Matthias Bachinger


Matthias Bachinger is a professional tennis player from Germany who turned professional in 2005. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 85, achieved in August 2011.

Playing style

Bachinger has an unusual take-back and swing on his forehand and backhand. He has solid groundstrokes, with both sides capable of producing winners. He has a good serve that can reach up to 127 mph. He is very strong at the net and frequently rushes to the net. He frequently serve-and-volleys and uses the chip-and-charge tactic on returns.

Professional career

In 2007, Bachinger qualified for his first ATP tournament, the 2007 BMW Open. Bachinger won in the first round against Andreas Beck 6–2, 7–6, 7–5 before losing to Marcos Baghdatis in the second round 6–7, 2–6, 4–6.
In 2008, Bachinger entered the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, the BMW Open, the Austrian Open and the If Stockholm Open, losing in the first round in each event.
He then played only Challenger level tournaments before qualifying for the 2010 If Stockholm Open, where he reached the second round.
Bachinger reached his first ATP semifinal at the 2012 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy. He also reached the quarterfinals of Umag the same year, defeating seventh-seeded Martin Kližan en route.
In 2013, Bachinger defeated Andreas Seppi, then ranked 18, for his first top 20 win.
In 2014, he reached the semifinals in Stockholm as a qualifier.
In 2018, he reached his first ATP Tour final in Metz after beating Kei Nishikori in the semifinals, but lost to Gilles Simon.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–12018 Moselle Open – Singles|Moselle Open, France250 SeriesHard Gilles Simon6–7, 1–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–12011 Atlanta Tennis Championships – Doubles|Atlanta Open, United States250 SeriesHard Frank Moser Alex Bogomolov Jr.
Matthew Ebden		6–3, 5–7,

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 13 (4–9)

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

Performance timelines

Singles

Current through the 2020 Australian Open Qualifying.

Doubles

Record against top-10 players

Bachinger's match record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher is as follows. Only ATP Tour main draw are considered.