Florian Mayer

Florian Mayer

Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Bayreuth, Germany
Born	5 October 1983 Bayreuth, West Germany
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Tobias Summerer (2009–present)[1]
Prize money	US$ 6,186,630
Singles
Career record	231–229
Career titles	2 11 Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 18 (6 June 2011)
Current ranking	No. 50 (21 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2014)
French Open	2R (2004, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon	QF (2004, 2012)
US Open	3R (2011, 2013)
Doubles
Career record	47–100
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 47 (18 June 2012)
Current ranking	No. 376 (21 November 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2008, 2011)
French Open	2R (2015, 2016)
Wimbledon	2R (2005, 2007)
US Open	3R (2004, 2010)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	QF (2008, 2011, 2014)
Last updated on: 21 November 2016.

Florian Mayer (born 5 October 1983) is a German professional tennis player. He plays on both the ATP Tour and the Challenger Tour.

Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in June 2011. Also in 2011, Mayer won his first ATP title after four previous defeats in ATP finals. In addition, he has won 11 Challenger events.

At the 2004 Wimbledon Championships, Mayer reached the quarter-finals, which is his best Grand Slam result to date. He received the ATP Newcomer of the Year award in 2004. Eight years later, Mayer made his second Grand Slam quarter-final, once again at Wimbledon.

The biggest win of his career came at the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters when he upset eleven-time grandslam champion Rafael Nadal in the round of 16.

Mayer is known for his unorthodox style of play. He has a long backswing on his forehand and backhand and uses a lot of different slices and spin on his backhand side. He is also known for his jumping backhand dropshots which catches many of his opponents on the backfoot.

Career

2009

Florian made a return from injury reaching the final of the Nouméa Challenger but losing to Brendan Evans. Mayer then qualified for the main draw of the Australian Open by beating Sergei Bubka, Blaž Kavčič and Amer Delic. There he beat Lamine Ouahab in the first round, and then lost to Juan Martín del Potro in the second round.

2010

Mayer reached the third round at the 2010 Australian Open, defeating Philipp Petzschner and Viktor Troicki. He then lost to Juan Martín del Potro in four sets. At Wimbledon in 2010, Mayer beat 11th seed Marin Čilić in straight sets to reach the second round, where he defeated Mardy Fish in four sets. He then lost to Lu Yen-hsun in the third round. He also reached the quarterfinals at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, losing to Gaël Monfils, and the semifinal in Hamburg, losing to eventual champion Andrey Golubev. At the Shanghai Rolex Masters, he lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third round, after defeating Kevin Anderson and Mikhail Youzhny in the first two rounds. Mayer reached the final at the If Stockholm Open, after beating Jarkko Nieminen in a tight semifinal, saving a match point. Mayer also beat world No. 5 Robin Söderling and two-time Wimbledon quarterfinalist Feliciano López en route to the final, where he lost 4–6, 3–6, to the 16-Grand Slam titles holder Roger Federer.

He went 23–18 on the season and earned $513,955.

2011

Mayer started the new season in style. In preparation for the Australian Open. he reached the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International and the semifinals of the Medibank International in Sydney. At the first Grand Slam tournament of the season in Melbourne, Mayer surprisingly defeated Doha finalist Nikolay Davydenko in four sets, only to lose against Japanese Kei Nishikori in the second round. Two weeks later, he came through to his second semifinals of the year in Zagreb. On his way to this stage, he defeated top seed Marin Čilić, 6–3, 6–4. He lost the semifinal against countryman Michael Berrer. With this result, he was the new German no. 1 in the ATP Ranking. At the 2011 BMW Open in Munich, Mayer reached his fourth career final. He was again not able to capture his maiden ATP World Tour title, after losing to Nikolay Davydenko in three sets. Two days after this loss, he managed to beat Viktor Troicki in three sets in the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open. He had to retire in the second round against Thomaz Bellucci. He rose to a new career-high rank of no. 28.

Mayer reached the quarterfinals of the Italian Open in Rome. After three straight-set wins, Mayer could not keep up the momentum against Andy Murray, after having won the first set. He went on to lose, 6–1, 1–6, 1–6.

Again he rose to a new career-high rank of no. 21.

By winning three out of three matches at the World Team Cup in Düsseldorf, Mayer was the key player in the German team to capture the trophy for the fifth time. He improved to no. 19. The German, however, could not overcome the second round of Roland Garros and Wimbledon, losing in fourth sets in both cases against Alejandro Falla and Xavier Malisse, as he did in the Australian Open. In addition, he lost his Davis Cup quarterfinal match against Richard Gasquet, despite serving for the match in the third set.

