hard | |
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4–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 6. | 1989 | Queen's Club, England | Grass | |
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7–6, 6–3 |
| Winner | 7. | 1989 | Stratton Mountain, USA | Hard | |
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6–3, 4–6, 7–6 |
| Winner | 8. | 1989 | Brisbane, Australia | Hard | |
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6–4, 5–7, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 1989 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | |
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3–6, 7–6, 5–7 |
| Winner | 9. | 1990 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Hard | |
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6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 10. | 1990 | Memphis, USA | Hard (i) | |
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7–5, 6–2 |
| Winner | 11. | 1990 | Tokyo Outdoor, Japan | Hard | |
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3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 12. | 1990 | Singapore | Hard | |
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6–1, 6–0 |
| Winner | 13. | 1990 | Manchester, England | Grass | |
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6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
| Winner | 14. | 1990 | Newport, USA | Grass | |
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7–6, 6–2 |
| Winner | 15. | 1990 | Cincinnati, USA | Hard | |
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7–6, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 1990 | Paris Indoor, France | Carpet (i) | |
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7–5, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 1991 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Hard | |
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6–3, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 1992 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | |
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6–7, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 1992 | Rome, Italy | Clay | |
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4–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Winner | 16. | 1993 | Milan, Italy | Carpet (i) | |
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4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 17. | 1993 | Stuttgart Indoor, Germany | Carpet (i) | |
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6–3, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 10. | 1993 | Rome, Italy | Clay | |
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4–6, 6–7 |
| Winner | 18. | 1994 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | |
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6–4, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 11. | 1994 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Hard | |
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1–6, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 12. | 1994 | Cincinnati, USA | Hard |  |
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7–6, 3–6, 2–6 |
Doubles performance timeline
| Tournament | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | Career SR | Career W-L |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | NH | QF | 3R | F | QF | 3R | 2R | SF | 3R | 2R | A | 0 / 13 | 23–13 |
| French Open | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | SF | QF | 2R | A | A | 0 / 10 | 14–10 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | A | QF | 1R | 3R | QF | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 11 | 13–11 |
| US Open | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | QF | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 9 | 5–9 |
| Grand Slam SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 43 | N/A |
| Annual Win-Loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 7–4 | 2–1 | 11–4 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 9–4 | 8–4 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | N/A | 55–43 |
| ATP Masters Series | |||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | These Tournaments Were Not Masters Series Events Before 1990 |
2R | 2R | 1R | SF | 2R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | |||||||
| Miami | SF | 3R | QF | 3R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 8–4 | ||||||||
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||||||
| Rome | A | A | F | F | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 8–2 | ||||||||
| Hamburg | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||||||
| Canada | 1R | A | SF | QF | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | ||||||||
| Cincinnati | W | 2R | 1R | 2R | F | A | A | 1 / 5 | 10–4 | ||||||||
| Stuttgart (Stockholm) | QF | 2R | QF | 2R | QF | A | A | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | ||||||||
| Paris | F | 1R | QF | 2R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | ||||||||
| Masters Series SR | N/A | 1 / 6 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 31 | N/A | |||||||
| Annual Win-Loss | N/A | 13–5 | 3–5 | 11–7 | 9–8 | 7–5 | 0–0 | 0–0 | N/A | 43–30 | |||||||
| Year-end ranking | 409 | 289 | 130 | 164 | 35 | 43 | 124 | 13 | 7 | 62 | 14 | 13 | 43 | 721 | – | N/A | |
References
- Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002. ISBN 174013060X.
External links
- Mark Kratzmann at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Mark Kratzmann at the International Tennis Federation
- Mark Kratzmann at the Davis Cup
- Mark Kratzmann at Tennis Australia
- Kratzmann Sports Asia
- The Age 2007 article
- Mark Kratzmann at ESPNcricinfo
- Mark Kratzmann at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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