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Biography
- Coached by Dirk Dier ... Mother is Marie-Louise (teacher); father is Hans (surgeon); brothers are Philipp and Bastian ... Introduced to tennis at age 5 by father and brother ... Favorite tournament is Roland Garros ... Other sports interests include handball, basketball ... Favorite place to visit is home ... Enjoys music, reading, watching TV, seeing friends ... Closely follows German soap opera "Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten" ... Admires Steffi Graf.
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
14Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)Birthday
Jun 4, 1985 June 4, 1985Birthplace
Nordhorn, GermanyCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (1): 2006 - Acapulco.
Finalist (3): 2005 - Pattaya City, Beijing, Luxembourg.
DOUBLES
Winner (17): 2019 - Charleston (w/Rosolska); 2018 - Stuttgart (w/Atawo); 2017 - Prague (w/Peschke); 2014 - Paris [Indoors] (w/Peschke); 2013 - Brussels (w/Peschke); 2012 - Linz (w/Peschke); 2010 - Copenhagen (w/Goerges); 2009 - Brisbane (w/King), Linz (w/Srebotnik); 2008 - Stuttgart (w/Schnyder), Québec City (w/King); 2007 - Sydney (w/Shaughnessy); 2006 - Acapulco (w/Shaughnessy), Stanford (w/Peer); 2005 - Pattaya City (w/Bartoli), Toronto (w/Navratilova), Bali (w/Shaughnessy).
Finalist (26): 2019 - Doha, Rome, Birmingham, Toronto, Cincinnati (all w/Schuurs); 2017 - Toronto (w/Peschke); 2016 - Linz (w/Peschke); 2013 - Brisbane, Nürnberg, Toronto, Cincinnati (all w/Peschke); 2012 - Paris [Indoors], Bad Gastein (both w/Martic), Stuttgart (w/Goerges), Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/Peschke); 2011 - Monterrey (w/King), Linz (w/Goerges); 2010 - Monterrey (w/King); 2008 - Zürich (w/Schnyder); 2006 - San Diego (w/Shaughnessy), Montréal (w/Black), Luxembourg (w/Huber); 2004 - Stockholm, Cincinnati (both w/Gagliardi), Vancouver (w/Callens), Filderstadt (w/Schruff).
MIXED DOUBLES
Winner (2): 2014 - Roland Garros (w/Rojer); 2009 - Wimbledon (w/Knowles).
Finalist (1): 2017 - Roland Garros (w/Farrah)
ADDITIONAL
German Fed Cup Team, 2004-10, 2012-14, 2016, 2018; German Olympic Team, 2012.
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