Robin Kern (; born 3 October 1993) is a German professional
tennis
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player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 350 in October 2013.
Career
Kern made his
ATP World Tour
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debut in 2011, when he was given a wild card into the main draw of the
2011 MercedesCup
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. There, he lost in the first round to
Fabio Fognini
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in straight sets.
In 2012, Kern was again awarded a wild card into the main draw of the
MercedesCup, where he lost to
Thomaz Bellucci
Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010.
Bellucci used a string of ATP Challenger Tour victories early in ...
in the first round. In 2013, he received a wild card into the MercedesCup for the third consecutive time, losing to German qualifier
Nils Langer
Nils Langer (; born 25 January 1990, in Ludwigsburg) is a German retired tennis player.
Langer reached a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 188, achieved in March 2016.
Langer made his ATP main draw debut at the 2009 International G ...
6–3, 4–6, 3–6 in the first round.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 16 (10–6)
Doubles: 9 (8–1)
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1993 births
Living people
German male tennis players
Sportspeople from Nuremberg
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
Tennis people from Bavaria
20th-century German people
21st-century German people