Simon Stadler (;
born 20 July 1983 in
Heidelberg,
West Germany) is a German retired professional left-handed
tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 140 in February 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 52 in February 2014.
Juniors career
Stadler reached a career-high of No. 8 in singles in February 2001 and No. 14 in doubles in January 2001.
Professional career
2008
After a slow start to the year, Stadler reached Challenger semifinals two weeks in a row in
Cremona
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and
Athens to reach his career-high ranking of No. 164 in April. He reached another semifinal in
Telde in May.
In June, Stadler qualified in singles for the
2008 Wimbledon Championships
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, beating British junior No. 949
Daniel Cox (a week after Cox knocked off No. 67
Thomaz Bellucci), No. 248
Rainer Eitzinger and No. 270
Nicolás Todero
Nicolás Todero (; born 15 April 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.
Biography
Todero was born in La Plata, son of Jorge, a tennis coach who later served as Argentina's Fed Cup captain for several years.
Professional ca ...
. He took this form into the
main singles draw, where he faced the 18th seed
Ivo Karlović from
Croatia and beat him in four sets. He then defeated the aforementioned
Brazilian,
Thomaz Bellucci in the second round, 8–6 in the fifth. He would go on to lose to
Cypriot
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* Cypriot people, or of Cypriot descent; this includes:
** Armenian Cypriots
** Greek Cypriots
** Maronite Cypriots
** Tur ...
Marcos Baghdatis in the third round.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 3 (1–2)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
References
External links
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1983 births
German male tennis players
Sportspeople from Heidelberg
Living people
Tennis people from Baden-Württemberg
21st-century German people