Daniel Elsner

Daniel Elsner

Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Memmingerberg, Germany
Born	(1979-01-04) 4 January 1979 Memmingerberg, West Germany
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1997
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$369,334
Singles
Career record	8–27
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 92 (23 October 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2001)
French Open	2R (2004)
Wimbledon	1R (2001)
US Open	1R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	1–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 505 (19 June 2000)
Last updated on: 19 September 2021.

Daniel Elsner (born 4 January 1979) is a former professional German tennis player.

Juniors

Elsner was an outstanding juniors player. He won 3 consecutive juniors grand slam singles titles: the 1996 Juniors U.S. Open, the 1997 Juniors Australian Open, and 1997 Juniors French Open; as well as making the finals of the subsequent 1997 Juniors Wimbledon. He is one of only 12 male players (as of May 2017) to win at least 3 junior grand slam singles titles, and one of only 4 to do so consecutively. He was a World No. 1 junior player in singles.

ATP Tour

Elsner turned professional in 1997 and won several futures tournaments, but had limited success on the ATP tour. His professional highlight was making the semi-finals of the Stuttgart Open in 2000, beating then ATP world No. 2 ranked Magnus Norman en route 46 76 64. He obtained a career high rank of 92 during that year. His best grand slam result was the 2nd round of the French Open in 2004. He last played on the ATP World Tour in October 2008.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1996	US Open	Hard	Markus Hipfl	6–3, 6–2
Win	1997	Australian Open	Hard	Wesley Whitehouse	7–6, 6–2
Win	1997	French Open	Clay	Luis Horna	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1997	Wimbledon	Grass	Wesley Whitehouse	3–6, 6–7

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partnet	Opponents	Score
Loss	1996	French Open	Clay	Jan-Ralph Brandt	Olivier Mutis Sébastien Grosjean	2–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 19 (14–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (6–3) ITF Futures (8–2)

Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (10–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1998	Germany F3, Riemerling	Futures	Clay	Jérôme Haehnel	6–0, 6–3
Win	2–0	Jun 1998	Germany F10, Albstadt	Futures	Clay	Carsten Arriens	6–3, 6–2
Win	3–0	Jun 1998	Germany F11, Trier	Futures	Clay	Igor Gaudi	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win	4–0	Apr 2000	France F9, Clermont-Ferrand	Futures	Carpet	Olivier Mutis	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–0	Apr 2000	France F10, Saint-Brieuc	Futures	Clay	Tobias Clemens	6–2, 6–1
Win	6–0	Apr 2000	Germany F1, Berlin	Futures	Hard	Jan Vacek	6–2, 7–5
Loss	6–1	Jun 2000	Furth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Irakli Labadze	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–1	Jun 2000	Weiden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Filip Dewulf	6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	7–2	Jun 2002	Germany F6, Oberweiler	Futures	Clay	Kristof Vliegen	1–6, 0–1 ret.
Win	8–2	Apr 2003	Australia F2, Devonport	Futures	Hard	Todd Larkham	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	9–2	Aug 2003	Mönchengladbach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Irakli Labadze	6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Win	10–2	Sep 2003	Brașov, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Răzvan Sabău	6–2, 6–1
Loss	10–3	Sep 2003	Sofia, Bulgaria	Challenger	Clay	Stéphane Robert	1–6, 6–4, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	10–4	Jun 2004	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Tomáš Berdych	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Win	11–4	Jul 2004	Zell, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Dieter Kindlmann	6–3, 6–1
Win	12–4	Sep 2005	Brașov, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Gimeno Traver	7–5, 6–2
Win	13–4	May 2006	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Victor Crivoi	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	14–4	Apr 2007	Sweden F2, Linköping	Futures	Hard	Mikael Ekman	6–3, 6–1
Loss	14–5	Oct 2007	Germany F20, Isernhagen	Futures	Hard	Andre Wiesler	4–6, ret.

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1999	Germany F10, Oberhaching	Futures	Carpet	Tomas Zivnicek	Petr Kovačka Pavel Kudrnáč	4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss	0–2	Jun 2000	Weiden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Andy Fahlke	Mark Nielsen Andrei Stoliarov	5–7, 3–6
Win	1–2	Jan 2003	Germany F1B, Biberach	Futures	Hard	Philipp Petzschner	Alberto Brizzi Michael Ryderstedt	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–3	Jan 2003	Germany F1C, Munich	Futures	Carpet	Philipp Petzschner	Michal Mertiňák Igor Zelenay	6–4, 6–7(18–20), 6–7(5–7)

Performance timeline

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

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	Q2	A	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	Q2	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 5	1–5	17%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Monte Carlo	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Hamburg	Q2	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Stuttgart	A	1R	A	A	Q1	A	Not Held					0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0%

See also

List of Grand Slam boys' singles champions

External links

• Daniel Elsner at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Daniel Elsner at the International Tennis Federation