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Simon Greul

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Simon Greul
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceStuttgart, Germany
Born (1981-04-13) 13 April 1981 (age 43)
Stuttgart, West Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2000
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,213,267
Singles
Career record44–72
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 55 (22 March 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2007, 2010, 2011)
French Open1R (2008, 2009, 2010)
Wimbledon2R (2009)
US Open2R (2009)
Doubles
Career record9–23
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 121 (12 April 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2007, 2010)
French Open2R (2010)
Wimbledon1R (2010)
US Open1R (2009, 2010)
Last updated on: 3 May 2021.

Simon Greul (German pronunciation: [ziːmɔn ˈɡʁɔʏ̯l]; born 13 April 1981) is a retired German male tennis player. His career high rank was No. 55, achieved on 22 March 2010.

Career

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His major breakthrough was at the 2006 Nasdaq-100 Open, where after beating Adrián García and Ricardo Mello in the qualifying rounds, he reached the round of 16 at the main draw, defeating Paradorn Srichaphan, Dominik Hrbatý, and Tim Henman before succumbing to fourth seed Andy Roddick 6–3, 3–6, 6–2.

In 2009 he reached the quarterfinal at the German Open in Hamburg. He lost to Spaniard David Ferrer. At the 2009 US Open he defeated Giovanni Lapentti in the first round but lost to eventual finalist Roger Federer in the second round. In his next tournament, the BCR Romania Open in Bucharest he reached the semifinal where he lost to Juan Mónaco. Greul finished the season ranked No.59. The year was highlighted by a win at an ATP Challenger Tour Event in Todi, a semifinal appearance in Trani and Genoa. It was the best season in his career earning $305,269 and a match record of 15–15 in ATP World Tour level.

In March 2010 Greul was nominated for the Davis Cup first round match against France. Greul defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a dead rubber. That was Germany's only win in this tie. Greul reached his career high ranking of #55 after advancing to the third round of the 2010 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells after beating Richard Gasquet and Gaël Monfils. This was followed by a first round exit at the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. At the 2010 BMW Open in Munich he was defeated by Marin Čilić in the second round after leading 4:1 in the deciding set. He reached the quarterfinal at the 2010 Ordina Open in s´Hertogenbosch and at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart. He could not defend the quarterfinal points in Hamburg of the season before which meant a drop in the ranking. At the BCR Romania Open he was knocked out in the second round by Juan Ignacio Chela.

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2010 Buenos Aires, Argentina 250 Series Clay Australia Peter Luczak Argentina Sebastián Prieto
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
6–7(4–7), 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 30 (20–10)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (13–9)
ITF Futures (7–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–3)
Clay (13–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2000 Germany F10, Berlin Futures Clay Sweden Johan Settergren 7–6(10–8), 6–3
Win 2–0 Sep 2001 Aschaffenburg, Germany Challenger Clay Netherlands Martin Verkerk 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 3–0 Jun 2002 Finland F1, Savitaipale Futures Clay Spain Francisco Fogues-Domenech 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss 3–1 Sep 2002 Donetsk, Ukraine Challenger Clay Argentina Federico Browne 2–6, 1–6
Win 4–1 Feb 2003 Dallas, United States Challenger Hard United States Justin Gimelstob 6–3, 7–6
Loss 4–2 Feb 2004 Canada F1, Calgary Futures Hard Sweden Jacob Adaktusson 4–6, 4–6
Win 5–2 Jan 2005 India F1, Mumbai Futures Hard United Kingdom David Sherwood 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 6–2 Jan 2005 India F2, Delhi Futures Hard India Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya 6–2, 6–2
Win 7–2 Apr 2005 India F5, Bangalore Futures Hard Croatia Ivan Cerović 6–2, 6–4
Win 8–2 Jul 2005 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay Spain Albert Portas 7–5, 6–2
Loss 8–3 Nov 2005 Busan, South Korea Challenger Hard Germany Bjorn Phau 1–6, 2–6
Loss 8–4 Apr 2006 Chiasso, Switzerland Challenger Clay Austria Werner Eschauer 1–6, 2–6
Win 9–4 May 2006 Dresden, Germany Challenger Clay Serbia Janko Tipsarević 7–6, 6–2
Win 10–4 May 2006 Ettlingen, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Michael Berrer 6–4, 6–3
Win 11–4 Jul 2006 Córdoba, Spain Challenger Hard United States Kevin Kim 6–7, 6–1, 7–6
Win 12–4 Jun 2007 Almaty, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay Germany Daniel Brands 6–4, 6–2
Win 13–4 Jul 2007 Almaty, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay South Korea Woong-Sun Jun 6–3, 6–2
Win 14–4 Feb 2008 Germany F4, Mettmann Futures Carpet Germany Andreas Beck 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Win 15–4 Feb 2008 Germany F5, Schwieberdingen Futures Carpet Belgium Jeroen Masson 6–4, 6–4
Win 16–4 Aug 2008 Freudenstadt, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Matthias Bachinger 6–3, 6–4
Win 17–4 Sep 2008 Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands Challenger Clay Spain Iván Navarro 6–4, 6–3
Loss 17–5 Oct 2008 Tarragona, Spain Challenger Clay Spain Alberto Martín 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6
Loss 17–6 Apr 2009 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Sebastián Decoud 6–7(2–7), 1–6
Win 18–6 Sep 2009 Todi, Italy Challenger Clay Romania Adrian Ungur 2–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6)
Win 19–6 Jun 2011 Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay Romania Victor Crivoi 6–2, 6–1
Loss 19–7 Jun 2012 Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay Slovenia Aljaž Bedene 6–7(1–7), 2–6
Loss 19–8 Sep 2012 Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands Challenger Clay Netherlands Thiemo de Bakker 4–6, 2–6
Win 20–8 Oct 2012 Porto Alegre, Brazil Challenger Clay Portugal Gastão Elias 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Loss 20–9 Apr 2013 Mersin, Turkey Challenger Clay Czech Republic Jiří Veselý 1–6, 1–6
Loss 20–10 Nov 2013 Ortisei, Italy Challenger Hard Italy Andreas Seppi 6–7(4–7), 2–6

