Christian Saceanu
German tennis player

Christian Saceanu

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German tennis player
A.K.A.
Saceanu
Gender:
Male
Places:
Germany
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AthleteTennis player
Work field:
Sports
Birth:
8 July 1968(Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania, Kingdom of Romania)
Star sign:
Cancer
Residences
Neuss, Rhein-Kreis Neuss, Düsseldorf Government Region, Germany
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Christian Saceanu (born 8 July 1968) is a German retired tennis player who turned professional in 1986. The right-hander won two grass court singles titles (1988, Bristol and 1991, Rosmalen) in his career. Saceanu reached his highest singles ATP-ranking in March 1988 when he became the number 60 of the world.

He began playing tennis when he was nine. He was ranked No. 1 in the Romanian 14s and one year later moved with his family to West Germany where he won the German national singles title in 1986. In that same year he was ranked No. 1 in the 18s.

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1987 Livingston, United States Grand Prix Hard Johan Kriek 6–7, 6–3, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jul 1988 Bristol, United Kingdom Grand Prix Grass Ramesh Krishnan 6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Win 2–1 Jun 1991 Rosmalen, Netherlands World Series Grass Michiel Schapers 6–1, 3–6, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (3–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 1990 Croydon, United Kingdom Challenger Carpet Udo Riglewski 6–3, 6–0
Win 2–0 Jul 1990 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Arnaud Boetsch 6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win 3–0 Dec 1990 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Challenger Hard Felix Barrientos 6–4, 6–1
Loss 3–1 Oct 1992 Cherbourg, France Challenger Carpet Jan Apell 3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss 3–2 Jul 1995 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Chris Wilkinson 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 12 (7–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1989 Guadeloupe, France Challenger Hard Patrick Baur Gilad Bloom
Brad Pearce 		4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 1990 British Hong Kong Challenger Hard Christian Geyer Neil Borwick
Paul Wekesa 		2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Jan 1991 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Michiel Schapers Diego Nargiso
Stefano Pescosolido 		2–6, 2–6
Win 1–3 Oct 1992 Cherbourg, France Challenger Carpet Kent Kinnear Joost Winnink
Tomas Anzari 		6–1, 6–4
Loss 1–4 Nov 1992 Aachen, Germany Challenger Carpet Michael Mortensen Grant Stafford
Christo van Rensburg 		1–6, 3–6
Loss 1–5 Nov 1992 Guadalajara, Mexico Challenger Clay Marc-Kevin Goellner Royce Deppe
David Rikl 		6–7, 4–6
Win 2–5 Dec 1992 Guangzhou, China Challenger Hard Kent Kinnear Richard Matuszewski
John Sullivan 		6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–5 May 1993 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Gilad Bloom Danilo Marcelino
Fernando Meligeni 		4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win 4–5 Jul 1993 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard Gilad Bloom Cristiano Caratti
Grant Doyle 		7–5, 6–3
Win 5–5 May 1995 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Dirk Dier Lionel Barthez
Patrick Baur 		7–6, 7–6
Win 6–5 Sep 1995 Azores, Portugal Challenger Hard Tim Henman Nuno Marques
Chris Wilkinson 		6–2, 6–2
Win 7–5 Sep 1996 Azores, Portugal Challenger Hard Marcus Hilpert Jamie Delgado
Charlie Singer 		6–7, 6–2, 6–4

Performance timelines

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 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 4R 2R Q1 2R 1R 1R A A A 0 / 6 5–6 45%
French Open A A 2R 2R A 1R A Q2 A Q2 A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 3R 4R Q3 2R Q2 A 0 / 7 6–7 46%
US Open A 1R A A A 2R Q2 A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–1 0–3 4–3 2–3 0–0 4–4 3–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 18 14–18 44%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A 1R 1R A A 1R A A A Q2 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Hamburg 1R 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 5 0–5 0%

Doubles

Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 3R 1R 1R 1R A A A A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
French Open A A A 3R A A A 1R A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Wimbledon A 1R A 1R 1R A Q2 2R Q2 Q1 0 / 4 1–4 20%
US Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0 / 10 5–10 33%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A 1R 1R 1R A A A A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Hamburg 1R 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 5 0–5 0%