Two weeks later, he reached the Hamburg ATP 500 quarterfinals, losing in straight tiebreaks to third seed Nicolás Almagro. However, in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of Montreal and Cincinnati, he lost in first round to Richard Gasquet and Ivo Karlović, respectively. Mayer then reached the third round in the US Open (won to Mannarino and Lisnard, but lost in the round of 32 to fifth seed Ferrer), to achieve his best Grand Slam result of the year. He won his first title in Bucharest, defeating Pablo Andújar in the final 6–3, 6–1. On 13 October 2011, Mayer defeated world No. 2 Rafael Nadal in a brilliant display of tennis 7–6, 6–3.

2012

Mayer withdrew from the Australian Open due to injury. He couldn't win consecutively until the Miami Masters, where he defeated Ivan Dodig and Indian Wells finalist John Isner. He then lost in the fourth round to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Mayer reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time since 2004 Wimbledon. In the quarter finals, he lost to top seed Novak Djokovic.^[2]

2013

Mayer reached quarter-final of Shanghai Masters and defeated French Open finalist David Ferrer.

2014

Mayer first played in Doha. He defeated Michał Przysiężny, then third seeded Andy Murray who returned from injury layoff, then Victor Hanescu who upset Fernando Verdasco. He then lost to Gaël Monfils in the semi-finals. He reached the fourth round for the first time at the Australian Open. He defeated 14th seed Mikhail Youzhny in the second round, then 20th seed Jerzy Janowicz in straight sets in the third round. In the fourth round, he was defeated by 3rd seed David Ferrer in 4 sets.

2016

Mayer won the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, defeating Andreas Seppi in the quarter final, world No. 7 Dominic Thiem in the semifinal and Alexander Zverev in the final, for his first victory in his career on German soil and his first victory at an ATP 500 tournament. Mayer won the final 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. As a result of this victory, Mayer's ranking rose 112 places from 192 to 80.

Playing Style

Mayer is an all-court player known for his unique and creative style of play. He has an usually long take-back on both his forehand and two-handed backhand and generally hits more top-spin than flat on both wings. Despite his height, his groundstrokes and serve lack power, but are consistent and unpredictable. He uses a variety of spins on both wings to mix his shots up and hit drop-shots. He is well-known for his double-handed backhand slice, similar to that of Fabrice Santoro and Jimmy Connors, and often pulls off jumping backhands and jumping slice drop-shots which catch his opponents off guard. His drop-shots are particularly effective on clay and grass, where he has had most success. Despite having a weaker, top-spin serve, Mayer occasionally serve and volleys and is also known for his two-handed backhand cutting volley. He also often uses a Chip and charge tactic during points to finish points off. This makes him unpredictable and tricky to play against.

Mayer's biggest weaknesses are his lack of match consistency and fitness, having had inconsistent results throughout his career and a relatively small build. He has also suffered from numerous injuries throughout his career, most notably his groin injury in 2015 that prevented him from playing for more than a year. However, he has since made a comeback, winning his second title at the 2016 Halle Open.

ATP career finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	7 August 2005	Orange Warsaw Open, Sopot, Poland	Clay	Gaël Monfils	6–7^(6–8), 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	6 August 2006	Orange Warsaw Open, Sopot, Poland	Clay	Nikolay Davydenko	6–7^(6–8), 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	24 October 2010	If Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	1 May 2011	BMW Open, Munich, Germany	Clay	Nikolay Davydenko	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Winner	1.	25 September 2011	BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Pablo Andújar	6–3, 6–1
Winner	2.	19 June 2016	Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany	Grass	Alexander Zverev	6–2, 5–7, 6–3

Challenger titles

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (13)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	28 July 2003	St. Petersburg, Russia	Clay	Michal Mertiňák	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–1
2.	15 March 2004	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Adrián García	6–4, 6–3
3.	5 June 2006	Fürth, Germany	Clay	Torsten Popp	6–3, 6–1
4.	24 July 2006	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Ernests Gulbis	7–6^(7–4), 2–6, 6–3
5.	14 August 2006	Graz, Austria	Hard	Rainer Schüttler	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
6.	16 March 2009	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Danai Udomchoke	7–5, 6–2
7.	31 May 2009	Karlsruhe, Germany	Clay	Dustin Brown	6–2, 6–4
8.	10 January 2010	Nouméa, France	Hard	Flavio Cipolla	6–3, 6–0
9.	21 March 2010	Sunrise, United States	Hard	Gilles Simon	6–4, 6–4
10.	9 June 2012	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Clay	Jan Hájek	7–6^(7–1), 3–6, 7–6^(7–3)
11.	6 July 2013	Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Jiří Veselý	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
12.	13 August 2016	Portorož, Slovenia	Hard	Daniil Medvedev	6–1, 6–2
13.	21 August 2016	Meerbusch, Germany	Clay	Maximilian Marterer	7–6^(7–4), 6–2

Performance timelines

Current through the 2016 Swiss Indoors.

