Oliver Gross Explained

Oliver Gross (born 17 June 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Career

Gross, the 1991 German Youth Champion, turned professional in 1993. The following year reached his first and only ATP Tour final, in San Marino, where he was defeated in straight sets by Carlos Costa.

He reached his highest career ranking of 60 in 1995, after reaching the quarterfinals in Munich and defeating number two Peter Sampras in Barcelona 1–6, 6–2, 6–3.^[1]

His best performance in a Grand Slam came at the 1998 US Open when he reached the round of 16. Gross came from two sets down in the opening round to beat 16th seed Albert Costa 2–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4. He then accounted for dual French Open winner Sergi Bruguera 6–1, 6–3, 6–4 and in the third round had another five setter, defeating American wildcard Geoff Grant, 7–5, 6–7, 5–7, 6–3, 7–5. Playing for a spot in the quarter-final, Gross was defeated by Swede Magnus Larsson 4–6, 5–7, 7–5, 2–6.^[2]

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (0–1)

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

Finals by setting Outdoors (0–1) Indoors (0–0)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (10–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (10–6) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (8–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1-0		Belém, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Mario Rincón	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1-1		Dresden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Marcelo Ríos	7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	1-2		Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	Tommy Ho	7–6, 6–7, 2–6
Loss	1-3		Agadir, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Christian Ruud	6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	1-4		Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Marcelo Charpentier	2–6, 1–3 ret.
Win	2-4		Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Gilbert Schaller	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	2-5		Naples, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Dinu-Mihai Pescariu	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2-6		Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Nydahl	6–4, 0–6, 4–6
Win	3-6		Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabello	6–2, 6–2
Win	4-6		Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Joan Balcells	4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win	5-6		Skopje, Macedonia	Challenger	Clay	Yuri Schukin	7–5, 6–4
Win	6-6		Eisenach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Martin Verkerk	5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Win	7-6		Montauban, France	Challenger	Clay	Julián Alonso	6–0, 4–1 ret.
Win	8-6		Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Oliver Marach	6–0, 6–1
Win	9-6		San Remo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Renzo Furlan	6–4, 6–3
Win	10-6		Ulm, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Martin Verkerk	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–1) ITF Futures (0–0)

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

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q1	A	1R	A	Q2	2R	1R	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 3	1–3
French Open	A	A	A	Q3	1R	1R	1R	Q3	Q2	Q2	Q2	0 / 3	0–3
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	Q2	A	Q2	0 / 2	0–2
US Open	A	1R	A	A	1R	4R	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q2	A	0 / 3	3–3
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	4–4	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 11	4–11
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	1R	A	A	Q2	Q2	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 1	0–1
Miami	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1	0 / 2	1–2
Monte Carlo	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Hamburg	A	Q1	3R	2R	3R	2R	2R	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 5	7–5
Rome	A	A	2R	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–1	4–5	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 11	9–11

Notes and References

1. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Gr/O/Oliver-Gross.aspx ATP World Tour Profile
2. http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10005162 ITF Tennis Profile