Christopher_Kas

Christopher Kas
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Trostberg, Germany
Born	13 June 1980 (age 43); Trostberg, West Germany
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2001
Retired	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,350,322
Singles
Career record	0–2
Career titles	0 ; 0 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 224 (4 November 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2003)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2003)
Doubles
Career record	191–202
Career titles	5 ; 22 Challenger, 6 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 17 (6 February 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2012)
French Open	3R (2009, 2011, 2013)
Wimbledon	SF (2011)
US Open	QF (2008)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2009, 2010)
French Open	SF (2010)
Wimbledon	3R (2009)
US Open	1R (2008, 2009, 2011)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	SF – 4th (2012)
	Last updated on: 29 August 2021.

Christopher Kas

German tennis player

Christopher Kas (born 13 June 1980) is a retired German tennis player.

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Kas has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 224, which he achieved in November 2002. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 17, achieved in February 2012.

Kas reached 20 double finals on the ATP Tour posting a record of 5 wins and 15 losses with an array of partners.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished in fourth place in mixed doubles alongside Sabine Lisicki. In January 2015, Sabine appointed him to her coaching team.^[1]

In 2022, Kas coaches German tennis player Jule Niemeier. Together they reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. He is currently coaching Kateryna Baindl.

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2006	Båstad, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Oliver Marach	Jonas Björkman Thomas Johansson	3–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss	0–2	Jul 2006	Amersfoort, Netherlands	250 Series	Clay	Lucas Arnold Ker	Alberto Martín Fernando Vicente	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 2007	Kitzbühel, Austria	500 Series	Clay	Tomas Behrend	Potito Starace Luis Horna	6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	0–4	Oct 2007	Vienna, Austria	500 Series	Hard	Tomas Behrend	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–5	Mar 2008	Zagreb, Croatia	250 Series	Hard	Rogier Wassen	Paul Hanley Jordan Kerr	3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win	1–5	Jul 2008	Stuttgart, Germany	500 Series	Clay	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Michael Berrer Mischa Zverev	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–6	Oct 2008	Basel, Switzerland	250 Series	Hard	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–7	Feb 2009	Zagreb, Croatia	250 Series	Hard	Rogier Wassen	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–7	Jun 2009	Halle, Germany	250 Series	Grass	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Andreas Beck Marco Chiudinelli	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–8	Jul 2010	Stuttgart, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Carlos Berlocq Eduardo Schwank	6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(6–8)
Win	3–8	Oct 2010	Bangkok, Thailand	250 Series	Hard	Viktor Troicki	Jonathan Erlich Jürgen Melzer	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–9	Feb 2011	Delray Beach, United States	250 Series	Hard	Alexander Peya	Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram	6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Loss	3–10	May 2011	München, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Andreas Beck	Simone Bolelli Horacio Zeballos	6–7^(3–7), 4–6
Loss	3–11	Jul 2011	Gstaad, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Alexander Peya	František Čermák Filip Polášek	3–6, 6–7^(7–9)
Loss	3–12	Aug 2011	Winston-Salem, United States	250 Series	Hard	Alexander Peya	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6–7^(2–7), 4–6
Loss	3–13	Jan 2012	Doha, Qatar	250 Series	Hard	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Filip Polášek Lukáš Rosol	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–13	Jan 2013	Doha, Qatar	250 Series	Hard	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Julian Knowle Filip Polášek	7–5, 6–4
Loss	4–14	Apr 2013	Casablanca, Morocco	250 Series	Clay	Dustin Brown	Julian Knowle Filip Polášek	3–6, 2–6
Win	5–14	Aug 2013	Kitzbühel, Austria	250 Series	Clay	Martin Emmrich	František Čermák Lukáš Dlouhý	6–4, 6–3
Loss	5–15	May 2014	Düsseldorf, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Martin Emmrich	Santiago González Scott Lipsky	5–7, 6–4, [3–10]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2000	Czech Republic F1, Znojmo	Futures	Clay	Martin Hromec	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Nov 2001	Jamaica F2, Negril	Futures	Clay	Zbynek Mlynarik	7–5, 6–7^(4–7), ret.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2000	Luxembourg F1, Luxembourg	Futures	Clay	Dick Norman	Willem-Petrus Meyer Rik de Voest	6–1, 7–6^(7–2)
Loss	1–1	Sep 2000	Czech Republic F1, Znojmo	Futures	Clay	Ronald Dueller	Igor Brukner Martin Hromec	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	May 2002	Italy F1, Valdengo	Futures	Clay	Jun Kato	Riccardo Capannelli Gianluca Luddi	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–1	Sep 2002	Brașov, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Herbert Wiltschnig	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Santiago Ventura	5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Win	4–1	Sep 2002	Sofia, Bulgaria	Challenger	Clay	Oliver Marach	Ilia Kushev Luben Pampoulov	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(7–9), 6–2
Win	5–1	Feb 2003	Portugal F1, Espinho	Futures	Clay	Mike Scheidweiler	Michal Mertiňák Marco Mirnegg	6–3, 6–2
Win	6–1	Mar 2004	Portugal F1, Faro	Futures	Hard	Philipp Petzschner	Boris Borgula Roman Kukal	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	7–1	May 2004	Italy F6, Valdengo	Futures	Clay	Philipp Petzschner	Giuseppe Menga Massimo Ocera	6–3, 6–1
Win	8–1	Jun 2004	Italy F13, Cesena	Futures	Clay	Federico Torresi	Diego Junqueira Felipe Parada	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	9–1	Aug 2004	Mönchengladbach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Philipp Petzschner	Karsten Braasch Franz Stauder	3–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	10–1	Nov 2004	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Philipp Petzschner	Daniele Bracciali Petr Luxa	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	11–1	Dec 2004	Ischgl, Austria	Challenger	Carpet	Leonardo Azzaro	Gianluca Bazzica Massimo Dell'Acqua	7–5, 6–3
Win	12–1	May 2005	Dresden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Philipp Petzschner	Bart Beks Martijn van Haasteren	6–7^(2–7), 6–2, 6–4
Loss	12–2	Jul 2005	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Werner Eschauer	Oliver Marach Jean-Claude Scherrer	5–7, 3–6
Loss	12–3	Jul 2005	Rimini, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Philipp Petzschner	David Škoch Martin Štěpánek	3–6, 7–6^(7–1), 1–6
Win	13–3	Oct 2005	Mons, Belgium	Challenger	Hard	Philipp Petzschner	Tomáš Cibulec Tom Vanhoudt	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
Win	14–3	Nov 2005	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Philipp Petzschner	Torsten Popp Jasper Smit	6–3, 7–5
Loss	14–4	Nov 2005	Helsinki, Finland	Challenger	Hard	Philipp Petzschner	Yves Allegro Michael Kohlmann	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	14–5	Nov 2005	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Philipp Petzschner	Sebastian Rieschick Frank Moser	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 4–6
Loss	14–6	Jan 2006	Austria F1, Bergheim	Futures	Carpet	Philipp Petzschner	Johan Brunström Philip Stolt	3–6, 4–6
Win	15–6	Jan 2006	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Philipp Petzschner	David Škoch Lukáš Dlouhý	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, [10–4]
Loss	15–7	Feb 2006	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Philipp Petzschner	Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti	5–7, 6–0, [11–13]
Win	16–7	Feb 2006	Besançon, France	Challenger	Hard	Philipp Petzschner	Jean-Claude Scherrer Lovro Zovko	6–2, 6–2
Loss	16–8	Apr 2006	Monza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Leonardo Azzaro	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Tomas Tenconi	6–4, 4–6, [11–13]
Loss	16–9	May 2006	Dresden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Philipp Petzschner	Michal Mertiňák Yves Allegro	3–6, 0–6
Win	17–9	Jun 2006	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Behrend	Máximo González Sergio Roitman	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Win	18–9	Sep 2006	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Behrend	Tomasz Bednarek Marcin Matkowski	6–1, 3–6, [10–4]
Win	19–9	Feb 2007	Besançon, France	Challenger	Hard	Alexander Peya	Grégory Carraz Gilles Müller	6–4, 6–4
Win	20–9	May 2007	Dresden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Behrend	Jean-Baptiste Perlant Xavier Pujo	6–3, 6–4
Win	21–9	Jun 2007	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Behrend	Óscar Hernández Carles Poch Gradin	6–0, 6–2
Win	22–9	Sep 2007	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Behrend	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Guzmán	6–0, 5–7, [10–8]
Win	23–9	Sep 2007	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Behrend	Leonardo Azzaro Alessandro Motti	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Win	24–9	Nov 2007	Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine	Challenger	Hard	Lovro Zovko	Rohan Bopanna Chris Haggard	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Win	25–9	Apr 2009	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Simon Greul	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	4–6, 7–6^(7–2), [10–2]
Loss	25–10	May 2011	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Alexander Peya	František Čermák Lukáš Rosol	3–6, 4–6
Win	26–10	Sep 2012	Pétange, Luxembourg	Challenger	Hard	Dick Norman	Jamie Murray André Sá	2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	27–10	May 2013	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Oliver Marach	Nicholas Monroe Simon Stadler	2–6, 6–4, [10–1]
Win	28–10	Nov 2013	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Tim Pütz	Daniele Bracciali Benjamin Becker	6–2, 7–5

