# 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 singles and doubles All-American, Dorsch won the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Player of the Year award in 2004 and 2005. He was the NCAA Division 1 singles champion in his final year. The German then committed himself to the international tennis circuit.
He has only been able to qualify once for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament once, which was at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. In the opening round he faced former Wimbledon semi-finalist Xavier Malisse, who won in straight sets.
Despite having a win over Rainer Schüttler in the qualifying round for the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open (Miami Masters), Dorsch didn't manage to make it into the main draw. He did however feature in the doubles, with Horia Tecău. The pair lost in the opening round to Tomáš Berdych and Ivan Ljubičić, in a match decided by a super tie-break.
In 2008 he appeared in the main draw of two ATP World Tour tournaments, the Qatar Open, where he lost in the first round to top seed Nikolay Davydenko and the SAP San Jose Open, where he was beaten in the opening round by Bobby Reynolds.
He has won four Challenger titles during his career, two each in singles and doubles, as well as finishing runner-up a further 10 times, again split evenly between singles and doubles.

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 11 (5–6)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (2–5)
* ITF Futures (3–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–5)
* Clay (1–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2005 | Finland F2, Vierumäki | Futures | Clay | Mait Künnap | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 2005 | USA F22, Claremont | Futures | Hard | Tyler Cleveland | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Oct 2005 | Tulsa, United States | Challenger | Hard | Harel Levy | 7–5, 5–7, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Loss | 2–2 | Oct 2005 | USA F26, Arlington | Futures | Hard | Michael Russell | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Mar 2006 | USA F6, McAllen | Futures | Hard | Johan Brunström | 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–3 | May 2006 | Telde, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Marc López | 0–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Feb 2007 | Dallas, United States | Challenger | Hard | Robert Kendrick | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | Jul 2007 | Penza, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Mikhail Ledovskikh | 7–5, 5–7, 6–1 |
| Win | 5–4 | Jul 2008 | Penza, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 1–6, 6–4, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ |
| Loss | 5–5 | Aug 2008 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Fred Gil | 4–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5–6 | Mar 2009 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Lukáš Rosol | 1–6, 6–4, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |

### Doubles: 11 (3–8)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (2–5)
* ITF Futures (1–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–4)
* Clay (1–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2003 | Mandeville, United States | Challenger | Hard | Matija Zgaga | Sébastien de Chaunac Zack Fleishman | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2004 | Austria F1, Telfs | Futures | Clay | Stefan Wauters | Jan Mertl Jiri Vencl | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Nov 2004 | Iran F4, Kish Island | Futures | Clay | Marko Neunteibl | Juan Ignacio Cerda Jasper Smit | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jun 2005 | Finland F2, Vierumäki | Futures | Clay | Mischa Zverev | Mait Künnap Janne Ojala | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Jul 2005 | Austria F4, Telfs | Futures | Clay | Mischa Zverev | Bastian Knittel Christopher Koderisch | 1–2 ret. |
| Loss | 1–5 | Apr 2006 | Lanzarote, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Steven Korteling | Gregory Carraz Jean-Michel Pequery | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1–6 | Apr 2007 | Paget, Bermuda | Challenger | Clay | Sergiy Stakhovsky | Marcelo Melo André Sá | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–6 | Feb 2008 | Dallas, United States | Challenger | Hard | Björn Phau | Scott Lipsky David Martin | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–6 | Jun 2008 | Recanati, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Björn Phau | Yu Xinyuan Zeng Shaoxuan | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Feb 2009 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Hard | Philipp Petzschner | Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–8 | Feb 2009 | Wrocław, Poland | Challenger | Hard | Sam Warburg | Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana | 4–6, 6–3, [8–10] |

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q3 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| US Open | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||
| Miami | A | Q2 | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |