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Mark Kratzmann

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Mark Kratzmann
Full nameMark Edward Kratzmann
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceWindera, Australia
Born (1966-05-17) 17 May 1966 (age 58)
Murgon, Australia
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1984
Retired1992
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,378,936
Singles
Career record59–96
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 50 (26 March 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1987)
French Open1R (1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990)
Wimbledon3R (1986, 1990)
US Open2R (1990)
Doubles
Career record267–203
Career titles18
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 5 (16 April 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (1989)
French OpenSF (1992)
WimbledonQF (1987, 1989, 1992)
US OpenQF (1989)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (1992)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1991)
French OpenQF (1992)
WimbledonF (1989)
US OpenQF (1993)

Mark Edward Kratzmann (born 17 May 1966) is a former Australian professional tennis player.

Tennis career

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Kratzmann was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in 1983.[1]

Juniors

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As the world's No. 1 ranked junior player in 1984, Kratzmann won the boys' singles tournaments at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open that year.

Pro tour

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As a professional player, Kratzmann won 18 doubles titles, including the Cincinnati Masters in 1990 (also reaching the Australian Open men's doubles final in 1989).

His best Grand Slam performance in singles was reaching the fourth round of the 1987 Australian Open. Kratzmann achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 50 in March 1990.

He sometimes partnered his brother Andrew in doubles matches.

After retirement

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Kratzmann began to play cricket after moving to Hong Kong in 2003, where he originally worked as a tennis coach. He won the Hong Kong Cricket Association's Player of the Year award for 2005–06. In May 2007, he was selected in the national squad to participate in the ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament. He was also in the 20-man list for the Asia Cup but was not included in the final 14. He has made three international appearances for Hong Kong. Currently Kratzmann is playing for Australia A in a Tri Nations over 50's cricket competition turning it in to a snooze fest.

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 30 (18 titles, 12 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (2–4)
ATP Championship Series (3–0)
ATP World Series (13–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (13–8)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (3–1)
Carpet (2–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (10–9)
Indoor (8–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1986 Queen's Club, United Kingdom Grand Prix Grass Australia Darren Cahill United States Kevin Curren
France Guy Forget
2–6, 6–7
Win 1–1 Aug 1986 Cincinnati Masters, United States Masters Series Hard Australia Kim Warwick South Africa Christo Steyn
South Africa Danie Visser
6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Nov 1986 Hong Kong Grand Prix Hard Australia Pat Cash United States Mike De Palmer
United States Gary Donnelly
6–7, 7–6, 5–7
Win 2–2 Oct 1987 Sydney, Australia Grand Prix Hard Australia Darren Cahill West Germany Boris Becker
United States Robert Seguso
6–3, 6–2
Win 3–2 Nov 1987 Hong Kong Grand Prix Hard United States Jim Pugh United States Martin Davis
Australia Brad Drewett
6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win 4–2 Jan 1988 Adelaide, Australia Grand Prix Hard Australia Darren Cahill Australia Carl Limberger
Australia Mark Woodforde
4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 5–2 Jan 1988 Sydney, Australia Grand Prix Hard Australia Darren Cahill United States Bud Schultz
United States Joey Rive
7–6, 6–4
Loss 5–3 Jan 1989 Adelaide, Australia Grand Prix Hard United States Glenn Layendecker United Kingdom Neil Broad
South Africa Stefan Kruger
2–6, 6–7
Loss 5–4 Jan 1989 Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard Australia Darren Cahill United States Jim Pugh
United States Rick Leach
4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win 6–4 Jun 1989 Queen's, United Kingdom Grand Prix Grass Australia Darren Cahill United States Tim Pawsat
Australia Laurie Warder
7–6, 6–3
Win 7–4 Aug 1989 Stratton Mountain, United States Grand Prix Hard Australia Wally Masur South Africa Pieter Aldrich
South Africa Danie Visser
6–3, 4–6, 7–6
Win 8–4 Oct 1989 Brisbane, Australia Grand Prix Hard Australia Darren Cahill Australia Broderick Dyke
Australia Simon Youl
6–4, 5–7, 6–0
Loss 8–5 Oct 1989 Sydney, Australia Grand Prix Hard Australia Darren Cahill United States David Pate
United States Scott Warner
3–6, 7–6, 5–7
Win 9–5 Jan 1990 Sydney International, Australia World Series Hard Australia Pat Cash South Africa Pieter Aldrich
South Africa Danie Visser
6–4, 7–5
Win 10–5 Mar 1990 Memphis, United States World Series Hard Australia Darren Cahill Germany Udo Riglewski
Germany Michael Stich
7–5, 6–2
Win 11–5 Apr 1990 Japan Open Championship Series Hard Australia Wally Masur United States Kent Kinnear
United States Brad Pearce
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 12–5 May 1990 Singapore World Series Hard Australia Jason Stoltenberg Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Brad Drewett
6–1, 6–0
Win 13–5 Jun 1990 Manchester, United Kingdom World Series Grass Australia Jason Stoltenberg United Kingdom Nick Brown
United States Kelly Jones
6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win 14–5 Jul 1990 Newport, United States World Series Grass Australia Darren Cahill United States Todd Nelson
United States Bryan Shelton
7–6, 6–2
Win 15–5 Jul 1990 Cincinnati Masters, United States Masters Series Hard Australia Darren Cahill United Kingdom Neil Broad
South Africa Gary Muller
7–6, 6–2
Loss 15–6 Nov 1990 Paris Masters, France Masters Series Carpet Australia Darren Cahill United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 15–7 Jan 1991 Sydney International, Australia World Series Hard Australia Darren Cahill United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 15–8 Jan 1992 Adelaide, Australia World Series Hard Australia Jason Stoltenberg Croatia Goran Ivanisevic
Switzerland Marc Rosset
6–7, 6–7
Loss 15–9 May 1992 Italian Open Masters Series Clay South Africa Wayne Ferreira Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Switzerland Marc Rosset
4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win 16–9 Feb 1993 Milan, Italy Championship Series Carpet Australia Wally Masur Netherlands Tom Nijssen
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 17–9 Feb 1993 Stuttgart, Germany Championship Series Carpet Australia Wally Masur United States Steve Devries
Australia David Macpherson
6–3, 7–6
Loss 17–10 May 1993 Italian Open Masters Series Clay South Africa Wayne Ferreira Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
4–6, 6–7
Win 18–10 Jan 1994 Adelaide, Australia World Series Hard Australia Andrew Kratzmann South Africa David Adams
Zimbabwe Byron Black
6–4, 6–3
Loss 18–11 Jan 1994 Sydney, Australia World Series Hard Australia Laurie Warder Australia Darren Cahill
Australia Sandon Stolle
1–6, 6–7
Loss 18–12 Aug 1994 Cincinnati Masters, United States Masters Series Hard South Africa Wayne Ferreira United States Alex O'Brien
Australia Sandon Stolle
7–6, 3–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 1 (0–1)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1989 Hobart, Australia Challenger Carpet Australia Todd Woodbridge 3–6, 6–1, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1991 Taipei, Taiwan Challenger Hard Australia Jason Stoltenberg United States Kelly Jones
Australia Todd Woodbridge
6–7, 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1982 Australian Open Hard Australia Simon Youl 6–3, 7–5
Loss 1984 French Open Clay Sweden Kent Carlsson 3–6, 3–6
Win 1984 Wimbledon Grass South Africa Stefan Kruger 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win 1984 US Open Hard Germany Boris Becker 6–3, 7–6
Win 1984 Australian Open Hard Australia Patrick Flynn 6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Win 1983 French Open Clay Australia Simon Youl Romania Mihnea Nastase
Finland Olli Rahnasto
6–4, 6–4
Win 1983 Wimbledon Grass Australia Simon Youl Romania Mihnea Nastase
Finland Olli Rahnasto
6–4, 6–4
Win 1983 US Open Hard Australia Simon Youl United States Patrick McEnroe
United States Brad Pearce
6–1, 7–6
Loss 1984 Wimbledon Grass Sweden Jonas Svensson United States Ricky Brown
United States Robbie Weiss
6–1, 4–6, 9–11
Win 1984 Australian Open Hard Australia Mike Baroch Australia Brett Custer
Australia David Macpherson
6–2, 5–7, 7–5

