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Hendrik Dreekmann

Hendrik Dreekmann
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceBielefeld, Germany
Born (1975-01-29) 29 January 1975 (age 49)
Bielefeld, Germany
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1991
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachIon Geanta
Prize money$1,366,435
Singles
Career record97–118
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 39 (30 September 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1995)
French OpenQF (1994)
Wimbledon2R (1997, 1998)
US Open3R (1996)
Doubles
Career record5–16
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 296 (28 October 1996)
Last updated on: 11 February 2022.

Hendrik Dreekmann (born 29 January 1975) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991. He reached the quarterfinals of the 1994 French Open and the 1997 Miami Masters.

Personal life

Dreekmann was born in Bielefeld, West Germany, on 29 January 1975. He has been married to former long jumper Susen Tiedtke since 28 January 2005.

Career

Juniors

As a junior, Dreekmann was the runner-up at the 1989 European Junior Championships in Sofia, and reached the semis at the 1991 Orange Bowl.

Pro tour

Dreekman's greatest result in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 1994 French Open, only the second grand slam he had participated in. En route he defeated Adrian Voinea, Richey Reneberg and former top tenners Carlos Costa and Aaron Krickstein. In the quarter-finals, Dreekman led Magnus Larsson two sets to love, but eventually lost in five sets.

The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 30 September 1996, when he became World No. 39.

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 (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1994 Sun City, South Africa World Series Hard Germany Markus Zoecke 1–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 1996 Basel, Switzerland World Series Hard United States Pete Sampras 5–7, 2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1996 Long Island, United States World Series Hard Russia Alexander Volkov United States Luke Jensen
United States Murphy Jensen
3–6, 6–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (3–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 Jan 1994 Wellington, New Zealand Challenger Hard Australia Todd Woodbridge 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0-2 Feb 1994 Rennes, France Challenger Carpet Czech Republic Daniel Vacek 3–6, 4–6
Win 1-2 Feb 1996 Lippstadt, Germany Challenger Carpet Sweden Patrik Fredriksson 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1-3 Jan 1997 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Sweden Henrik Holm 3–6, 6–2, 0–6
Win 2-3 Nov 1997 Aachen, Germany Challenger Hard Czech Republic Jiří Novák 5–7, 7–6, 6–3
Win 3-3 Nov 1998 Aachen, Germany Challenger Hard Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev 7–6, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2003 Germany F4, Mannheim Futures Clay Germany Franz Stauder Germany Markus Bayer
Germany Florian Jeschonek
6–4, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 1–1 Jul 2006 Germany F9, Espelkamp Futures Clay Germany Franz Stauder Germany Martin Emmrich
Germany Tobias Kamke
7–5, 7–6(7–3)

Performance timeline

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 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 6 3–6 33%
French Open A QF 2R 2R 1R A 1R 0 / 5 6–5 55%
Wimbledon A 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 0 / 6 2–6 25%
US Open A 2R 1R 3R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 6 4–6 40%
Win–loss 0–0 5–4 3–4 3–4 1–4 2–3 1–4 0 / 23 15–23 39%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A Q2 Q3 2R 2R Q1 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Miami A A 1R 3R QF 2R 3R 0 / 5 9–5 64%
Monte Carlo A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 1R 0 / 6 0–6 0%
Stuttgart A A A 1R Q1 Q2 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–4 5–3 2–2 2–2 0 / 15 11–15 42%