Dirk Dier

Dirk Dier (born 16 February 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Dirk Dier

Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Blieskastel, Germany
Born	(1972-02-16) 16 February 1972 (age 53) Sankt Ingbert, West Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1990
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$388,546
Singles
Career record	6–18
Career titles	0 5 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 118 (22 April 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (1989, 1999)
French Open	1R (1996)
Wimbledon	1R (1990)
US Open	2R (1996)
Doubles
Career record	3–12
Career titles	0 6 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 158 (17 April 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (1990, 1993)

Career

Dier, an under 12s and 14s national champion, was a semi finalist in the Orange Bowl.^[1] In 1990, he defeated Leander Paes to win the boys' singles event in the Australian Open and also finished runner-up in the juniors at Queen's that year. He appeared in the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships, where he lost in the opening round to countryman Michael Stich.

His other two Grand Slam appearances came in 1996. The German exited in the first round of the 1996 French Open, to Félix Mantilla in four sets, but reached the second round in the US Open, with a win over Chuck Adams. He then faced second seed Thomas Muster, who beat him in straight sets.^[2]

Dier made just one quarter-final during his career on the ATP Tour, which was in the 1996 Bermuda Open. En route he defeated two top 100 players, Michael Joyce and Nicolás Lapentti.

As of September 2019, he is the coach of Angelique Kerber.^[3]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1990	Australian Open	Hard	Leander Paes	6–4, 7–6(7–4)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 11 (5–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (5–6) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (4–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1993	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Oliver Fernández	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Jun 1994	Furth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Kris Goossens	7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Jun 1995	Eisenach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Wojtek Kowalski	6–7, 3–6
Win	2–2	Jul 1995	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Tati Rascón	7–5, 6–2
Loss	2–3	Oct 1995	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Kris Goossens	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Oct 1996	Mallorca, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý	3–6, 2–6
Loss	2–5	Feb 1997	Lippstadt, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Arne Thoms	6–7, 3–6
Win	3–5	Jun 1997	Weiden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Tamer El Sawy	7–6, 6–3
Win	4–5	Feb 1998	Lippstadt, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Marzio Martelli	7–6, 4–3 ret.
Loss	4–6	Feb 1998	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Ivo Heuberger	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win	5–6	May 1998	Dresden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Markus Hantschk	0–6, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 16 (6–10)

Legend ATP Challenger (6–9) ITF Futures (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (2–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (3–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 1993	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Challenger	Hard	Alexander Mronz	Tommy Ho Shuzo Matsuoka	3–2 ret.
Loss	0–2	Feb 1995	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Lars Koslowski	Martin Sinner Joost Winnink	5–7, 3–6
Win	1–2	May 1995	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Christian Saceanu	Lionel Barthez Patrick Baur	7–6, 7–6
Win	2–2	Jun 1995	Weiden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Lars Koslowski	Brent Larkham Emilio Benfele Álvarez	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–2	Jun 1995	Eisenach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Lars Koslowski	Sébastien Leblanc Chris Woodruff	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	4–2	Feb 1996	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Arne Thoms	Jim Pugh Joost Winnink	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–3	Dec 1997	Bad Lippspringe, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Lars Koslowski	Tuomas Ketola Michael Kohlmann	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	4–4	Jul 1998	Ulm, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Michael Kohlmann	Márcio Carlsson Jaime Oncins	4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	4–5	Feb 1999	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Karsten Braasch	Adriano Ferreira Maurice Ruah	walkover
Loss	4–6	Mar 1999	Magdeburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Jan-Ralph Brandt	Michael Hill Andrew Painter	6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Loss	4–7	Jun 1999	Eisenach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Marcus Hilpert	Mitch Sprengelmeyer Jason Weir-Smith	3–6, 1–6
Loss	4–8	Jul 1999	Ulm, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Michael Kohlmann	Andrew Painter Byron Talbot	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–8	Dec 1999	Nümbrecht, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Jens Knippschild	Andreas Tattermusch Andreas Weber	6–3, 7–5
Loss	5–9	Feb 2000	Lübeck, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Karsten Braasch	Giorgio Galimberti Diego Nargiso	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–9	Mar 2000	Magdeburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Karsten Braasch	Tomas Behrend Michael Kohlmann	7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	6–10	Oct 2000	France F21, Forbach	Futures	Carpet	Bjorn Jacob	Matthias A. Muller Andreas Tattermusch	3–6, 6–7(4–7)

Performance timeline

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	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q3	A	1R	Q3	Q1	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	Q3	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 3	1–3	25%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	Q3	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	Q1	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q2	Q2	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	2R	Q3	A	A	Q1	Q2	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 2	1–2	33%

References

1. ATP World Tour Profile
2. ITF Tennis Profile
3. Coach of Kerber (in German)

External links

• Dirk Dier at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Dirk Dier at the International Tennis Federation