Simon Greul

Simon Greul (German pronunciation: [ziːmɔn ˈɡʁɔʏ̯l]; born 13 April 1981) is a retired German male tennis player. His career high rank was No. 55, achieved on 22 March 2010.

Simon Greul

Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Stuttgart, Germany
Born	(1981-04-13) 13 April 1981 Stuttgart, West Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,213,267
Singles
Career record	44–72
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 55 (22 March 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2007, 2010, 2011)
French Open	1R (2008, 2009, 2010)
Wimbledon	2R (2009)
US Open	2R (2009)
Doubles
Career record	9–23
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 121 (12 April 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2007, 2010)
French Open	2R (2010)
Wimbledon	1R (2010)
US Open	1R (2009, 2010)
Last updated on: 3 May 2021.

Career

His major breakthrough was at the 2006 Nasdaq-100 Open, where after beating Adrián García and Ricardo Mello in the qualifying rounds, he reached the round of 16 at the main draw, defeating Paradorn Srichaphan, Dominik Hrbatý, and Tim Henman before succumbing to fourth seed Andy Roddick 6–3, 3–6, 6–2.

In 2009 he reached the quarterfinal at the German Open in Hamburg. He lost to Spaniard David Ferrer. At the 2009 US Open he defeated Giovanni Lapentti in the first round but lost to eventual finalist Roger Federer in the second round. In his next tournament, the BCR Romania Open in Bucharest he reached the semifinal where he lost to Juan Mónaco. Greul finished the season ranked No.59. The year was highlighted by a win at an ATP Challenger Tour Event in Todi, a semifinal appearance in Trani and Genoa. It was the best season in his career earning $305,269 and a match record of 15–15 in ATP World Tour level.

In March 2010 Greul was nominated for the Davis Cup first round match against France. Greul defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a dead rubber. That was Germany's only win in this tie. Greul reached his career high ranking of #55 after advancing to the third round of the 2010 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells after beating Richard Gasquet and Gaël Monfils. This was followed by a first round exit at the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. At the 2010 BMW Open in Munich he was defeated by Marin Čilić in the second round after leading 4:1 in the deciding set. He reached the quarterfinal at the 2010 Ordina Open in s´Hertogenbosch and at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart. He could not defend the quarterfinal points in Hamburg of the season before which meant a drop in the ranking. At the BCR Romania Open he was knocked out in the second round by Juan Ignacio Chela.

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (0–1) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2010	Buenos Aires, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Peter Luczak	Sebastián Prieto Horacio Zeballos	6–7(4–7), 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 30 (20–10)

Legend ATP Challenger (13–9) ITF Futures (7–1)

Finals by surface Hard (5–3) Clay (13–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2000	Germany F10, Berlin	Futures	Clay	Johan Settergren	7–6(10–8), 6–3
Win	2–0	Sep 2001	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Martin Verkerk	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win	3–0	Jun 2002	Finland F1, Savitaipale	Futures	Clay	Francisco Fogues-Domenech	7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss	3–1	Sep 2002	Donetsk, Ukraine	Challenger	Clay	Federico Browne	2–6, 1–6
Win	4–1	Feb 2003	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Justin Gimelstob	6–3, 7–6
Loss	4–2	Feb 2004	Canada F1, Calgary	Futures	Hard	Jacob Adaktusson	4–6, 4–6
Win	5–2	Jan 2005	India F1, Mumbai	Futures	Hard	David Sherwood	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	6–2	Jan 2005	India F2, Delhi	Futures	Hard	Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya	6–2, 6–2
Win	7–2	Apr 2005	India F5, Bangalore	Futures	Hard	Ivan Cerović	6–2, 6–4
Win	8–2	Jul 2005	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Albert Portas	7–5, 6–2
Loss	8–3	Nov 2005	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Bjorn Phau	1–6, 2–6
Loss	8–4	Apr 2006	Chiasso, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Werner Eschauer	1–6, 2–6
Win	9–4	May 2006	Dresden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Janko Tipsarević	7–6, 6–2
Win	10–4	May 2006	Ettlingen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Michael Berrer	6–4, 6–3
Win	11–4	Jul 2006	Córdoba, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Kevin Kim	6–7, 6–1, 7–6
Win	12–4	Jun 2007	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Brands	6–4, 6–2
Win	13–4	Jul 2007	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Woong-Sun Jun	6–3, 6–2
Win	14–4	Feb 2008	Germany F4, Mettmann	Futures	Carpet	Andreas Beck	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Win	15–4	Feb 2008	Germany F5, Schwieberdingen	Futures	Carpet	Jeroen Masson	6–4, 6–4
Win	16–4	Aug 2008	Freudenstadt, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Matthias Bachinger	6–3, 6–4
Win	17–4	Sep 2008	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Iván Navarro	6–4, 6–3
Loss	17–5	Oct 2008	Tarragona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Alberto Martín	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6
Loss	17–6	Apr 2009	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Sebastián Decoud	6–7(2–7), 1–6
Win	18–6	Sep 2009	Todi, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Adrian Ungur	2–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6)
Win	19–6	Jun 2011	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Victor Crivoi	6–2, 6–1
Loss	19–7	Jun 2012	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Aljaž Bedene	6–7(1–7), 2–6
Loss	19–8	Sep 2012	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Thiemo de Bakker	4–6, 2–6
Win	20–8	Oct 2012	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Gastão Elias	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Loss	20–9	Apr 2013	Mersin, Turkey	Challenger	Clay	Jiří Veselý	1–6, 1–6
Loss	20–10	Nov 2013	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Andreas Seppi	6–7(4–7), 2–6