Doubles: 15 (5–10)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (4–10)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (5–9)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2002 Finland F1, Savitaipale Futures Clay Russia Dmitry Vlasov Finland Tapio Nurminen
Finland Janne Ojala
3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jun 2003 Fürth, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Denis Gremelmayr Germany Tomas Behrend
Germany Karsten Braasch
6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 2–1 Sep 2005 Freudenstadt, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Sebastian Fitz Czech Republic Pavel Snobel
Czech Republic Martin Štěpánek
2–6, 4–6
Loss 2–2 Feb 2006 Joplin, United States Challenger Hard Germany Benjamin Becker United States Lesley Joseph
Ghana Henry Adjei-Darko
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 2–3 Jun 2006 Ettlingen, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Lars Burgsmüller Chile Felipe Parada
Greece Vasilis Mazarakis
6–3, 1–6, [4–10]
Loss 2–4 Sep 2006 Düsseldorf, Germany Challenger Clay Russia Evgeny Korolev United States Hugo Armando
Germany Tomas Behrend
1–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss 2–5 Apr 2008 Monza, Italy Challenger Clay Germany Denis Gremelmayr Italy Stefano Galvani
Spain Alberto Martin
5–7, 6–2, [3–10]
Win 3–5 Apr 2009 Rome 3, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Alessandro Motti Italy Filippo Volandri
Italy Daniele Bracciali
6–4, 7–5
Win 4–5 Apr 2009 Rome 1, Italy Challenger Clay Germany Christopher Kas Sweden Johan Brunström
Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–2]
Loss 4–6 Jun 2009 Fürth, Germany Challenger Clay Italy Alessandro Motti Spain Santiago Ventura
Spain Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo
6–4, 1–6, [6–10]
Loss 4–7 Aug 2009 Trani, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Alessandro Motti United Kingdom Jamie Delgado
United Kingdom Jamie Murray
6–3, 4–6, [10–12]
Win 5–7 Jun 2011 Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay Germany Bastian Knittel Argentina Facundo Bagnis
Argentina Eduardo Schwank
2–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss 5–8 Sep 2012 Alphen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Germany Bastian Knittel Australia Rameez Junaid
Germany Simon Stadler
6–4, 1–6, [5–10]
Loss 5–9 Oct 2012 Porto Alegre, Brazil Challenger Clay Italy Alessandro Motti Brazil João Souza
Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 5–10 Sep 2013 Alphen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Netherlands Wesley Koolhof Netherlands Boy Westerhof
Netherlands Antal Van Der Duim
6–4, 3–6, [10–12]

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q3 Q1 A Q1 1R A Q1 1R 1R Q1 Q1 0 / 3 0–3 0%
French Open A A Q1 Q1 A 1R 1R 1R Q3 Q1 Q3 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Wimbledon A A A 1R A A 2R 1R Q1 Q2 Q1 0 / 3 1–3 25%
US Open A A Q2 1R A A 2R 1R A Q2 A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–3 0–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 12 2–12 14%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A Q1 1R A Q1 3R A A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Miami Masters A A A 4R 2R A Q2 1R A A A 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg Masters A A A 1R A A Not Masters Series 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Masters A A A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome Masters A A A A A A Q1 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A Q2 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A A A Q1 A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–5 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 9 6–9 40%
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