Patrick Baur

Patrick Baur
Country (sports) Germany
Born (1965-05-03) 3 May 1965
Radolfzell, West Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1986
Retired1997
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachGunter Bresnik
Prize money$709,282
Singles
Career record67–107
Career titles2
2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 74 (22 April 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1988, 1992)
French Open1R (1988, 1991)
Wimbledon3R (1995)
US Open2R (1997)
Doubles
Career record38–59
Career titles2
3 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 64 (1 May 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1989)
French Open2R (1989)
Wimbledon1R (1989, 1990, 1997)
US OpenQ2 (1997)
Last updated on: 1 June 2023.

Patrick Baur (born 3 May 1965) is a German former professional tennis player.

During his career Baur won 2 singles titles and 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74 in 1991 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 64 in 1989.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–0)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 1991 Guarujá, Brazil World Series Hard Fernando Roese 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–0 Apr 1991 Seoul, South Korea World Series Hard Jeff Tarango 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–5)

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1988 Båstad, Sweden Grand Prix Clay Udo Riglewski Stefan Edberg
Niclas Kroon
6–7, 6–3, 7–6
Loss 1–1 Oct 1988 Tel Aviv, Israel Grand Prix Hard Alexander Mronz Roger Smith
Paul Wekesa
3–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Oct 1989 Tel Aviv, Israel Grand Prix Hard Jeremy Bates Rikard Bergh
Per Henricsson
6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 2–2 Oct 1992 Taipei, Taiwan World Series Carpet Christo van Rensburg Sandon Stolle
John Fitzgerald
6–7, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (2–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–7)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–6)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 1989 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Andrew Castle 6–4, 6–7, 7–5
Loss 1–1 May 1990 Bangkok, Thailand Challenger Hard Slava Dosedel 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Oct 1990 Ilhéus, Brazil Challenger Hard Luis-Enrique Herrera 2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Dec 1991 Bossonnens, Switzerland Challenger Hard Christo Van Rensburg 4–6, 6–7
Win 2–3 Jul 1992 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Jamie Morgan 4–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss 2–4 Mar 1993 Garmisch, Germany Challenger Carpet Martin Laurendeau 0–6, 4–6
Loss 2–5 Jul 1994 Montebello, Canada Challenger Hard Sebastien Lareau 6–7, 1–6
Loss 2–6 May 1995 Jerusalem, israel Challenger Hard Thomas Johansson 4–6, 6–7
Loss 2–7 Nov 1995 Réunion Island, Réunion Challenger Hard Tim Henman 6–1, 3–6, 6–7

Doubles: 13 (3–10)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–10)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1989 Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe Challenger Hard Christian Saceanu Gilad Bloom
Brad Pearce
4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 1992 Singapore, Singapore Challenger Hard Sander Groen Martin Blackman
Laurence Tieleman
4–6, 6–1, 6–7
Loss 0–3 Jul 1994 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay Torben Theine Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Pepe Imaz
1–6, 3–6
Loss 0–4 Oct 1994 Réunion Island, Réunion Challenger Hard Michael Geserer Hendrik-Jan Davids
Joost Winnink
1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–5 May 1995 Sliema, Malta Challenger Hard Tomas Anzari Marius Barnard
Lionel Barthez
5–7, 3–6
Loss 0–6 May 1995 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Lionel Barthez Dirk Dier
Christian Saceanu
6–7, 6–7
Loss 0–7 Dec 1995 Velenje, Slovenia Challenger Carpet Joost Winnink Mark Petchey
Andrew Richardson
7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–8 Jul 1996 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Lionel Barthez Petr Pala
Andrew Richardson
2–6, 4–6
Win 1–8 Aug 1996 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay Jens Knippschild George Bastl
Michel Kratochvil
6–1, 6–1
Loss 1–9 Nov 1996 Neumünster, Germany Challenger Carpet Jens Knippschild Stephen Noteboom
Fernon Wibier
3–6, 4–6
Win 2–9 Nov 1996 Port Louis, Mauritius Challenger Grass Joost Winnink Andrei Pavel
Sander Groen
0–1 ret.
Loss 2–10 Jan 1997 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Clinton Ferreira Olivier Delaitre
Stephane Simian
7–6, 3–6, 6–7
Win 3–10 Dec 1997 Eilat, Israel Challenger Hard Andrei Cherkasov Rogier Wassen
Sander Groen
6–3, 7–6

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 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 1R Q3 A 2R A Q1 A Q1 A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
French Open A 1R A A 1R A Q2 A Q1 Q1 A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 1R Q2 1R Q1 Q3 A 3R A 2R 0 / 4 3–4 43%
US Open A A A A 1R A A A A A 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 0 / 11 6–11 35%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A 1R A 2R 1R A A Q1 1R A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canada A A A A 1R A Q2 A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris A A A A A A Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 5 1–5 17%

Doubles

Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 2R 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open A 2R A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wimbledon A 1R 1R A Q2 Q1 A Q2 A 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
US Open A A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–1 2–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 7 2–7 22%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A 1R A A A A A Q2 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Hamburg 1R 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 3 0–3 0%