Tim Pütz

Tim Pütz (born 19 November 1987) is a German professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 on 29 August 2022, and has won seven doubles titles on the ATP Tour, most notably the 2021 Paris Masters alongside Michael Venus and the 2023 French Open in mixed doubles alongside Miyu Kato. Pütz has reached three Grand Slam quarterfinals in doubles. In singles, he has a career-high ranking of world No. 163, achieved in February 2015, and he reached the second round at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.
Pütz has represented Germany in the Davis Cup since 2017, most notably reaching the semifinals in 2021. He also competed at the 2020 Olympic Games with Kevin Krawietz.
Professional career
2014: ATP debut in singles
Pütz made his ATP Tour main-draw singles debut at Wimbledon. As a qualifier, he defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round. He lost to Fabio Fognini in four sets in the next round.
2017: Davis Cup debut
Pütz played in the Davis Cup for the first time. He helped the German team to win over Portugal in the World Group play-offs by winning the doubles rubber with Jan-Lennard Struff.
2018: First ATP title
In the first round of the 2018 Davis Cup, Pütz and Struff beat the Australian duo John Peers and Matthew Ebden to set Germany on its way to victory. Although Pütz and Struff won again in the Davis Cup quarterfinals against the Spaniards Feliciano López and Marc López, their team lost the tie with 2–3.
In June, Pütz won his first title on the ATP Tour at the Stuttgart Open in doubles with Philipp Petzschner as a wild-card entry.
2019: Second ATP title
Pütz won his second doubles title with Frederik Nielsen at the Bavarian International Tennis Championships in Munich.
2020: First French Open quarterfinals
Pütz reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinals at the 2020 French Open with Nielsen, where they lost to world No. 1 and top-seeded Columbian pair of Farah/Cabal.
2021: Second French Open quarterfinal, first Masters title, top 20 debut
Pütz won his third doubles title at the Estoril Open with Hugo Nys.
He reached his first semifinals in doubles at a Masters 1000 at the Madrid Open with compatriot Alexander Zverev, but they withdrew from the match. Later in May, Pütz won his fourth doubles title at the Lyon Open, again with Nys.
The Pütz/Nys duo reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, where they were defeated by Kazakh duo Bublik/Golubev.
In July, with Michael Venus, he won his fifth title and his first at an ATP 500 tournament at the Hamburg European Open.
He and Venus got to the semifinals of the Indian Wells Masters.
He won his first ATP Masters 1000 title at the Paris Masters, again with Venus. As a result, he reached a new doubles career-high of No. 17 in November 2021.
2022: Australian Open quarterfinal, Masters final, world No. 7
Seeded sixth, Pütz and Venus reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, where they were defeated by eventual champions Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios. On 21 March, he broke into the top 10 for the first time, ranked at world No. 9.
After a final showing at the Cincinnati Masters with Venus, he reached world No. 7 in the doubles rankings on 29 August 2022.
2023: French Open mixed doubles title and Wimbledon semifinal
Pütz won his first Grand Slam title at the French Open mixed doubles championship with Miyu Kato. At the same tournament, he reached the quarterfinals for the third time in doubles with new partner Kevin Krawietz.
He reached the semifinals of a Major for the first time at the Wimbledon Championships with Krawietz. They won their first title together at the Hamburg European Open.
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Current through the 2023 Paris Masters.
Mixed doubles
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
ATP Tour finals
Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 13 (7–6)
Doubles: 31 (19–12)
National participation
Davis Cup (14–1)
ATP Cup (1–1)
References
External links
1987 births
Living people
German male tennis players
Tennis players from Frankfurt
Olympic tennis players for Germany
Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
21st-century German people