Lars Burgsmüller

Lars Burgsmüller (born 6 December 1975) is a German former professional tennis player. Burgsmüller reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 65, achieved on 18 February 2002. He also reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 61, achieved on 28 August 2006.

Lars Burgsmüller

Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Altstätten, Switzerland
Born	(1975-12-06) 6 December 1975 (age 49) Mülheim, West Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,887,164
Singles
Career record	90–152
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 65 (18 February 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2001)
French Open	3R (2001)
Wimbledon	2R (2003, 2005)
US Open	2R (1999, 2003)
Doubles
Career record	31–70
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 61 (28 August 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
Wimbledon	2R (2006)
US Open	3R (2005)

Burgsmüller reached two singles finals on the ATP Tour, winning the 2002 Copenhagen Open in Denmark where he defeated Olivier Rochus of Belgium in the final in straight sets, and losing the final of the 2004 ATP Shanghai to Argentine Guillermo Cañas, also in straight sets. He also reached three doubles finals on the ATP Tour with three different partners. Partnered with Andrew Painter, he lost in the final of the 2000 Grand Prix Hassan II tournament in Casablanca falling in two sets to Frenchmen Sébastien Grosjean and Arnaud Clément. Alongside Jan Vacek he lost his next doubles final at the 2004 Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands in three sets to Czech pairing Martin Damm and Cyril Suk. He would prove victorious in his third and last ATP doubles final appearance at the 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Open in Vietnam, where partnering compatriot Philipp Kohlschreiber he defeated Ashley Fisher and Robert Lindstedt in three sets.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 win, 1 loss)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2002	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Olivier Rochus	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Sep 2004	Shanghai, China	Hard	Guillermo Cañas	0–6, 1–6

Doubles: 3 (1 win, 2 losses)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2000	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Andrew Painter	Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2004	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Jan Vacek	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	3–6, 7–6(9–7), 3–6
Win	1–2	Sep 2005	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Carpet	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Ashley Fisher Robert Lindstedt	5–7, 6–4, 6–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 11 (4–7)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (4–7) ITF World Tennis Tour (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (3–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 1995	Lippstadt, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Jonas Svensson	walkover
Loss	1–1	Jun 1995	Weiden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Dinu-Mihai Pescariu	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Nov 1997	Portorož, Slovenia	Challenger	Hard	Orlin Stanoytchev	6–1, 6–7, 0–6
Win	2–2	Mar 1998	Magdeburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Andrei Pavel	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–2	Aug 2002	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Ivo Heuberger	6–2, 6–7(5–7) 6–4
Win	4–2	Nov 2002	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Björn Phau	7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–4
Loss	4–3	Apr 2003	Calabasas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jérôme Golmard	3–6, 5–7
Loss	4–4	Feb 2004	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Gilles Elseneer	6–3, 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	4–5	Nov 2004	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Novak Djokovic	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	4–6	Nov 2004	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Alexander Waske	5–7, 6–7(15–17)
Loss	4–7	Jan 2005	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Jiří Vaněk	2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 11 (2–9)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (2–9) ITF World Tennis Tour (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 1997	Neumünster, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Markus Hantschk	John-Laffnie de Jager Chris Haggard	3–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Dec 1997	Wismar, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Michael Kohlmann	Bernardo Martínez Óscar Ortiz	6–4, 7–6
Win	2–1	Nov 1999	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Takao Suzuki	Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco	7–6, 6–4
Loss	2–2	May 2000	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Challenger	Clay	Ota Fukárek	Michael Russell Tommy Robredo	0–6, 2–6
Loss	2–3	Nov 2003	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Andreas Tattermusch	Stephen Huss Robert Lindstedt	walkover
Loss	2–4	Feb 2004	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Kenneth Carlsen	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–5	Nov 2005	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Michael Kohlmann	James Auckland Jamie Delgado	6–2, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	2–6	Jan 2006	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Denis Gremelmayr	Alex Bogomolov Jr. Todd Widom	6–3, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss	2–7	Jun 2006	Ettlingen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Simon Greul	Vasilis Mazarakis Felipe Parada	6–3, 1–6, [4–10]
Loss	2–8	Nov 2006	Shrewsbury, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Mischa Zverev	Philipp Marx Frederik Nielsen	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–9	Jul 2007	Dublin, Ireland	Challenger	Carpet	Mischa Zverev	Rohan Bopanna Adam Feeney	2–6, 2–6

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	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q3	2R	Q2	A	1R	1R	Q2	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	Q1	0 / 9	5–9	36%
French Open	A	Q1	Q1	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	Q2	A	0 / 5	4–5	44%
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	A	Q2	A	Q3	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	Q2	Q2	0 / 6	2–6	25%
US Open	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	Q1	1R	Q1	Q1	0 / 6	2–6	25%
Win–loss	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	4–4	0–4	4–4	1–3	1–4	1–1	0–0	0 / 26	13–26	33%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q2	A	1R	Q1	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	2R	1R	2R	1R	Q1	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Monte-Carlo Masters	Q3	Q1	Q2	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Hamburg Masters	Not Masters Series						A	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	Not Held						0 / 0	0–0	–
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–3	0–2	0–1	0–0	0 / 11	5–11	31%

Doubles

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 5	0–5	0%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
US Open	1R	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	A	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–3	0–1	0 / 10	4–10	29%

External links

• Lars Burgsmüller at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Lars Burgsmüller at the International Tennis Federation
• Lars Burgsmüller at the Davis Cup
• Official website