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Michael Berrer (born 1 July 1980) is a German retired professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 in May 2010.
At the Dubai Tennis Championships in February, he defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky and Nikolay Davydenko to reach the third round, where he lost to Marcos Baghdatis, 6–7(5), 1–6. He lost the opener at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells to Mardy Fish in three sets. He won the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, before falling to Feliciano López in the second round. At his first clay court tournament of the year in Monte-Carlo, he beat Evgeny Korolev and Juan Mónaco en route to a third-round showdown against Rafael Nadal, which he lost, 0–6, 1–6. After this, he lost his next three opening matches.
At the French Open, he was again knocked out in the first round by Mardy Fish in five sets. He then suffered from an ankle injury. He made his next appearance in Wimbledon one month later, where he had to retire during his first-round match against Illya Marchenko. He then experienced two more first-round exits in Stuttgart and Hamburg in July.
In August, he reached the second round at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, losing to Fernando Verdasco. Two weeks later he defeated Tommy Robredo at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Cincinnati, before losing to Richard Gasquet in two sets. At the 2010 US Open, Berrer fell to countryman Andreas Beck in the first round, 6–7(3), 3–6, 1–6.
In September, he reached the second round of the Open de Moselle in Metz, after beating Rainer Schüttler in two sets. He lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber, 4–6, 2–6. As no. 51, he qualified for the China Open in Beijing. In the first round of the main draw he defeated world no. 7 Tomáš Berdych in three sets, before losing to Gilles Simon, 7–6, 4–6, 6–7, in over three hours. Berrer beat Guillermo García López, Pablo Cuevas, and Marcos Baghdatis en route to the semifinal in Vienna, where he lost to Austrian lucky loser Andreas Haider-Maurer.
At the 2016 Open Sud de France, he beat world number 38 Borna Ćorić 7–6, 6–2 and Kenny de Schepper 6–3, 6–4 to reach a quarterfinal, where he lost to another young gun a countryman Alexander Zverev 7–6, 2–6, 5–7.
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| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) |
| ATP 500 Series (0–0) |
| ATP 250 Series (0–2) |
| Hard (0–2) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Outdoors (0–0) |
| Indoors (0–2) |
| Loss | 0–1 | Zagreb, Croatia | 250 Series | Hard | Marin Čilić | 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6 | |
| Loss | 0–2 | Zagreb, Croatia | 250 Series | Hard | Ivan Dodig | 3–6, 4–6 |
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| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) |
| ATP 500 Series (0–1) |
| ATP 250 Series (1–1) |
| Hard (0–1) |
| Clay (1–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Outdoors (1–2) |
| Indoors (0–0) |
| Loss | 0–1 | Beijing, China | International Series | Hard | Kenneth Carlsen | Mario Ančić Mahesh Bhupathi | 4–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | 1–1 | Munich, Germany | International Series | Clay | Rainer Schüttler | Scott Lipsky David Martin | 7–5, 3–6, 10–8 | |
| Loss | 1–2 | Stuttgart Open, Germany | Championship Series | Clay | Mischa Zverev | Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber | 3–6, 4–6 |
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| ATP Challenger (11–6) |
| ITF Futures (1–1) |
| Hard (11–4) |
| Clay (0–3) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (1–0) |
| Win | 1–0 | Qatar F1, Doha | Futures | Hard | Ivo Klec | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 1–1 | France F19, Sarreguemines | Futures | Hard | Gary Lugassy | 7–6(18–16), 1–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 2–1 | Segovia, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Jimmy Wang | 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–1 | |
| Loss | 2–2 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Jimmy Wang | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | 3–2 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Steve Darcis | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 3–3 | Baden Open, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Simon Greul | 4–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | 4–3 | IPP Open, Finland | Challenger | Hard | Tomáš Zíb | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 | |
| Win | 5–3 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Hard | Michaël Llodra | 6–5 ret. | |
| Loss | 5–4 | Chiasso, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | Werner Eschauer | 3–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 6–4 | Wrocław, Poland | Challenger | Hard | Alexander Kudryavtsev | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Win | 7–4 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard | Dominik Hrbatý | 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–6(7–3) | |
| Win | 8–4 | Salzburg, Austria | Challenger | Hard | Jarkko Nieminen | 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Win | 9–4 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Hard | Andrey Golubev | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) | |
| Win | 10–4 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Hard | Jan-Lennard Struff | 7–5 6–3 | |
| Win | 11–4 | Mouilleron-Le-Captif, France | Challenger | Hard | Nicolas Mahut | 1–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 11–5 | Kazan, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Marsel xlhan | 6–7(6–8), 3–6 | |
| Loss | 11–6 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Simone Bolelli | 4–6, 6–7(2–7) | |
| Loss | 11–7 | Andria, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Ivan Dodig | 2–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 12–7 | León, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | João Souza | 6–3, 6–2 |
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| ATP Challenger (0–4) |
| ITF Futures (0–1) |
| Hard (0–2) |
| Clay (0–3) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Loss | 0–1 | France F16, Mulhouse | Futures | Hard | Roman Valent | Gary Lugassy Jean-Michel Pequery | 0–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 0–2 | Forest Hills, United States | Challenger | Clay | Jimmy Wang | Jason Marshall Bruno Soares | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 | |
| Loss | 0–3 | Grenoble, France | Challenger | Hard | Răzvan Sabău | Uros Vico Lovro Zovko | 2–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 0–4 | Baden Open, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Răzvan Sabău | Alex Kuznetsov Mischa Zverev | 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–10 | |
| Loss | 0–5 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Philipp Oswald | Dieter Kindlmann Marcel Zimmermann | 4–6, 6–2, 4–10 |
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | Q3 | 2R | Q2 | Q2 !0 / 6 !4–6 ! | |||||||||
| French Open | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 3R | 2R | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | Q1 !0 / 5 !3–5 ! | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | 1R | Q2 !0 / 6 !1–6 ! | |||||||||
| US Open | A | A | Q3 | Q3 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | A | A | 1R | Q2 !0 / 7 !1–7 ! | |||||||||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | Q2 | A | 3R | 2R !0 / 6 !5–6 ! | |||||||||
| Miami Masters | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | 2R | Q2 | 2R | 1R | A | Q1 | A | 1R | A !0 / 4 !2–4 ! | |||||||||
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 3R | Q1 | Q2 | A | Q1 | A | A !0 / 1 !2–1 ! | |||||||||
| Madrid | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q1 | A !0 / 0 !0–0 ! | |||||||||
| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A !0 / 1 !0–1 ! | |||||||||
| Hamburg | Q1 | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | Not Masters Series !0 / 1 !0–1 ! | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A !0 / 2 !0–2 ! | |||||||||
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A !0 / 1 !1–1 ! | |||||||||
| Shanghai | Not Held | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | Q2 | Q2 !0 / 2 !0–2 ! | |||||||||||||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | 1R | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A !0 / 1 !0–1 ! | |||||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 1. | Nikolay Davydenko | No. 6 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | 2R | 6–3, ret. | 56 | |
| 2. | Tomáš Berdych | No. 7 | Beijing, China | Hard | 1R | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 | 51 | |
| 2015 | ||||||||
| 3. | Rafael Nadal | No. 3 | Doha, Qatar | Hard | 1R | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 | 127 | |
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