Benjamin Kohllöffel (born 13 March 1982) is a German former professional tennis player. A native of

Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia Herne () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area directly between the cities of Bochum, and Gelsenkirchen. History Herne (ancient Haranni) was a tiny village until the 19th century. When the mining of c ...

, Kohllöffel was a left-handed player and reached a best singles ranking of 461 on the professional tour, winning two

ITF Futures The ITF Men's World Tennis Tour (formerly ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The tour represents the lowest rung of the men ...

titles. He made

ATP Challenger The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as ...

quarter-finals at Aschaffenburg in 2001 and Hull in 2002. His only

ATP Tour The ATP Tour (known as ATP World Tour between January 2009 and December 2018) is the sole worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) founded in 1990 that replaced the earlier dual Grand Prix ...

appearances were in qualifying, including for the

2006 Indian Wells Masters The 2006 Indian Wells Open (also known as the ''Pacific Life Open'' for sponsorship reasons) was a joint ATP Tour and WTA Tour tournament that took place on the hard courts of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California. It was th ...

. Kohllöffel played collegiate tennis for the

UCLA Bruins The UCLA Bruins are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Los Angeles. The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Big Ten Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF ...

and in 2006 became the third German in a row to win the NCAA singles championship, after

Benjamin Becker Benjamin Becker (born 16 June 1981) is a German former professional tennis player. He is most known for defeating former world No. 1 Andre Agassi in the third round at the 2006 US Open, in Agassi's last match as a professional player. Becker ...

and

Benedikt Dorsch Benedikt Martin Dorsch (born 10 January 1981) is a professional tennis player from Germany. Career Dorsch was at Baylor University from 2002 to 2005 and was a member of the Baylor team that claimed the national championship in 2004. A three-time ...

. He defeated

Somdev Devvarman Somdev Kishore Devvarman (born 13 February 1985) is an Indian former professional tennis player. He is known for being one of the few collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship, NCAA, ...

in the final.

ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kohlloffel, Benjamin 1982 births Living people German male tennis players Sportspeople from Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region) UCLA Bruins men's tennis players German expatriate tennis players in the United States 21st-century German sportsmen