Kristian Pless

Danish tennis player

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Kristian Pless
Singles

Country (sports)	Denmark
Residence	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Born	(1981年02月09日) 9 February 1981 (age 44) Odense, Denmark
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,127,884
Career record	55–86 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 65 (28 January 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2002)
French Open	2R (2001, 2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2001)
US Open	2R (2001, 2002, 2004, 2006)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2000)
Doubles
Career record	6–24 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 172 (23 July 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2007)
Wimbledon	1R (2007)
Last updated on: 28 October 2021.

Kristian Peter Pless (born 9 February 1981) is a former professional male tennis player from Denmark.

Tennis career

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Juniors

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Pless had an excellent junior career, winning the 1999 Australian Open Boys' Singles (defeated Mikhail Youzhny), and reaching the Boys' final at both Wimbledon (lost to Jürgen Melzer), and the US Open (lost to Jarkko Nieminen) the same year. He finished 1999 as the No. 1 ranked junior player in the world.^[1]

Pro tour

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He turned professional in 1999, and on 28 January 2002, Kristian Pless reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 65. He has won tournaments at the Futures and Challenger levels, and has reached three semifinals on the ATP Tour. He suffered a serious shoulder injury in 2003, which after multiple surgery kept him out of competition for almost a year.

After returning from injury in 2004, he had dropped in the rankings to World No. 846 on 24 May. Subsequently, he has gradually climbed the rankings, and after successful performances at the Challenger level in autumn 2006, he entered the Top 100 again. In January 2007, he continued his good performances as he defeated World No. 8 David Nalbandian in three sets in the first round of Chennai Open. This was Pless' first win against a Top-10 ranked player.

In 2007 he also managed to take a set from tennis legend Roger Federer at their meeting in Dubai, but eventually Federer won the tie 7–6⁽²⁾, 3–6, 6–3. It was first set Federer had lost that year after he had won the Australian Open without losing a single set.

In 2008 he reached two Challenger finals (in Izmir, Turkey and Rimouski, Canada), but ended the year outside of Top 100. 2009 was his last year on tour.^[2]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1999	Australian Open	Hard	Russia Mikhail Youzhny	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1999	Wimbledon	Grass	Austria Jürgen Melzer	6–7, 3–6
Loss	1999	US Open	Hard	Finland Jarkko Nieminen	7–6, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partnet	Opponents	Score
Win	1999	Australian Open	Hard	Austria Jürgen Melzer	Czech Republic Ladislav Chramosta Czech Republic Michal Navrátil	6–7, 6–3, 6–0
Loss	1999	French Open	Clay	Belgium Olivier Rochus	Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze Croatia Lovro Zovko	1–6, 6–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 20 (7–13)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (4–11)
ITF Futures (3–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–9)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1999	New Zealand F3, Christchurch	Futures	Hard	South Africa Louis Vosloo	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	May 2000	Austria F3, Schwaz	Futures	Clay	Republic of Ireland Scott Barron	6–3, 7–5
Win	2–1	Jun 2000	Ireland F1, Dublin	Futures	Carpet	Australia Grant Doyle	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–1
Win	3–1	Aug 2000	Hungary F6, Budapest	Futures	Clay	Austria Alexander Peya	7–5, 6–3
Loss	3–2	Feb 2001	Hull, United Kingdom	Challenger	Carpet	Germany Michael Kohlmann	7–5, 6–7^(3–7), 6–7^(5–7)
Win	4–2	May 2001	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Challenger	Clay	Spain Gorka Fraile	6–3, 6–3
Loss	4–3	Jun 2001	Furth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Spain Germán Puentes	4–6, 3–6
Win	5–3	Dec 2001	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Brazil Ricardo Mello	6–1, 6–1
Loss	5–4	Jun 2004	Poland F3, Warsaw	Futures	Clay	Czech Republic Dušan Karol	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–5	Aug 2005	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	United States John Paul Fruttero	6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(6–8)
Loss	5–6	Oct 2005	Southampton, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	France Jérôme Haehnel	2–6, 3–6
Loss	5–7	Jul 2006	Dublin, Ireland	Challenger	Carpet	Germany Mischa Zverev	5–7, 6–7^(6–8)
Loss	5–8	Oct 2006	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Germany Alexander Waske	4–6, 3–6
Win	6–8	Nov 2006	Rimouski, Canada	Challenger	Carpet	Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	6–9	Nov 2006	Nashville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Netherlands Robin Haase	6–7^(9–11), 3–6
Win	7–9	Apr 2007	Saint-Brieuc, France	Challenger	Clay	Uzbekistan Farrukh Dustov	6–3, 6–1
Loss	7–10	Sep 2007	Grenoble, France	Challenger	Hard	Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti	3–6, 5–7
Loss	7–11	Mar 2008	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	France Thierry Ascione	5–7, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	7–12	Jun 2008	Izmir, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Luxembourg Gilles Müller	5–7, 3–6
Loss	7–13	Nov 2008	Rimouski, Canada	Challenger	Hard	United States Ryan Sweeting	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (4–1)
ITF Futures (0–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1999	New Zealand F3, Christchurch	Futures	Hard	New Zealand Mark Nielsen	United States Wynn Criswell South Africa Shaun Rudman	2–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win	1–1	Dec 1999	Lucknow, India	Challenger	Grass	Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan	United Kingdom Martin Lee United Kingdom Jamie Delgado	5–7, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Jun 2000	Ireland F1, Dublin	Futures	Carpet	Finland Jarkko Nieminen	Belgium Gilles Elseneer France Jean-Michel Pequery	6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 3–6
Win	2–2	Dec 2000	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Hard	Pakistan Aisam Qureshi	Switzerland Ivo Heuberger Finland Ville Liukko	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–2	Jul 2005	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Vlaski	Brazil Franco Ferreiro Brazil Marcelo Melo	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Win	4–2	Nov 2006	Rimouski, Canada	Challenger	Carpet	Denmark Frederik Nielsen	Netherlands Jasper Smit Netherlands Martijn van Haasteren	6–2, 6–4
Loss	4–3	Nov 2008	Rimouski, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Sweden Michael Ryderstedt	Canada Milos Raonic Canada Vasek Pospisil	7–5, 4–6, [6–10]

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.

Singles

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Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	3R	1R	A	Q3	Q2	1R	Q1	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
French Open	A	2R	1R	A	1R	Q3	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	A	1R	Q2	1R	1R	Q2	Q2	0 / 5	1–5	17%
US Open	Q2	2R	2R	A	2R	Q2	2R	1R	Q2	A	0 / 5	4–5	44%
Win–loss	0–0	3–3	3–4	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–3	1–4	0–0	0–0	0 / 18	9–18	33%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	Q2	Q2	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami	A	Q1	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Monte Carlo	A	Q1	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	NMS	0 / 0	0–0	–
Rome	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canada Masters	A	A	2R	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Cincinnati	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–-0	–
Stuttgart	A	Q1	Not Held								0 / 0	0–-0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	2–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 4	2–4	33%