Philipp Petzschner life and biography

Philipp Petzschner is a professional German tennis player. He is known for his hard-hitting and incredible bursts of speed around the court. He is sponsored by Wilson for his racquets and Adidas for his attire and shoes. His career high rank was No. 18 for doubles which he achieved on January 31, 2011.

CAREER:

Singles Titles
2008: Vienna

Doubles Titles
2010: Wimbledon, Zagreb

2010:
He lost the first round of the 2010 Australian Open when comfortably leading two sets to love, only to loose the next three sets against Florian Mayer. In February he won his first doubles title with Jürgen Melzer at the 2010 PBZ Zagreb Indoors. At the same event he reached the singles semifinal where he lost to Michael Berrer. In late February he managed to reach his second semifinal of the season in Memphis but he was defeated by American John Isner. At the Gerry Weber Open in Halle/Westfalen in June Petzschner lost to World Number Two Roger Federer in a tough semifinal encounter (6-7, 4-6). In the Wimbledon Championships Singles Petzschner was defeated after a comeback of eventual champion and World Number One Rafael Nadal in five sets after leading 2:1 sets in the third round. In the Wimbledon Championships Doubles Petzschner won his first Major-Title with Austrian Jürgen Melzer. They were the first unseeded players to win this competition in five years. It was the first German Grand Slam Title since 1992 when Michael Stich won Wimbledon in singles. At the 2010 US Open Petzschner lost in straight sets to Novak Djokovic in the second round. At the end of August he qualified for the World Tour Finals in London with Jürgen Melzer. Petzschner and Melzer were knocked out in the group stage of the competition finishing third. They won one out of three matches which came in the second match when they defeated Leander Paes and Lukáš Dlouhý in three sets. Petzschner finished the year as World No. 57 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles. He earned a career-high prize money of $702,058 with a match record of 21-19 in singles and 22-16 in doubles.

2011:
Petzschner reached the doubles quarterfinal partnering Jürgen Melzer at the 2011 Australian Open. The pair then lost to Bob and Mike Bryan. In singles play Petzschner was defeated in five sets by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round of the tournament. In Rotterdam Petzschner won his third doubles title partnering Jürgen Melzer. Petzschner reached his first quarterfinal of the season in Dubai defeating Andreas Seppi and Philipp Kohlschreiber before falling to Tomas Berdych. He represented Germany in the Davis Cup first round tie against Croatia in Zagreb. Partnering Christopher Kas he defeated Ivo Karlovic and Ivan Dodig in five sets to give Germany a 2-1 lead. In the deciding fifth rubber Petzschner replaced Florian Mayer and secured Germany's quarterfinal spot with a three-set win against Ivo Karlovic (6:4, 7:6, 7:6). At the 2011 BMW Open in Munich he reached his first semifinal of the season. He defeated Ivan Dodig, Mikhail Youzhny and Potito Starace before losing to Florian Mayer. At the World Team Cup in Düsseldorf Petzschner won the deciding doubles match partnering Philipp Kohlschreiber in the final against Argentina. In singles he gave Germany a 1-0 lead against Russia defeating Igor Andreev in straight sets.

PERSONAL:
Began playing at age four or five with his father who had his own tennis school and one day handed him a racquet (at 12 or 13 he practiced more and turned pro at 18)
Nicknamed ‘Petzsche’
Comes from Bavarian city of Bayreuth, same as countryman Florian Mayer
Captured German national championship in 2004 (d. Behrend in final)
Idols growing up were Goran Ivanisevic "because I enjoyed his craziness and you never knew what was going to happen on court" and Stefan Edberg "because of the way he played; he was so smooth and great to watch"
Considers hard courts his best surface, especially indoors, and best shots are his serve and forehand from baseline
Enjoys playing golf and has a 14 handicap along with playing soccer
Sidelined for two and-half months with a shoulder injury from April-June in 2007
Coached by countryman Klaus Langenbach.

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