Tobias Kamke
Quick Facts
Biography
Tobias Kamke (born 21 May 1986) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 64 in January 2011.
Professional career
2008
In June, Kamke made the main draw in singles for the 2008 Wimbledon Championships as a Lucky Loser after losing to No. 134 Jan Hernych in the final qualifying round. He lost in the first round to world No. 30 Andreas Seppi.
2010
He made the main draw at Wimbledon where he progressed through to the first and second round and then lost in the third round to 10th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1–6, 4–6, 6–7. In July, he won the 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby by beating Milos Raonic in the final 6–3, 7–6. At the 2010 Tiburon Challenger he secured his second career challenger title by defeating Ryan Harrison in the final. He reached back-to-back second rounds on ATP World Tour level at Stockholm, Vienna and Basel. As Kamke started the year as world No. 254 and finished it as world No. 66 he was awarded "Newcomer of the Year" by the ATP.
2011
2011 saw Kamke reach career-high rankings in both singles (world No. 64 in January) and doubles (world No. 419 in October).
2012
Kamke faced Roger Federer in the first round of the 2012 French Open. He led Federer by 4–1* in the second set before losing 2–6, 5–7, 3–6. In September, he reached a new career-high in doubles at world No. 262.
ATP Challenger Tour
Singles finals: 14 (8–6)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 12 November 2007 | Helsinki, Finland | Hard (i) | Steve Darcis | 3–6, 6–1, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 26 May 2008 | Karlsruhe, Germany | Clay | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 1–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 12 April 2010 | Baton Rouge, United States | Hard (i) | Kevin Anderson | 7–6(9–7), 6–7(7–9), 1–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 31 May 2010 | Fürth, Germany | Clay | Robin Haase | 4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 1. | 26 July 2010 | Granby, Canada | Hard | Milos Raonic | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Winner | 2. | 11 October 2010 | Tiburon, United States | Hard | Ryan Harrison | 6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 3. | 13 November 2011 | Loughborough, Great Britain | Hard | Flavio Cipolla | 6–2, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 5. | 7 July 2012 | Braunschweig, Germany | Clay | Thomaz Bellucci | 6–7(4–7), 3–6 |
Winner | 4. | 16 September 2012 | Pétange, Luxembourg | Hard | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 7–6(9–7), 6–4 |
Winner | 5. | 15 September 2013 | Pétange, Luxembourg | Hard | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 1–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
Winner | 6. | 9 June 2014 | Fürth, Germany | Clay | Íñigo Cervantes | 6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 7. | 9 August 2015 | Liberec, Czech Republic | Clay | Andrej Martin | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
Winner | 8. | 20 March 2016 | Kazan, Russia | Hard (i) | Aslan Karatsev | 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 6. | 2 April 2017 | Saint-Brieuc, France | Hard | Egor Gerasimov | 6–7(3–7), 6–7(5–7) |
Doubles titles: 2
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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1. | 12 October 2014 | Rennes, France | Hard (i) | Philipp Marx | František Čermák Jonathan Erlich | 3–6, 6–2, [10–3] |
2. | 13 September 2015 | Alphen, Netherlands | Clay | Jan-Lennard Struff | Victor Hănescu Adrian Ungur | 7–6(7–1), 3–6, [10–7] |
Performance timelines
Current through the 2017 Miami Open.
Singles
Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | Q2 | 0 / 5 | 2–5 |
French Open | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q2 | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | Q3 | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | |
US Open | A | A | A | A | Q3 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q2 | Q3 | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 22 | 10–22 |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | A | Q2 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 |
Miami Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | Q2 | Q1 | A | Q2 | 0 / 3 | 2–3 |
Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Madrid Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
Rome Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | Q2 | 1R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Shanghai Masters | Not Held | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Hamburg Masters | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | Not Masters Series | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 9 | 2–9 |
National Representation | ||||||||||||||||
Davis Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
Career Statistics | ||||||||||||||||
Overall Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 7–8 | 15–23 | 6–18 | 17–22 | 10–17 | 1–5 | 5–5 | 0–1 | 61–101 | |
Year-end ranking | 809 | 716 | 445 | 210 | 243 | 254 | 67 | 96 | 98 | 74 | 98 | 277 | 118 | 38% |
Doubles
Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | W–L |
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Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||
Australian Open | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0–3 |
French Open | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0–1 | |
Wimbledon | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0–1 | |
US Open | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0–1 | |
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–6 |
Wins over top 10 players
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | TK Rank |
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2010 | |||||||
1. | Tomáš Berdych | 6 | Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | 1R | 6–4, 6–1 | 72 |
2013 | |||||||
2. | Juan Martín del Potro | 7 | Miami, United States | Hard | 2R | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 | 89 |