# Patrik Kühnen

Patrik Kühnen (German pronunciation:; born 11 February 1966) is a German former professional tennis player, who turned professional in 1985.
Kühnen had his biggest career singles win in the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1988 when he beat Jimmy Connors en route to the quarterfinals in which he lost to eventual champion Stefan Edberg. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on May 15, 1989, when he became the number 43 of the world. He won three doubles titles during his career. He was part of the German Davis Cup teams that won the competition in 1988 and 1993. Since 2003 he is the captain for Germany's Davis Cup team and also coaches the German team in the World Team Cup which won the competition in 2005 and 2011.

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Series (0–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Carpet (0–1)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (0–1)
* Indoors (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 1989 | Adelaide, Australia | Grand Prix | Hard | Mark Woodforde | 5–7, 6–1, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Nov 1993 | Moscow, Russia | World Series | Carpet | Marc Rosset | 4–6, 3–6 |

### Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Series (3–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–3)
* Carpet (2–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (1–0)
* Indoors (2–3)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 1987 | Toulouse, France | Grand Prix | Hard | Kelly Jones | Wojciech Fibak Michiel Schapers | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Nov 1987 | Frankfurt, West Germany | Grand Prix | Carpet | Boris Becker | Scott Davis David Pate | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–1 | Feb 1988 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Grand Prix | Carpet | Tore Meinecke | Magnus Gustafsson Diego Nargiso | 7–6, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Sep 1991 | Bordeaux, France | World Series | Hard | Alexander Mronz | Arnaud Boetsch Guy Forget | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jan 1993 | Doha, Qatar | World Series | Hard | Boris Becker | Shelby Cannon Scott Melville | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Oct 1996 | Beijing, China | World Series | Hard | Gary Muller | Martin Damm Andrei Olhovskiy | 4–6, 5–7 |

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

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (1–2)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Carpet (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 1991 | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard | Alexander Mronz | Lars Koslowski Arne Thoms | 2–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Mar 1994 | Garmisch, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Alexander Mronz | Thomas Gollwitzer Brent Haygarth | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Mar 1996 | Hamburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Karsten Braasch | Tomáš Krupa Pavel Vízner | 3–6, 5–7 |

## Performance timelines

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

### Singles

| Tournament | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | Q2 | 0 / 8 | 7–8 | 47% |
| French Open | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 2R | A | 3R | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | 54% |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | 1R | QF | 3R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 8 | 9–8 | 53% |
| US Open | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | 44% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–3 | 8–4 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 6–4 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 27 | 27–27 | 50% |
| ATP Masters Series |||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Hamburg | 1R | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 9 | 4–9 | 31% |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 16 | 8–16 | 33% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 9 | 6–9 | 40% |
| French Open | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Wimbledon | A | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | SF | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 5 | 6–5 | 45% |
| US Open | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–2 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0 / 21 | 15–21 | 42% |
| ATP Masters Series ||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | A | 1R | A | 3R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | 1R | SF | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Hamburg | A | QF | QF | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | 42% |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | 75% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0 / 16 | 13–16 | – |