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FLORIAN MAYER (GER)<br />
Birthdate: October 5, 1983 Turned Pro: 2001<br />
Birthplace: Bayreuth, Germany<br />
Height: 6’3” (1.91m)<br />
Residence: Bayreuth, Germany<br />
Weight: 180 (81kg)<br />
Career Win-Loss: 112-124<br />
Plays: Right-handed<br />
Career Prize Money: $2,327,064<br />
Two-handed backhand<br />
Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 0/3<br />
Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 6-22<br />
Highest Singles South African Airways <strong>ATP</strong> Ranking: 33 (September 27, 2004)<br />
Highest <strong>ATP</strong> Doubles Ranking: 128 (July 11, 2005)<br />
YEAR-END SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS <strong>ATP</strong> RANKING HISTORY (WIN-LOSS)<br />
2010: 37 (23-18) 2007: 55 (18-25) 2004: 35 (19-19) 2001: T874 (0-0)<br />
2009: 61 (3-6) 2006: 57 (26-21) 2003: 254 (0-0)<br />
2008: 344 (2-10) 2005: 75 (21-25) 2002: 476 (0-0)<br />
2010 HIGHLIGHTS<br />
Prize money: $513,955. Matches won-lost: <strong>ATP</strong>: 23-18 (singles), 3-10 (doubles) Challenger: 15-2 (singles),<br />
2-1 (doubles). Singles Finalist: Stockholm. Semifinalist: Hamburg. Quarterfinalist: Stuttgart. Doubles<br />
Semifinalist: Beijing(w/Lu).<br />
2010 IN REVIEW<br />
The No. 2 German (behind No. 34 Kohlschreiber) finished in Top 50 for first time since ‘04 and won 23 matches<br />
(most since ’06) and went 15-2 in Challengers…Reached 3rd RD at Australian Open and QF in Rotterdam while<br />
also claiming Challenger titles in Noumea and Sunrise…Also reached 3rd RD at Wimbledon…Returned to clay<br />
and advanced to QF in Stuttgart and SF in Hamburg…Claimed singles win against South Africa to help his<br />
country remain in Davis Cup <strong>World</strong> Group…Late in season reached 3rd RD in Shanghai* and final in Stockholm<br />
(l. to Federer)…Compiled marks of 13-13 on hard and 8-4 on clay…Earned a career-high $513,955.<br />
CAREER IN REVIEW<br />
The German has finished in Top 75 for six of past seven years (except ’08), highlighted by year-end best No. 35<br />
in ‘04…In ’09, made ranking jump of 283 positions from previous season as he compiled a 43-16 Challenger<br />
match record and won two titles in five finals…In ’08, played until May before a finger injury sidelined him for<br />
rest of season…Played last tournament in Casablanca…Underwent surgery on second finger on his left hand in<br />
mid-June…In ’07, made four <strong>ATP</strong> QF appearances, highlighted by win over No. 3 Davydenko in 2nd RD in<br />
Halle…In ’06, achieved a career-high 26 match wins with runner-up in Sopot for second straight year (l. to No. 6<br />
Davydenko)…Won both of his matches in Davis Cup playoff tie vs. Thailand, lifting Germany back into <strong>World</strong><br />
Group in 2007…In ’05, advanced to first <strong>ATP</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> final in Sopot (d. Nieminen, Coria in SF; l. to Monfils)…<br />
Best <strong>ATP</strong> Masters 1000 result was 4th RD in Miami…Helped lead his country to its fourth <strong>ATP</strong> <strong>World</strong> Team<br />
Championship title…In ’04, made one of biggest jumps in Top 50, climbing over 200 ranking positions from<br />
previous year… Reached career-high No. 33 on Sept. 27 and advanced to first <strong>ATP</strong> SF in Estoril (l. to Chela)…In<br />
Wimbledon debut, advanced to QF with wins over Arthurs, No. 3 Coria, Ferreira and J. Johansson (l. to<br />
Grosjean)…Named <strong>ATP</strong> Newcomer of the Year…Has a 4-3 Davis Cup singles record in four ties.<br />
CAREER FINALIST (3): 2010 – Stockholm(IH); 2006 – Sopot(CL); 2005 – Sopot(CL).<br />
CAREER DOUBLES FINALIST (1).<br />
GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 3-3)<br />
CAREER 10 09 08 07 06 05 04<br />
AUS. OPEN 7-7 3RD 2ND 1ST 3RD 2ND 1ST 2ND<br />
ROLAND GARROS 1-4 — — — 1ST 1ST 1ST 2ND<br />
WIMBLEDON 10-5 3RD — — 2ND 2ND 3RD QF<br />
US OPEN 2-5 1ST — — 1ST 2ND 1ST 2ND<br />
<strong>ATP</strong> WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY* (Career W-L: 15-23)<br />
CAREER 10 09 08 07 06 05 04<br />
INDIAN WELLS 2-5 1ST — 1ST 2ND 2ND 1ST —<br />
MIAMI 6-5 2ND — 1ST 3RD 1ST 4TH —<br />
MONTE CARLO 1-2 — — — 1ST — 2ND —<br />
ROME 0-2 — — — — — 1ST 1ST<br />
MADRID 0-1 — — — — — — 1ST<br />
CINCINNATI 0-2 1ST — — 1ST — — —<br />
SHANGHAI 3-2 3RD 2ND — — — — —<br />
PERSONAL<br />
Began playing at age five…Nicknamed “Flo”…His father, Bernd, is a teacher, and his mother, Sabine, is a shop<br />
manager…Has one younger brother, Michael…Idolized Boris Becker and Pete Sampras as a child…Trained as a<br />
junior with the German Tennis Federation…Turned professional at age 17 after completing school…A football<br />
fan, his favorite team is Bayern Munich…Trains at Tennis Base in Oberhaching outside Munich…Coached by<br />
countryman Tobias Summerer (since October 2009).<br />
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