Rene Nicklisch (born 31 March 1976) is a German former professional
tennis player.
Biography
Nicklisch was born in
Salzkotten and performed well as a junior, most notably winning the 16 and Under title at the
Orange Bowl in 1992, which he secured with a win in the final over
Rogier Wassen. He also represented Germany in the
Junior Davis Cup in 1992 when they finished runners-up to France.
On the professional tour he made it to 246 in the world. He played in the main draw of the
1993 Gerry Weber Open as a wildcard and lost in the first round to seventh seed
Marcos Ondruska. In 1999 he won two
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titles, the singles at
Aschaffenburg and doubles at
Sylt. His victory in the Aschaffenburg Challenger included wins from the quarter-final stage over
Radek Štěpánek,
Alexander Popp and then
Luis Horna in the final. At the
2000 BMW Open
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he made a return to an ATP Tour main draw by featuring the men's doubles competition with
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and
John-Laffnie de Jager.
Challenger titles
Singles: (1)
Doubles: (1)
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1976 births
Living people
German male tennis players
People from Salzkotten
Sportspeople from Detmold (region)
Tennis players from North Rhine-Westphalia