Alexander Popp (born 4 November 1976) is a former German professional tennis player.[
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Personal life
Popp was born in Heidelberg to parents Rainer and Jennifer, and started playing tennis at the age of 8. He was coached by Helmut Luthy, from 1994 until retirement.[ He holds a United Kingdom passport through his mother, who was born in Wolverhampton.][ "The Scud serves up a semi place"]
Tennis career
Popp turned professional in 1997 at the age of 21.[
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Popp's career highlights are making the quarterfinals of Wimbledon (by far his most successful tournament) in 2000 (defeating Gustavo Kuerten and Michael Chang en route), and in 2003 (defeating Jiří Novák). He also reached the fourth round in 2004, losing to the eventual runner-up in each of these three runs (Patrick Rafter, Mark Philippoussis and Andy Roddick respectively), and the third round in 2005. Popp also reached the final of Newport in 2004 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74.
In doubles, Popp made the final of Newport in 2002 (partnering Jürgen Melzer) and the semifinals of the Ho Chi Minh City championships in 2005 (partnering Jiří Vaněk).
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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| Loss | 0–1 | | Newport, United States | International Series | Grass | Greg Rusedski | 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7) |
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 16 (13–3)
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| Win | 1–0 | | Latvia F1, Jūrmala | Futures | Clay | Janne Ojala | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | | Great Britain F8, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | Andreas Weber | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–0 | | Great Britain F9, Leeds | Futures | Hard | Roman Smotlak | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–0 | | Great Britain F10, Edinburgh | Futures | Hard | Markus Menzler | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–1 | | USA F9, Tucson | Futures | Hard | Kepler Orellana | 3–6, 6–4, 0–6 |
| Win | 5–1 | | Great Britain F1, Leeds | Futures | Carpet | Julian Knowle | 7–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–1 | | France F4, Clermont-Ferrand | Futures | Carpet | Jan-Ralph Brandt | 2–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6–2 | | Germany F2, Schwäbisch Hall | Futures | Clay | Bartlomiej Dabrowski | 7–5, 6–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 7–2 | | Germany F3, Mannheim | Futures | Clay | Johan Settergren | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 8–2 | | Oberstaufen Cup, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Francisco Costa | 7–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 9–2 | | Bronx, United States | Challenger | Hard | Sebastien de Chaunac | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–0 |
| Win | 10–2 | | Hamburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Andy Fahlke | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 11–2 | | Aachen, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Axel Pretzsch | 6–3, 1–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 12–2 | | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Peter Wessels | 6–4, 5–7, 6–2 |
| Win | 13–2 | | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Jürgen Melzer | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 13–3 | | Lübeck, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Raemon Sluiter | 2–6, 0–3 ret. |
Doubles: 2 (2–0)
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Performance timeline
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