Tobias Kamke
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceHamburg, Germany
Born (1986-05-21) 21 May 1986
Lübeck, West Germany
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2004
Retired2022
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$2,572,138
Singles
Career record63–103 (38.0%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 64 (31 January 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2012, 2013)
French Open2R (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)
Wimbledon3R (2010)
US Open2R (2013)
Doubles
Career record7–25 (21.9%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 144 (21 September 2015)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2011, 2012, 2014)
French Open1R (2013)
Wimbledon1R (2012)
US Open1R (2013)
Team competitions
Davis CupQF (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

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.[1]

Singles 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.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament2004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A Q1 Q1 Q2 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R A Q2 Q2 Q2 Q1 Q1 Q3 0 / 5 2–5
French Open A A A A Q2 Q1 2R 2R 1R 2R 2R A 1R Q2 Q2 A Q1 Q3 A 0 / 6 4–6
Wimbledon A A A A 1R Q2 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R Q2 Q3 Q1 Q2 A NH Q1 A 0 / 6 3–6
US Open A A A A Q3 Q1 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R Q2 Q3 Q2 A 1R A Q1 A 0 / 6 1–6
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
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A 1R 1R Q1 1R Q1 A Q2 A A NH A A 0 / 3 0–3
Miami Open A A A A A A A 1R 1R 3R Q2 Q1 A Q2 A A NH A A 0 / 3 2–3
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A Q2 Q1 Q1 A A A A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A A A A A A A A A 1R Q2 Q1 A A A A NH A A 0 / 1 0–1
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A Q1 A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A A A A A A 1R A Q2 1R A A A A A NH A A 0 / 2 0–2
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A Q1 Q1 A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai Masters not held A A A A A A A A A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters A A A A A A Q1 A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
German Open A A Q1 Q1 A not Masters series 0 / 0 0–0
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
National representation
Davis Cup A A A A A A A A A 1R QF A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 23 18 21 16 5 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 101
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 63–103
Year-end ranking 809 716 445 210 243 254 67 96 98 74 98 277 118 233 213 242 236 255 673 38%

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 20 (11–9)

Legend
ATP Challenger (8–8)
ITF Futures (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2004 Germany F8, Leun Futures Clay Hungary Kornel Bardoczky 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2006 Austria F4, Anif Futures Clay Germany Matthias Bachinger 6–1, 7–6(9–7)
Win 2–1 Aug 2006 Germany F11, Essen Futures Clay Belgium Maxime Authom 6–1, 6–4
Win 3–1 Feb 2007 Germany F4, Mettmann Futures Carpet (i) Germany Dieter Kindlmann 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 0–1 Nov 2007 Helsinki, Finland Challenger Hard (i) Belgium Steve Darcis 3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Loss 0–2 May 2008 Karlsruhe, Germany Challenger Clay Russia Teymuraz Gabashvili 1–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Apr 2010 Baton Rouge, United States Challenger Hard South Africa Kevin Anderson 7–6(9–7), 6–7(7–9), 1–6
Loss 0–4 May 2010 Fürth, Germany Challenger Clay Netherlands Robin Haase 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–4 May 2010 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard Canada Milos Raonic 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 2–4 Oct 2010 Tiburon, United States Challenger Hard United States Ryan Harrison 6–1, 6–1
Win 3–4 Nov 2011 Loughborough, Great Britain Challenger Hard Italy Flavio Cipolla 6–2, 7–5
Loss 3–5 Jul 2012 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Brazil Thomaz Bellucci 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 4–5 Sep 2012 Pétange, Luxembourg Challenger Hard (i) France Paul-Henri Mathieu 7–6(9–7), 6–4
Win 5–5 Sep 2013 Pétange, Luxembourg (2) Challenger Hard (i) France Paul-Henri Mathieu 1–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win 6–5 Jun 2014 Fürth, Germany Challenger Clay Spain Íñigo Cervantes 6–3, 6–2
Win 7–5 Aug 2015 Liberec, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Slovakia Andrej Martin 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 8–5 Mar 2016 Kazan, Russia Challenger Hard (i) Russia Aslan Karatsev 6–4, 6–2
Loss 8–6 Apr 2017 Saint-Brieuc, France Challenger Hard (i) Belarus Egor Gerasimov 6–7(3–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss 8–7 Mar 2018 Lille, France Challenger Hard (i) France Grégoire Barrère 1–6, 4–6
Loss 8–8 Jul 2019 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Brazil Thiago Monteiro 6–7(6–8), 1–6

Doubles: 7 (3–4)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2010 Kazan, Russia Hard (i) Germany Julian Reister Czech Republic Jan Mertl
Kazakhstan Yuri Schukin
2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2013 Pétange, Luxembourg Hard (i) Germany Benjamin Becker United Kingdom Ken Skupski
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [7–10]
Win 1–2 Oct 2014 Rennes, France Hard (i) Germany Philipp Marx Czech Republic František Čermák
Israel Jonathan Erlich
3–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Loss 1–3 Nov 2014 Mouilleron-le-Captif, France Hard (i) Germany Philipp Marx France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut
3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Jul 2015 Marburg, Germany Clay Germany Simon Stadler Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
1–6, 5–7
Win 2–4 Sep 2015 Alphen, Netherlands Clay Germany Jan-Lennard Struff Romania Victor Hănescu
Romania Adrian Ungur
7–6(7–1), 3–6, [10–7]
Win 3–4 Mar 2018 Yokohama, Japan Hard Germany Tim Pütz Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand 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.

Top 10 wins

# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score TK Rank
2010
1. Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 6 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) 1R 6–4, 6–1 72
2013
2. Argentina Juan Martín del Potro 7 Miami, United States Hard 2R 7–6(7–5), 6–1 89

References

  1. Rönnau, Jürgen (15 July 2022). "Finale am Rothenbaum: Der Lübecker Tennis-Profi Tobias Kamke beendet ATP-Karriere". Lübecker Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 19 July 2022.
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