Nicolas Kiefer

Country	Germany
Residence	Sievershausen, Germany
Date of birth	July 5, 1977 (1977-07-05) (age 29)
Place of birth	Holzminden, West Germany
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	177 lb (80 kg)
Turned Pro	1995
Plays	Right
Career Prize Money	$6,144,771
Singles
Career record:	310 - 227
Career titles:	6
Highest ranking:	No. 4 (January 10, 2000)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (2006)
French Open	4r (2005)
Wimbledon	QF (1997)
U.S. Open	QF (2000)
Doubles
Career record:	75 - 103
Career titles:	3
Highest ranking:	No. 56 (February 17, 2003)
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Nicolas Kiefer (born July 5, 1977 in Holzminden), is a tennis player from Germany. His mother, Nicole, is French. He is currently the second-highest ranked German player (48th), behind Tommy Haas. He won a silver medal in men's doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Tennis, in the form of lawn tennis, was a summer Olympic sport contested in every Games between 1896 and 1924 before disappearing from the Olympic scene until its revival as an Olympic event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. ... The ceremony for the lighting of the flame is arranged as a pagan pageant, with priestesses dancing. ... Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place on ten separate courts the Olympic Tennis Centre. ... is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Holzminden is a city in Lower Saxony with a population of 22,000 (2002). ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... Thomas Mario Haas (born April 3, 1978 in Hamburg, Germany) is a German tennis player. ... Rainer Schüttler (born April 25, 1976, Korbach, Germany) is a professional tennis player from Germany. ... The ceremony for the lighting of the flame is arranged as a pagan pageant, with priestesses dancing. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα - Athína) is the largest city and capital of Greece, located in the Attica periphery of central Greece. ...

Kiefer was taken notice of as an outstanding junior. He won the Junior Australian Open, US Open and was a finalist and semi-finalist at Wimbledon and the French Open finishing as the number 2 junior behind Zabaleta when he was 18.

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Nicolas has been known to have a few tennis superstitions. He is sometimes seen tapping his racquet on the corners of the court after a point, although the reasons behind this are not clear. He also, when serving, frequently asks for the ball with which he has just won a point to re-use it in the next one. The number 13 is often avoided in public buildings, also floors, doors and this Santa Anita Park horse stall. ...

Kiefer became infamous for an incident on January 25, 2006, during the quarter finals of the Australian Open. While facing Sébastien Grosjean late in the fifth set of a marathon match, Kiefer threw his racquet mid-point. Grosjean lost the point, hitting the ball into the net. Grosjean protested that the racquet distracted his shot. The umpire Carlos Bernades said he did not believe the act was intentional and noted Grosjean had already hit the ball before the flying racquet could have had any affect on his shot. Grosjean eventually lost the fifth and final set to Kiefer. Kiefer went through to the semi-finals where he was defeated by the 2004 champion Roger Federer. Sébastien René Grosjean (pronounced: GROH-jahn) (born May 29, 1978, Marseille, France) is a professional tennis player from France. ... Roger Federer (born August 8, 1981) is a Swiss tennis professional, currently ranked World No. ...

Kiefer injured his wrist while playing at the 2006 French Open, and announced his return on July 5, 2007, having fallen to the 404th position on ATP. He announced that he was "tired of waiting and anxious to start traveling again and to see his name on scoreboards". Kiefer returned at the 2007 Gerry Weber Open, losing in the first round to eventual champion TomᚠBerdych. The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held over two weeks between mid May and early June in Paris, France, and is the second of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar. ... is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The Gerry Weber Open is a tennis tournament held in Halle, Germany. ... Tomáš Berdych (IPA: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈbɛrdɪx]; born September 17, 1985, in Valašské Meziříčí) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. ...

Career singles finals (18)

Wins (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	September 22, 1997	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Mark Philippoussis	7-5, 5-7, 6-4
3.	April 12, 1999	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	7-6(5), 7-5
3.	June 7, 1999	Halle, Germany	Grass	Nicklas Kulti	6-3, 6-2
4.	September 13, 1999	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	George Bastl	6-4, 6-2
5.	February 7, 2000	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7-5, 4-6, 6-3
6.	October 2, 2000	Hong Kong	Hard	Mark Philippoussis	7-6(4), 2-6, 6-2

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Runner-up (12)

1. Singapore (1997)
2. Dubai (1999)
3. Vienna (1999)
4. Moscow (2001)
5. Halle (2002)
6. Halle (2003)
7. Memphis (2004)
8. Scottsdale (2004)
9. Indianapolis (2004)
10. Los Angeles (2004)
11. Moscow (2005)
12. St. Petersburg (2005)

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External links

• ATP Tour profile for Nicolas Kiefer
• Davis Cup profile for Nicolas Kiefer
• Kiefer Recent Match Results
• Kiefer World Ranking History
• Official web site