Dirk Dier (born 16 February 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Dirk Dier
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceBlieskastel, Germany
Born (1972-02-16) 16 February 1972 (age 52)
Sankt Ingbert, West Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1990
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$388,546
Singles
Career record6–18
Career titles0
5 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 118 (22 April 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (1989, 1999)
French Open1R (1996)
Wimbledon1R (1990)
US Open2R (1996)
Doubles
Career record3–12
Career titles0
6 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 158 (17 April 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQ1 (1990, 1993)

Career

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Dier, an under 12s and 14s national champion, was a semi finalist in the Orange Bowl.[1] In 1990, he defeated Leander Paes to win the boys' singles event in the Australian Open and also finished runner-up in the juniors at Queen's that year. He appeared in the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships, where he lost in the opening round to countryman Michael Stich.

His other two Grand Slam appearances came in 1996. The German exited in the first round of the 1996 French Open, to Félix Mantilla in four sets, but reached the second round in the US Open, with a win over Chuck Adams. He then faced second seed Thomas Muster, who beat him in straight sets.[2]

Dier made just one quarter-final during his career on the ATP Tour, which was in the 1996 Bermuda Open. En route he defeated two top 100 players, Michael Joyce and Nicolás Lapentti.

As of September 2019, he is the coach of Angelique Kerber.[3]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1990 Australian Open Hard   Leander Paes 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 11 (5–6)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (5–6)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1993 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay   Oliver Fernández 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Jun 1994 Furth, Germany Challenger Clay   Kris Goossens 7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Jun 1995 Eisenach, Germany Challenger Clay   Wojtek Kowalski 6–7, 3–6
Win 2–2 Jul 1995 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay   Tati Rascón 7–5, 6–2
Loss 2–3 Oct 1995 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay   Kris Goossens 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Oct 1996 Mallorca, Spain Challenger Clay   Dominik Hrbatý 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–5 Feb 1997 Lippstadt, Germany Challenger Carpet   Arne Thoms 6–7, 3–6
Win 3–5 Jun 1997 Weiden, Germany Challenger Clay   Tamer El Sawy 7–6, 6–3
Win 4–5 Feb 1998 Lippstadt, Germany Challenger Carpet   Marzio Martelli 7–6, 4–3 ret.
Loss 4–6 Feb 1998 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet   Ivo Heuberger 7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win 5–6 May 1998 Dresden, Germany Challenger Clay   Markus Hantschk 0–6, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 16 (6–10)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (6–9)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (3–6)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 1993 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Challenger Hard   Alexander Mronz   Tommy Ho
  Shuzo Matsuoka
3–2 ret.
Loss 0–2 Feb 1995 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet   Lars Koslowski   Martin Sinner
  Joost Winnink
5–7, 3–6
Win 1–2 May 1995 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard   Christian Saceanu   Lionel Barthez
  Patrick Baur
7–6, 7–6
Win 2–2 Jun 1995 Weiden, Germany Challenger Clay   Lars Koslowski   Brent Larkham
  Emilio Benfele Álvarez
6–3, 6–3
Win 3–2 Jun 1995 Eisenach, Germany Challenger Clay   Lars Koslowski   Sébastien Leblanc
  Chris Woodruff
3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win 4–2 Feb 1996 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet   Arne Thoms   Jim Pugh
  Joost Winnink
6–4, 6–4
Loss 4–3 Dec 1997 Bad Lippspringe, Germany Challenger Carpet   Lars Koslowski   Tuomas Ketola
  Michael Kohlmann
6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 4–4 Jul 1998 Ulm, Germany Challenger Clay   Michael Kohlmann   Márcio Carlsson
  Jaime Oncins
4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss 4–5 Feb 1999 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet   Karsten Braasch   Adriano Ferreira
  Maurice Ruah
walkover
Loss 4–6 Mar 1999 Magdeburg, Germany Challenger Carpet   Jan-Ralph Brandt   Michael Hill
  Andrew Painter
6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Loss 4–7 Jun 1999 Eisenach, Germany Challenger Clay   Marcus Hilpert   Mitch Sprengelmeyer
  Jason Weir-Smith
3–6, 1–6
Loss 4–8 Jul 1999 Ulm, Germany Challenger Clay   Michael Kohlmann   Andrew Painter
  Byron Talbot
3–6, 4–6
Win 5–8 Dec 1999 Nümbrecht, Germany Challenger Carpet   Jens Knippschild   Andreas Tattermusch
  Andreas Weber
6–3, 7–5
Loss 5–9 Feb 2000 Lübeck, Germany Challenger Carpet   Karsten Braasch   Giorgio Galimberti
  Diego Nargiso
4–6, 4–6
Win 6–9 Mar 2000 Magdeburg, Germany Challenger Carpet   Karsten Braasch   Tomas Behrend
  Michael Kohlmann
7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 6–10 Oct 2000 France F21, Forbach Futures Carpet   Bjorn Jacob   Matthias A. Muller
  Andreas Tattermusch
3–6, 6–7(4–7)

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 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q2 A A A A A A A A Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A A Q1 Q3 A 1R Q3 Q1 Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A 1R A A Q2 A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A A A A A 2R Q3 A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 3 1–3 25%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A Q3 A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami A A A A A A A 1R Q1 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte Carlo A A A A Q2 Q2 Q2 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Hamburg A A A A 2R Q3 A A Q1 Q2 A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Paris A A A A A Q1 A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 1–2 33%

References

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