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Tobias Kamke

{{Short description|German tennis player (born 1986)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Tobias Kamke

|image = Tobias Kamke 02, 2015 Wimbledon Qualifying - Diliff.jpg

|caption = Kamke at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships

|country = {{GER}}

|residence = Hamburg, Germany

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|05|21}}

|birth_place = Lübeck, West Germany

|height = {{convert|1.78|m|abbr=on}}

|turnedpro = 2004

|retired = 2022

|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

|careerprizemoney = US$2,572,138

|singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=63|lost=103}}

|singlestitles = 0

|highestsinglesranking = No. 64 (31 January 2011)

|AustralianOpenresult = 2R (2012, 2013)

|FrenchOpenresult = 2R (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)

|Wimbledonresult = 3R (2010)

|USOpenresult = 2R (2013)

|doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=7|lost=25}}

|doublestitles = 0

|highestdoublesranking = No. 144 (21 September 2015)

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2011, 2012, 2014)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2013)

|WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (2012)

|USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2013)

|Team = yes

|DavisCupresult = QF (2014)

}}

Tobias Kamke (born 21 May 1986) is a German former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 64 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in January 2011. In 2010, Kamke was awarded Newcomer of the Year by the ATP after slashing his singles ranking from No. 254 to No. 67 by year-end following four finals on the ATP Challenger Tour, having beaten emerging players Milos Raonic and Ryan Harrison in two of the finals for the titles, and a third round appearance at the Wimbledon Championships, his career-best performance at a major. Kamke announced his retirement in July 2022 and played his last professional match at the Hamburg European Open.

Professional career

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=2008=

Although losing to No. 134 Jan Hernych in the final qualifying round, Kamke reached the main draw in singles of the Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser. However, he then lost his first match to world No. 30, Andreas Seppi.

=2010=

He made the main draw at Wimbledon where he progressed through to the first and second rounds and then lost to 10th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 1–6, 4–6, 6–7. In July, he won the Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby by beating Milos Raonic in the final, 6–3, 7–6. At the Tiburon Challenger, he secured his second career Challenger title by defeating Ryan Harrison in the final. He reached back-to-back second rounds on ATP World Tour-level at Stockholm, Vienna and Basel.

As Kamke started the year as world No. 254 and finished it as world No. 67, he was awarded "Newcomer of the Year" by the ATP.

=2011=

2011 saw Kamke reach career-high rankings in both singles (world No. 64 in January) and doubles (world No. 419 in October).

=2012=

Kamke faced Roger Federer in the first round of the French Open. He led Federer by 4–1 in the second set before losing 2–6, 5–7, 3–6. In September, he reached a new career-high in doubles at world No. 256.

= 2022 =

Kamke announced his retirement in July 2022 and played his last professional match at the Hamburg European Open in the doubles tournament with Dustin Brown; they lost in the first round.{{Cite news |last=Rönnau |first=Jürgen |date=15 July 2022 |title=Finale am Rothenbaum: Der Lübecker Tennis-Profi Tobias Kamke beendet ATP-Karriere |language=de |work=Lübecker Nachrichten |url=https://www.ln-online.de/sport/regional/tennis-profi-tobias-kamke-beendet-atp-karriere-75SZQAS4PEFXUMOD6OGM4ZV5BU.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 July 2022}}

Singles performance timeline

{{Performance key|short=yes}}

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!Tournament!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!2016!!2017!!2018!!2019!!2020!!2021!!2022!!SR!!W–L

colspan="22" align="left" |Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|0 / 5

|2–5

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|A

|0 / 6

|4–6

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|0 / 6

|3–6

align=left|US Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|0 / 6

|1–6

style=font-weight:bold;background:#efefef

|style=text-align:left|Win–loss

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–1

|0–0

|3–3

|2–4

|1–4

|3–4

|1–4

|0–1

|0–1

|0–0

|0–0

|0–1

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0 / 23

|10–23

colspan="22" align="left" |ATP Tour Masters 1000
align=left|Indian Wells Masters

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|A

|A

|0 / 3

|0–3

align=left|Miami Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|A

|A

|0 / 3

|2–3

align=left|Monte-Carlo Masters

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|A

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Madrid Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

|A

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|A

|A

|0 / 1

|0–1

align=left|Italian Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Canadian Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|A

|A

|0 / 2

|0–2

align=left|Cincinnati Masters

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Shanghai Masters

|colspan=5 style=color:#767676|not held

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|colspan=2 style=color:#767676|NH

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Paris Masters

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|German Open

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|colspan=14 style=color:#767676|not Masters series

|0 / 0

|0–0

style=font-weight:bold;background:#efefef

|style=text-align:left|Win–loss

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–3

|0–2

|2–2

|0–2

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0 / 9

|2–9

colspan="22" align="left" |National representation
align=left|Davis Cup

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 2

|1–2

colspan="22" align="left" |Career statistics
bgcolor=efefef

|align=left|Tournaments

|0

|0

|0

|1

|1

|0

|8

|23

|18

|21

|16

|5

|5

|2

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|colspan=2|101

style=font-weight:bold;background:#efefef

|style=text-align:left|Overall win–loss

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–1

|0–1

|0–0

|7–8

|15–23

|6–18

|17–22

|10–17

|1–5

|5–5

|2–2

|0–0

|0–1

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|colspan=2|63–103

bgcolor=efefef

|align=left|Year-end ranking

|809

|716

|445

|210

|243

|254

|67

|96

|98

|74

|98

|277

|118

|233

|213

|242

|236

|255

|673

|colspan=2|38%

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

=Singles: 20 (11–9)=

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|

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!Legend

bgcolor=moccasin

|ATP Challenger (8–8)

bgcolor=cffcff

|ITF Futures (3–1)

|

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!Finals by surface

Hard (6–4)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

|}

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Jun 2004}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Germany F8, Leun

