Alexander Waske


Alexander Waske is a retired tennis player from Germany.
Waske was ranked as high as world No. 16 in doubles, winning four titles. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 89 in June 2006. In 2010, Waske and his former Davis Cup companion Rainer Schüttler founded the Schüttler Waske Tennis-University, a tennis academy for professional players.
Waske twice beat players in the final qualifying rounds of tournaments who later got into the main draw as lucky losers and caused big historical upsets. In the 2002 Wimbledon final qualifying round at Roehampton, Waske beat George Bastl, before lucky loser Bastl later beat Pete Sampras in the second round of the 2002 Wimbledon tournament, in one of the greatest upsets in tennis history. In the final qualifying round for Indian Wells in 2007, Waske beat Guillermo Cañas, before lucky loser Cañas later beat Roger Federer in the second round of the 2007 Indian Wells tournament, ending Federer's 41–match unbeaten run.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 8 (4–4)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.2 May 2005Munich, GermanyClay Florian Mayer Mario Ančić
Julian Knowle
3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Winner1.16 April 2006Houston, United StatesClay Michael Kohlmann Julian Knowle
Jürgen Melzer
5–7, 6–4,
Runner-up2.30 April 2006Casablanca, MoroccoClay Michael Kohlmann Julian Knowle
Jürgen Melzer
3–6, 4–6
Winner2.1 May 2006Munich, GermanyClay Andrei Pavel Alexander Peya
Björn Phau
6–4, 6–2
Winner3.29 January 2007Zagreb, CroatiaCarpet Michael Kohlmann František Čermák
Jaroslav Levinský
7–6, 4–6,
Runner-up3.26 February 2007Rotterdam, NetherlandsHard Andrei Pavel Martin Damm
Leander Paes
3–6, 7–6,
Winner4.23 April 2007Barcelona, SpainClay Andrei Pavel Rafael Nadal
Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal
6–3, 7–6
Runner-up4.2 October 2011Bangkok, ThailandHard Michael Kohlmann Oliver Marach
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–7, 6–7

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Wins over top 10 players