Performance timelines

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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

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Tournament 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 2R 1R Q3 A 4R 3R 2R 1R 1R Q2 Q2 A 0 / 8 7–8 47%
French Open A A 1R A 1R 1R A 1R 1R A A A A 0 / 5 0–5 0%
Wimbledon A Q1 2R Q2 3R Q3 A 2R 3R 1R Q1 Q1 A 0 / 5 6–5 55%
US Open A A A A 1R A A 1R 2R A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–3 3–2 2–1 2–4 3–4 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 21 14–21 0%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A A A A A A A 4R 1R A A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Canada A A A A A A A A 2R A Q3 Q1 A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A 1R A Q2 A Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 4 4–4 50%

Doubles

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Tournament 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 2R 2R 1R A QF 3R F QF 3R 2R SF 3R 2R 0 / 13 24–13 65%
French Open A A 2R 2R 2R 3R A 1R 1R 2R SF QF 2R A 0 / 10 14–10 58%
Wimbledon A Q2 1R 1R 2R QF A QF 1R 3R QF 2R 1R A 0 / 10 13–10 57%
US Open A A 1R A 1R 1R A QF 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R A 0 / 9 5–9 36%
Win–loss 0–1 1–1 2–4 1–3 2–3 7–4 2–1 11–4 3–4 5–4 9–4 9–4 3–4 1–1 0 / 42 56–42 57%
Year-end championships
Tennis Masters Cup A A A A A A A A RR A SF RR A A 0 / 3 3–7 30%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R SF 2R A 0 / 7 5–7 42%
Miami A A A A A A 2R QF SF 3R QF 3R A A 0 / 6 12–6 67%
Monte Carlo A A A 1R 2R 1R A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Hamburg A A A A A 2R A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Rome A A A A 2R A A A A A F F A A 0 / 3 9–3 75%
Canada A A A A A A A A 1R A SF QF A A 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Cincinnati A A A A W QF A 2R W 2R 1R 2R F A 2 / 8 18–6 75%
Paris A A A A A A A A F 1R QF 2R 1R A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 7–2 3–3 2–2 4–3 12–4 2–4 10–6 9–6 5–4 0–0 2 / 37 54–35 61%
Year-end ranking 409 289 130 164 35 43 124 13 7 62 14 13 43 721 Prize money: $1,378,936

Mixed doubles

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Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 2R 1R 1R 2R SF QF 1R A 1R 0 / 8 7–8 47%
French Open 3R A 2R A A A A A QF A 1R A 0 / 4 5–4 56%
Wimbledon 1R 1R A 1R A F 1R 2R 2R SF 1R A 0 / 9 11–9 55%
US Open 1R A 1R A A 1R A 1R 1R QF A A 0 / 6 2–6 25%
Win–loss 2–3 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 5–3 1–2 4–3 5–4 6–3 0–2 0–1 0 / 27 25–27 48%

References

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  1. ^ Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002. ISBN 174013060X.
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