Singles

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	2R	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	3R	2R	A	2R	4R	A	A	0 / 10	12–10	54.55
French Open	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	1R	0 / 9	3–9	25.00
Wimbledon	QF	3R	2R	2R	A	A	3R	2R	QF	1R	A	1R	1R	0 / 10	15–10	60.00
US Open	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	1R	3R	1R	3R	A	1R	1R	0 / 10	6–10	37.50
Win–Loss	7–4	2–4	3–4	4–4	0–1	1–1	3–3	5–4	5–3	3–4	3–1	0–3	0–3	0 / 39	36–39	48.00
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	Q1	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	3R	2R	A	A	0 / 9	3–9	25.00
Miami Open	Q2	4R	1R	3R	1R	A	2R	4R	4R	2R	3R	A	A	0 / 9	12–8	60.00
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	2R	Q1	1R	Q1	A	A	2R	1R	3R	A	2R	A	0 / 6	5–6	45.45
Madrid Open	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 4	2–4	33.33
Italian Open	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 5	4–5	44.44
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	25.00
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 5	1–5	16.67
Shanghai Masters	Not Held					2R	3R	QF	2R	QF	A	A	1R	0 / 6	10–5	66.67
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33.33
German Open	3R	1R	1R	2R	A	Not Masters Series								0 / 4	3–4	42.86
Win–Loss	2–3	4–5	1–3	4–5	0–2	1–1	3–4	12–9	5–8	8–7	1–1	1–2	0–1	0 / 53	42–51	45.16%
National Representation
Summer Olympics	1R	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	0 / 1	0–1	0.00
Davis Cup	PO	A	PO	A	QF	A	PO	QF	1R	1R	QF	A	PO	0 / 5	10–9	52.63
Win–Loss	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0 / 6	10–10	50.00
Career statistics
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Career
Tournaments played	17	25	21	24	9	6	19	26	25	25	7	9	12	225
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	1 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 1	2 / 6
Overall Win–Loss	19–19	21–25	26–21	18–25	2–10	3–6	23–18	45–26	23–26	29–26	8–6	4–9	10–12	231–229
Win %	50%	43%	55%	42%	17%	33%	56%	64%	47%	53%	57%	31%	45%	50.22%
Year-end Ranking	35	72	56	55	409	61	37	23	28	40	147	217	50

Doubles

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	2R	A	1R	2R	A		1R	A	A	0 / 6	2–5
French Open	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	2R	2R	0 / 6	2–6
Wimbledon	1R	2R	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	2–4
US Open	3R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	3R	2R	A	1R	A	1R	1R	0 / 9	5–9
Win–Loss	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–4	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–3	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	0 / 25	11–24

Wins over top 10 players

Season	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Total
Wins	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	12

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	FM Rank
2004
1.	Guillermo Coria	3	Wimbledon, London, England	Grass	2R	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4	66
2005
2.	Guillermo Coria	9	Sopot, Poland	Clay	SF	6–4 , 5–7 , 6–3	95
2006
3.	Tommy Robredo	7	Sopot, Poland	Clay	2R	6–2, 6–4	60
2007
4.	Nikolay Davydenko	3	Halle, Germany	Grass	2R	6–4, 6–4	37
2010
5.	Mikhail Youzhny	8	Shanghai, China	Hard	2R	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–1	48
6.	Robin Söderling	5	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	QF	7–6^(10–8), 6–1	47
2011
7.	Jürgen Melzer	8	Rome, Italy	Clay	2R	6–4, retired	28
8.	Rafael Nadal	2	Shanghai, China	Hard	3R	7–6^(7–5), 6–3	23
2012
9.	John Isner	10	Miami, United States	Hard	3R	6–4, 6–2	19
2013
10.	David Ferrer	4	Shanghai, China	Hard	3R	6–4, 6–3	50
2014
11.	Andy Murray	4	Doha, Qatar	Hard	2R	3–6, 6–4, 6–2	40
2016
12.	Dominic Thiem	7	Halle, Germany	Grass	SF	6–3, 6–4	192

References

1. http://www.flo-mayer.de/team/
2. Chadband, Ian (4 July 2012). "Wimbledon 2012: Novak Djokovic steamrollers Florian Mayer for a place in the semi-finals". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 1 September 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Florian Mayer at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Florian Mayer at the International Tennis Federation
• Florian Mayer at the Davis Cup