André Ghem

André Swytka Ghem (born 29 May 1982), also known as German, is a former Brazilian professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking in July 2015, when he became the World No. 118.

Career

Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil and a right-handed tennis player, Ghem turned professional in 2003 and became the World No. 181 in August 2006. The highlights of his career include reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 118 and doubles ranking of No. 88 by the ATP.

The main and most memorable moment of his career came when he defeated Gustavo Kuerten at the ATP Costa do Sauípe in Bahia as an unknown player in 2006. The score was 3–6, 6–3, 6–4.

In 2011, he advanced through the qualifying rounds of the ATP 250 Brasil Open in São Paulo but was eliminated in the first round by Argentine player Carlos Berlocq.

His main singles title came at the Joinville Challenger in 2007. After that, he reached six more ATP Challenger Tour singles finals but lost all of them: in Smarkan (2008), Rio Quente (2013), Campinas and Prague (2014), and Shenzhen and Tampere (2015). In doubles, he won nine Challenger titles and finished runner-up on twelve occasions.

Titles (14)

Challengers and futures (5) Challengers (1) Futures (4)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1. 16 August 2004 Caldas Novas Outdoor Hard Júlio Silva 6–2, 7–5 2. 1 November 2004 Campinas Clay Francisco Costa 7–5, 6–3 3. 7 August 2006 Joinville Clay Bruno Echagaray 6–1, 6–4 4. 1 November 2010 Porto Alegre Clay André Miele 6–4, 6–1 5. 24 January 2011 João Pessoa Clay Tiago Lopes 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(1)

Doubles (9) Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (0) Challengers (9) Titles by surface Hard (1) Grass (0) Clay (8) Carpet (0)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score 1. 24 April 2006 Mexico City, Mexico Hard Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Rik de Voest Glenn Weiner 6–4, 0–6, [10–3] 2. 7 August 2006 Joinville, Brazil Clay Alexandre Simoni Marcelo Melo André Sá 6–4, 5–7, [10–8] 3. 9 October 2006 Medellín, Colombia Clay Marcelo Melo Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos Walkover 4. 6 November 2006 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Flávio Saretta Tomas Behrend Marcel Granollers 6–1, 6–4 5. 13 November 2006 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Tomas Behrend Carlos Berlocq Martín Vassallo Argüello 3–6, 6–3, [10–3] 6. 14 May 2007 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Tomas Behrend James Auckland Jamie Delgado 6–2, 6–1 7. 4 June 2007 Furth, Germany Clay Bruno Echagaray Fabio Fognini Frederico Gil 7–6(1), 4–6, [13–11] 8. 22 July 2012 Bercuit, Belgium Clay Marco Trungelliti Facundo Bagnis Pablo Galdón 6–1, 6–2 9. 24 January 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay Gastão Elias Jonathan Eysseric Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 6–4, 7–6(7–2)

Runners-up (7)

Singles (1) LegendGrand Slam (0)Tennis Masters Cup (0)ATP Masters Series (0)ATP Tour (0)Challengers (1)Finals by surfaceHard (0)Grass (0)Clay (1)Carpet (0)

Doubles (6) LegendGrand Slam (0)Tennis Masters Cup (0)ATP Masters Series (0)ATP Tour (0)Challengers (6)Finals by surfaceHard (3)Grass (0)Clay (3)Carpet (0)