Patrik Kühnen

Patrik Kühnen
	Kühnen at the World Team Cup in Düsseldorf, Germany in 2005
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Berlin, Germany
Born	11 February 1966 (age 58); Püttlingen, West Germany
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1985
Retired	1996
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$1,645,528
Singles
Career record	127–153
Career titles	0 ; 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 43 (15 May 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1989, 1991)
French Open	3R (1988, 1990, 1993)
Wimbledon	QF (1988)
US Open	2R (1988, 1991, 1992, 1993)
Doubles
Career record	111–118
Career titles	3 ; 1 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 28 (5 July 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1991)
French Open	2R (1988, 1996)
Wimbledon	SF (1993)
US Open	2R (1988)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1988, 1989, 1993)

Patrik Kühnen (born 11 February 1966) is a German former professional tennis player, who turned professional in 1985.

Kühnen had his biggest career singles win in the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1988 when he beat Jimmy Connors en route to the quarterfinals in which he lost to eventual champion Stefan Edberg. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on May 15, 1989, when he became the number 43 of the world. He won three doubles titles during his career. He was part of the German Davis Cup teams that won the competition in 1988 and 1993. Since 2003 he is the captain for Germany's Davis Cup team and also coaches the German team in the World Team Cup which won the competition in 2005 and 2011.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–2)

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

Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 1989	Adelaide, Australia	Grand Prix	Hard	Mark Woodforde	5–7, 6–1, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Nov 1993	Moscow, Russia	World Series	Carpet	Marc Rosset	4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (3–3)

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

Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (2–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 1987	Toulouse, France	Grand Prix	Hard	Kelly Jones	Wojciech Fibak Michiel Schapers	2–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Nov 1987	Frankfurt, West Germany	Grand Prix	Carpet	Boris Becker	Scott Davis David Pate	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–1	Feb 1988	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Grand Prix	Carpet	Tore Meinecke	Magnus Gustafsson Diego Nargiso	7–6, 7–6
Loss	2–2	Sep 1991	Bordeaux, France	World Series	Hard	Alexander Mronz	Arnaud Boetsch Guy Forget	2–6, 2–6
Win	3–2	Jan 1993	Doha, Qatar	World Series	Hard	Boris Becker	Shelby Cannon Scott Melville	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–3	Oct 1996	Beijing, China	World Series	Hard	Gary Muller	Martin Damm Andrei Olhovskiy	4–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 1991	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard	Alexander Mronz	Lars Koslowski Arne Thoms	2–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win	1–1	Mar 1994	Garmisch, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Alexander Mronz	Thomas Gollwitzer Brent Haygarth	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Mar 1996	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Karsten Braasch	Tomáš Krupa Pavel Vízner	3–6, 5–7

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	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	3R	2R	3R	1R	1R	2R	A	Q2	0 / 8	7–8	47%
French Open	A	1R	3R	1R	3R	2R	A	3R	A	A	A	0 / 6	7–6	54%
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	QF	3R	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 8	9–8	53%
US Open	A	A	2R	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 5	4–5	44%
Win–loss	0–0	0–3	8–4	4–3	3–4	6–4	1–3	3–4	2–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 27	27–27	50%
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	Q2	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Hamburg	1R	A	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	Q1	1R	0 / 9	4–9	31%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–2	4–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	0–4	1–1	0–0	0–1	0 / 16	8–16	33%

Doubles

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	1R	2R	2R	3R	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	0 / 9	6–9	40%
French Open	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Wimbledon	A	3R	1R	A	A	A	SF	1R	A	1R	0 / 5	6–5	45%
US Open	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–2	4–4	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	5–3	0–2	0–0	1–4	0 / 21	15–21	42%
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	1R	A	3R	1R	A	A	1R	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Monte Carlo	A	A	1R	SF	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Hamburg	A	QF	QF	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	A	1R	0 / 7	5–7	42%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	A	A	0 / 1	3–1	75%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–3	0–1	2–2	3–3	1–2	0–0	0–2	0 / 16	13–16	–

External links

Patrik Kühnen at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Patrik Kühnen at the International Tennis Federation
Patrik Kühnen at the Davis Cup

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