Nicolas Kiefer
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| Olympic medalist | |||
 Nicolas Kiefer |
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| Medal record | |||
| Men's tennis | |||
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| Silver | 2004 Athens | Doubles | |
| Country: | Germany |
| Height: | 1,82 m |
| Weight: | 80 kg |
| Plays: | right |
| Turned Pro: | 1995 |
| Singles Record: | 305 - 222 |
| Highest Rank: | 4 (10.01.2000) |
| Singles Titles: | 6 |
| Doubles Titles: | 3 |
| Career Prize Money: | $6,003,041 |
| Grand Slam Titles: 0 |
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|---|---|
| Australian Open | Semifinal (2006) |
| French Open | 4. Round (2005) |
| Wimbledon | Quarterfinal (1997) |
| U.S. Open | Quarterfinal (2000) |
Nicolas Kiefer (born July 5, 1977 in Holzminden), is a tennis player from Germany. Nicolas is half German and half French, His mother Nicole is French. He won a silver medal in tennis men's doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. They lost to González and Massú of Chile.
Was taken notice of as an outstanding junior. Won junior Australian open, US open and a finalist and semi-finalist at Wimbledon and the French open finishing number 2 junior behind Zabaleta when he was 18.
At the beginning of 2000 (January 10) he reached his second quarterfinal at the Australian Open and afterwards was ranked World No. 4, his highest position to date.
Nicolas has been known to have a few tennis superstitions. He's sometimes seen tapping his racquet on the corners of the court after a point, although the reasons behind this are not clear.
Kiefer became infamous for an incident on January 25th, 2006, during the quarter finals of the Australian Open. While facing Sebastien Grosjean late in the fifth set of a marathon match, it looked as if he intentionally threw his racket across the court, attempting to distract Grosjean who had an easy chance. Grosjean lost the point - umpire Carlos Bernades wasn't certain that the act was intentional - and although managing to win the game, Grosjean eventually lost the fifth and final set to Kiefer. Many felt that Kiefer should have conceded the point to Grosjean, with one commentator describing Kiefer as an "ill-deserving semi-finalist" who was "ill-humoured, bad-mannered and foul-mouthed" throughout the match [1]. Kiefer achieved his best finish in a Grand Slam tournament, as he went through to the semi-finals where he was defeated by the 2004 champion Roger Federer.
Contents |
[edit] Singles
[edit] Titles (6)
[edit] Runner-up (11)
- Singapore (1997)
- Dubai (1999)
- Wien (1999)
- Moscow (2001)
- Halle (2002)
- Halle (2003)
- Memphis (2004)
- Scottsdale (2004)
- Indianapolis (2004)
- Los Angeles (2004)
- Moscow (2005)
- St. Petersburg (2005)
