Julian Reister

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Julian Reister (German pronunciation: [juˈli̯aːn ˈʁaɪstɐ]; born 2 April 1986) is a German retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 83, achieved in November 2013. Reister reached the quarterfinals of Buenos Aires in 2013 as a qualifier.

Career

2006

Reister qualified for his first

2007

Reister entered Basel as a qualifier where he lost in the first round to Roko Karanušić 0–6, 3–6.

2010

Reister qualified into the main draw at Brisbane where he lost in the first round to Florent Serra 7–6⁽³⁾, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 5–7.

Reister next qualified into the main draw at the French Open. He defeated 27th seed Feliciano López in the first round 6–1, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–2 to record his first ever ATP World Tour victory. He went on to defeat Olivier Rochus in the second round 6–2, 6–2, 7–6⁽⁵⁾ before losing to Roger Federer in straight sets 4–6, 0–6, 4–6.

Reister next made it into the main draw of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser. He advanced to the 2nd round by defeating qualifier Rik de Voest 6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2. He then lost to Xavier Malisse 7–6⁽⁷⁾, 4–6, 1–6, 4–6

Reister was given a wildcard into the ATP 500 2010 International German Open. In the first round he defeated fellow wild card Daniel Brands 6–2, 7–6⁽¹⁰⁾. He then caused an upset in the second round defeating 12th seed Victor Hănescu 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–4 before losing a close match to Denis Istomin in the third round 6–3, 3–6, 6–7⁽³⁾.

2011

Reister won his first challenger title in Monza defeating Alessio Di Mauro in the final. He qualified for the 2011 BMW Open where he won his opening match over countryman Daniel Brands before losing to Nikolay Davydenko in a close match.

2013

Reister became only the second man in the history of professional tennis to record a

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 22 (6–16)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2005	Germany F8, Düsseldorf	Futures	Clay	Jacob Adaktusson	6–4, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Apr 2006	Italy F11, Padova	Futures	Clay	Daniele Giorgini	7–5, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	0–3	Jun 2006	Poland F6, Kraków	Futures	Clay	Timo Nieminen	6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–4	Jul 2006	Netherlands F2, Breda	Futures	Clay	Clinton Thomson	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss	0–5	Jul 2007	Germany F8, Kassel	Futures	Clay	Nicolas Todero	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	0–6	Aug 2007	Germany F14, Wahlstedt	Futures	Clay	Andreas Beck	7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–7	Sep 2008	Germany F18, Kempten	Futures	Clay	Adrián García	2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss	0–8	Sep 2008	Trnava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Alberto Martín	2–6, 0–6
Loss	0–9	Jan 2009	Germany F3, Kaarst	Futures	Carpet	Bastian Knittel	2–6, 4–6
Win	1–9	Feb 2009	Germany F5, Nussloch	Futures	Carpet	Jonathan Marray	6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	1–10	Apr 2009	Italy F7, Padova	Futures	Clay	Cristian Villagrán	6–1, 6–7(5–7), 0–6
Loss	1–11	Jun 2009	Constanța, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Blaž Kavčič	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–12	Sep 2009	Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–13	Feb 2010	Kazan, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Michał Przysiężny	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win	2–13	Apr 2011	Monza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Alessio Di Mauro	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–14	Nov 2012	Montevideo, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	3–6, 2–6
Win	3–14	Apr 2013	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Guillermo García López	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	4–14	Jun 2013	Blois, France	Challenger	Clay	Dušan Lajović	6–1, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–2)
Win	5–14	Sep 2013	Trnava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Adrian Ungur	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss	5–15	Nov 2013	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Dušan Lajović	walkover
Loss	5–16	May 2014	Tunis, Tunisia	Challenger	Clay	Simone Bolelli	4–6, 2–6
Win	6–16	May 2014	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Pablo Cuevas	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 8 (5–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2005	Germany F14, Kempten	Futures	Clay	Jerome Becker	Dustin Brown Tobias Klein	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	2–0	Sep 2005	Germany F15, Friedberg	Futures	Clay	Jerome Becker	Dustin Brown Tobias Klein	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Mar 2006	Switzerland F2, Leuggern	Futures	Carpet	Jerome Becker	Dustin Brown Tobias Klein	6–4, 3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	3–1	Aug 2006	Germany F10, Ingolstadt	Futures	Clay	Tobias Kamke	Antal Van Der Duim	3–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win	4–1	Aug 2006	Germany F12, Wahlstedt	Futures	Clay	Karl Norberg	Alexandre Renard Heiner Tadault	7–5, 6–3
Win	5–1	Aug 2007	Germany F14, Wahlstedt	Futures	Clay	Tobias Kamke	Ruslan Chomaev Nikolai Soloviev	6–2, 6–0
Loss	5–2	Aug 2008	Germany F16, Wahlstedt	Futures	Clay	Martin Pedersen	Sebastian Rieschick Dmitri Sitak	5–7, 1–6
Loss	5–3	Feb 2010	Kazan, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Tobias Kamke	Jan Mertl Yuri Schukin	2–6, 4–6

Singles performance timeline

¹ Including Win–loss 2006 (0–1), 2007 (0–1)

External links

• Julian Reister at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Julian Reister at the International Tennis Federation