Alexander Satschko (born 12 November 1980) is a German retired tennis player. He was a doubles specialist, who achieved his highest doubles ranking of world No. 80 in October 2014. He won his first ATP World Tour title with partner Gero Kretschmer as alternates in Quito on 7 February 2015.[1]

Alexander Satschko
Full nameAlexander Satschko
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceMunich, Germany
Born (1980-11-12) 12 November 1980 (age 44)
Deggendorf, Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2002
Retired2017
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$268,282
Singles
Career record0–0
Highest rankingNo. 259 (2 February 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2009)
Doubles
Career record12–23
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 80 (13 October 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2015)
Wimbledon1R (2015)

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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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 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2015 Ecuador Open,
Ecuador
250 Series Clay   Gero Kretschmer   Víctor Estrella Burgos
  João Souza
7–5, 7–6(7–3)

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Doubles: 28 (12 titles, 16 runner-ups)

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Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (8–12)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2005 Puebla, Mexico Hard   Werner Eschauer   Santiago González
  Alejandro Hernández
6–1, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Apr 2006 Leon, Mexico Hard   Dawid Olejniczak   Juan Manuel Elizondo
  Miguel Gallardo Valles
3–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Jul 2006 Cuenca, Ecuador Clay   Frank Moser   Santiago Giraldo
  Carlos Salamanca
3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss 2–2 Apr 2010 Pereira, Colombia Clay   Gero Kretschmer   Dominik Meffert
  Philipp Oswald
7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), [5–10]
Loss 2–3 May 2010 Sarasota, United States Clay   Gero Kretschmer   Brian Battistone
  Ryler DeHeart
7–5, 6–7(4–7), [8–10]
Win 3–3 Aug 2010 Geneva, Switzerland Clay   Gero Kretschmer   Philipp Oswald
  Martin Slanar
6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss 3–4 Sep 2010 Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Gero Kretschmer   Franco Ferreiro
  André Sá
6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss 3–5 Oct 2010 Cali, Colombia Clay   Gero Kretschmer   Andre Begemann
  Martin Emmrich
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 3–6 Jun 2013 Košice, Slovakia Clay   Gero Kretschmer   Kamil Čapkovič
  Igor Zelenay
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 3–7 Jul 2013 Scheveningen, Netherlands Clay   Gero Kretschmer   Antal van der Duim
  Boy Westerhof
3–6, 3–6
Win 4–7 Jul 2013 Poznań, Poland Clay   Gero Kretschmer   Mateusz Kowalczyk
  Henri Kontinen
6–3, 6–3
Loss 4–8 Nov 2013 Casablanca, Morocco Clay   Gero Kretschmer   Riccardo Ghedin
  Claudio Grassi
4–6, 4–6
Loss 4–9 Nov 2013 Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay   Roman Borvanov   Stephan Fransen
  Wesley Koolhof
6–1, 2–6, [5–10]
Win 5–9 Jan 2014 São Paulo, Brazil Hard   Gero Kretschmer   Nicolás Barrientos
  Víctor Estrella Burgos
4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss 5–10 Sep 2014 Genoa, Italy Clay   Frank Moser   Daniele Bracciali
  Potito Starace
3–6, 4–6
Loss 5–11 Sep 2014 Biella, Italy Clay   Frank Moser   Marco Cecchinato
  Matteo Viola
5–7, 0–6
Loss 5–12 Oct 2014 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard   Frank Moser   Lukáš Lacko
  Ante Pavić
3–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Win 6–12 Mar 2015 Shenzhen, China Hard   Gero Kretschmer   Saketh Myneni
  Divij Sharan
6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
Loss 6–13 Aug 2015 Manerbio, Italy Clay   Gero Kretschmer   Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
  Flavio Cipolla
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [9–11]
Win 7–13 Sep 2015 Como, Italy Clay   Gero Kretschmer   Kenny de Schepper
  Maxime Teixeira
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss 7–14 Jan 2016 Bangkok, Thailand Hard   Gero Kretschmer   Johan Brunström
  Andreas Siljeström
3–6, 4–6
Loss 7–15 Jan 2016 Bangkok, Thailand Hard   Gero Kretschmer   Wesley Koolhof
  Matwé Middelkoop
3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win 8–15 Mar 2016 Guadalajara, Mexico Hard   Gero Kretschmer   Santiago González
  Mate Pavić
6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
Win 9–15 Apr 2016 Napoli, Italy Clay   Gero Kretschmer   Matteo Donati
  Stefano Napolitano
6–1, 6–3
Win 10–15 Apr 2016 Blois, France Clay   Simon Stadler   Mao-Xin Gong
  Yasutaka Uchiyama
6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Win 11–15 Apr 2017 Qingdao, China Clay   Gero Kretschmer   Andreas Mies
  Oscar Otte
2–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–3]
Win 12–15 Jun 2017 Vicenza, Italy Clay   Gero Kretschmer   Sekou Bangoura
  Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 12–16 Jun 2017 Lyon, France Clay   Gero Kretschmer   Sander Gillé
  Joran Vliegen
7–6(7–2), 6–7(2–7), [12–14]

Doubles performance timeline

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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.

Current till 2017 ATP World Tour

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0–0
French Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A 0–1
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A A A A Q2 1R Q1 A 0–1
US Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–2
Career statistics
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 4–8 4–8 2–5 1–1 12–23
Year-end ranking 699 884 327 234 394 349 649 158 286 203 115 97 86 125 157 34%

References

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  1. ^ "Kretschmer/Satschko Claim First ATP World Tour Doubles Crown". ATP World Tour. 7 February 2015.
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