Residence: Salzburg, Austria Single
Year-by-Year Highlights:
1994- Winner at Eisenach Ch; R-up at Zaragoza (l. to Larsson);SF at Lippstadt
Ch.; QF at Ostend Ch.; Doubles SF at Heilbronn Ch. (w/Riglewski).
1993- SF at Kuala Lumpur-2 Ch.; QF at Emden Ch.; Doubles R-up at Sydney In-
door (w/Mronz); Doubles SF at Kuala Lumpur-2 Ch. (w/Dier).
Began playing tennis at age six.
Father, Gunther, is an insurance broker; mother, Mechtyld, is a painter;
older brother, Rick, 27.
Enjoys playing soccer.
Reached the final of the German closed championships in 1992 (l. to
Mronz) and won the Victorian Junior Championships in 1993, the same year he
won the Australian Open junior doubles title (w/Christian Tambue).
In 1993, finished No. 14 in doubles in the junior world rankings.
The German national junior singles and doubles champion in 1993 and the
No. 1 ranked junior that year.
Trains at the Etuf Club in Essen where he plays bundesliga.
Coached by New Zealander Neil McAffer (since September 1993).
Reached his first career ATP Tour doubles final in October 1993 at the
Sydney Indoor (w/Mronz) and in March 1994, advanced to his first Tour singles
final (as a qualifier) at Zaragoza, losing to Magnus Larsson. Improved his
ATP Tour Ranking from 310 to No. 186 in only his second career Tour outing in
singles.