{{Short description|German tennis player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Alexander Waske | image = Alexander Waske.jpg | country = {{GER}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|03|31}} | birth_place = Frankfurt, West Germany | height = {{height|m=1.88}} |college = [[San Diego State Aztecs|San Diego State]] | turnedpro = 2000 | retired = 2012 | plays = Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | careerprizemoney = $1,339,987 | singlesrecord = 28–64 | singlestitles = 0 | highestsinglesranking = No. 89 (12 June 2006) | AustralianOpenresult = 1R ([[2003 Australian Open – Men's singles|2003]], [[2006 Australian Open – Men's singles|2006]], [[2007 Australian Open – Men's singles|2007]]) | FrenchOpenresult = 2R ([[2006 French Open – Men's singles|2006]]) | Wimbledonresult = 2R ([[2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2002]]) | USOpenresult = 1R ([[2002 US Open – Men's singles|2002]], [[2006 US Open – Men's singles|2006]], [[2007 US Open – Men's singles|2007]]) | doublesrecord = 111–76 | doublestitles = 4 | highestdoublesranking = No. 16 (30 April 2007) |AustralianOpenDoublesresult = SF ([[2005 Australian Open – Men's doubles|2005]]) |FrenchOpenDoublesresult = SF ([[2006 French Open – Men's doubles|2006]]) |WimbledonDoublesresult = QF ([[2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|2005]]) |USOpenDoublesresult = 3R ([[2006 US Open – Men's doubles|2006]]) }}
''' Alexander Waske ''' (born 31 March 1975) is a retired [[tennis]] player from Germany.
Waske was ranked as high as world No. 16 in doubles, winning four titles. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 89 in June 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alexander Waske: South African Airways ATP Rankings History|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Wa/A/Alexander-Waske.aspx?t=rh|access-date=13 May 2010}}</ref> In 2010, Waske and his former Davis Cup companion [[Rainer Schüttler]] founded the [[Schüttler Waske Tennis-University]], a tennis academy for professional players.
Waske twice beat players in the final qualifying rounds of tournaments who later got into the main draw as lucky losers and caused big historical upsets. In the [[2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying|2002 Wimbledon final qualifying round]] at [[Roehampton]], Waske beat [[George Bastl]], before lucky loser Bastl later beat [[Pete Sampras]] in the second round of the [[2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2002 Wimbledon tournament]], in one of the greatest upsets in tennis history. In the final qualifying round for Indian Wells in 2007, Waske beat [[Guillermo Cañas]], before lucky loser Cañas later beat [[Roger Federer]] in the second round of the [[2007 Indian Wells Masters – Men's singles|2007 Indian Wells tournament]], ending Federer's 41–match unbeaten run.
==ATP career finals== ===Doubles: 8 (4–4)=== {| | |-valign=top | {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! Legend (singles) |- style="background:#f3e6d7;" |Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |- style="background:#e9e9e9;" |ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |- style="background:#d4f1c5;" |ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1) |- |ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–3) |} | {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! Finals by surface |- |Hard (0–2) |- |Clay (3–2) |- |Grass (0–0) |- |Carpet (1–0) |} |}
{| class="sortable wikitable" !Result !style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L !style="width:65px"|Date !style="width:160px"|Tournament !style="width:60px"|Surface !style="width:160px"|Partner !style="width:160px"|Opponents !style="width:140px" class="unsortable"|Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–1 | [[2005 BMW Open – Doubles|May 2005]] | [[Bavarian International Tennis Championships|Munich]], Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Florian Mayer]] | {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mario Ančić]] <br/> {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Julian Knowle]] | 3–6, 6–1, 3–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1–1 | [[2006 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles|Apr 2006]] | [[U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships|Houston]], United States | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Michael Kohlmann]] | {{flagicon|AUT}} Julian Knowle <br/> {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Jürgen Melzer]] | 5–7, 6–4, [10–5] |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1–2 | [[2006 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles|Apr 2006]] | [[Grand Prix Hassan II|Casablanca]], Morocco | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} Michael Kohlmann | {{flagicon|AUT}} Julian Knowle <br/> {{flagicon|AUT}} Jürgen Melzer | 3–6, 4–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2–2 | [[2006 BMW Open – Doubles|May 2006]] | Munich, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Andrei Pavel]] | {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Alexander Peya]] <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} [[Björn Phau]] | 6–4, 6–2 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3–2 | [[2007 PBZ Zagreb Indoors – Doubles|Jan 2007]] | [[Zagreb Indoors|Zagreb]], Croatia | Carpet (i) | {{flagicon|GER}} Michael Kohlmann | {{flagicon|CZE}} [[František Čermák]] <br/> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jaroslav Levinský]] | 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 4–6, [10–5] |-bgcolor=d4f1c5 | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3–3 | [[2007 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles|Feb 