Tobias Kamke (born 21 May 1986) is a German former professional tennis player. He was ATP rankings 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.
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.
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% |
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ATP Challenger (8–8) |
ITF Futures (3–1) |
Hard (6–4) |
Clay (4–5) |
Grass (0–0) |
Carpet (1–0) |
Loss | 0–1 | Germany F8, Leun | Futures | Clay | Kornel Bardoczky | 2–6, 3–6 | |
Win | 1–1 | Austria F4, Anif | Futures | Clay | Matthias Bachinger | 6–1, 7–6(9–7) | |
Win | 2–1 | Germany F11, Essen | Futures | Clay | Maxime Authom | 6–1, 6–4 | |
Win | 3–1 | Germany F4, Mettmann | Futures | Carpet (i) | Dieter Kindlmann | 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 | |
Loss | 0–1 | IPP Open, Finland | Challenger | Hard (i) | Steve Darcis | 3–6, 6–1, 4–6 | |
Loss | 0–2 | Baden Open, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 1–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 0–3 | Baton Rouge, United States | Challenger | Hard | Kevin Anderson | 7–6(9–7), 6–7(7–9), 1–6 | |
Loss | 0–4 | Fürth, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Robin Haase | 4–6, 2–6 | |
Win | 1–4 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Milos Raonic | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) | |
Win | 2–4 | Tiburon, United States | Challenger | Hard | Ryan Harrison | 6–1, 6–1 | |
Win | 3–4 | Loughborough, Great Britain | Challenger | Hard | Flavio Cipolla | 6–2, 7–5 | |
Loss | 3–5 | Sparkassen Open, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Thomaz Bellucci | 6–7(4–7), 3–6 | |
Win | 4–5 | Pétange, Luxembourg | Challenger | Hard (i) | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 7–6(9–7), 6–4 | |
Win | 5–5 | Pétange, Luxembourg (2) | Challenger | Hard (i) | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 1–6, 6–3, 7–5 | |
Win | 6–5 | Fürth, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Íñigo Cervantes | 6–3, 6–2 | |
Win | 7–5 | Svijany Open, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Andrej Martin | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 | |
Win | 8–5 | Kazan, Russia | Challenger | Hard (i) | Aslan Karatsev | 6–4, 6–2 | |
Loss | 8–6 | Saint-Brieuc, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Egor Gerasimov | 6–7(3–7), 6–7(5–7) | |
Loss | 8–7 | Lille, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Grégoire Barrère | 1–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 8–8 | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Thiago Monteiro | 6–7(6–8), 1–6 |
Loss | 0–1 | Kazan, Russia | Hard (i) | Julian Reister | Jan Mertl Yuri Schukin | 2–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 0–2 | Pétange, Luxembourg | Hard (i) | Benjamin Becker | Ken Skupski Neal Skupski | 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–10 | |
Win | 1–2 | Rennes, France | Hard (i) | Philipp Marx | František Čermák Jonathan Erlich | 3–6, 6–2, 10–3 | |
Loss | 1–3 | Mouilleron-le-Captif, France | Hard (i) | Philipp Marx | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 1–4 | Marburg Open, Germany | Clay | Simon Stadler | Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop | 1–6, 5–7 | |
Win | 2–4 | Alphen, Netherlands | Clay | Jan-Lennard Struff | Victor Hănescu Adrian Ungur | 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 10–7 | |
Win | 3–4 | Keio Challenger, Japan | Hard | Tim Pütz | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | 3–6, 7–5, 12–10 |
2010 | |||||||
1. | Tomáš Berdych | 6 | Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | 1R | 6–4, 6–1 | 72 |
2013 | |||||||
2. | Juan Martín del Potro | 7 | Miami, United States | Hard | 2R | 7–6(7–5), 6–1 | 89 |
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