Simon Stadler (; born 20 July 1983 in

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) is a German retired professional left-handed

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player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 140 in February 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 52 in February 2014.

Juniors career

Stadler reached a career-high of No. 8 in singles in February 2001 and No. 14 in doubles in January 2001.

Professional career

2008

After a slow start to the year, Stadler reached Challenger semifinals two weeks in a row in Cremona and

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to reach his career-high ranking of No. 164 in April. He reached another semifinal in

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in May. In June, Stadler qualified in singles for the

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, beating British junior No. 949

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(a week after Cox knocked off No. 67

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), No. 248

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and No. 270 Nicolás Todero. He took this form into the main singles draw, where he faced the 18th seed

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from

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and beat him in four sets. He then defeated the aforementioned

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ian,

in the second round, 8–6 in the fifth. He would go on to lose to

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in the third round.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stadler, Simon 1983 births German male tennis players Sportspeople from Heidelberg Living people Tennis people from Baden-Württemberg 21st-century German people