Matthias Bachinger
Matthias Bachinger ( born April 2, 1987 in Munich) is a German tennis player.
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Life and career
2002-2006: Junior career and first experiences as a professional
Matthias Bachinger began playing at the age of six years of tennis. Between 2002 and 2005 he played on the junior tour and reached this place 146 the junior world rankings.
In 2005, Bachinger opted for a career as a professional tennis player. Already in 2004 he had been able to gather first world ranking points on Futures and Satellite tournaments. In August 2005 he reached the final of a Futures tournament for the first time. 2006 followed by three more Future Finals, of which he was able to win a. He also reached the semi-finals twice this year a Challenger tournament and climbed in the tennis world rankings to No. 332
2007: ATP debut and first Challenger title
In 2007 it went up in April 2007, Matthias Bachinger first time could qualify for an ATP tournament in his hometown of Munich, and won in the first round against Andreas Beck his first ATP match. In the second round against the set at position 4 Marcos Baghdatis Bachinger was able to win the first set, but ultimately lost after more than two hours of playing time against the favorite. In May 2007, the first time Bachinger tried at the French Open, to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament, but failed just like a month later at Wimbledon in the first qualifying round. In October 2007, he then succeeded in Louisville the biggest win of his career by defeating John Isner, he reached for the first time a Challenger final, and met the young American hope Donald Young. This could win the first set 6-0 sovereign, but then Bachinger changed tactics and decided the following two sentences for themselves, and thus won the title. In the world rankings, he reached then with rank 179, a new personal best.
2008-2010: Establishment of the Challenger Tour
In February 2008, Matthias Bachinger qualified in Rotterdam for the second time for an ATP tournament. However, he resigned in the first round against Michael Berrer. Later in the year he qualified for the ATP tournaments in Kitzbühel and Stockholm, and was also in Munich a wildcard. However, it was followed by each Erstrundenniederlagen. On the Challenger Tour Bachinger reached two finals this year: In March 2008, he was defeated in Kyoto local hero Gō Soeda, and in Freudenstadt he lost to Simon Greul. Nevertheless, he achieved after the final defeat in Freudenstadt in September 2008 with room 167 had hitherto been his best world ranking.
In January 2009, Matthias Bachinger failed to qualify for the Australian Open only in the third round just to Björn Phau. Also at Wimbledon was in the third qualifying round terminus, and also with other ATP tournaments he could not qualify this year. When Challenger tournaments he never came this year beyond the quarter-finals, but held constant in the top 300 in the world rankings. In doubles, he won his first Challenger title in Rimini on the side of Dieter Kindl man in July 2009.
The first months of 2010 were very unsuccessful for Matthias Bachinger. Only in May 2010, he was able to get back on a Challenger quarter-finals for the first time in over half a year in Cremona. A month later he was in Bytom even again in a Challenger semifinals. In doubles, he won in Marburg together with Denis Gremelmayr his second title. After losing a Futures final in August 2010 in Italy and had reached a month later in Izmir for the second time this season a Challenger semi-final to Bachinger was in October 2010 in Stockholm for the first time since just two years for an ATP - tournament qualify. In the first round he defeated Łukasz Kubot with for the first time in his career a top 100 player. In the second round he met the former top 10 player James Blake, he lost to in a very tight three- set match. Just one week later Matthias Bachinger managed in Vienna again qualifying for an ATP tournament, but this time he left already in the first round against Tobias Kamke from. In November 2010, Bachinger reached in Loughborough, among others, by a victory over the top -100 player Adrian Mannarino for the first time in over two years a Challenger final. There he sat down in three sets against Frederik Nielsen through and thus won the second Challenger title in his career. In the world rankings, he thus rose for the first time since 2008 in the Top 200.
2011: entry into the Top 100 and Grand Slam debut
The year 2011 began for Matthias Bachinger with a missed qualifying for the Australian Open. In early February, he reached a Challenger semifinals in Courmayeur. Three weeks later he defeated the Challenger tournament in Wolfsburg in the first round of the top 100 players Gilles Müller, but then retired from the quarter-finals. However, he won with Simon Stadler his third Challenger title in doubles. After he retired in March 2011 when Challenger tournament in Guangzhou again in the semifinals, he reached a week later in Pingguo his first Challenger final in this year. There, however, he lost as already almost three years earlier against Gō Soeda. A month later, Matthias Bachinger reached Athens without dropping his next challenger finals. As his opponent Dmitry Tursunov dortiger could not compete due to a knee injury, Bachinger won without a fight his first title this year and moved by the first time into the top 100 in the world rankings. In early June 2011, he narrowly missed another Challenger tournament victory when he defeated in Nottingham in the final Gilles Muller in straight sets. Two weeks later, Matthias Bachinger was in his Wimbledon Grand Slam debut. However, he resigned in the first round in three sets to the set at position 9 from Gaël Monfils. Early July 2011, succeeded Bachinger in Newport against Dustin Brown of the first ATP match win this year before he retired in the second round against Matthew Ebden. In the following tournament in Granby Matthias Bachinger reached for the fourth time this year, a Challenger final, but lost in three sets against Edouard Roger -Vasselin. Two days later retired Bachinger at the ATP tournament in Atlanta in the individual in the first round against Lu Yen -Hsun of. In doubles however, he could first reach an ATP final, which they lost narrowly but with Frank Moser. The following week, Matthias Bachinger defeated in Gstaad set to position 7 Pablo Andújar first time in his career a top- 50 player, but then retired in the second round against Julien Benneteau of. In the first round of the U.S. Open 2011 Bachinger led against Igor Kunizyn already clear with 2-0 records, but still lost the match in five sets. End of September 2011, Matthias Bachinger in Bangkok for the first time an ATP quarter-finals, where he met on the set at position 3 Gilles Simon. Against this, he won the first set, but lost in three sets but ultimately the favorites. Because of his success on the Challenger Tour Bachinger was qualified for the 2011 inaugural ATP Challenger Tour Finals in Sao Paulo. There, however, he had to return home after three defeats already after the first round. At the end of the season in Helsinki but Bachinger could then once again reach a Challenger final. He lost this though against Daniel Brands, however, secured by its top -100 ranking for the year.
2012: First ATP semi-final
At the beginning of 2012 reached Matthias Bachinger in Doha as a qualifier to the second round, where he retired against Viktor Troicki. During his Australian Open debut he lost in the first round against Ryan Sweeting. After he had reached in Zagreb for the second time this year, the second round of the ATP tournament, followed in the next few weeks Erstrundenniederlagen in Rotterdam, Marseille, Delray Beach and Indian Wells, which Bachinger eventually again fell out of the top 100 out. The losing streak ended in April 2012 at the clay tournament in Casablanca with a win over Filippo Volandri, followed by a defeat against Benoit Paire. Two weeks later Bachinger succeeded in the clay tournament in Bucharest with his biggest success: after another victory over Volandri he won in the second round in three sets to the set at position 4 Viktor Troicki, against whom he had lost yet in Doha earlier this year. In the quarterfinals Bachinger sat in straight sets against compatriot Daniel Brands by, reaching a first ATP semi-final.