Werner Eschauer
Werner Esch Auer ( born April 26, 1974 in Hollenstein, Lower Austria ) is a former Austrian tennis player.
- 3.1 Individual 3.1.1 finals
- 3.2.1 finals
Career
Eschenauer is active since 1995 in professional tennis. His best finish in the tennis world ranking he reached number 52 on August 27, 2007.
Challenger Tournaments
Eschenauer plays since he is a professional, most of the time at this level. He won the 2007 Challenger Tournaments of Lugano, Wroclaw, Monza and Chiasso. He also reached the final of Barletta and was able to reach the semifinals in Dresden.
ATP Tour
At first it brought Eschenauer only mediocre results. Due to his poor rankings he was not eligible to play for larger ATP Tournaments. Most of the time he played on the Challenger level, where he acted quite successful, which enabled him also to participate in Grand Slam tournaments. So he could, inter alia, 2000 reach the second round of Roland Garros. 2001, a hard-fought 6-7 ( 2) he succeeded at the ATP tournament in Munich 7:5 6:3 victory over Russia's world-class tennis player Yevgeny Kafelnikov, which then caused a lot of stir. At the tournament in Gstaad, he defeated in the first round Albert Costa. In 2003 he reached the ATP tournament in Kitzbühel, after victories over Alexander Waske and Àlex Corretja the third round, where he lost to Gastón Gaudio 4:6 6:3 4:6. Despite this partial success Eschenauer was on the tour retrieve his potential never right. On the Challenger level, he was successful and denies there today, most tournaments.
First ATP Final
In the following week, he posted his best performance on the ATP Tour in Amersfoort. After victories over the set at No. 7 Spaniard Nicolás Almagro and Raemon Sluiter of the Netherlands, he moved into the quarter-finals. There he met the former number 1, Carlos Moyá from Spain, whom he defeated in a two and a half hour game, which had been interrupted due to rain after the first set with 6-7 ( 4), 6-4, 6-4. In his first tour semi-final was the next opponent, the local hero Robin Haase, who was also surprisingly reaches the round of last four players. Haase, who finished his quarterfinal match due to bad weather until the semi-finals, losing against the Austrians in two sets 4:6 4:6 and. In the final Eschenauer lost to Steve Darcis qualifiers from Belgium with 1:6, 6:7 (1). In addition to its previously furthest advance at an ATP tournament, Werner Esch Auer will also have a significant increase of number 66 in the world rankings, on which he stood before the competition in Amersfoort, at end of tournament.
2007
2007 can undoubtedly be regarded as Esch Auer's best year. About the Challenger successes he reached the required position in the world rankings, which allows him to participate in the ATP Tour. At Wimbledon tournament he came with a win over Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo in second round, but then failed due to the eventual finalists Rafael Nadal in only 96 minutes by 2:6, 4:6 and 1:6. At the tournament in Gstaad in July Eschenauer was after a victory against the Swiss Michael Lammer ( 6:2, 4:6, 6:2 ) to reach the second round, in which he placed at number six but the Frenchman Marc Gicquel in straight sets 3: 6, 6-7 ( 5) subject.
2008
The year 2008 has been rather mixed for Eschenauer. In the Chennai Open, which he first played in the tournament this year, he lost in the second round Guillermo García- López from Spain just in three sets 6:4 5:7 6:7 and (3). In the weeks after first round followed by three defeats, including against Jurgen Melzer in Auckland and Tomáš Berdych at the Australian Open. Eschenauer had no chance against the favored Czechs 4:6, 4:6 and 4:6. When Challenger Tournament of Breslau, he retired in the individual as the defending champion, although in the first round against Kristof Vliegen of Belgium made , could reach the final in a double competition but on the side of Jurgen Melzer. The Austrian pairing had to Lukáš Rosol from the Czech Republic and against James Cerretani of the U.S. ultimately with 7-6 ( 7), beaten 3:6 and 7:10.
Davis Cup
Werner Esch Auer holds at a Davis Cup match record of zero wins and two defeats. From 21 to 23 September 2007 Austria met in battle to avoid relegation in the world group in Innsbruck, on Brazil. Eschenauer denied doing the last match against André Sá, which he won with 4:6 and 3:6. The second defeat was due to the dead- rubber match against Bob Bryan of the United States. After 2:04 game time, the Lower Austrian had narrowly beaten 0:6, 6:3 and 6:7 (3).
Others
Due to its performance in Challenger tournaments Werner Esch Auer is mentioned by some Austrian mass media and the " Challenger King".