Carsten Arriens (born 11 April 1969) is a former professional

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player from Germany.

Career

Arriens played his first tournament on the

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in 1991, at the

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, where he upset world number 33 Omar Camporese. In 1992 he won the

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, as a qualifier. It would be his only tour title. He also reached the quarter-finals in

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. At the

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, Arriens won his first Grand Slam match, outlasting

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in five sets. He was then defeated by

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in the second round. He had a quiet year in 1994, with his best result being a quarter-final appearance in the Athens International. In 1995, while playing New Zealander

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in the opening round of the

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, Arriens became the first player in the Open era to be disqualified from the French championships. Upon losing the second set, to level the match at 1–1, the German threw his racquet into the net in frustration, from the baseline. He received a warning from Andreas Egli, the chair umpire, but after retrieving his racquet again hurled it away, this time at his chair. It however struck a linesman on his lower leg and the tournament referee was called, which culminated in Arrien's disqualification. Also that year, Arriens made the second round of the US Open, with a win over

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and then came up against fourth seed

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, who beat him in straight sets. He made three quarter-finals in the

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, at

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and Scottsdale. In Dubai he defeated world number seven

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and

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. He was Team captain of the

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from 2013 to 2014.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

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