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Axel Pretzsch

GER Age 50 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1998–2002

Axel Pretzsch represented Germany on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 99. In TennisDB's records, Axel Pretzsch finished with a career record of 11–25 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

99 (Jan 14, 2002)

Elo peak

1578 (26th percentile)

Career record

11–25 (30.6%)

Career titles

Prize money

$336,815

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Axel Pretzsch's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Alexander Popp #100	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 11, 2002*	R32	Newport	ATP 250	Grass
Juan-Pablo Guzman #288	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 2002*	Q2 Q	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Marko Tkalec #276	7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 2002	Q1 Q	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Thomas Johansson #7	6-7(4) 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 13, 2002*	R32	Halle Open	ATP 250	Grass
German Puentes #234	6-4 5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 28, 2002*	Q2 Q	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Rivals all rivalries →

Axel Pretzsch's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Michael Chang	1	2	3	Feb 14, 2002	H2H
Jiri Novak	0	2	2	Mar 1, 2002	H2H
Cecil Mamiit	0	2	2	Sep 13, 2001	H2H
Sargis Sargsian	1	1	2	Sep 17, 1999	H2H
Alexander Popp	0	1	1	Jul 11, 2002	H2H

Career Results

Axel Pretzsch career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1998	22	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	339	246
1999	23	ATP	5	9	14	35.7%	248	113
2000	24	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
2000	24	ATP	2	5	7	28.6%	114	270
2001	25	Qualifying Q	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—
2001	25	ATP	2	4	6	33.3%	270	103
2002	26	Qualifying Q	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—
2002	26	ATP	2	6	8	25.0%	100	208
Career		—	11	25	36	30.6%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Axel Pretzsch career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1998	22	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1999	23	ATP	5	6	11	45.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	9	14	35.7%
2000	24	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2000	24	ATP	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%
2001	25	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
2001	25	ATP	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
2002	26	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
2002	26	ATP	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%
Career	—	—	11	18	29	37.9%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	11	25	36	30.6%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Axel Pretzsch career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1998	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1999	23	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	7	9	22.2%	3	0	3	100.0%	5	9	14	35.7%
2000	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	5	6	16.7%
2001	25	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
2002	26	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	0	—	—	2	6	8	25.0%
Career		0	4	4	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	4	15	19	21.1%	5	2	7	71.4%	10	25	35	28.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 35/36 (97.2%) of Axel Pretzsch's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Axel Pretzsch performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1998	22	1/1	4.0	0.0	58.0%	58.6%	42.9%	55.6%	0.0%	52.0%	22.7%
1999	23	13/14	3.9	5.6	56.6%	68.9%	44.7%	66.9%	44.4%	58.4%	37.6%
2000	24	5/7	8.2	5.2	48.8%	74.9%	45.0%	53.4%	61.3%	58.9%	36.0%
2001	25	5/6	3.4	2.6	59.1%	66.7%	38.0%	47.0%	40.7%	57.3%	34.1%
2002	26	7/8	2.4	4.6	57.7%	59.2%	44.6%	55.7%	39.4%	53.0%	33.3%
Career		31/36	4.2	4.6	56.0%	67.0%	43.6%	58.6%	43.9%	56.9%	35.4%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 31/36 (86.1%) of Axel Pretzsch's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Axel Pretzsch advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1998	22	1497	106.5	-3.29	+5.32	0.473	38.3%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	-0.16
1999	23	1546	122.6	-1.10	+0.40	0.905	48.1%	+39	—	—	37.1%	-0.83	2–2 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	101.7	+0.06
2000	24	1502	110.4	-1.09	-0.70	0.876	47.7%	+61	—	—	45.0%	-0.60	0–4 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	94.7	+0.07
2001	25	1516	104.2	-0.20	-1.45	0.799	45.3%	+43	—	—	28.6%	-1.00	2–0	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.02
2002	26	1513	108.3	-2.94	-2.01	0.710	43.4%	+51	—	—	26.3%	-2.16	1–0	0–2	—	-0.31
Career		1578	116.0	-1.44	-0.46	0.820	46.2%	+47	—	—	34.4%	-1.16	5–6 (45%)	5–8 (38%)	98.9	-0.89

