Julian Reister
Julian Reister ( born April 2, 1986 in Hamburg ) is a German tennis player.
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Life and career
2004-2007: Beginnings to the Future Tour and ATP debut
Julian Reister began at the age of 5 years, to play tennis. His first coach was his father Jürgen Reister, who died when Julian was 10 years old.
As of 2004, played Reister Futures tournaments, and in 2005 reached his first singles final at a tournament, as well as in a double two victories with his partner Jerome Becker.
In 2006, he reached two other finals at Future tournaments and two more victories in the doubles. In addition, he now took in this year also participated in Challenger tournaments and qualified in October 2006 in Basel for the first time for the main draw of a tournament of the ATP Tour. There, however, he failed in the first round to Guillermo García- López. This the first time he went into the top 400 in the world rankings and ended the year ranked 327th
2007 followed by three more Future - finals and another double victory at the side of Tobias Kamke. In Basel, he was able to qualify again for the main draw, as in the previous year, again he failed, however, in the first round at Roko Karanusic. His year-end standings was ranked 296th
2008-2009: Establishment of the Challenger Tour
This enabled him to participate for the first time at the Australian Open to qualifying for a Grand Slam tournament, where he, however, in the second round lost to Robin Haase in January 2008. The biggest success of his career until then succeeded Reister in September 2008 at the Challenger tournament in Trnava, where he qualified for the main draw first and then pushed forward to the finals, where he was Alberto Martín inferior.
In February 2009, Julian Reister received his first title at a Futures tournament. This year he took part in three Grand Slam tournaments on the qualification, but never got beyond the second round. Be noted here is his victory over Gastón Gaudio in qualifying for the 2009 U.S. Open, which at least had won five years before the French Open. He also came in June 2009 in Constanta and in September 2009 in Banja Luka each to the final of a Challenger tournament, and reached by rank 149 had hitherto been his best finish in the tennis world rankings.
2010: Grand Slam debut at French Open and Wimbledon
The year 2010 started with a successful qualification for the ATP tournament in Brisbane, followed by a first round defeat against Florent Serra. Following Reister again missed qualifying for the Australian Open, then the collection followed, however, in February at the Challenger tournament in Kazan the finals of both the singles and the doubles competition (on the side of Tobias Kamke ). In May 2010, Julian Reister Conor Niland and Carlos Berlocq was at the French Open after beating Filippo Volandri, first qualify for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, where he worked in the first round a sensational set at number 27 Feliciano Lopez in three sets defeated. In the second round, he defeated Olivier Rochus also smooth in three sets and then met in the third round to world number one and defending champion Roger Federer, whom he referred himself as his idol. In the first sentence Reister could not keep up, but then lost in three sets clear. As a reward for his performances in Paris, he received a prize of € 42,000 and climbed in the world rankings at No. 129, his best-ever placing. A month later Reister failed at Wimbledon after beating Yannick Mertens and Andrej Martin in the third qualifying round to Brandon Evans. However, he was one of the seven lucky losers still a starting spot in the main draw and met in the first round on Rik De Voest. These he defeated in four sets, but then defeated Xavier Malisse in the second round. At the German Open at Hamburg Roth tree near his home town of Julian Reister Reinbek got a wildcard. After victories over Daniel Brands and the set Victor Hanescu he reached for the first time in his career, the second round of an ATP tournament. Denis Istomin counter he was able to win the first set and was already in the third set with a break front, the set and the match eventually lost but in the tie-break. Due to good results in Challenger tournaments Reister could advance in the following months up to World No. 102. In October 2010, he met at the ATP tournament in Montpellier in the first round to the set at position 7 Richard Gasquet. Reister was able to win the first set, but ultimately lost the match after more than two hours in three sets.
2011: first Challenger title and into the top 100
At the beginning of 2011 had Julian Reister due to a viral disease several tournaments cancel. As of mid-February 2011 Reister tried to qualify for more ATP tournaments, but never made the jump into the main draw. In his first clay court tournament of the season, the Challenger in Monza, Reister then was back on track after he had to fend off in the second round against Federico del Bonis match points, he moved among other things, a victory over Andreas Beck to the final. There he won against local favorite Alessio di Mauro his first Challengertitel, and moved by this success the first time into the top 100 in the world rankings. When ATP tournament in Munich in late April 2011, Reister played successfully through qualifying and reached after a victory over compatriot Daniel Brands the second round. There he could win against Nikolay Davydenko the first set, but ultimately failed in three sets at the eventual winners. At the French Open he could not repeat his success from last year, but already retired on the first round against the set at position 15 Viktor Troicki of. It was followed by a dry spell with six Erstrundenniederlagen in seven tournaments, including Wimbledon, where Reister against David Nalbandian lost. Thus he fell in the rankings back up to rank 156 was only in July 2011 at his home tournament in Hamburg, where he again received a wildcard as the previous year, Julian Reister was back to winning ways: First, he defeated in the first round Denis Istomin, against whom he had retired a year earlier. In the second round he defeated even the set at position 14 Guillermo García- López in straight sets. In the second round but was then as it did last year terminus for Reister, when he retired to eventual semi-finalists Mikhail Youzhny.
Career as a club player
Julian Reister played in the 2nd Bundesliga for Tennis TC LOGOPAK Hartsholm, the 2009, however, due to financial problems the game had to stop operating. Even the proposal from the players, to waive any and all content, the club could not save them from the off. 2010 Reister played together with his former teammate Tobias Kamke in the first division TC Blau-Weiss Neuss. For the 2011 season he moved to the two -time German champion TK Kurhaus Aachen.