Benedikt Martin Dorsch (born 10 January 1981) is a professional

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player from Germany.

Career

Dorsch was at

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from 2002 to 2005 and was a member of the Baylor team that claimed the national championship in 2004. A three-time singles and doubles All-American, Dorsch won the

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Player of the Year award in 2004 and 2005. He was the

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Division 1 singles champion in his final year. The German then committed himself to the international tennis circuit.''

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'', "Bears set their sights on repeat", 13 May 2005 He has only been able to qualify once for the main draw of a

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tournament once, which was at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.ATP World Tour Profile
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, who won in straight sets. Despite having a win over

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in the qualifying round for the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open (Miami Masters), Dorsch didn't manage to make it into the main draw. He did however feature in the doubles, with

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. The pair lost in the opening round to

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and

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, in a match decided by a super tie-break. In 2008 he appeared in the main draw of two

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tournaments, the Qatar Open, where he lost in the first round to top seed

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and the SAP San Jose Open, where he was beaten in the opening round by

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. He has won four Challenger titles during his career, two each in singles and doubles, as well as finishing runner-up a further 10 times, again split evenly between singles and doubles.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 11 (5–6)

Doubles: 11 (3–8)

Performance timeline

Singles

External links

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dorsch, Benedikt 1981 births Living people German male tennis players Baylor Bears men's tennis players Sportspeople from Garmisch-Partenkirchen Tennis people from Bavaria