Julian Lenz (born 17 February 1993 in Giessen) is a German tennis player. He has an ATP career high singles ranking of world No. 227, achieved in January 2020. In doubles, he reached his career-high ranking of No. 162 in June 2021.

Julian Lenz
Lenz in 2018
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceGrünberg, Hesse Germany
Born (1993-02-17) 17 February 1993 (age 31)
Giessen, Germany
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$219,927
Singles
Career record0–2 (at ATP Tour level)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 227 (6 January 2020)
Current rankingNo. 466 (28 November 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2021)
French OpenQ1 (2020)
Doubles
Career record1–1 (at ATP Tour level)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 162 (21 June 2021)
Current rankingNo. 306 (28 November 2022)
Last updated on: 28 November 2022.

Career edit

Lenz won the 2011 US Open boys' doubles title, partnering Robin Kern.

He played college tennis for the Baylor University.

He made his ATP Tour main draw debut by qualifying for both singles and doubles at the 2019 Hamburg European Open. In singles, he lost to world No. 10 Fabio Fognini in the first round.[1] In doubles, he and partner Daniel Masur upset compatriots Alexander and Mischa Zverev after saving two match points in the opening round.[2]

Junior Grand Slam finals edit

Doubles: 1 (1 title) edit

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2011 US Open Hard   Robin Kern   Maxim Dubarenco
  Vladyslav Manafov
7–5, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals edit

Singles: 8 (3–5) edit

Legend
ATP Challengers (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (3–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2013 Germany F12, Wetzlar Futures Clay   Bastian Knittel 2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2014 Germany F10, Wetzlar Futures Clay   Evgeny Korolev 0–6, 6–0, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Jan 2015 USA F1, Plantation Futures Clay   Christian Lindell 5–7, 0–6
Loss 0–4 Jul 2016 Germany F8, Kassel Futures Clay   Yannick Hanfmann 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Win 1–4 May 2017 Czech Republic F1, Prague Futures Clay   Juraj Masár 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–4 May 2017 Czech Republic F2, Most Futures Clay   Jan Mertl 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 2–5 Jan 2019 M25 Hong Kong, China World Tour Hard   Evan Furness 6–5, ret.
Win 3–5 Jun 2019 M25 Karlsruhe, Germany World Tour Clay   Andrea Pellegrino 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–3

Doubles: 15 (6–9) edit

Legend
ATP Challengers (2–4)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–5)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2013 Germany F12, Wetzlar Futures Clay   Lars Pörschke   Wesley Koolhof
  Rogier Wassen
6–3, 0–6, [7–10]
Loss 0–2 Aug 2014 Germany F10, Wetzlar Futures Clay   Lars Pörschke   David Pel
  Dennis van Scheppingen
6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss 0–3 Nov 2015 USA F34, Waco Futures Hard (i)   William Little   Sekou Bangoura
  Matt Seeberger
6–1, 3–6, [6–10]
Win 1–3 Jul 2016 Germany F6, Saarlouis Futures Clay   Sebastian Fanselow   Marcel Felder
  Manuel Peña López
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 1–4 Dec 2016 USA F39, Waco Futures Hard (i)   Juan Manuel Benítez   Farris Fathi Gosea
  Hans Hach Verdugo
5–7, 3–6
Win 2–4 Nov 2017 USA F36, Niceville Futures Clay   Juan Manuel Benítez   Boris Arias
  Nick Chappell
7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 3–4 Dec 2017 USA F39, Waco Futures Hard (i)   Roberto Maytín   Nathaniel Lammons
  Alex Lawson
7–6(7–5), 1–6, [14–12]
Win 4–4 Mar 2019 M25 Trento, Italy World Tour Hard (i)   Alexander Erler   Felix Corwin
  Danny Thomas
6–3, 6–4
Loss 4–5 Mar 2019 M25+H Kazan, Russia World Tour Hard (i)   Jeremy Jahn   Konstantin Kravchuk
  Alexander Pavlioutchenkov
Walkover
Loss 4–6 Feb 2020 Koblenz, Germany Challenger Hard   Yannick Maden   Sander Arends
  David Pel
6–7(4–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win 5–6 May 2021 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay   Evan King   Karol Drzewiecki
  Sergio Martos Gornés
3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss 5–7 May 2021 Oeiras, Portugal Challenger Clay   Roberto Quiroz   Jesper de Jong
  Tim Van Rijthoven
1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 6–7 Oct 2021 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay   Gerald Melzer   Nicolás Barrientos
  Fernando Romboli
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
Loss 6–8 Sep 2022 Como, Italy Challenger Clay   Dustin Brown   Alexander Erler
  Lucas Miedler
1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 6–9 Oct 2022 Hamburg, Germany Challenger Hard (i)   Dustin Brown   Treat Huey
  Max Schnur
6–7(6–8), 4–6

References edit

  1. ^ "Hamburger Tennisturnier: Qualifikant Julian Lenz gescheitert". shz.de (in German). 23 July 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "ATP Hamburg: Zverev brothers blow two match points, lose to qualifiers". Tennis World USA. 24 July 2019.

External links edit