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German tennis player
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]
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)[ edit ]
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)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
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
Udo Riglewski
6–3, 6–0
Win
2–0
Jul 1990
Bristol , United Kingdom
Challenger
Grass
Arnaud Boetsch
6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win
3–0
Dec 1990
Hong Kong , Hong Kong
Challenger
Hard
Felix Barrientos
6–4, 6–1
Loss
3–1
Oct 1992
Cherbourg , France
Challenger
Carpet
Jan Apell
3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss
3–2
Jul 1995
Manchester , United Kingdom
Challenger
Grass
Chris Wilkinson
4–6, 4–6
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
Patrick Baur
Gilad Bloom Brad Pearce
4–6, 2–6
Loss
0–2
Dec 1990
British Hong Kong
Challenger
Hard
Christian Geyer
Neil Borwick Paul Wekesa
2–6, 2–6
Loss
0–3
Jan 1991
Heilbronn , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Michiel Schapers
Diego Nargiso Stefano Pescosolido
2–6, 2–6
Win
1–3
Oct 1992
Cherbourg , France
Challenger
Carpet
Kent Kinnear
Joost Winnink Tomas Anzari
6–1, 6–4
Loss
1–4
Nov 1992
Aachen , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Michael Mortensen
Grant Stafford Christo van Rensburg
1–6, 3–6
Loss
1–5
Nov 1992
Guadalajara , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Marc-Kevin Goellner
Royce Deppe David Rikl
6–7, 4–6
Win
2–5
Dec 1992
Guangzhou , China
Challenger
Hard
Kent Kinnear
Richard Matuszewski John Sullivan
6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win
3–5
May 1993
Jerusalem , Israel
Challenger
Hard
Gilad Bloom
Danilo Marcelino Fernando Meligeni
4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win
4–5
Jul 1993
Aptos , United States
Challenger
Hard
Gilad Bloom
Cristiano Caratti Grant Doyle
7–5, 6–3
Win
5–5
May 1995
Jerusalem , Israel
Challenger
Hard
Dirk Dier
Lionel Barthez Patrick Baur
7–6, 7–6
Win
6–5
Sep 1995
Azores , Portugal
Challenger
Hard
Tim Henman
Nuno Marques Chris Wilkinson
6–2, 6–2
Win
7–5
Sep 1996
Azores , Portugal
Challenger
Hard
Marcus Hilpert
Jamie Delgado Charlie Singer
6–7, 6–2, 6–4
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.