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Nils Langer

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Nils Langer
Langer in 2015
Full nameNils Langer
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceAffalterbach, Germany
Born (1990-01-25) 25 January 1990 (age 34)
Ludwigsburg, Germany
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$ 208,894
Singles
Career record1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 188 (7 March 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2015)
French OpenQ1 (2016)
WimbledonQ1 (2016)
US OpenQ2 (2015)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 277 (12 September 2016)

Nils Langer (German pronunciation: [ˈniːls ˈlaŋɐ]; born 25 January 1990, in Ludwigsburg) is a German retired tennis player.

Langer reached a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 188, achieved in March 2016.

Langer made his ATP main draw debut at the 2009 International German Open in the doubles event where he partnered Kevin Krawietz, but lost in the first round to Marcelo Melo and Filip Polášek, 0–6, 4–6.

At the 2013 MercedesCup he qualified for the tournament, defeating Ivo Klec, Jan Mertl and Evgeny Korolev in the qualifying rounds. In the main draw he drew compatriot Robin Kern, a wildcard entrant, winning 3–6, 6–4, 6–3. His run came to an end where he lost to the second seed and compatriot Philipp Kohlschreiber, 5–7, 2–6.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Singles: 4 (0–4)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2012 Oberstaufen, Germany Clay Germany Dominik Meffert 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2015 Marburg, Germany Clay Spain Íñigo Cervantes 6–2, 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 2015 St Rémy, France Hard Croatia Ivan Dodig 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 Jan 2017 Koblenz, Germany Hard (i) Belgium Ruben Bemelmans 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(0–7)

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2015 Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam
Hard France Tristan Lamasine India Saketh Myneni
India Sanam Singh
1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 1–1 Sep 2016 Como, Italy Clay Austria Gerald Melzer Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
Slovakia Andrej Martin
6–3, 1–6, [5–10]

Singles performance timeline

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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.
Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q2 Q1 A 0–0
French Open A A A A Q1 A 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A Q1 A 0–0
US Open A A A Q2 A A 0–0
Career statistics
Overall win–loss 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2
Year-end ranking 305 365 255 218 359 457
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