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	QF	1R	2R	0 / 8	7–8	47%
French Open	1R	1R	2R	3R	1R	3R	2R	3R	1R	0 / 9	8–9	47%
Wimbledon	1R	3R	3R	3R	1R	SF	2R	A	1R	0 / 8	11–8	58%
US Open	2R	1R	QF	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	A	0 / 8	7–8	47%
Win–loss	1–3	2–4	8–4	5–4	2–4	6–4	5–4	3–3	1–3	0 / 33	33–33	50%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Miami	A	A	2R	1R	1R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 4	1–4	20%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Hamburg	A	2R	1R	Not Masters Series						0 / 2	1–2	33%
Madrid	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Shanghai	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Paris Masters	A	A	A	QF	1R	SF	2R	A	A	0 / 4	6–4	60%
Win–loss	0–0	1–1	1–4	2–3	0–4	4–2	3–5	0–1	0–0	0 / 20	11–20	35%

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	2R	A	1R	0 / 3	2–3	40%
French Open	A	A	1R	SF	A	1R	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Wimbledon	1R	A	3R	1R	1R	A	0 / 4	1–4	20%
US Open	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	2–4	4–3	0–2	0–2	0 / 13	6–13	32%

Christopher_Kas

Christopher Kas

Olympic medal matches

Mixed doubles: 1 bronze medal match (0–1)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 20 (5 titles, 15 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Doubles: 38 (28–10)

Performance timelines

Doubles

Mixed doubles

References

External links

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