Doubles: 15 (5–10)

Legend ATP Challenger (4–10) ITF Futures (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (5–9) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2002	Finland F1, Savitaipale	Futures	Clay	Dmitry Vlasov	Tapio Nurminen Janne Ojala	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win	2–0	Jun 2003	Fürth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Denis Gremelmayr	Tomas Behrend Karsten Braasch	6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	2–1	Sep 2005	Freudenstadt, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Sebastian Fitz	Pavel Snobel Martin Štěpánek	2–6, 4–6
Loss	2–2	Feb 2006	Joplin, United States	Challenger	Hard	Benjamin Becker	Lesley Joseph Henry Adjei-Darko	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	2–3	Jun 2006	Ettlingen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Lars Burgsmüller	Felipe Parada Vasilis Mazarakis	6–3, 1–6, [4–10]
Loss	2–4	Sep 2006	Düsseldorf, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Evgeny Korolev	Hugo Armando Tomas Behrend	1–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss	2–5	Apr 2008	Monza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Denis Gremelmayr	Stefano Galvani Alberto Martin	5–7, 6–2, [3–10]
Win	3–5	Apr 2009	Rome 3, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Alessandro Motti	Filippo Volandri Daniele Bracciali	6–4, 7–5
Win	4–5	Apr 2009	Rome 1, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Christopher Kas	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–2]
Loss	4–6	Jun 2009	Fürth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Alessandro Motti	Santiago Ventura Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo	6–4, 1–6, [6–10]
Loss	4–7	Aug 2009	Trani, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Alessandro Motti	Jamie Delgado Jamie Murray	6–3, 4–6, [10–12]
Win	5–7	Jun 2011	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Bastian Knittel	Facundo Bagnis Eduardo Schwank	2–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss	5–8	Sep 2012	Alphen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Bastian Knittel	Rameez Junaid Simon Stadler	6–4, 1–6, [5–10]
Loss	5–9	Oct 2012	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Alessandro Motti	João Souza Marcelo Demoliner	3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	5–10	Sep 2013	Alphen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Wesley Koolhof	Boy Westerhof Antal Van Der Duim	6–4, 3–6, [10–12]

Performance timelines

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	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q3	Q1	A	Q1	1R	A	Q1	1R	1R	Q1	Q1	0 / 3	0–3	0%
French Open	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	1R	1R	1R	Q3	Q1	Q3	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	1R	Q1	Q2	Q1	0 / 3	1–3	25%
US Open	A	A	Q2	1R	A	A	2R	1R	A	Q2	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–3	0–4	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 12	2–12	14%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	Q1	1R	A	Q1	3R	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Miami Masters	A	A	A	4R	2R	A	Q2	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	4–3	57%
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Hamburg Masters	A	A	A	1R	A	A	Not Masters Series					0 / 1	0–1	0%
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Paris Masters	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–5	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 9	6–9	40%

External links

• Simon Greul at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Simon Greul at the International Tennis Federation
• Greul world ranking history