- Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf (born June 14, 1969, in Mannheim, West Germany) is a former World No. 1 ranked female tennis player from Germany. Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Smith Court's 24. In December 1999, Graf was named the greatest female tennis player of the 20th century by a panel of experts assembled by the Associated Press. - Boris Becker
Boris Franz Becker (born November 22 1967) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17. Since he retired from the professional tour, media work and colourful aspects of his personal life have kept him in the headlines. - Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former German tennis player. She was born Claudia Kohde, but added the hyphenated "-Kilsch" to her name which came from her adoptive father Jurgen Kilsch, an attorney. She has 1 younger sister, Katrin. Claudia began playing tennis when she only 5, and was soon a rising junior player. Claudia turned professional on January 1, 1980 and by 1981 she had handed a rare first round defeat to Martina Navrátilová in Oakland. - Nicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer, is a tennis player from Germany. His mother, Nicole, is French. He is currently the second-highest ranked German player (48th), behind Tommy Haas. He won a silver medal in men's doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Kiefer was taken notice of as an outstanding junior. - Tommy Haas
Thomas Mario Haas (born April 3, 1978) is a German tennis player. He is 187 cm tall and plays right-handed. He is currently ranked #10 in the world. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 2 in May 2002. Haas is particularly well-known for his strong forehand. - Michael Stich
Michael Stich (born October 18, 1968, in Pinneberg, Germany) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1991. He also won the men's doubles titles at both Wimbledon and the Olympic Games, and was a singles runner-up at the US Open and the French Open. - Carl-Uwe Steeb
Carl-Uwe Steeb is a former tennis player from Germany. He turned professional in 1986, and won his first top-level singles title in 1989 in Gstaad. His best singles performances at Grand Slam events came in reaching the fourth round at the Australian Open in 1988, the US Open in 1991, and the French Open in 1992. Steeb was a member of three German Davis Cup champion teams – in 1988, 1989 and 1993 (he played in the final in '88 and '89, and in the earlier rounds in '93). - Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer (born October 5, 1983) is a professional male tennis player from Germany. On September 27, 2004 Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking: World No. 33. As of July 09, 2007, he is ranked No. 35 in the world, and is the No. 3 ranked German player, behind Tommy Haas and Philipp Kohlschreiber. He has reached two ATP singles finals in his career: 2005 and 2006 Sopot (lost to Gael Monfils of France and Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, … - Marc-Kevin Goellner
Marc-Kevin Peter Goellner (born September 22, 1970 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. The son of a German diplomat, Goellner lived in Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv, Sydney and Recife a youngster before moving to Germany in 1986. In 1990, he suffered two torn ligaments in his left foot, which almost ended his tennis career before it had begun. He turned professional in 1991. - Anke Huber
Anke Huber (born December 4, 1974) is a former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open. Her career-high singles ranking was fourth, also in 1996. Huber was born in Bruchsal, Germany. She started playing tennis at the age of seven, after being introduced to the game by her father, Edgar. In junior competition, she won the under-12 German Championships in 1986, the under-14s in 1987, the under-16s in 1988, … - Otto Froitzheim
Otto Froitzheim (born April 24, 1884 in Strasbourg, Alsace - died October 29 1962) was a German tennis player. At the 1908 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the men's singles tournament. He was able to win the International German Championship seven times (1909-1911, 1921-1922 and again in 1925). In 1912 he became Hardcourt World Champion. In the mid-1920s he was engaged to Leni Riefenstahl. - David Prinosil
David Prinosil (born April 1, 1971 in Olomouc, Czech Republic) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic. In the doubles competition in Stone Mountain Park he won the bronze medal partnering Marc-Kevin Goellner. The righthander won three career titles in singles, … - Eric Jelen
Eric Jelen (born March 11, 1965 in Trier) is a former tennis player from Germany, who won one singles (1989, Bristol) and five doubles titles during his professional career. The righthander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on July 7, 1986, when he became the number 23 of the world. - Michael Westphal
Michael Westphal (February 19, 1965 in Pinneberg - June 20 1991 in Hamburg) was a tennis player from West Germany, who participated for his native country in the 1984 Summer Olympics, making it as far as the quarterfinals. The righthander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on March 17, 1986, coming in at number 49 in the world. He died of complications from AIDS on June 20 1991. - Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
Friedrich Wilhelm "Fieten" Rahe (born April 16, 1888 in Rostock - died 1949 in Rostock) was a German tennis and field hockey player. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the men's singles tournament and in the men's doubles tournament together with Oscar Kreuzer. Unfortunately he lost in both competitions in the first round. In the Olympic field hockey tournament he was able to score the only German goal to defeat France to finish in fifth place. - Rainer Schüttler
Rainer Schüttler is a professional tennis player from Germany. He began playing tennis at the age of ten. He currently resides in Switzerland. He is currently 82nd in the ATP rankings.
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