Tim Handel (born 18 October 1996) is a German

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player. Handel has a career high

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singles ranking of world No. 385, achieved on 4 December 2023, and has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 642, achieved on 16 May 2022. Handel won his first ITF title at the Luxoil Open in

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in August 2021.

Collegiate career

Handel played four years at the

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in Flagstaff,

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. He won three

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MVP Honors and qualified for the

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singles tournament in his last year. He became just the fourth men's tennis player in Big Sky history to win three MVP awards since it was first given out in 1983. Handel was the first Big Sky player to play in the NCAA Singles tournament since 2006 and just the 11th Big Sky conference player ever dating back to 1980.

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Handel, Tim 1996 births Living people German male tennis players Sportspeople from Reutlingen Northern Arizona Lumberjacks athletes German expatriate sportspeople in the United States