Clemens Trimmel (born 8 June 1978) is a former professional

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player from Austria.

Biography

Professional tour

Trimmel, a right-handed player from Vienna, was a top-50 ranked junior. He turned professional in 1997 and made several main draw appearances at ATP Tour tournaments. Most notably he had a first-round win over world number 23

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at St. Pölten in 1997. At the same tournament the following year he narrowly lost to

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, 5–7 in the final set. Muster was also his doubles partner at ATP Tour tournaments in

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and

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. His only Challenger title came in 2000 at the

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, where he defeated

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in the final. He was unable to defend his title in 2001 but did have a win over

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. At the

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he made it to the final round of

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, beating James Blake en route.

Davis Cup

The first of his two

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appearances for

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was an away tie to

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in 2001. He played in the reverse singles, a dead rubber that he lost to

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in a final set tie-break. His second Davis Cup match came in 2002, when Austria hosted

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. He partnered

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in the doubles, which they lost in five sets to

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and

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. In 2012 he was appointed Austria's Davis Cup captain and in his first year took the team to the World Group quarter-finals, for the first time since 1995. The Austrians were relegated in

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and after their

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campaign, in which they were unable to return to the World Group, Trimmel was replaced by

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. He also captained the

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in the 2014 season.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 11 (6–5)

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Trimmel, Clemens 1978 births Living people Austrian male tennis players Austrian tennis coaches Tennis players from Vienna