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Axel Pretzsch Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1999	23	—	R128	—	R64	1–2 (33%)
2000	24	R64	Q1	Q1	—	1–3 (25%)
2001	25	—	Q3	Q1	Q2	3–3 (50%)
2002	26	R128	Q2	Q2	—	2–3 (40%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	3–4 (43%)	1–3 (25%)	2–2 (50%)	7–11 (39%)

Masters 1000

Axel Pretzsch Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CIN	HAM	STU	W-L Win %
1999	23	R32	R64	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2001	25	—	—	R64	R32	1–2 (33%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–4 (20%)

ATP 500

Axel Pretzsch ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	DUB	NAP	TKY	MEM	W-L Win %
1999	23	—	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2000	24	—	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
2001	25	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
2002	26	R16	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	4–4 (50%)

ATP 250

Axel Pretzsch ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAS	CHN	HAL	MRS	NWP	QUE	COP	COS	LOS	TAS	W-L Win %
1998	22	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1999	23	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	R16	QF	3–4 (43%)
2000	24	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
2001	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2002	26	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	4–13 (24%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Jan 14, 2002

First Top 100

Jan 7, 2002

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Axel Pretzsch ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1993	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	776	796	795
1994	18	791	781	784	772	786	783	686	613	608	639	636	634
1995	19	629	635	625	620	562	569	713	717	722	917	938	795
1996	20	795	789	808	807	833	817	529	514	520	397	325	329
1997	21	315	296	294	287	288	242	280	276	266	312	391	339
1998	22	341	350	323	331	325	387	372	335	314	280	245	246
1999	23	246	139	125	127	127	125	125	124	113	111	109	113
2000	24	105	148	162	157	154	163	176	194	253	258	265	270
2001	25	329	180	157	164	162	158	134	138	134	119	105	103
2002	26	101	136	133	130	132	132	151	149	150	186	208	208
2003	27	218	206	280	296	294	322	359	378	396	390	425	424
2004	28	427	1334	1422	1417	1416	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Axel Pretzsch's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Michael Kohlmann	GER	98	1,610	71	24	47	33.8%	1998–2007	Match log
Oleg Ogorodov	UZB	101	1,564	66	20	46	30.3%	1994–2002	Match log
Marcello Craca	GER	90	1,569	34	11	23	32.4%	1997–2002	Match log
Alexandre Simoni	BRA	96	1,530	30	10	20	33.3%	2000–2002	Match log
Jeff Salzenstein	USA	100	1,572	57	16	41	28.1%	1995–2006	Match log
Christian Vinck	GER	101	1,647	65	17	48	26.2%	1994–2003	Match log
Ivo Heuberger	SUI	102	1,638	105	33	72	31.4%	1997–2005	Match log
Edwin Kempes	NED	98	1,581	27	10	17	37.0%	1999–2002	Match log
Martin Lee	GBR	94	1,594	61	19	42	31.1%	1996–2006	Match log
Daniel Elsner	GER	92	1,563	35	8	27	22.9%	1997–2005	Match log
Vincenzo Santopadre	ITA	100	1,621	44	17	27	38.6%	1996–2004	Match log
Nicolas Thomann	FRA	106	1,641	39	14	25	35.9%	1997–2006	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Axel Pretzsch?: Axel Pretzsch is 50 years old, born on June 16, 1976.
Which country does Axel Pretzsch represent?: Axel Pretzsch represents Germany in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Axel Pretzsch?: Axel Pretzsch is 185 cm / 6'1".
Is Axel Pretzsch left-handed or right-handed?: Axel Pretzsch plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Axel Pretzsch won?: Axel Pretzsch has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Axel Pretzsch won?: TennisDB does not group any of Axel Pretzsch's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Axel Pretzsch's highest ATP ranking?: Axel Pretzsch's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 99, first achieved on January 14, 2002.
What is Axel Pretzsch's career win-loss record?: Axel Pretzsch has a career ATP singles record of 11 wins and 25 losses (30.6%).
How much career prize money has Axel Pretzsch earned?: Axel Pretzsch has earned at least $336,815 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Axel Pretzsch's career appear in TennisDB?: Axel Pretzsch appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1998 through 2002.
On which surface does Axel Pretzsch have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Axel Pretzsch's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 37.9% (11–18).
Who has Axel Pretzsch faced most often?: Axel Pretzsch's most frequent opponent is Michael Chang, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.