Julian Lenz Explained

Julian Lenz (born 17 February 1993 in Giessen) is a German tennis player. He has an ATP career high singles ranking of world No. 227, achieved in January 2020. In doubles, he reached his career-high ranking of No. 162 in June 2021.

Career

Lenz won the 2011 US Open boys' doubles title, partnering Robin Kern.

He played college tennis for the Baylor University.

He made his ATP Tour main draw debut by qualifying for both singles and doubles at the 2019 Hamburg European Open. In singles, he lost to world No. 10 Fabio Fognini in the first round.^[1] In doubles, he and partner Daniel Masur upset compatriots Alexander and Mischa Zverev after saving two match points in the opening round.^[2]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 8 (3–5)

Legend ATP Challengers (0–0) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (3–5)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (3–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		Germany F12, Wetzlar	Futures	Clay	Bastian Knittel	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	0–2		Germany F10, Wetzlar	Futures	Clay	Evgeny Korolev	0–6, 6–0, 3–6
Loss	0–3		USA F1, Plantation	Futures	Clay	Christian Lindell	5–7, 0–6
Loss	0–4		Germany F8, Kassel	Futures	Clay	Yannick Hanfmann	6–7(5–7), 1–6
Win	1–4		Czech Republic F1, Prague	Futures	Clay	Juraj Masár	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–4		Czech Republic F2, Most	Futures	Clay	Jan Mertl	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	2–5		M25 Hong Kong, China	World Tour	Hard	Evan Furness	6–5, ret.
Win	3–5		M25 Karlsruhe, Germany	World Tour	Clay	Andrea Pellegrino	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–3

Doubles: 15 (6–9)

Legend ATP Challengers (2–4) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–5)

Finals by surface Hard (2–5) Clay (4–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Germany F12, Wetzlar	Futures	Clay	Lars Pörschke	Wesley Koolhof Rogier Wassen	6–3, 0–6, [7–10]
Loss	0–2		Germany F10, Wetzlar	Futures	Clay	Lars Pörschke	David Pel Dennis van Scheppingen	6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss	0–3		USA F34, Waco	Futures	Hard (i)	William Little	Sekou Bangoura Matt Seeberger	6–1, 3–6, [6–10]
Win	1–3		Germany F6, Saarlouis	Futures	Clay	Sebastian Fanselow	Marcel Felder Manuel Peña López	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	1–4		USA F39, Waco	Futures	Hard (i)	Juan Manuel Benítez	Farris Fathi Gosea Hans Hach Verdugo	5–7, 3–6
Win	2–4		USA F36, Niceville	Futures	Clay	Juan Manuel Benítez	Boris Arias Nick Chappell	7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	3–4		USA F39, Waco	Futures	Hard (i)	Roberto Maytín	Nathaniel Lammons Alex Lawson	7–6(7–5), 1–6, [14–12]
Win	4–4		M25 Trento, Italy	World Tour	Hard (i)	Alexander Erler	Felix Corwin Danny Thomas	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–5		M25+H Kazan, Russia	World Tour	Hard (i)	Jeremy Jahn	Konstantin Kravchuk Alexander Pavlioutchenkov	Walkover
Loss	4–6		Koblenz, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Yannick Maden	Sander Arends David Pel	6–7(4–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win	5–6		Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Evan King	Karol Drzewiecki Sergio Martos Gornés	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss	5–7		Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Quiroz	Jesper de Jong Tim Van Rijthoven	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	6–7		Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Gerald Melzer	Nicolás Barrientos Fernando Romboli	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
Loss	6–8		Como, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Dustin Brown	Alexander Erler Lucas Miedler	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	6–9		Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	Dustin Brown	Treat Huey Max Schnur	6–7(6–8), 4–6

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hamburger Tennisturnier: Qualifikant Julian Lenz gescheitert. shz.de. German. 23 July 2019.
2. Web site: ATP Hamburg: Zverev brothers blow two match points, lose to qualifiers. Tennis World USA. 24 July 2019.