# Daniel Elsner

Daniel Elsner (born 4 January 1979) is a former professional German tennis player.

## Juniors

Elsner was an outstanding juniors player. He won 3 consecutive juniors grand slam singles titles: the 1996 Juniors U.S. Open, the 1997 Juniors Australian Open, and 1997 Juniors French Open; as well as making the finals of the subsequent 1997 Juniors Wimbledon. He is one of only 12 male players (as of May 2017) to win at least 3 junior grand slam singles titles, and one of only 4 to do so consecutively. He was a World No. 1 junior player in singles.

## ATP Tour

Elsner turned professional in 1997 and won several futures tournaments, but had limited success on the ATP tour. His professional highlight was making the semi-finals of the Stuttgart Open in 2000, beating then ATP world No. 2 ranked Magnus Norman en route 46 76 64. He obtained a career high rank of 92 during that year. His best grand slam result was the 2nd round of the French Open in 2004. He last played on the ATP World Tour in October 2008.

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1996 | US Open | Hard | Markus Hipfl | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 1997 | Australian Open | Hard | Wesley Whitehouse | 7–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 1997 | French Open | Clay | Luis Horna | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1997 | Wimbledon | Grass | Wesley Whitehouse | 3–6, 6–7 |

### Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partnet | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1996 | French Open | Clay | Jan-Ralph Brandt | Olivier Mutis Sébastien Grosjean | 2–6, 3–6 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 19 (14–5)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (6–3)
* ITF Futures (8–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–1)
* Clay (10–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 1998 | Germany F3, Riemerling | Futures | Clay | Jérôme Haehnel | 6–0, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 1998 | Germany F10, Albstadt | Futures | Clay | Carsten Arriens | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–0 | Jun 1998 | Germany F11, Trier | Futures | Clay | Igor Gaudi | 6–3, 6–7, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–0 | Apr 2000 | France F9, Clermont-Ferrand | Futures | Carpet | Olivier Mutis | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–0 | Apr 2000 | France F10, Saint-Brieuc | Futures | Clay | Tobias Clemens | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–0 | Apr 2000 | Germany F1, Berlin | Futures | Hard | Jan Vacek | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Loss | 6–1 | Jun 2000 | Furth, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Irakli Labadze | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 7–1 | Jun 2000 | Weiden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Filip Dewulf | 6–1, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Loss | 7–2 | Jun 2002 | Germany F6, Oberweiler | Futures | Clay | Kristof Vliegen | 1–6, 0–1 ret. |
| Win | 8–2 | Apr 2003 | Australia F2, Devonport | Futures | Hard | Todd Larkham | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–2 | Aug 2003 | Mönchengladbach, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Irakli Labadze | 6–1, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 10–2 | Sep 2003 | Brașov, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Răzvan Sabău | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 10–3 | Sep 2003 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Challenger | Clay | Stéphane Robert | 1–6, 6–4, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 10–4 | Jun 2004 | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Tomáš Berdych | 6–4, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 11–4 | Jul 2004 | Zell, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Dieter Kindlmann | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 12–4 | Sep 2005 | Brașov, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Gimeno Traver | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 13–4 | May 2006 | Zagreb, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Victor Crivoi | 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 14–4 | Apr 2007 | Sweden F2, Linköping | Futures | Hard | Mikael Ekman | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 14–5 | Oct 2007 | Germany F20, Isernhagen | Futures | Hard | Andre Wiesler | 4–6, ret. |

### Doubles: 4 (1–3)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (0–1)
* ITF Futures (1–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 1999 | Germany F10, Oberhaching | Futures | Carpet | Tomas Zivnicek | Petr Kovačka Pavel Kudrnáč | 4–6, 7–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jun 2000 | Weiden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Andy Fahlke | Mark Nielsen Andrei Stoliarov | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Jan 2003 | Germany F1B, Biberach | Futures | Hard | Philipp Petzschner | Alberto Brizzi Michael Ryderstedt | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jan 2003 | Germany F1C, Munich | Futures | Carpet | Philipp Petzschner | Michal Mertiňák Igor Zelenay | 6–4, 6–7$^{(18–20)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |

## Performance timeline

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

### Singles

| Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | Q2 | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | Q2 | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | 17% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||
| Monte Carlo | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Hamburg | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Stuttgart | A | 1R | A | A | Q1 | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |