# Alexander Satschko

Alexander Satschko (born 12 November 1980) is a German retired tennis player. He was a doubles specialist, who achieved his highest doubles ranking of world No. 80 in October 2014. He won his first ATP World Tour title with partner Gero Kretschmer 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 | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2015 | Ecuador Open, Ecuador | 250 Series | Clay | Gero Kretschmer | Víctor Estrella Burgos João Souza | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |

## ATP Challenger Tour finals
### Doubles: 28 (12 titles, 16 runner-ups)

* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–4)
* Clay (8–12)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2005 | Puebla, Mexico | Hard | Werner Eschauer | Santiago González Alejandro Hernández | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Apr 2006 | Leon, Mexico | Hard | Dawid Olejniczak | Juan Manuel Elizondo Miguel Gallardo Valles | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jul 2006 | Cuenca, Ecuador | Clay | Frank Moser | Santiago Giraldo Carlos Salamanca | 3–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
| Loss | 2–2 | Apr 2010 | Pereira, Colombia | Clay | Gero Kretschmer | Dominik Meffert Philipp Oswald | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [5–10] |
| Loss | 2–3 | May 2010 | Sarasota, United States | Clay | Gero Kretschmer | Brian Battistone Ryler DeHeart | 7–5, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, [8–10] |
| Win | 3–3 | Aug 2010 | Geneva, Switzerland | Clay | Gero Kretschmer | Philipp Oswald Martin Slanar | 6–3, 4–6, [11–9] |
| Loss | 3–4 | Sep 2010 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Gero Kretschmer | Franco Ferreiro André Sá | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Oct 2010 | Cali, Colombia | Clay | Gero Kretschmer | Andre Begemann Martin Emmrich | 4–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Loss | 3–6 | Jun 2013 | Košice, Slovakia | Clay | Gero Kretschmer | Kamil Čapkovič Igor Zelenay | 4–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Loss | 3–7 | Jul 2013 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Clay | Gero Kretschmer | Antal van der Duim Boy Westerhof | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–7 | Jul 2013 | Poznań, Poland | Clay | Gero Kretschmer | Mateusz Kowalczyk Henri Kontinen | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–8 | Nov 2013 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Gero Kretschmer | Riccardo Ghedin Claudio Grassi | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–9 | Nov 2013 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | Roman Borvanov | Stephan Fransen Wesley Koolhof | 6–1, 2–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 5–9 | Jan 2014 | São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | Gero Kretschmer | Nicolás Barrientos Víctor Estrella Burgos | 4–6, 7–5, [10–6] |
| Loss | 5–10 | Sep 2014 | Genoa, Italy | Clay | Frank Moser | Daniele Bracciali Potito Starace | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–11 | Sep 2014 | Biella, Italy | Clay | Frank Moser | Marco Cecchinato Matteo Viola | 5–7, 0–6 |
| Loss | 5–12 | Oct 2014 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Frank Moser | Lukáš Lacko Ante Pavić | 3–6, 6–3, [11–13] |
| Win | 6–12 | Mar 2015 | Shenzhen, China | Hard | Gero Kretschmer | Saketh Myneni Divij Sharan | 6–1, 3–6, [10–2] |
| Loss | 6–13 | Aug 2015 | Manerbio, Italy | Clay | Gero Kretschmer | Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Flavio Cipolla | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3, [9–11] |
| Win | 7–13 | Sep 2015 | Como, Italy | Clay | Gero Kretschmer | Kenny de Schepper Maxime Teixeira | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–14 | Jan 2016 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | Gero Kretschmer | Johan Brunström Andreas Siljeström | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 7–15 | Jan 2016 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | Gero Kretschmer | Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop | 3–6, 6–7$^{(1–7)}$ |
| Win | 8–15 | Mar 2016 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Hard | Gero Kretschmer | Santiago González Mate Pavić | 6–3, 4–6, [10–2] |
| Win | 9–15 | Apr 2016 | Napoli, Italy | Clay | Gero Kretschmer | Matteo Donati Stefano Napolitano | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 10–15 | Apr 2016 | Blois, France | Clay | Simon Stadler | Mao-Xin Gong Yasutaka Uchiyama | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |
| Win | 11–15 | Apr 2017 | Qingdao, China | Clay | Gero Kretschmer | Andreas Mies Oscar Otte | 2–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, [10–3] |
| Win | 12–15 | Jun 2017 | Vicenza, Italy | Clay | Gero Kretschmer | Sekou Bangoura Tristan-Samuel Weissborn | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 12–16 | Jun 2017 | Lyon, France | Clay | Gero Kretschmer | Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, [12–14] |

## Doubles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Current till 2017 ATP World Tour
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 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 | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0–1 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 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 | 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 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||||||
| Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 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 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 12–23 |
| Year-end ranking | 699 | 884 | 327 | 234 | 394 | 349 | 649 | 158 | 286 | 203 | 115 | 97 | 86 | 125 | 157 | 34% |