Tim Pütz

Tim Pütz (German pronunciation: [ˈtɪm ˈpʏts]; born 19 November 1987) is a German professional tennis player. He is a doubles specialist who reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 57 in January 2020.

Tim Pütz
Pütz at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceUsingen, Germany
Born (1987-11-19) 19 November 1987
Frankfurt, Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$558,415
Singles
Career record1–2 (in ATP Tour events)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 163 (2 February 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2015)
French OpenQ3 (2015)
Wimbledon2R (2014)
US OpenQ1 (2013, 2014)
Doubles
Career record39–33 (54.2% in ATP Tour events)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 57 (13 January 2020)
Current rankingNo. 62 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2019, 2020)
French Open2R (2019)
Wimbledon3R (2018)
US Open2R (2018)
Team competitions
Davis CupQF (2018)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Professional career

2014

Pütz made his ATP main draw singles debut at Wimbledon. As a qualifier, he defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round. He lost to Fabio Fognini in four sets in the next round.

2017

Pütz played in the Davis Cup for the first time. He helped the German team to win over Portugal in the World Group play-offs by winning the doubles rubber with partner Jan-Lennard Struff.

2018

In the first round of the 2018 Davis Cup, Pütz and Struff beat the Australian duo John Peers and Matthew Ebden to set Germany on their way to victory.[1] Although Pütz and Struff won again in the Davis Cup quarterfinals against the Spaniards Feliciano López and Marc López, their team lost the tie with 2–3.

In June, Pütz won his first title on the ATP Tour at the Stuttgart Open in doubles, partnering Philipp Petzschner as a wild card entry.[2]

2019

Pütz won the doubles title with partner Frederik Nielsen at the Bavarian International Tennis Championships in Munich.[3]

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
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 World Tour 250 Series (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2018 Stuttgart Open, Germany 250 Series Grass Philipp Petzschner Robert Lindstedt
Marcin Matkowski		 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 2–0 May 2019 Bavarian Championships, Germany 250 Series Clay Frederik Nielsen Marcelo Demoliner
Divij Sharan		 6–4, 6–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (7–6)
Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (7–4)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2011 Leimen, Germany Futures Hard (i) Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Nov 2011 Amelia Island, USA Futures Clay Rudolf Siwy 6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Win 2–1 Sep 2012 Sarreguemine, France Futures Carpet (i) Elie Rousset 7–5, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Oct 2012 Cardiff, Great Britain Futures Hard (i) Bastian Knittel 1–6, 2–6
Win 3–2 Jan 2013 Bagnoles, France Futures Clay (i) Márton Fucsovics 6–0, 4–1, ret.
Win 4–2 Mar 2013 Gatineau, Canada Futures Hard (i) Austin Krajicek 6–2, 6–4
Win 5–2 Jun 2013 Essen, Germany Futures Clay Steven Moneke 6–2, 7–5
Win 6–2 Sep 2013 Forbach, France Futures Carpet (i) Oscar Otte 6–2, 6–2
Loss 6–3 Mar 2014 Taverne, Switzerland Futures Carpet (i) Henri Laaksonen 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 0–1 Nov 2014 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet (i) Ruben Bemelmans 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss 6–4 Feb 2017 Bellevue, Switzerland Futures Carpet (i) Daniel Altmaier 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win 7–4 Aug 2017 Neuchatel, Switzerland Futures Clay Hiroyasu Ehara 6–2, 6–2
Loss 0–2 Oct 2017 Ortisei, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Lorenzo Sonego 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 30 (18–12)
Legend
ATP Challenger (14–4)
ITF Futures (4–8)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2006 Wetzlar, Germany Futures Clay Fernando Cabrera Artemon Apostu-Efremov
Laurent Bram		 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2011 Kempten, Germany Futures Clay Steven Moneke Andre Wiesler
Marcel Zimmermann		 6–2, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Oct 2011 Leimen, Germany Futures Hard (i) Terence Nugent Victor Anagnastopol
Florin Mergea		 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss 1–3 Nov 2011 Amelia Island, USA Futures Clay Alexandre Lacroix Rudolf Siwy
Matteo Viola		 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Win 2–3 Aug 2012 Wetzlar, Germany Futures Clay Steven Moneke Andre Begemann
Alejandro Figueroa		 6–2, 6–0
Loss 2–4 Oct 2012 La Roche-sur-Yon, France Futures Hard (i) Moritz Baumann Jean Andersen
Hugo Nys		 6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)
Win 3–4 Dec 2012 Jakarta, Indonesia Futures Hard Michael Venus Brydan Klein
Dane Propoggia		 7–5, 6–3
Loss 3–5 Jan 2013 Bagnoles , France Futures Clay (i) Moritz Baumann Ivan Arenas-Gualda
Enrique López-Pérez		 walkover
Win 4–5 Mar 2013 Gatineau, Canada Futures Hard (i) Moritz Baumann Adam El Mihdawy
Peter Polansky		 7–6(7–0), 6–1
Loss 4–6 Apr 2013 Angers, France Futures Clay Niels Desein Ivan Bjelica
Miljan Zekić		 3–6, 4–6
Loss 4–7 Apr 2013 Grasse, France Futures Clay Jeremy Jahn Jonathan Eysseric
Nicolas Renavand		 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Win 1–0 Aug 2013 Liberec, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Rameez Junaid Colin Ebelthite
Lee Hsin-han		 6–0, 6–2
Loss 4–8 Sep 2013 Forbach, France Futures Carpet (i) Lukas Storck Andreas Mies
Oscar Otte		 7–6(9–7), 2–6, [7–10]
Win 2–0 Nov 2013 Ortisei, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Christopher Kas Benjamin Becker
Daniele Bracciali		 6–2, 7–5
Win 3–0 Apr 2014 Saint-Brieuc, France Challenger Hard (i) Dominik Meffert Philipp Marx
Victor Baluda		 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–1 Apr 2014 Shenzhen, China Challenger Hard Dominik Meffert Samuel Groth
Chris Guccione		 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 4–1 May 2014 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Clay Andre Begemann Jesse Huta Galung
Rameez Junaid		 6–3, 6–3
Win 5–1 Feb 2015 Wrocław, Poland Challenger Hard (i) Philipp Petzschner Frank Dancevic
Andriej Kapaś		 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 5–2 May 2015 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Clay Dominik Meffert Mateusz Kowalczyk
Igor Zelenay		 4–6, 3–6
Win 6–2 Sep 2016 Sibiu, Romania Challenger Clay Robin Haase Jonathan Eysseric
Tristan Lamasine		 6–4, 6–2
Win 7–2 Sep 2017 Genoa, Italy Challenger Clay Jan-Lennard Struff Guido Andreozzi
Ariel Behar		 7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8)
Loss 7–3 Oct 2017 Ismaning, Germany Challenger Carpet (i) Dustin Brown Marin Draganja
Tomislav Draganja		 7–6(7–1), 2–6, [8–10]
Win 8–3 Jan 2018 Nouméa, New Caledonia Challenger Hard Hugo Nys Alejandro González
Jaume Munar		 6–2, 6–2
Win 9–3 Mar 2018 Yokohama, Japan Challenger Hard Tobias Kamke Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana		 3–6, 7–5, [12–10]
Win 10–3 Mar 2018 Lille, France Challenger Hard (i) Hugo Nys Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Purav Raja		 7–6(7–3), 1–6, [10–7]
Win 11–3 May 2018 Aix-en-Provence, France Challenger Clay Philipp Petzschner Guido Andreozzi
Kenny de Schepper		 6–7(3–7), 6–2, [10–8]
Win 12–3 Apr 2019 Tunis, Tunisia Challenger Clay Ruben Bemelmans Facundo Argüello
Guillermo Durán		 6–3, 6–1
Loss 12–4 May 2019 Aix-en-Provence, France Challenger Clay Frederik Nielsen Kevin Krawietz
Jürgen Melzer		 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win 13–4 Nov 2019 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard (i) Frederik Nielsen Roman Jebavý
Igor Zelenay		 4–6, 7–6(7–4), [11–9]
Win 14–4 Nov 2019 Helsinki, Finland Challenger Hard (i) Frederik Nielsen Tomislav Draganja
Pavel Kotov		 7–6(7–2), 6–0

