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Australia · born Murgon, Queensland, 1966 · left-handed · Wimbledon boys' champion 1984
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3
Junior major singles titles in 1984
18
ATP doubles titles, three on grass
No. 5
Career-high doubles ranking, April 1990
1989
Wimbledon mixed doubles final, with Jenny Byrne
Born in Murgon, Queensland, in 1966, Kratzmann held an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship in 1983 and was the world's top-ranked junior in 1984, when he won the boys' singles at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open and lost only the French final. He turned professional that year. In singles he reached the fourth round of the 1987 Australian Open and a career-high ranking of No. 50 in March 1990. Doubles suited him better: he won 18 titles, including Cincinnati in 1986 and 1990, reached the 1989 Australian Open final with Darren Cahill and rose to No. 5 in April 1990. He also played Davis Cup for Australia. After moving to Hong Kong in 2003 to coach, he took up cricket and played three internationals for Hong Kong.
| Major singles titles | 3: Australian (1982, 1984); Wimbledon (1984) |
|---|---|
| Major doubles titles | 2: Australian (1984); Wimbledon (1983) |
| Junior finals | Wimbledon 1984: beat Stefan Kruger 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Australian 1982: beat Simon Youl 6-3, 7-5. Australian 1984: beat Patrick Flynn 6-4, 6-1 |
| Junior doubles | Wimbledon 1983 with Simon Youl, beat Mihnea Nastase and Olli Rahnasto 6-4, 6-4; Wimbledon final lost 1984 with Jonas Svensson, 9-11 in the third set. Australian 1984 with Mike Baroch |
| Wimbledon as a senior | Singles third round 1986 and 1990. Mixed doubles final 1989 with Jenny Byrne, lost to Jim Pugh and Jana Novotná 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 |
| Grass doubles titles | Queen's 1989 with Darren Cahill, beat Tim Pawsat and Laurie Warder 7-6, 6-3; Manchester 1990 with Jason Stoltenberg; Newport 1990 with Cahill. Queen's final lost 1986 with Cahill |
| New South Wales Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Men's doubles New South Wales Open | with Darren Cahill |
| Queen's Club | ||
| 1989 | Men's doubles | with Darren Cahill |
| Newport, Rhode Island | ||
| 1990 | Men's doubles Hall of Fame Open | with Darren Cahill |
| Northern Championships | ||
| 1990 | Men's doubles Manchester Open | with Jason Stoltenberg |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"In 1984, Kratzmann, the Hong Kong-based former Australian Davis Cup player, simply owned junior tennis."
The person behind the player.
Wimbledon 1984
Holding the boys' trophy after beating Stefan Kruger 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, he could read the names engraved on it, among them Björn Borg, Stefan Edberg and his compatriot Pat Cash, all later men's champions on Centre Court. The South China Morning Post noted that he could be forgiven for thinking stardom was his for the taking.
Source: South China Morning PostUS Open 1984
Boris Becker, not yet the Wimbledon champion he became a year later, lost to Kratzmann twice in 1984. The second time was the US Open boys' final, which Kratzmann won 6-3, 7-6 to complete three of the four junior majors in a single season.
Source: South China Morning PostRoland Garros 1984
The only junior major he missed that year was the French. He reached the boys' final in Paris and lost to the Swede Kent Carlsson 6-3, 6-3 on clay, the one defeat that stood between him and a junior Grand Slam.
Source: WikipediaWimbledon 1989
Seeded 14th with Jenny Byrne, he beat the defending champions Sherwood Stewart and Zina Garrison in the third round and reached the mixed doubles final. Jim Pugh and Jana Novotná won it 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, their first Wimbledon mixed title.
Source: WikipediaHong Kong 2007
He moved to Hong Kong in 2003 to work as a tennis coach and started playing cricket there. He was named the Hong Kong Cricket Association's Player of the Year for 2005-06, and in May 2007 he was picked in the national squad for the ICC World Cricket League Division Three.
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