Christopher Koderisch (born 25 November 1984) is a German former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. Koderisch, known as "Toto", comes from the North Rhine-Westphalia town of

Lemgo Lemgo (; nds, Lemge, Lemje) is a small university town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated between the Teutoburg Forest and the Weser Uplands, 25 km east of Bielefeld and 70 km west of Hannover. T ...

and trained out of Halle, turning professional in 2003 after graduating high school. Most of his career was spent at

ITF Futures The ITF World Tennis Tour (formerly known as the ''ITF Men's World Tennis Tour'', and previously ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tennis Federation. ...

level but he made an

ATP Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organ ...

main draw appearance in 2003, as a wildcard at the

Gerry Weber Open The Halle Open is a men's tennis tournament held in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Held since 1993, the event is played on four outdoor grass courts and is a part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the ATP Tour schedule. Between 1993 and 2018 ...

in Halle, where he was beaten in the first round by the fifth seeded

Younes El Aynaoui Younes El Aynaoui ( ar, يونس العيناوي) (born 12 September 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Morocco. He is a five-time singles winner on the ATP Tour and reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 in Mar ...

. Later a student at

Bielefeld University Bielefeld University (german: Universität Bielefeld) is a university in Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1969, it is one of the country's newer universities, and considers itself a "reform" university, following a different style of organization ...

, Koderisch represented Germany at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen. Koderisch had an on screen role as a tennis player in the 2018 French film '' Amanda'' and was a consultant for an RTL television film biopic ''Der Spieler'' about Boris Becker.

ITF Futures titles

Doubles: (1)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Koderisch, Christopher 1984 births Living people German male tennis players People from Lemgo Sportspeople from Detmold (region) Tennis players from North Rhine-Westphalia Bielefeld University alumni Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade