Christian Saceanu
Native nameChristian Săceanu
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceNeuss, Germany
Born (1968-07-08) 8 July 1968
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1986
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$738,632
Singles
Career record71–110
Career titles2
3 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 60 (7 March 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1988)
French Open2R (1988, 1989)
Wimbledon4R (1992)
US Open2R (1991)
Doubles
Career record43–81
Career titles0
7 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 111 (16 October 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1987)
French Open3R (1989)
Wimbledon2R (1993)
Last updated on: 25 May 2023.

Christian Saceanu (born 8 July 1968) is a retired tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1986. The right-hander won two singles titles (1988, Bristol and 1991, Rosmalen) in his career. Saceanu reached his highest singles ATP-ranking in March 1988 when he became the number 60 of the world.

He began playing tennis when he was nine. He was ranked No. 1 in the Romanian 14s and one year later moved with his family to West Germany where he won the German national singles title in 1986. In that same year he was ranked No. 1 in the 18s.[1]

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1987 Livingston, United States Grand Prix Hard United States Johan Kriek 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jul 1988 Bristol, United Kingdom Grand Prix Grass India Ramesh Krishnan 6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Win 2–1 Jun 1991 Rosmalen, Netherlands World Series Grass Netherlands Michiel Schapers 6–1, 3–6, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (3–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 1990 Croydon, United Kingdom Challenger Carpet Germany Udo Riglewski 6–3, 6–0
Win 2–0 Jul 1990 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass France Arnaud Boetsch 6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win 3–0 Dec 1990 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Challenger Hard Philippines Felix Barrientos 6–4, 6–1
Loss 3–1 Oct 1992 Cherbourg, France Challenger Carpet Sweden Jan Apell 3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss 3–2 Jul 1995 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass United Kingdom Chris Wilkinson 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 12 (7–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1989 Guadeloupe, France Challenger Hard Germany Patrick Baur Israel Gilad Bloom
United States Brad Pearce		 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 1990 British Hong Kong Challenger Hard Germany Christian Geyer Australia Neil Borwick
Kenya Paul Wekesa		 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Jan 1991 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Netherlands Michiel Schapers Italy Diego Nargiso
Italy Stefano Pescosolido		 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–3 Oct 1992 Cherbourg, France Challenger Carpet United States Kent Kinnear Netherlands Joost Winnink
Czech Republic Tomas Anzari		 6–1, 6–4
Loss 1–4 Nov 1992 Aachen, Germany Challenger Carpet Denmark Michael Mortensen South Africa Grant Stafford
South Africa Christo van Rensburg		 1–6, 3–6
Loss 1–5 Nov 1992 Guadalajara, Mexico Challenger Clay Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner South Africa Royce Deppe
Czech Republic David Rikl		 6–7, 4–6
Win 2–5 Dec 1992 Guangzhou, China Challenger Hard United States Kent Kinnear United States Richard Matuszewski
United States John Sullivan		 6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–5 May 1993 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Israel Gilad Bloom Brazil Danilo Marcelino
Brazil Fernando Meligeni		 4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win 4–5 Jul 1993 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard Israel Gilad Bloom Italy Cristiano Caratti
Australia Grant Doyle		 7–5, 6–3
Win 5–5 May 1995 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Germany Dirk Dier France Lionel Barthez
Germany Patrick Baur		 7–6, 7–6
Win 6–5 Sep 1995 Azores, Portugal Challenger Hard United Kingdom Tim Henman Portugal Nuno Marques
United Kingdom Chris Wilkinson		 6–2, 6–2
Win 7–5 Sep 1996 Azores, Portugal Challenger Hard Netherlands Marcus Hilpert United Kingdom Jamie Delgado
United States Charlie Singer		 6–7, 6–2, 6–4

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament19861987198819891990199119921993199419951996SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 4R 2R Q1 2R 1R 1R A A A 0 / 6 5–6 45%
French Open A A 2R 2R A 1R A Q2 A Q2 A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 3R 4R Q3 2R Q2 A 0 / 7 6–7 46%
US Open A 1R A A A 2R Q2 A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–1 0–3 4–3 2–3 0–0 4–4 3–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 18 14–18 44%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A 1R 1R A A 1R A A A Q2 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Hamburg 1R 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 5 0–5 0%

Doubles

Tournament1986198719881989199019911992199319941995SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 3R 1R 1R 1R A A A A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
French Open A A A 3R A A A 1R A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Wimbledon A 1R A 1R 1R A Q2 2R Q2 Q1 0 / 4 1–4 20%
US Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0 / 10 5–10 33%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A 1R 1R 1R A A A A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Hamburg 1R 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 5 0–5 0%


References

  1. ↑ "ATP Player Profile". ATP. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
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