Michael Lammer

Michael Lammer (born 25 March 1982) is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. At the 2009 Allianz Suisse Open in Gstaad, he won the doubles tournament with compatriot Marco Chiudinelli. It was his only ATP tour title.

Early life and junior career Lammer was born on 25 March 1982 to parents Ernst and Susi, and started playing tennis at the age of six. His doubles victory with Chiudinelli clinched the first round victory over Serbia, allowing Switzerland to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2004. Switzerland went on to win its first Davis Cup in history.

Retirement Lammer retired in March 2015, after playing a doubles match with Roger Federer in Indian Wells. Subsequently, he became a coach of the Swiss Under 14s tennis team.

Playing style

Lammer is right-handed and plays with a single-handed backhand. He prefers to run around his backhand in favour of a forehand, especially on clay when given more time.

Lammer cites Stefan Edberg, Pete Sampras and Roger Federer as his tennis idols.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Aug 2009 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Marco Chiudinelli Jaroslav Levinský Filip Polášek 7–5, 6–3

National representation

Davis Cup (4 wins, 9 losses) Group membershipWorld Group (1–6)WG Play-off (2–2)Group I (1–1)Group II (0–0)Group III (0)Group IV (0)Matches by surfaceHard (4–6)Clay (0–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Matches by TypeSingles (1–8)Doubles (3–1)Matches by SettingIndoors (4–8)Outdoors (0–1)Matches by VenueSwitzerland (3–4)Away (1–5) indicates the result of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Wins: 1