Axel Pretzsch (born 16 June 1976) is a former professional
tennis
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player from
Germany
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.
Career
Pretzsch, who was Germany's junior champion in 1990 and 1994, played in the main draw of four
Grand Slams during his career. He twice made it into the second round, the first time at the
1999 US Open, where he beat
Cyril Saulnier
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, before losing to eventual champion
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time major champion and an Olympic gold medalist, as well as a runner-up in seven other majors.
Agassi is the second of five men to ac ...
. The German also reached the second round in the
2000 Australian Open
The 2000 Australian Open was a tennis
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, beating
Alex O'Brien
Alex O'Brien (born ) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. He gained the top ranking in May 2000 and was ranked as high as world No. 30 in singles in June 1997.
He won his only singles title at New Haven, Connecticut, in 199 ...
.
His best result on the
ATP Tour
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came at the 1999 President's Cup in
Tashkent
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, where he had to best win of his career, defeating world number 60
Sargis Sargsian
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Sargsian turned pro in 1995, and has won one singles and two doubles titles during his career on the ATP Tour. He played ...
en route to the quarter-finals.
ATP World Tour Profile
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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 11 (6–5)
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Performance timeline
Singles
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
German male tennis players
Tennis players from Hamburg