Christian Saceanu

Christian Saceanu (born 8 July 1968) is a retired tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1986. The right-hander won two grass court 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.

Christian Saceanu

Native name	Christian Săceanu
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Neuss, Germany
Born	(1968-07-08) 8 July 1968 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1986
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$738,632
Singles
Career record	71–110
Career titles	2 3 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 60 (7 March 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1988)
French Open	2R (1988, 1989)
Wimbledon	4R (1992)
US Open	2R (1991)
Doubles
Career record	43–81
Career titles	0 7 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 111 (16 October 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1987)
French Open	3R (1989)
Wimbledon	2R (1993)
Last updated on: 25 May 2023.

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.

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1987	Livingston, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Johan Kriek	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 2–6
Win	1–1	Jul 1988	Bristol, United Kingdom	Grand Prix	Grass	Ramesh Krishnan	6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Win	2–1	Jun 1991	Rosmalen, Netherlands	World Series	Grass	Michiel Schapers	6–1, 3–6, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (3–2)

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

Doubles: 12 (7–5)

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

Performance timelines

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.

Singles

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	4R	2R	Q1	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 6	5–6	45%
French Open	A	A	2R	2R	A	1R	A	Q2	A	Q2	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q1	3R	4R	Q3	2R	Q2	A	0 / 7	6–7	46%
US Open	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	Q2	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–1	0–3	4–3	2–3	0–0	4–4	3–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 18	14–18	44%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Hamburg	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 5	0–5	0%

Doubles

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
French Open	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	1R	1R	A	Q2	2R	Q2	Q1	0 / 4	1–4	20%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–3	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 10	5–10	33%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Hamburg	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 5	0–5	0%

External links

• Christian Saceanu at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Christian Saceanu at the International Tennis Federation