German tennis player
Benedikt Martin Dorsch (born 10 January 1981) is a professional tennis player from Germany.[1]
Career
Dorsch was at Baylor University from 2002 to 2005 and was a member of the Baylor team that claimed the national championship in 2004. A three-time singles and doubles All-American , Dorsch won the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Player of the Year award in 2004 and 2005. He was the NCAA Division 1 singles champion in his final year.[2] The German then committed himself to the international tennis circuit.[3]
He has only been able to qualify once for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament once, which was at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships .[4] In the opening round he faced former Wimbledon semi-finalist Xavier Malisse , who won in straight sets.[4]
Despite having a win over Rainer Schüttler in the qualifying round for the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open (Miami Masters), Dorsch didn't manage to make it into the main draw.[4] He did however feature in the doubles, with Horia Tecău . The pair lost in the opening round to Tomáš Berdych and Ivan Ljubičić , in a match decided by a super tie-break .[4]
In 2008 he appeared in the main draw of two ATP World Tour tournaments, the Qatar Open , where he lost in the first round to top seed Nikolay Davydenko and the SAP San Jose Open , where he was beaten in the opening round by Bobby Reynolds .[4]
He has won four Challenger titles during his career, two each in singles and doubles, as well as finishing runner-up a further 10 times, again split evenly between singles and doubles.[4]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 11 (5–6)
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–5)
ITF Futures (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Jun 2005
Finland F2, Vierumäki
Futures
Clay
Mait Künnap
6–1, 6–3
Win
2–0
Sep 2005
USA F22, Claremont
Futures
Hard
Tyler Cleveland
6–2, 6–3
Loss
2–1
Oct 2005
Tulsa , United States
Challenger
Hard
Harel Levy
7–5, 5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Loss
2–2
Oct 2005
USA F26, Arlington
Futures
Hard
Michael Russell
1–6, 3–6
Win
3–2
Mar 2006
USA F6, McAllen
Futures
Hard
Johan Brunström
3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss
3–3
May 2006
Telde , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Marc López
0–6, 1–6
Loss
3–4
Feb 2007
Dallas , United States
Challenger
Hard
Robert Kendrick
3–6, 4–6
Win
4–4
Jul 2007
Penza , Russia
Challenger
Hard
Mikhail Ledovskikh
7–5, 5–7, 6–1
Win
5–4
Jul 2008
Penza , Russia
Challenger
Hard
Sergiy Stakhovsky
1–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Loss
5–5
Aug 2008
Istanbul , Turkey
Challenger
Hard
Fred Gil
4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss
5–6
Mar 2009
Bergamo , Italy
Challenger
Hard
Lukáš Rosol
1–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7)
Doubles: 11 (3–8)
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–5)
ITF Futures (1–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (1–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Sep 2003
Mandeville , United States
Challenger
Hard
Matija Zgaga
Sébastien de Chaunac Zack Fleishman
7–6(7–3) , 6–7(2–7) , 3–6
Win
1–1
Jul 2004
Austria F1, Telfs
Futures
Clay
Stefan Wauters
Jan Mertl Jiri Vencl
6–3, 7–5
Loss
1–2
Nov 2004
Iran F4, Kish Island
Futures
Clay
Marko Neunteibl
Juan Ignacio Cerda Jasper Smit
6–7(3–7) , 6–4, 3–6
Loss
1–3
Jun 2005
Finland F2, Vierumäki
Futures
Clay
Mischa Zverev
Mait Künnap Janne Ojala
3–6, 3–6
Loss
1–4
Jul 2005
Austria F4, Telfs
Futures
Clay
Mischa Zverev
Bastian Knittel Christopher Koderisch
1–2 ret.
Loss
1–5
Apr 2006
Lanzarote , Spain
Challenger
Hard
Steven Korteling
Gregory Carraz Jean-Michel Pequery
3–6, 5–7
Loss
1–6
Apr 2007
Paget , Bermuda
Challenger
Clay
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Marcelo Melo André Sá
2–6, 4–6
Win
2–6
Feb 2008
Dallas , United States
Challenger
Hard
Björn Phau
Scott Lipsky David Martin
6–4, 6–4
Win
3–6
Jun 2008
Recanati , Italy
Challenger
Hard
Björn Phau
Yu Xinyuan Zeng Shaoxuan
6–3, 7–5
Loss
3–7
Feb 2009
Heilbronn , Germany
Challenger
Hard
Philipp Petzschner
Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský
3–6, 2–6
Loss
3–8
Feb 2009
Wrocław , Poland
Challenger
Hard
Sam Warburg
Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana
4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Performance timeline
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record; .
Singles
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