Rüdiger Haas

Rüdiger Haas (born 15 December 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.[1]

Rüdiger Haas
Country (sports) West Germany
(until 1990)
Germany
Born (1969-12-15) 15 December 1969
Eberbach,
West Germany
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$49,741
Singles
Career record1–4
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 321 (2 March 1992)
Doubles
Career record10–5
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 138 (2 October 1989)

Career

Despite winning two Grand Prix doubles titles, Haas never competed in the main draw of a Grand Slam event. He did however make some Grand Slam appearances in the juniors. The biggest tournament he participated in as a singles player was the 1991 German Open, part of the ATP Super 9 series. He lost in the first round to Omar Camporese from Italy. The only occasion that he made it past the opening round of a Grand Prix or ATP Tour tournament was in the 1991 Kremlin Cup, where he defeated Soviet Sergej Skakun, before being eliminated in the second round by Jakob Hlasek.[2]

He won his first doubles title at Frankfurt in 1988, partnering a 17-year-old Goran Ivanišević. They upset the reigning Australian Open champions Rick Leach and Jim Pugh in the semi-finals, then defeated Jeremy Bates and Tom Nijssen in the final. The other title win was in Palermo the following year, with he and partner Peter Ballauff beating both the first and second seeds.[3]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 2 (2–0)
Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 1988 Frankfurt, West Germany Carpet Goran Ivanišević Jeremy Bates
Tom Nijssen		 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner 2. 1989 Palermo, Italy Clay Peter Ballauff Goran Ivanišević
Diego Nargiso		 6–2, 6–7, 6–4

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)
Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 1992 Fürth, Germany Clay Udo Riglewski Brian Joelson
Bertrand Madsen		 6–1, 6–3

References
  1. Tennis Landau: Herren 40 deutscher Vizemeister Archived 2012-09-11 at Archive.today (in German)
  2. ATP World Tour profile
  3. ITF Tennis profile
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