2007]] | [[Rotterdam Open|Rotterdam]], Netherlands | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|ROU}} Andrei Pavel | {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Martin Damm]] <br/> {{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] | 3–6, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, [8–10] |-bgcolor=d4f1c5 | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4–3 | [[2007 Torneo Godó – Doubles|Apr 2007]] | [[Barcelona Open (tennis)|Barcelona]], Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|ROU}} Andrei Pavel | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rafael Nadal]] <br/> {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal]] | 6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–1)</sup> |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 4–4 | [[2011 PTT Thailand Open – Doubles|Oct 2011]] | [[Thailand Open (ATP)|Bangkok]], Thailand | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GER}} Michael Kohlmann | {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Oliver Marach]] <br/> {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi]] | 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup> |}
==Grand Slam performance timelines== {{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}
===Singles=== {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97% !Tournament!![[2002 ATP Tour|2002]]!![[2003 ATP Tour|2003]]!![[2006 ATP Tour|2006]]!![[2007 ATP Tour|2007]]!!{{Tooltip|SR|Strike rate}}!!{{Tooltip|W–L|Win–loss}} |- |align=left| [[Australian Open]] | |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2003 Australian Open – Men's singles|1R]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2006 Australian Open – Men's singles|1R]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 Australian Open – Men's singles|1R]] |0 / 3 |0–3 |- |align=left| [[French Open]] | |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2003 French Open – Men's singles|1R]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2006 French Open – Men's singles|2R]] | |0 / 2 |1–2 |- |align=left| [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2R]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2003 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]] | |0 / 3 |1–3 |- |align=left| [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2002 US Open – Men's singles|1R]] | |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2006 US Open – Men's singles|1R]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 US Open – Men's singles|1R]] |0 / 3 |0–3 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–loss !1–2 !0–3 !1–4 !0–2 !0 / 11 !2–11 |}
===Doubles=== {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97% !Tournament!![[2002 ATP Tour|2002]]!![[2005 ATP Tour|2005]]!![[2006 ATP Tour|2006]]!![[2007 ATP Tour|2007]]!![[2009 ATP World Tour|2009]]!![[2011 ATP World Tour|2011]]!![[2012 ATP World Tour|2012]]!!{{Tooltip|SR|Strike rate}}!!{{Tooltip|W–L|Win–loss}} |- |align=left| [[Australian Open]] | |bgcolor=yellow|[[2005 Australian Open – Men's doubles|SF]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2006 Australian Open – Men's doubles|1R]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 Australian Open – Men's doubles|3R]] | | | |0 / 3 |6–3 |- |align=left| [[French Open]] | |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2005 French Open – Men's doubles|3R]] |bgcolor=yellow|[[2006 French Open – Men's doubles|SF]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 French Open – Men's doubles|3R]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2009 French Open – Men's doubles|3R]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2011 French Open – Men's doubles|2R]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 French Open – Men's doubles|1R]] |0 / 6 |11–6 |- |align=left| [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|2R]] |bgcolor=ffebcd|[[2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|QF]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|1R]] | | |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|1R]] | |0 / 4 |4–4 |- |align=left| [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] | |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2005 US Open – Men's doubles|1R]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2006 US Open – Men's doubles|3R]] |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 US Open – Men's doubles|2R]] | |bgcolor=afeeee|[[2011 US Open – Men's doubles|2R]] | |0 / 4 |4–4 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–loss !1–1 !9–4 !6–4 !5–3 !2–1 !2–3 !0–1 !0 / 17 !25–17 |}
==Wins over top 10 players== {|class="wikitable sortable" !# !style="width:175px"|Player !Rank !style="width:275px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !Rd !style="width:200px" class="unsortable"|Score |- | colspan=7 style=text-align:center|'''[[2002 ATP Tour|2002]]''' |- |1. |{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carlos Moyá]] |align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|10 |bgcolor=d4f1c5|[[Japan Open (tennis)|Japan Open]], Japan |bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard |bgcolor=afeeee|2R |6–4, 7–5 |- | colspan=7 style=text-align:center|'''[[2005 ATP Tour|2005]]''' |- |2. |{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rafael Nadal]] |align=center bgcolor=#99ccff|3 |[[Halle Open]], Germany |bgcolor=CCFFCC|Grass |bgcolor=afeeee|1R |4–6, 7–5, 6–3 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{ATP}} * {{ITF profile}} * {{Davis Cup player}} * [http://www.alexanderwaske.de/en Official website of Alexander Waske]{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|de|en}}
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