Lars Rehmann (born 21 May 1975) is a former professional

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player from Germany.

Career

Rehmann was a successful junior player, winning the Boys' Doubles at the

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, with countryman Christian Tambue. They defeated the American pairing of Scott Humphries and Jimmy Jackson 6–7, 7–5, 6–2. In the same year he was also the junior single and doubles champion at Germany's national championship and also reached the final of the doubles at the 1993 Ansett Australian Indoor Championships. Along the way he and partner

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were victorious over top seeds

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and

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. In 1994, he partnered Australian

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at the

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but they lost in the opening round to number six seeds

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and

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. He also reached his first ATP final that year, at

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where he lost to

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. The following year he competed in the singles of the

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, the only other

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that he got to compete in. He defeated

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of Brazil 6–3, 6–4, 6–1 and make it into the second round, but then lost to eventual quarter finalist

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5–7, 4–6, 1–6. In Seoul he reached another ATP final but was defeated again, this time to

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Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Doubles: 6 (1–5)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rehmann, Lars 1975 births Living people German male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Sportspeople from Leverkusen Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Tennis people from North Rhine-Westphalia