# Bernd Karbacher

Bernd Karbacher (born 3 April 1968) is a German retired professional tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is world No. 22, which he reached on 17 April 1995. His career-high doubles ranking was world No. 163, achieved on 6 June 1994.
During his career, he won two singles titles, Cologne in 1992 and the Swedish Open in Båstad in 1994.
He twice reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament. He did so in 1994 at the US Open after defeating Ivan Lendl and at the French Open in 1996 after a win against Goran Ivanišević. He also reached the semifinals of the 1993 Hamburg Masters and reached the finals of Indianapolis in 1995 after defeating Pete Sampras.
At the 1998 US Open, Karbacher, then ranked world No. 155, upset Australian Open champion and fourth seed Petr Korda in the first round in four sets.
He retired from professional tennis in 2000. Since 2007, he has been the president of the German players organization "Tennis Germany".

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–1)
* ATP World Series (2–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (2–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (2–1)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 1992 | Cologne, Germany | World Series | Clay | Marcos Ondruska | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 1994 | Båstad, Sweden | World Series | Clay | Horst Skoff | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Aug 1995 | Indianapolis, United States | Championship Series | Hard | Thomas Enqvist | 4–6, 3–6 |

### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Series (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (1–0)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 1993 | Schenectady, United States | World Series | Hard | Andrei Olhovskiy | Byron Black Brett Steven | 2–6, 7–6, 6–1 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 2 (1–1)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (1–1)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–1)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Dec 1991 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | Challenger | Hard | Greg Rusedski | 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Nov 1992 | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard | Marcos Ondruska | 7–5, 3–6, 0–6 |

### Doubles: 2 (1–1)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (1–1)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (1–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 1992 | Cologne, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Marc-Kevin Goellner | Murphy Jensen Brian Devening | 6–4, 6–7, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Mar 1994 | Agadir, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | Tomas Nydahl | Slava Doseděl Mark Koevermans | 7–6, 3–6, 6–7 |

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 30% |
| French Open | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | QF | A | 1R | 2R | A | 0 / 7 | 10–7 | 59% |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% |
| US Open | A | A | 3R | QF | 1R | 2R | Q2 | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 8–6 | 57% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 26 | 23–26 | 47% |
| ATP Masters Series ||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| Miami | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 2R | A | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | 50% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Hamburg | A | A | SF | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | Q1 | A | 0 / 5 | 6–5 | 55% |
| Rome | A | A | 2R | A | A | 2R | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | 3R | 3R | A | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% |
| Paris | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 2–2 | 7–5 | 3–5 | 5–6 | 6–7 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 27 | 23–27 | 46% |