# Alexander Waske

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German tennis player

Alexander Waske Country (sports) Germany Born (1975-03-31) 31 March 1975 (age 51) Frankfurt, West Germany Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Turned pro 2000 Retired 2012 Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) College San Diego State Prize money $1,339,987 Singles Career record 28–64 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 89 (12 June 2006) Grand Slam singles results Australian Open 1R (2003, 2006, 2007) French Open 2R (2006) Wimbledon 2R (2002) US Open 1R (2002, 2006, 2007) Doubles Career record 111–76 Career titles 4 Highest ranking No. 16 (30 April 2007) Grand Slam doubles results Australian Open SF (2005) French Open SF (2006) Wimbledon QF (2005) US Open 3R (2006)

**Alexander Waske** (born 31 March 1975) is a retired [tennis](/source/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.[1] In 2010, Waske and his former Davis Cup companion [Rainer Schüttler](/source/Rainer_Sch%C3%BCttler) founded the [Schüttler Waske Tennis-University](/source/Sch%C3%BCttler_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 final qualifying round](/source/2002_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles_qualifying) at [Roehampton](/source/Roehampton), Waske beat [George Bastl](/source/George_Bastl), before lucky loser Bastl later beat [Pete Sampras](/source/Pete_Sampras) in the second round of the [2002 Wimbledon tournament](/source/2002_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles), in one of the greatest upsets in tennis history. In the final qualifying round for Indian Wells in 2007, Waske beat [Guillermo Cañas](/source/Guillermo_Ca%C3%B1as), before lucky loser Cañas later beat [Roger Federer](/source/Roger_Federer) in the second round of the [2007 Indian Wells tournament](/source/2007_Indian_Wells_Masters_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles), ending Federer's 41–match unbeaten run.

## ATP career finals

### Doubles: 8 (4–4)

Legend (singles) Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–3) Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (3–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 May 2005 Munich, Germany Clay Florian Mayer Mario Ančić Julian Knowle 3–6, 6–1, 3–6 Win 1–1 Apr 2006 Houston, United States Clay Michael Kohlmann Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer 5–7, 6–4, [10–5] Loss 1–2 Apr 2006 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Michael Kohlmann Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer 3–6, 4–6 Win 2–2 May 2006 Munich, Germany Clay Andrei Pavel Alexander Peya Björn Phau 6–4, 6–2 Win 3–2 Jan 2007 Zagreb, Croatia Carpet (i) Michael Kohlmann František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–5] Loss 3–3 Feb 2007 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard (i) Andrei Pavel Martin Damm Leander Paes 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [8–10] Win 4–3 Apr 2007 Barcelona, Spain Clay Andrei Pavel Rafael Nadal Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal 6–3, 7–6(7–1) Loss 4–4 Oct 2011 Bangkok, Thailand Hard (i) Michael Kohlmann Oliver Marach Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)

## Grand Slam 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 2002 2003 2006 2007 SR W–L Australian Open 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3 French Open 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 Wimbledon 2R 1R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 US Open 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3 Win–loss 1–2 0–3 1–4 0–2 0 / 11 2–11

### Doubles

Tournament 2002 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2012 SR W–L Australian Open SF 1R 3R 0 / 3 6–3 French Open 3R SF 3R 3R 2R 1R 0 / 6 11–6 Wimbledon 2R QF 1R 1R 0 / 4 4–4 US Open 1R 3R 2R 2R 0 / 4 4–4 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

# Player Rank Tournament Surface Rd Score 2002 1. Carlos Moyá 10 Japan Open, Japan Hard 2R 6–4, 7–5 2005 2. Rafael Nadal 3 Halle Open, Germany Grass 1R 4–6, 7–5, 6–3

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Alexander Waske: South African Airways ATP Rankings History"](http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Wa/A/Alexander-Waske.aspx?t=rh). Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 13 May 2010.

## External links

- [Alexander Waske](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/W300/overview) at the [Association of Tennis Professionals](/source/Association_of_Tennis_Professionals)

- [Alexander Waske](https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/alexander-waske/800212021/ger) at [World Tennis](/source/World_Tennis)

- [Alexander Waske](https://web.archive.org/web/20250401/https://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800212021) at the [Davis Cup](/source/Davis_Cup) (archived)

- [Official website of Alexander Waske](http://www.alexanderwaske.de/en)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] (in German and English)

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