Patrik Kühnen

Patrik Kühnen
Kühnen at the World Team Cup in Düsseldorf, Germany in 2005
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceBerlin, Germany
Born (1966-02-11) 11 February 1966
Püttlingen, West Germany
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1985
Retired1996
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$1,645,528
Singles
Career record127–153
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 43 (15 May 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1989, 1991)
French Open3R (1988, 1990, 1993)
WimbledonQF (1988)
US Open2R (1988, 1991, 1992, 1993)
Doubles
Career record111–118
Career titles3
1 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 28 (5 July 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1991)
French Open2R (1988, 1996)
WimbledonSF (1993)
US Open2R (1988)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1988, 1989, 1993)

Patrik Kühnen (German pronunciation: [patʁɪk ˈkyːnən]; born 11 February 1966) is a German former professional tennis player, who turned professional in 1985.

Kühnen had his biggest career singles win in the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1988 when he beat Jimmy Connors en route to the quarterfinals in which he lost to eventual champion Stefan Edberg. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on May 15, 1989, when he became the number 43 of the world. He won three doubles titles during his career. He was part of the German Davis Cup teams that won the competition in 1988 and 1993. Since 2003 he is the captain for Germany's Davis Cup team and also coaches the German team in the World Team Cup which won the competition in 2005 and 2011.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 1989 Adelaide, Australia Grand Prix Hard Mark Woodforde 5–7, 6–1, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Nov 1993 Moscow, Russia World Series Carpet Marc Rosset 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Carpet (2–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (2–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1987 Toulouse, France Grand Prix Hard Kelly Jones Wojciech Fibak
Michiel Schapers 		2–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Nov 1987 Frankfurt, West Germany Grand Prix Carpet Boris Becker Scott Davis
David Pate 		6–4, 6–2
Win 2–1 Feb 1988 Rotterdam, Netherlands Grand Prix Carpet Tore Meinecke Magnus Gustafsson
Diego Nargiso 		7–6, 7–6
Loss 2–2 Sep 1991 Bordeaux, France World Series Hard Alexander Mronz Arnaud Boetsch
Guy Forget 		2–6, 2–6
Win 3–2 Jan 1993 Doha, Qatar World Series Hard Boris Becker Shelby Cannon
Scott Melville 		6–4, 6–2
Loss 3–3 Oct 1996 Beijing, China World Series Hard Gary Muller Martin Damm
Andrei Olhovskiy 		4–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles (1–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1991 Brest, France Challenger Hard Alexander Mronz Lars Koslowski
Arne Thoms 		2–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win 1–1 Mar 1994 Garmisch, Germany Challenger Carpet Alexander Mronz Thomas Gollwitzer
Brent Haygarth 		6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Mar 1996 Hamburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Karsten Braasch Tomáš Krupa
Pavel Vízner 		3–6, 5–7

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 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 2R 3R 2R 3R 1R 1R 2R A Q2 0 / 8 7–8 47%
French Open A 1R 3R 1R 3R 2R A 3R A A A 0 / 6 7–6 54%
Wimbledon Q1 1R QF 3R 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R A A 0 / 8 9–8 53%
US Open A A 2R A 1R 2R 2R 2R A A A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Win–loss 0–0 0–3 8–4 4–3 3–4 6–4 1–3 3–4 2–2 0–0 0–0 0 / 27 27–27 50%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A 1R A A A 1R 1R A A Q2 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Monte Carlo A A A 3R A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Hamburg 1R A 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R Q1 1R 0 / 9 4–9 31%
Rome A A A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A A A A A A 3R 1R A A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–2 4–2 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–4 1–1 0–0 0–1 0 / 16 8–16 33%

Doubles

Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 2R 2R 3R 2R 2R 1R A 1R 0 / 9 6–9 40%
French Open 1R 2R 1R A A A 1R A A 2R 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Wimbledon A 3R 1R A A A SF 1R A 1R 0 / 5 6–5 45%
US Open A 2R A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–2 4–4 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 5–3 0–2 0–0 1–4 0 / 21 15–21 42%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A A 1R A 3R 1R A A 1R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Monte Carlo A A 1R SF A A A 1R A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Hamburg A QF QF 1R 1R A 1R 2R A 1R 0 / 7 5–7 42%
Rome A A A A A A SF A A A 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Canada A A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–3 0–1 2–2 3–3 1–2 0–0 0–2 0 / 16 13–16  – 
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