Lars Burgsmüller (born 6 December 1975) is a retired German professional tennis player. Burgsmüller reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 65, achieved on 18 February 2002. He also reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 61, achieved on 28 August 2006. Burgsmüller reached two singles finals on the

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, winning the 2002 Copenhagen Open in Denmark where he defeated

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of Belgium in the final in straight sets, and losing the final of the 2004 ATP Shanghai to Argentine

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, also in straight sets. He also reached three doubles finals on the

with three different partners. Partnered with Andrew Painter, he lost in the final of the 2000 Grand Prix Hassan II tournament in

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falling in two sets to Frenchmen

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and

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. Alongside

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he lost his next doubles final at the 2004 Ordina Open in

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, Netherlands in three sets to

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pairing

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and

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. He would prove victorious in his third and last ATP doubles final appearance at the 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Open in Vietnam, where partnering compatriot

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he defeated

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and

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in three sets.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 win, 1 loss)

Doubles: 3 (1 win, 2 losses)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 11 (4–7)

Doubles: 11 (2–9)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Burgsmueller, Lars 1975 births Living people German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland German male tennis players Sportspeople from Mülheim People from Altstätten Tennis people from North Rhine-Westphalia