Mark Kratzmann
Full name | Mark Edward Kratzmann |
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Country (sports) | Australia |
Residence | Windera, Australia |
Born |
Murgon, Australia | 17 May 1966
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | 1984 |
Retired | 1992 |
Plays | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 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) |
Mark Edward Kratzmann (born May 17, 1966) is a former Australian professional tennis player.
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 4th round of the 1987 Australian Open. Kratzmann achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 50 in March 1990.
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.
Doubles finals 30 (18-12)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 1. | 1986 | London/Queen's Club, England | Grass | Darren Cahill | Kevin Curren Guy Forget |
2–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 1. | 1986 | Cincinnati, USA | Hard | Kim Warwick | Christo Steyn Danie Visser |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 1986 | Hong Kong | Hard | Pat Cash | Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly |
6–7, 7–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 2. | 1987 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | Darren Cahill | Boris Becker Robert Seguso |
6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 1987 | Hong Kong | Hard | Jim Pugh | Martin Davis Brad Drewett |
6–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 4. | 1988 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | Darren Cahill | Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde |
4–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 5. | 1988 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Hard | Darren Cahill | Joey Rive Bud Schultz |
7–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 3. | 1989 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | Glenn Layendecker | Neil Broad Stefan Kruger |
2–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 4. | 1989 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Hard | Darren Cahill | Rick Leach Jim Pugh |
4–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 6. | 1989 | London/Queen's Club, England | Grass | Darren Cahill | Tim Pawsat Laurie Warder |
7–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 7. | 1989 | Stratton Mountain, USA | Hard | Wally Masur | Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser |
6–3, 4–6, 7–6 |
Winner | 8. | 1989 | Brisbane, Australia | Hard | Darren Cahill | Broderick Dyke Simon Youl |
6–4, 5–7, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 5. | 1989 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | Darren Cahill | David Pate Scott Warner |
3–6, 7–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 9. | 1990 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Hard | Pat Cash | Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser |
6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 10. | 1990 | Memphis, USA | Hard (i) | Darren Cahill | Udo Riglewski Michael Stich |
7–5, 6–2 |
Winner | 11. | 1990 | Tokyo Outdoor, Japan | Hard | Wally Masur | Kent Kinnear Brad Pearce |
3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 12. | 1990 | Singapore | Hard | Jason Stoltenberg | Brad Drewett Todd Woodbridge |
6–1, 6–0 |
Winner | 13. | 1990 | Manchester, England | Grass | Jason Stoltenberg | Nick Brown Kelly Jones |
6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 14. | 1990 | Newport, USA | Grass | Darren Cahill | Todd Nelson Bryan Shelton |
7–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 15. | 1990 | Cincinnati, USA | Hard | Darren Cahill | Neil Broad Gary Muller |
7–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 6. | 1990 | Paris Indoor, France | Carpet | Darren Cahill | Scott Davis David Pate |
7–5, 3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 1991 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Hard | Darren Cahill | Scott Davis David Pate |
6–3, 3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 1992 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | Jason Stoltenberg | Goran Ivanišević Marc Rosset |
6–7, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 9. | 1992 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Wayne Ferreira | Jakob Hlasek Marc Rosset |
4–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
Winner | 16. | 1993 | Milan, Italy | Carpet | Wally Masur | Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk |
4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 17. | 1993 | Stuttgart Indoor, Germany | Carpet | Wally Masur | Steve DeVries David Macpherson |
6–3, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 1993 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Wayne Ferreira | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis |
4–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 18. | 1994 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | Andrew Kratzmann | David Adams Byron Black |
6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 11. | 1994 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Hard | Laurie Warder | Darren Cahill Sandon Stolle |
1–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 12. | 1994 | Cincinnati, USA | Hard | Wayne Ferreira | Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle |
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 Win-Loss |
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Grand Slams | |||||||||||||||||
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 |
U.S. 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
External links
- Mark Kratzmann at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Mark Kratzmann at the International Tennis Federation
- Mark Kratzmann at the Davis Cup
- Kratzmann Sports Asia
- The Age 2007 article
- Hong Kong Cricket Association profile
- CricketArchive profile