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Mark Kratzmann

Full name	Mark Edward Kratzmann
Country	Australia
Residence	Windera, Australia
Born	(1966-05-17) 17 May 1966 Murgon, Australia
Height	5'10" (178 cm)
Turned pro	1984
Retired	1992
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,378,936
Singles
Career record	59–97
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 50 (26 March 1990)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1987)
French Open	1R (1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990)
Wimbledon	3R (1986, 1990)
US Open	2R (1990)
Doubles
Career record	267–203
Career titles	18
Highest ranking	No. 5 (16 April 1990)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (1989)
French Open	SF (1992)
Wimbledon	QF (1987, 1989, 1992)
US Open	QF (1989)
Last updated on: 13 November 2012.

Mark Edward Kratzmann (born 17 May 1966 in Murgon, Queensland, Australia) is a former Australian professional tennis player.

Tennis career

Kratzmann was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in 1983.

Juniors

As the world's No. 1 ranked junior player in 1984, Kratzmann won the Boys' Singles tournaments at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open that year.

Tournament	1982	1983	1984
Junior Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	W	2R	W
French Open	A	2R	F
Wimbledon	A	2R	W
US Open	A	2R	W

Pro tour

As a professional player, Kratzmann won 18 doubles titles, including the Cincinnati Masters in 1990 (also reaching the Australian Open Men's Doubles final in 1989).

His best slam performance in singles was reaching the 4th round of the 1987 Australian Open. Kratzmann achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 50 in March 1990.

After retirement

Kratzmann began to play cricket after moving to Hong Kong in 2003, where he originally worked as a tennis coach. He won the Hong Kong Cricket Association's Player of the Year award for 2005–06. In May 2007, he was selected in the national squad to participate in the ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament. He was also in the 20-man list for the Asia Cup but was not included in the final 14. He has made three international appearances for Hong Kong.

Doubles finals 30 (18-12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1986	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Darren Cahill	Kevin Curren Guy Forget	2–6, 6–7
Winner	1.	1986	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Kim Warwick	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	1986	Hong Kong	Hard	Pat Cash	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6–7, 7–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	1987	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Darren Cahill	Boris Becker Robert Seguso	6–3, 6–2
Winner	3.	1987	Hong Kong	Hard	Jim Pugh	Martin Davis Brad Drewett	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	4.	1988	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Darren Cahill	Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Winner	5.	1988	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Darren Cahill	Joey Rive Bud Schultz	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	1989	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Glenn Layendecker	Neil Broad Stefan Kruger	2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	4.	1989	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Darren Cahill	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	1989	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Darren Cahill	Tim Pawsat Laurie Warder	7–6, 6–3
Winner	7.	1989	Stratton Mountain, USA	Hard	Wally Masur	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–3, 4–6, 7–6
Winner	8.	1989	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Darren Cahill	Broderick Dyke Simon Youl	6–4, 5–7, 6–0
Runner-up	5.	1989	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Darren Cahill	David Pate Scott Warner	3–6, 7–6, 5–7
Winner	9.	1990	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Pat Cash	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–4, 7–5
Winner	10.	1990	Memphis, USA	Hard (i)	Darren Cahill	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	7–5, 6–2
Winner	11.	1990	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Wally Masur	Kent Kinnear Brad Pearce	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	12.	1990	Singapore	Hard	Jason Stoltenberg	Brad Drewett Todd Woodbridge	6–1, 6–0
Winner	13.	1990	Manchester, England	Grass	Jason Stoltenberg	Nick Brown Kelly Jones	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Winner	14.	1990	Newport, USA	Grass	Darren Cahill	Todd Nelson Bryan Shelton	7–6, 6–2
Winner	15.	1990	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Darren Cahill	Neil Broad Gary Muller	7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	1990	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet	Darren Cahill	Scott Davis David Pate	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	1991	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Darren Cahill	Scott Davis David Pate	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	1992	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Jason Stoltenberg	Goran Ivanišević Marc Rosset	6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	9.	1992	Rome, Italy	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	Jakob Hlasek Marc Rosset	4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Winner	16.	1993	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Wally Masur	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	17.	1993	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Wally Masur	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	10.	1993	Rome, Italy	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 6–7
Winner	18.	1994	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Andrew Kratzmann	David Adams Byron Black	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	1994	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Laurie Warder	Darren Cahill Sandon Stolle	1–6, 6–7
Runner-up	12.	1994	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	7–6, 3–6, 2–6

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open	1R	2R	2R	1R	NH	QF	3R	F	QF	3R	2R	SF	3R	2R	A	0 / 13	23–13
French Open	A	A	2R	2R	2R	3R	A	1R	1R	2R	SF	QF	2R	A	A	0 / 10	14–10
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	1R	2R	QF	A	QF	1R	3R	QF	2R	1R	A	1R	0 / 11	13–11
U.S. Open	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	A	QF	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 9	5–9
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 43	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	0–1	1–1	2–4	1–3	2–3	7–4	2–1	11–4	3–4	5–4	9–4	8–4	3–4	1–1	0–1	N/A	55–43
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	These Tournaments Were Not Masters Series Events Before 1990								2R	2R	1R	SF	2R	A	A	0 / 5	4–5
Miami									SF	3R	QF	3R	A	A	A	0 / 4	8–4
Monte Carlo									A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Rome									A	A	F	F	A	A	A	0 / 2	8–2
Hamburg									A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Canada									1R	A	SF	QF	A	A	A	0 / 3	4–3
Cincinnati									W	2R	1R	2R	F	A	A	1 / 5	10–4
Stuttgart (Stockholm)									QF	2R	QF	2R	QF	A	A	0 / 5	5–5
Paris									F	1R	QF	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 5	4–5
Masters Series SR	N/A								1 / 6	0 / 5	0 / 7	0 / 8	0 / 5	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 31	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	N/A								13–5	3–5	11–7	9–8	7–5	0–0	0–0	N/A	43–30
Year End Ranking	409	289	130	164	35	43	124	13	7	62	14	13	43	721	–	N/A

External links

• Kratzmann Sports Asia
• The Age 2007 article
• Hong Kong Cricket Association profile
• CricketArchive profile