# Gero Kretschmer

Gero Kretschmer (German pronunciation:; born 6 May 1985) is a retired German tennis player. He was a doubles specialist, who achieved his highest doubles ranking of world No. 79 in May 2014. He won his only ATP World Tour title with partner Alexander Satschko as alternates in Quito on 7 February 2015.

## ATP career finals
### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (1–0)
* Grass (0–0)
| Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | Feb 2015 | Ecuador Open, Ecuador | 250 Series | Clay | Alexander Satschko | Víctor Estrella Burgos João Souza | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |

## ATP Challenger Tour finals
### Doubles: 24 (9 titles, 15 runner-ups)

* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–4)
* Clay (6–11)
* Grass (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2010 | Pereira, Colombia | Clay | Alexander Satschko | Dominik Meffert Philipp Oswald | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [5–10] |
| Loss | 0–2 | May 2010 | Sarasota, United States | Clay | Alexander Satschko | Brian Battistone Ryler DeHeart | 7–5, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, [8–10] |
| Win | 1–2 | Aug 2010 | Geneva, Switzerland | Clay | Alexander Satschko | Philipp Oswald Martin Slanar | 6–3, 4–6, [11–9] |
| Loss | 1–3 | Sep 2010 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Alexander Satschko | Franco Ferreiro André Sá | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Oct 2010 | Cali, Colombia | Clay | Alexander Satschko | Andre Begemann Martin Emmrich | 4–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Loss | 1–5 | Jun 2013 | Košice, Slovakia | Clay | Alexander Satschko | Kamil Čapkovič Igor Zelenay | 4–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Loss | 1–6 | Jul 2013 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Clay | Alexander Satschko | Antal van der Duim Boy Westerhof | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–6 | Jul 2013 | Poznań, Poland | Clay | Alexander Satschko | Mateusz Kowalczyk Henri Kontinen | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–7 | Nov 2013 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Alexander Satschko | Riccardo Ghedin Claudio Grassi | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–8 | Nov 2013 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Hard (i) | Jan-Lennard Struff | Henri Kontinen Andreas Siljeström | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–8 | Jan 2014 | São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | Alexander Satschko | Nicolás Barrientos Víctor Estrella Burgos | 4–6, 7–5, [10–6] |
| Loss | 3–9 | Apr 2014 | Le Gosier, Guadeloupe | Hard | Michael Venus | Tomasz Bednarek Adil Shamasdin | 5–7, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, [8–10] |
| Win | 4–9 | Mar 2015 | Shenzhen, China | Hard | Alexander Satschko | Saketh Myneni Divij Sharan | 6–1, 3–6, [10–2] |
| Loss | 4–10 | Aug 2015 | Manerbio, Italy | Clay | Alexander Satschko | Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Flavio Cipolla | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3, [9–11] |
| Win | 5–10 | Sep 2015 | Como, Italy | Clay | Alexander Satschko | Kenny de Schepper Maxime Teixeira | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–11 | Jan 2016 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | Alexander Satschko | Johan Brunström Andreas Siljeström | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–12 | Jan 2016 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | Alexander Satschko | Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop | 3–6, 6–7$^{(1–7)}$ |
| Win | 6–12 | Mar 2016 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Hard | Alexander Satschko | Santiago González Mate Pavić | 6–3, 4–6, [10–2] |
| Win | 7–12 | Apr 2016 | Napoli, Italy | Clay | Alexander Satschko | Matteo Donati Stefano Napolitano | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 8–12 | Apr 2017 | Qingdao, China | Clay | Alexander Satschko | Andreas Mies Oscar Otte | 2–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, [10–3] |
| Win | 9–12 | Jun 2017 | Vicenza, Italy | Clay | Alexander Satschko | Sekou Bangoura Tristan-Samuel Weissborn | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 9–13 | Jun 2017 | Lyon, France | Clay | Alexander Satschko | Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, [12–14] |
| Loss | 9–14 | Jul 2017 | Braunschweig, Germany | Clay | Kevin Krawietz | Julian Knowle Igor Zelenay | 3–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 9–15 | Jul 2017 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | Andreas Mies | Jan Šátral Tristan-Samuel Weissborn | 3–6, 7–5, [3–10] |

## Doubles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | A | 0–1 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||||
| Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 4–7 | 5–7 | 1–1 | 14–21 |
| Year-end ranking | 607 | 760 | 941 | 614 | 172 | 514 | 403 | 119 | 128 | 84 | 111 | 140 | 40% |