Tim Pütz

Tim Pütz (; born 19 November 1987) is a German professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6 on 17 February 2025, and has won ten doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2024 ATP Finals with Kevin Krawietz, becoming the first all-German pair to win the title. Pütz won the 2023 French Open in mixed doubles alongside Miyu Kato and was a finalist at the 2024 US Open with Krawietz.

He has also reached the semifinals at the 2023 Wimbledon. In singles, he has a career-high ranking of world No. 163, achieved in February 2015, reaching the second round at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.

Pütz has represented Germany in the Davis Cup since 2017, most notably reaching the semifinals in 2021. He also competed at the Olympic Games with Kevin Krawietz in 2021, and in 2024 where they reached the quarterfinals.

Professional career

2014–2017: ATP singles & David Cup doubles debuts

Pütz made his ATP Tour main-draw singles debut at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. As a qualifier, he defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round. He lost to Fabio Fognini in four sets in the next round.

Pütz played in the 2017 Davis Cup for the first time. He helped the German team to win over Portugal in the World Group play-offs by winning the doubles rubber with Jan-Lennard Struff.

2018–2020: First two ATP titles and French Open quarterfinal

In the first round of the 2018 Davis Cup, Pütz and Struff beat the Australian duo John Peers and Matthew Ebden to set Germany on its way to victory. Although Pütz and Struff won again in the Davis Cup quarterfinals against the Spaniards Feliciano López and Marc López, their team lost the tie with 2–3.

In June 2018, Pütz won his first doubles title on the ATP Tour at the Stuttgart Open with Philipp Petzschner as a wildcard entry.

In May 2019, Pütz won his second doubles title with Frederik Nielsen at the Bavarian International Tennis Championships in Munich.

Pütz reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2020 French Open with Nielsen, where they lost to world No. 1 and top-seeded Columbian pair of Farah/Cabal.

2021: Masters title, Olympics & top 20 debuts

Pütz won his third doubles title at the Estoril Open with Hugo Nys.

He reached his first semifinals in doubles at a Masters 1000 at the Madrid Open with compatriot Alexander Zverev, but they withdrew from the match. Later in May, Pütz won his fourth doubles title at the Lyon Open, again with Nys.

The Pütz/Nys duo reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, where they were defeated by Kazakh duo Bublik/Golubev.

In July 2021, Pütz made his debut at the Tokyo Olympics with Kevin Krawietz.

Pütz won his fifth title and his first at an ATP 500 tournament at the Hamburg European Open with Michael Venus.
He and Venus got to the semifinals of the Indian Wells Masters. He won his first ATP Masters 1000 title at the Paris Masters, again with Venus. As a result, he reached a new doubles career-high of No. 17 in November 2021.

2022: Australian Open quarterfinal, Masters final, world No. 7

Seeded sixth, Pütz and Venus reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, where they were defeated by eventual champions Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios.

On 21 March, he broke into the top 10 for the first time, ranked at world No. 9.
After a final showing at the Cincinnati Masters with Venus, he reached world No. 7 in the doubles rankings on 29 August 2022.

2023: New partnership with Krawietz, French Open mixed title

Pütz won his first Grand Slam tournament at the French Open mixed doubles championship with Miyu Kato. At the same tournament, he reached the quarterfinals for the third time in doubles with new partner Kevin Krawietz with a win over Romain Arneodo and Sam Weissborn, getting revenge for their loss to the same duo at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters six weeks earlier. They lost to eventual champions Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek in three sets.

He reached the semifinals of a Major for the first time at the Wimbledon Championships with Krawietz. They won their first title together at the Hamburg European Open.

2024: US Open finalist, Olympics quarterfinal, ATP Finals champion

At the Australian Open, he reached the quarterfinals for the second time at this tournament with Krawietz where they lost to eventual finalists Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori.
The pair also reached the semifinals at the Indian Wells Open where they lost to unseeded pair and eventual champions Wesley Koolhof/Nikola Mektić and at the Miami Open where they lost to second seeds Austin Krajicek/Ivan Dodig.

Next they reached the quarterfinals at the Monte-Carlo Masters where they lost again to the eventual champions and also unseeded pair of Joran Vliegen and Sander Gillé. In July they also won the title on home soil, at the ATP 500 in Hamburg where they were the defending champions.

Puetz partnered again Krawietz to represent Germany at the 2024 Paris Olympics where they reached the quarterfinals.

He reached his first Grand Slam final with Krawietz at the US Open defeating fifth seeds Andrea Vavassori and Simone Bolelli, 16th seeds Máximo González and Andrés Molteni and fourth seeds Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić in the semifinals.

On his debut in the main competition at the ATP Finals with Krawietz, having been alternate twice before, he reached the semifinals defeating Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. They became the first all-German duo to reach the semifinals and then the final in ATP Finals history. They also became the first No. 8 seeds to reach the doubles final, which they won in straight sets against Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić.

2025: Adelaide and Munich finals, world No. 6

Pütz and Krawietz reached the final at the Adelaide International, losing to Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in a deciding champions tiebreak.

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

''Current through the 2025 Stuttgart Open.''

Mixed doubles

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner up)

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Other significant finals

Year-end championships

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Masters 1000

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 22 (10 titles, 12 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Doubles: 19 (15–4)

ITF Futures finals

Singles: 11 (7–4)

Doubles: 12 (4–8)

National participation

Davis Cup (19–1)

United Cup (2–0)

ATP Cup (1–1)

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Putz, Tim
1987 births
Living people
German male tennis players
Olympic tennis players for Germany
Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Tennis players from Frankfurt
21st-century German sportsmen