Sebastian Rieschick
Sebastian Ries Chick ( * February 15, 1986 in Berlin ) is a German tennis player.
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Life and career
2003-2004: # 1 in the junior world rankings and ATP debut
Sebastian Ries Chick began at the age of six years to play at the Berlin tennis club TC White-Yellow Lichtenrade tennis. At age ten, he won the first time a Berlin youngest tournament, and since 2001 he accepted in international youth tournaments. In the years 2003 and 2004, he won several major tournaments, and finally made it in January 2004, No. 1 on the junior world rankings. He defeated among others players like Juan Martín del Potro or Gaël Monfils. At Grand Slam tournaments he came in individual never beyond the second round, he made it in a double at the U.S. Open in 2004 at the site of Andreas Beck to the finals.
2003 Sebastian Rieschick tried for the first time, to qualify for Futures tournaments in the men's area. In July 2004 he was given a wildcard for the ATP tournament in Stuttgart, but lost his first round match against Hugo Armando. A month later, he finally was able to win at a Futures tournament in Munich for the first time a future match, and in November 2004 he arrived in Belgium Futures semifinals.
2005-2006: success in Futures and Challenger tournaments
In January 2005, Ries Chick was for the first time in a futures - finals, and in August 2005 he won his first Futures title. In December 2005, the second Futures title, and thus the jump followed up on place 319 the tennis world rankings. In doubles, it was even better: Together with Andreas Beck he could move at the ATP tournament in Stuttgart to the semifinals, and Frank Moser, he won in November 2005 in Sunderland for the first time a Challenger tournament.
In early 2006, tried Sebastian Rieschick at the Australian Open for the first time, to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament. However, he resigned in the very first qualifying round against Michael Berrer. On his second ATP match in July 2006 in Stuttgart ( again with a wildcard) Sebastian Rieschick could not win against Nicolas Lapentti the first set, the match but still lost in three sets. On Future - level it reached this year, a final, and the Challenger tournament in Kawana he stood for the first time in a Challenger semifinals. He defeated with Danai Udomchoke first time a player from the top 100 in the double Rieschick reached this year, two Challenger finals, but he lost both.
2007-2010: setbacks and comeback
After still in the top 400 in the world rankings he had in 2006 can hold, Sebastian Ries Chick fell in 2007 to number 646 back. The greatest success of this year has been a Futures semi-finals; the opposite, a total of eight Erstrundenniederlagen. In 2008 he was again reached a total of four Futures finals, of which he won one. Thus he fought his way back into the top 400 in the world rankings. 2009 played Sebastian Rieschick mostly Challenger tournaments, but never got beyond the second round. Of particular note is his victory over the top -100 player Bobby Reynolds in May 2009 in Ramat haScharon. In doubles, he won in April and May 2009, four Futures tournaments in a row.
The year 2010 began with no greater success, so that Sebastian Rieschick had fallen back in August 2010 to No. 513 in the world rankings. But then he started in Thailand 's most successful series: First, he won two Futures tournaments in succession, and then reached the Challenger tournament in Bangkok as a qualifier the semifinals. Only then he could be stopped after 16 consecutive wins in a tight three- set match of Konstantin Kravchuk. The second Challenger tournament in Bangkok a week later he reached the qualifier again the quarterfinals, where he lost to eventual champion Grigor Dimitrov. In the world rankings, he improved within a few weeks to almost 200 seats. But the hit series went even further: Although he failed at the ATP tournament in Bangkok in qualifying, but was followed in October 2010 in Kuwait, another Futures title. The annual financial statements Rieschick won in Australia and New Zealand 's Future Track Number 4 and 5 this year, and ended the year 2010 on its best ever placing 238th His goal for the next year 2011, it was then, the leap into the top 100 to provide.
2011: Short-term entry into the Top 200
The beginning of 2011 stood Sebastian Rieschick at the Australian Open for the second time in qualifying for a Grand Slam tournament. In the first qualifying round he led against the local hero John Millman already 6:3, 5:3, as the game had to be interrupted due to rain. After the rain delay Rieschick not found its way back into the game and lost the match in three sets yet. In the following months Rieschick reached several Challenger quarterfinals. When qualifying for the French Open in May 2011, he left in the second round in a hard-fought three- set match against Alejandro Falla, who then qualified for the main draw and moved to the second round. Also in the Wimbledon qualifying defeated Sebastian Ries chick with Bernard Tomic a later qualifiers, which even reached the quarterfinals. Nevertheless Rieschick early July 2011, was first performed for a few weeks in the top 200 in the world rankings. After he had failed to qualify even at the U.S. Open, he could qualify for the ATP tournament in Stockholm in October 2011. Against the started a wild card Michael Ryderstedt him there succeeded in his first match win on the ATP level before he retired in the second round against Tobias Kamke. The annual financial statements Sebastian Rieschick reached in Toyota after nearly a quarter-final victory over Gō Soeda for the first time in his career the finals of a Challenger tournament. There, however, he lost in straight sets against the defending Tatsuma Ito.