Kevin Krawietz

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Kevin Krawietz (born 24 January 1992) is a German professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 in November 2019. Krawietz has won eleven doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2024 ATP Finals with Tim Pütz, becoming the first all-German pair to win the title. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion at the French Open in 2019 and 2020 with Andreas Mies. Krawietz was also a finalist with Tim Pütz at the 2024 US Open and reached the mixed doubles semifinals at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships and at the 2022 French Open, partnering Květa Peschke and Nicole Melichar-Martinez respectively. In singles, Krawietz reached his highest ranking of world No. 211 in December 2018. He has represented Germany in the Davis Cup since 2019, and also competed at the 2020 Olympic Games in men's and mixed doubles and 2024 Olympic Games in men's doubles.

Junior career

In Juniors, Krawietz won one junior Grand Slam title, the 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles tournament.

Professional career

2009–2017: ATP debut

Krawietz made his ATP debut at the 2009 German Open as a wildcard. He lost to Jan Hernych in the first round in three sets. In 2010 Krawietz received a wildcard for the Bavarian Championships in Munich, where he lost to Tomáš Berdych in the first round in straight sets. Through 2017 Krawietz played mainly on the ITF Circuit and the ATP Challenger Tour. In 2015, he won his first Challenger doubles title at the Morocco Challenger in Meknes, partnering with Maximilian Marterer.

2018–2020: Consecutive French Open titles, world No. 7

Krawietz reached the third round at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships in doubles with partner Andreas Mies as a qualifier, where they lost to the later champions Mike Bryan and Jack Sock despite having two match points. Krawietz won his first doubles title on the ATP Tour at the 2019 New York Open, again with Mies. He and Mies then won the 2019 French Open doubles title as unseeded players, defeating the French duo Jérémy Chardy and Fabrice Martin in the final. This victory made them the first all-German team in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title, and the first since Gottfried von Cramm and Henner Henkel in 1937. He won his first main draw singles match on the ATP Tour as a qualifier at the Antalya Open, defeating wildcard Cem İlkel in the first round. At the 2019 US Open, he and Mies reached the semifinals. They won their third title at the 2019 European Open in Antwerp. In 2020, Krawietz and Mies successfully defended their French Open title, defeating Mate Pavić and Bruno Soares in straight sets in the final. After winning the title twice, they have not yet lost a match at the French Open as a pair.

2021–2022: Four doubles titles, partnership changes

In 2021 Krawietz won his fifth doubles title at the Bavarian Championships in Munich, partnering Wesley Koolhof. For the French Open, he teamed up with Horia Tecău. As a twice defending champion he extended his unbeaten run to 15 wins before finally suffering his first French Open defeat in a quarterfinal loss. He and Tecău won the 2021 Halle Open, which was his first title at an ATP 500 tournament, and his first on grass. At the 2022 Barcelona Open, Krawietz won the title, joining up with Mies. Within a week, they also won the title on home soil in Munich. At the French Open, he lost his first doubles match at the tournament when he and Mies suffered an upset loss in the first round.

2023: New partnership with Putz, Wimbledon semifinal

In March, partnering with Fabrice Martin, he reached the semifinals of the Miami Open. He reached the semifinals of the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters and for the fourth time the quarterfinals of the 2023 French Open with his new partner Tim Pütz, with a win over Romain Arneodo and Sam Weissborn, getting revenge for their loss to the same duo in Monte-Carlo six weeks earlier. They lost to eventual champions Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek in three sets. He reached the semifinals for the first time at the Wimbledon Championships with Pütz. The same month, they won their first title together at the Hamburg European Open.

2024: US Open finalist and ATP Finals champion

At the Australian Open, he reached the quarterfinals for the first time at this tournament with Pütz. The pair also reached the semifinals at the Indian Wells Open where they lost to unseeded pair and eventual champions Wesley Koolhof/Nikola Mektić. At the Miami Open they lost also in the semifinals to second seeds Austin Krajicek/Ivan Dodig. Next they reached the quarterfinals at the Monte-Carlo Masters where they lost again to the eventual champions and also unseeded pair of Joran Vliegen and Sander Gillé. He reached his third major final with Pütz at the US Open defeating fifth seeds Andrea Vavassori and Simone Bolelli, 16th seeds Máximo González and Andrés Molteni and fourth seeds Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić in the semifinals. At the 2024 ATP Finals with Pütz, he reached the semifinals defeating Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. They became the first all-German duo to reach the semifinals and then the final in ATP Finals history. They also became the first No. 8 seeds to reach the doubles final, which they won in straight sets against Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić.

Performance timelines

Doubles

Current through the 2024 ATP Tour.

Mixed doubles

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner up)

Other significant finals

Year-end championships

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 20 (11 titles, 9 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger finals

Doubles: 27 (17–10)

ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (4–9)

Doubles: 45 (27–18)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

National participation

Davis Cup (16–2)

ATP Cup (3–5)

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