Carsten Arriens (born 11 April 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Carsten Arriens
Country (sports)Germany
ResidenceMunich, Germany
Born (1969-04-11) 11 April 1969 (age 55)
Frankfurt, West Germany
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro1991
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$314,588
Singles
Career record28–36
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 109 (26 July 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)
French Open2R (1993)
US Open2R (1995)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 892 (19 November 2001)
Last updated on: 22 April 2022.

Career

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Arriens played his first tournament on the ATP Tour in 1991, at the Geneva Open, where he upset world number 33 Omar Camporese.

In 1992 he won the Guarujá Open, as a qualifier. It would be his only tour title. He also reached the quarter-finals in Long Island.

At the 1993 French Open, Arriens won his first Grand Slam match, outlasting Thomas Enqvist in five sets. He was then defeated by MaliVai Washington in the second round.[1]

He had a quiet year in 1994, with his best result being a quarter-final appearance in the Athens International.

In 1995, while playing New Zealander Brett Steven in the opening round of the French Open, Arriens became the first player in the Open era to be disqualified from the French championships. Upon losing the second set, to level the match at 1–1, the German threw his racquet into the net in frustration, from the baseline. He received a warning from Andreas Egli, the chair umpire, but after retrieving his racquet again hurled it away, this time at his chair. It however struck a linesman on his lower leg and the tournament referee was called, which culminated in Arrien's disqualification.[2]

Also that year, Arriens made the second round of the US Open, with a win over Karol Kučera and then came up against fourth seed Boris Becker, who beat him in straight sets. He made three quarter-finals in the 1995 ATP Tour, at Dubai, Oporto and Scottsdale. In Dubai he defeated world number seven Alberto Berasategui.[3]

He has coached several players including Andreas Beck, Louk Sorensen and Alexander Waske.

He was Team captain of the Germany Davis Cup team from 2013 to 2014.

ATP career finals

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 1992 Guarujá, Brazil World Series Hard   Àlex Corretja 7–6(7–5), 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 3 (1–2)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 Oct 1992 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay   Juan Gisbert-Schultze 1–6, 6–7
Win 1-1 Feb 1997 Kyoto, Japan Challenger Carpet   Mahesh Bhupathi 3–6, 6–2, 7–6
Loss 1-2 Jun 1998 Germany F10, Albstadt Futures Clay   Daniel Elsner 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1-0 Nov 2001 Switzerland F1, Biel Futures Hard   Maximilian Abel   Jacob Adaktusson
  Marcello Craca
6–4, 3–6, 6–0

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q2 Q2 Q2 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A 2R A 1R Q3 Q3 A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A 1R A 2R A Q2 A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 4 2–4 33%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A Q1 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami 1R A A Q1 Q1 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A A A A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome A Q1 A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canada A A A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Stuttgart A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

References

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