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Kornel Bardoczky

|2–6, 3–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|1–1

|{{dts|Jul 2006}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Austria F4, Anif

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Matthias Bachinger

|6–1, 7–6(9–7)

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|2–1

|{{dts|Aug 2006}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Germany F11, Essen

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Maxime Authom

|6–1, 6–4

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|3–1

|{{dts|Feb 2007}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Germany F4, Mettmann

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|GER}} Dieter Kindlmann

|6–2, 4–6, 6–3

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Nov 2007}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Helsinki, Finland

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Steve Darcis

|3–6, 6–1, 4–6

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|0–2

|{{dts|May 2008}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Karlsruhe, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Teymuraz Gabashvili

|1–6, 4–6

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|0–3

|2010 Baton Rouge Pro Tennis Classic – Singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Baton Rouge, United States

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Kevin Anderson

|7–6(9–7), 6–7(7–9), 1–6

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|0–4

|2010 Franken Challenge – Singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Fürth, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|NLD}} Robin Haase

|4–6, 2–6

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|1–4

|2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby – Singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Granby, Canada

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Milos Raonic

|6–3, 7–6(7–4)

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|2–4

|2010 Royal Bank of Scotland Challenger – Singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Tiburon, United States

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Harrison

|6–1, 6–1

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|3–4

|2011 Aegon Pro-Series Loughborough – Men's singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Loughborough, Great Britain

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Flavio Cipolla

|6–2, 7–5

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|3–5

|2012 Sparkassen Open – Singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Braunschweig, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Thomaz Bellucci

|6–7(4–7), 3–6

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|4–5

|2012 ATP Roller Open – Singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Pétange, Luxembourg

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Paul-Henri Mathieu

|7–6(9–7), 6–4

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|5–5

|2013 ATP Roller Open – Singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Pétange, Luxembourg (2)

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Paul-Henri Mathieu

|1–6, 6–3, 7–5

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|6–5

|2014 Franken Challenge – Singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Fürth, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Íñigo Cervantes

|6–3, 6–2

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|7–5

|2015 Svijany Open – Singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Liberec, Czech Republic

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Andrej Martin

|7–6(7–4), 6–4

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|8–5

|2016 Kazan Kremlin Cup – Singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Kazan, Russia

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Aslan Karatsev

|6–4, 6–2

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|8–6

|2017 Open Harmonie mutuelle – Singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Saint-Brieuc, France

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|BLR}} Egor Gerasimov

|6–7(3–7), 6–7(5–7)

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|8–7

|2018 Play In Challenger – Singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Lille, France

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Grégoire Barrère

|1–6, 4–6

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|8–8

|2019 Sparkassen Open – Singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Braunschweig, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Thiago Monteiro

|6–7(6–8), 1–6

=Doubles: 7 (3–4)=

class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|0–1

|2010 Kazan Kremlin Cup – Doubles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Kazan, Russia

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|GER}} Julian Reister

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Jan Mertl
{{flagicon|KAZ}} Yuri Schukin

|2–6, 4–6

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|0–2

|2013 ATP Roller Open – Doubles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Pétange, Luxembourg

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|GER}} Benjamin Becker

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Ken Skupski
{{flagicon|GBR}} Neal Skupski

|3–6, 7–6(7–5), [7–10]

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|1–2

|2014 Open de Rennes – Doubles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Rennes, France

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|GER}} Philipp Marx

|{{flagicon|CZE}} František Čermák
{{flagicon|ISR}} Jonathan Erlich

|3–6, 6–2, [10–3]

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|1–3

|2014 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée – Doubles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Mouilleron-le-Captif, France

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|GER}} Philipp Marx

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre-Hugues Herbert
{{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Mahut

|3–6, 4–6

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|1–4

|2015 Marburg Open – Doubles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Marburg, Germany

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Simon Stadler

|{{flagicon|NED}} Wesley Koolhof
{{flagicon|NED}} Matwé Middelkoop

|1–6, 5–7

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|2–4

|2015 TEAN International – Men's doubles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Alphen, Netherlands

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Jan-Lennard Struff

|{{flagicon|ROM}} Victor Hănescu
{{flagicon|ROM}} Adrian Ungur

|7–6(7–1), 3–6, [10–7]

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|3–4

|2018 Keio Challenger – Men's doubles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Yokohama, Japan

|Hard

|{{flagicon|GER}} Tim Pütz

|{{flagicon|THA}} Sanchai Ratiwatana
{{flagicon|THA}} Sonchat Ratiwatana

|3–6, 7–5, [12–10]

Head-to-head record against top 10 players

Kamke's match record against players who have been ranked in the top ten. Only ATP Tour main-draw and Davis Cup matches are considered. Players who have been No. 1 are in boldface.

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Top 10 wins

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!#

!Player

!Rank

!width=170|Event

!Surface

!Rd

!class="unsortable"|Score

!TK Rank

colspan=8 style=text-align:center|2010
1.

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Berdych

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|6

|bgcolor=d0f0c0|Basel, Switzerland

|bgcolor=ccccff|Hard (i)

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|6–4, 6–1

|align=center|72

colspan=8 style=text-align:center|2013
2.

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Martín del Potro

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|7

|bgcolor=E9E9E9|Miami, United States

|bgcolor=ccccff|Hard

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|7–6(7–5), 6–1

|align=center|89

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{ATP}}
  • {{ITF}}
  • {{DavisCup player}}

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{{s-ach}}

{{succession box|

|before = Horacio Zeballos

|after = Milos Raonic

|title = ATP Newcomer of the Year

|years = 2010

|}}

{{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamke, Tobias}}

Category:1986 births

Category:German male tennis players

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Category:21st-century German sportsmen