Alexander Popp

Popp was born in Heidelberg to parents Rainer and Jennifer, and started playing tennis at the age of 8. He was coached by Helmut Luthy, from 1994 until retirement.^[1] He holds a British passport through his mother, who was born in Wolverhampton.^[2]

Popp turned professional in 1997 at the age of 21.^[1]

Popp's career highlights are making the quarterfinals of Wimbledon (by far his most successful tournament) in 2000 (defeating Gustavo Kuerten and Michael Chang en route), and in 2003 (defeating Jiří Novák). He also reached the fourth round in 2004, losing to the eventual runner-up in each of these three runs (Patrick Rafter, Mark Philippoussis and Andy Roddick respectively), and the third round in 2005. Popp also reached the final of Newport in 2004 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74.

In doubles, Popp made the final of Newport in 2002 (partnering Jürgen Melzer) and the semifinals of the Ho Chi Minh City championships in 2005 (partnering Jiří Vaněk).

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2004	Newport, United States	International Series	Grass	Greg Rusedski	6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2002	Newport, United States	International Series	Grass	Jurgen Melzer	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–7, 3–6

Singles: 16 (13–3) edit

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1998	Latvia F1, Jūrmala	Futures	Clay	Janne Ojala	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–0	Oct 1998	Great Britain F8, Glasgow	Futures	Hard	Andreas Weber	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	3–0	Oct 1998	Great Britain F9, Leeds	Futures	Hard	Roman Smotlak	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win	4–0	Oct 1998	Great Britain F10, Edinburgh	Futures	Hard	Markus Menzler	6–2, 6–3
Loss	4–1	Nov 1998	USA F9, Tucson	Futures	Hard	Kepler Orellana	3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win	5–1	Feb 1999	Great Britain F1, Leeds	Futures	Carpet	Julian Knowle	7–6, 6–2
Win	6–1	Apr 1999	France F4, Clermont-Ferrand	Futures	Carpet	Jan-Ralph Brandt	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	6–2	May 1999	Germany F2, Schwäbisch Hall	Futures	Clay	Bartlomiej Dabrowski	7–5, 6–7, 4–6
Win	7–2	May 1999	Germany F3, Neckarau	Futures	Clay	Johan Settergren	6–2, 6–1
Win	8–2	May 1999	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Costa	7–6, 6–3
Win	9–2	Aug 1999	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Sebastien de Chaunac	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Win	10–2	Feb 2000	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Andy Fahlke	6–3, 6–2
Win	11–2	Nov 2001	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Axel Pretzsch	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Win	12–2	Nov 2001	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Peter Wessels	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Win	13–2	Jan 2002	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Jürgen Melzer	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	13–3	Feb 2002	Lübeck, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Raemon Sluiter	2–6, 0–3 ret.

Doubles: 2 (2–0) edit

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 1998	Great Britain F9, Leeds	Futures	Hard	Iain Bates	Jean-Rene Lisnard Ashley Naumann	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	Aug 2001	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Gilles Elseneer	Luke Bourgeois Aisam Qureshi	5–7, 7–5, 6–2

Singles edit

• Alexander Popp at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Alexander Popp at the International Tennis Federation