Performance timelines

Singles
Tournament20112012201320142015201620172018SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1
French Open A A A Q2 Q3 A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A 2R Q1 A A A 0 / 1 1–1
US Open A A Q1 Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 1–2
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2
Year-end ranking 594 425 241 187 424 685 337 317

Doubles

Current through the 2020 Open 13.

Tournament2011201220132014201520162017201820192020SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2
French Open A A A A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Wimbledon A A A Q2 A A A 3R 2R 0 / 2 3–2
US Open A A A A A A A 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 2–4 0–1 0 / 7 5–7
National representation
Davis Cup A A A A A A PO QF QR 0 / 1 4–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 20 4 35
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 15–7 17–19 5–4 39–33
Year-end ranking 811 542 156 194 269 577 164 60 63 54%

National participation

Davis Cup (4–0)
Group membership
World Group (2–0)
Qualifying Round (1–0)
WG Play-off (1–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (0–0)
Doubles (4–0)
Matches by venue
Germany (1–0)
Away (3–0)
Group Rd Date Opponent nation Score Venue Surface Match Opponent player(s) W/L Rubber score
2017
WG PO Sep 2017  Portugal 3–2 Oeiras Clay Doubles (w/ J-L Struff) G Elias / J Sousa Win 6–2, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
2018
WG 1R Feb 2018  Australia 3–1 Brisbane Hard Doubles (w/ J-L Struff) M Ebden / J Peers Win 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–4
QF Apr 2018  Spain 2–3 Valencia Clay Doubles (w/ J-L Struff) F López / M López Win 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
2019
QR Feb 2019  Hungary 5–0 Frankfurt Hard (i) Doubles (w/ J-L Struff) G Borsos / P Nagy Win 6–2, 6–3

References
  1. "Davis Cup: Putz and Struff earn pivotal point for Germany over Australia". Tennis World USA. 3 February 2018.
  2. "ATP Stuttgart: Wildcards Philipp Petzschner and Tim Puetz claim title". Tennis World USA. 17 June 2018.
  3. "Nielsen/Puetz Win Munich On Team Debut". ATP Tour. 5 May 2019.
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