{{Short description|German tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Rüdiger Haas | image = | caption = | country = {{flagicon|FRG}} West Germany<br /><small>(until 1990)</small><br />{{flagicon|GER}} Germany | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|12|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Eberbach,<br />West Germany | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.93}} | turnedpro = | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = $49,741 | singlesrecord = 1–4 | singlestitles = 0 | highestsinglesranking = No. 321 (2 March 1992) | doublesrecord = 10–5 | doublestitles = 2 | highestdoublesranking = No. 138 (2 October 1989) }} '''Rüdiger Haas''' (born 15 December 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.<ref>[http://www.tennis-landau.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=102&Itemid=1 Tennis Landau: Herren 40 deutscher Vizemeister] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120911232251/http://www.tennis-landau.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=102&Itemid=1 |date=2012-09-11 }} {{in lang|de}}</ref>
==Career== Despite winning two Grand Prix doubles titles, Haas never competed in the main draw of a Grand Slam event. He did however make some Grand Slam appearances in the juniors. The biggest tournament he participated in as a singles player was the 1991 German Open, part of the ATP Super 9 series. He lost in the first round to Omar Camporese from Italy. The only occasion that he made it past the opening round of a Grand Prix or ATP Tour tournament was in the 1991 Kremlin Cup, where he defeated Soviet Sergei Skakun, before being eliminated in the second round by Jakob Hlasek.<ref>[http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/rudiger-haas/h232/overview ATP World Tour profile]</ref>
He won his first doubles title at Frankfurt in 1988, partnering a 17-year-old Goran Ivanišević. They upset the reigning Australian Open champions Rick Leach and Jim Pugh in the semi-finals, then defeated Jeremy Bates and Tom Nijssen in the final. The other title win was in Palermo the following year, with he and partner Peter Ballauff beating both the first and second seeds.<ref>[http://itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10000569 ITF Tennis profile]</ref>
==Grand Prix career finals== ===Doubles: 2 (2–0)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !style="width:50px"|Date !style="width:150px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:140px"|Partner !style="width:140px"|Opponents !style="width:110px" class="unsortable"|Score |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |1–0 |Oct 1988 |Frankfurt, West Germany |Carpet |{{flagicon|YUG}} Goran Ivanišević |{{flagicon|GBR}} Jeremy Bates<br />{{flagicon|NED}} Tom Nijssen |1–6, 7–5, 6–3 |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |2–0 |Oct 1989 |Palermo, Italy |Clay |{{flagicon|FRG}} Peter Ballauff |{{flagicon|YUG}} Goran Ivanišević<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} Diego Nargiso |6–2, 6–7, 6–4 |}
==Challenger titles== ===Doubles: (1)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !style="width:20px"|No. !style="width:50px"|Date !style="width:130px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:140px"|Partner !style="width:140px"|Opponents !style="width:90px" class="unsortable"|Score |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |1. |1992 | Fürth, Germany |Clay |{{flagicon|GER}} Udo Riglewski |{{flagicon|USA}} Brian Joelson<br />{{flagicon|HAI}} Bertrand Madsen |6–1, 6–3 |}
==References== {{reflist|1}}
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