# Oliver Gross

Oliver Gross (born 17 June 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

## Career

Gross, the 1991 German Youth Champion, turned professional in 1993. The following year reached his first and only ATP Tour final, in San Marino, where he was defeated in straight sets by Carlos Costa.
He reached his highest career ranking of 60 in 1995, after reaching the quarterfinals in Munich and defeating number two Peter Sampras in Barcelona 1–6, 6–2, 6–3.
His best performance in a Grand Slam came at the 1998 US Open when he reached the round of 16. Gross came from two sets down in the opening round to beat 16th seed Albert Costa 2–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4. He then accounted for dual French Open winner Sergi Bruguera 6–1, 6–3, 6–4 and in the third round had another five setter, defeating American wildcard Geoff Grant, 7–5, 6–7, 5–7, 6–3, 7–5. Playing for a spot in the quarter-final, Gross was defeated by Swede Magnus Larsson 4–6, 5–7, 7–5, 2–6.

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* 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 (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (0–1)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1994 | San Marino, San Marino | World Series | Clay | Carlos Costa | 1–6, 3–6 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 16 (10–6)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (10–6)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–1)
* Clay (8–5)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1-0 | Mar 1994 | Belém, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Mario Rincón | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1-1 | May 1994 | Dresden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Marcelo Ríos | 7–5, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1-2 | Mar 1995 | Indian Wells, United States | Challenger | Hard | Tommy Ho | 7–6, 6–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1-3 | Mar 1996 | Agadir, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | Christian Ruud | 6–2, 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1-4 | Aug 1996 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | Marcelo Charpentier | 2–6, 1–3 ret. |
| Win | 2-4 | Mar 1997 | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Hard | Gilbert Schaller | 6–1, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2-5 | Apr 1997 | Naples, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Dinu-Mihai Pescariu | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2-6 | Oct 1997 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay | Tomas Nydahl | 6–4, 0–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3-6 | Dec 1997 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Francisco Cabello | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 4-6 | May 2000 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Challenger | Clay | Joan Balcells | 4–6, 6–1, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 5-6 | Sep 2000 | Skopje, Macedonia | Challenger | Clay | Yuri Schukin | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 6-6 | Jul 2001 | Eisenach, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Martin Verkerk | 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 7-6 | Jul 2001 | Montauban, France | Challenger | Clay | Julián Alonso | 6–0, 4–1 ret. |
| Win | 8-6 | Jul 2001 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Oliver Marach | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Win | 9-6 | Apr 2002 | San Remo, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Renzo Furlan | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 10-6 | Jul 2002 | Ulm, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Martin Verkerk | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 4–6, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 1 (0–1)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (0–1)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2002 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | Jan-Frode Andersen | Paul Baccanello Sergio Roitman | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 5–6 ret. |

## Performance timeline

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

### Singles

| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | A | 1R | A | Q2 | 2R | 1R | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q3 | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q3 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | Q2 | A | Q2 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| US Open | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 4R | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 11 | 4–11 | 27% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | 1R | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Miami | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Monte Carlo | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Hamburg | A | Q1 | 3R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 5 | 7–5 | 58% |
| Rome | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 11 | 9–11 | 45% |