Tim Pütz (German pronunciation:[ˈtɪmˈpʏts]; born 19 November 1987) is a German professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 on 29 August 2022, and has won ten doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2024 ATP Finals with Kevin Krawietz, becoming the first all-German pair to win the title. Pütz won the 2023 French Open in mixed doubles alongside Miyu Kato
and was a finalist with Kevin Krawietz at the 2024 US Open. He has also reached the semifinals at the 2023 Wimbledon. In singles, he has a career-high ranking of world No. 163, achieved in February 2015, reaching 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 Olympic Games with Kevin Krawietz in 2021, and in 2024 where they reached the quarterfinals.
Professional career
2014–2017: ATP singles & David Cup doubles debuts
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.
2018–2020: First two ATP titles and French Open quarterfinal
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.[1] 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.
Pütz reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2020 French Open with Nielsen, where they lost to world No. 1 and top-seeded Columbian pair of Farah/Cabal.
He reached his first semifinals in doubles at a Masters 1000 at the Madrid Open with compatriot Alexander Zverev,[5] but they withdrew from the match. Later in May, Pütz won his fourth doubles title at the Lyon Open, again with Nys.[6]
The Pütz/Nys duo reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, where they were defeated by Kazakh duo Bublik/Golubev.
He and Venus got to the semifinals of the Indian Wells Masters.[8]
He won his first ATP Masters 1000 title at the Paris Masters, again with Venus.[9] 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
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,[11] he reached world No. 7 in the doubles rankings on 29 August 2022.
Pütz warming up ahead of his Monte-Carlo doubles quarter-final in 2023.
2023: New partnership with Krawietz, French Open mixed title
At the Australian Open, he reached the quarterfinals for the second time at this tournament with Krawietz[16][17] where they lost to eventual finalists Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori.[18]
The pair also reached the semifinals at the Indian Wells Open where they lost to unseeded pair and eventual champions Wesley Koolhof/Nikola Mektić[19] and at the Miami Open where they lost to second seeds Austin Krajicek/Ivan Dodig.[20]
Next they reached the quarterfinals at the Monte-Carlo Masters where they lost again to the eventual champions and also unseeded pair of Joran Vliegen and Sander Gillé.[21] In July they also won the title on home soil, at the ATP 500 in Hamburg where they were the defending champions.[22][23]
On his debut in the main competition at the ATP Finals with Krawietz, having been alternate twice before, he reached the semifinals defeating Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori.[25] They became the first all-German duo to reach the semifinals[26] and then the final in ATP Finals history. They also became the first No. 8 seeds to reach the doubles final,[27] which they won in straight sets against Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić.[28]
Performance timelines
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
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