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Nicolas Kiefer

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Nicolas Kiefer, who represented Germany on the ATP Tour, won an Olympic silver medal in doubles at Athens 2004.

96ATP Tour matches since 2007

Updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:15 PM ET

Titles01 finals since 2007 Grand Slam titles0since 2007 Career highNo. 4Jan 10, 2000 Agatha's recordNone yetno graded calls on him yet

About Nicolas Kiefer

Born on July 5, 1977, in Holzminden, West Germany, Nicolas Kiefer represented Germany on the ATP Tour. He played right-handed with a two-handed backhand and turned pro in 1995. Kiefer won an Olympic silver medal in doubles at Athens 2004 and retired in 2010.

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Agatha Research DeskUpdated Oct 5, 2026

Match history96

Every ATP Tour, Grand Slam and Olympic main-draw match in our records, newest first. A walkover is listed but never counted in a record.

2010: 1-3

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jun 22	Wimbledon	Round 1	David Ferrer	L	4-6, 2-6, 3-6	Grass
Jun 9	ATP Gerry Weber Open	Round 2	Andreas Beck	L	2-6, 6-3, 6-7(4)	Grass
Jun 8	ATP Gerry Weber Open	Round 1	Mikhail Youzhny	W	4-6, 6-1, 7-5	Grass
May 4	ATP BMW Open	Round 1	Simon Greul	L	5-7, 2-6	Clay

2009: 12-16

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Oct 29	ATP Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon	Round 2	Ivan Ljubicic	L	3-6, 6-3, 3-6	Hard
Oct 28	ATP Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon	Round 1	Sebastien Grosjean	W	4-6, 7-6(7), 7-6(2)	Hard
Oct 20	ATP Kremlin Cup	Round 1	Marcel Granollers	L	4-6, 0-1 ret. (ret.)	Hard
Sep 4	US Open	Round 2	Rafael Nadal	L	0-6, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6	Hard
Sep 2	US Open	Round 1	Michael Llodra	W	6-3, 6-4, 6-4	Hard
Aug 17	ATP Masters Series Western & Southern Financial Group Masters	Round 1	Igor Andreev	L	1-6, 5-7	Hard
Aug 10	ATP Masters Series Rogers Cup	Round 1	Stan Wawrinka	L	4-6, 1-6	Hard
Jul 31	ATP Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad	Quarterfinal	Thomaz Bellucci	L	6-3, 0-1 ret. (ret.)	Clay
Jul 30	ATP Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad	Round 2	Ivan Navarro	W	6-3, 6-7(3), 6-2	Clay
Jul 28	ATP Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad	Round 1	Jose Acasuso	W	7-6(5), 6-2	Clay
Jul 18	ATP Mercedes Cup	Semifinal	Jeremy Chardy	L	3-6, 5-7	Clay
Jul 18	ATP Mercedes Cup	Quarterfinal	Lukasz Kubot	W	6-2, 6-1	Clay

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Jul 16	ATP Mercedes Cup	Round 2	Simon Greul	W	6-3, 6-4	Clay
Jul 14	ATP Mercedes Cup	Round 1	Tomas Berdych	W	6-3, 6-3	Clay
Jun 23	Wimbledon	Round 1	Fabrice Santoro	L	4-6, 2-6, 2-6	Grass
Jun 11	ATP Gerry Weber Open	Round 2	Jurgen Melzer	L	1-6, 0-0 ret. (ret.)	Grass
Jun 9	ATP Gerry Weber Open	Round 1	Viktor Troicki	W	6-2, 6-1	Grass
May 27	French Open	Round 2	David Ferrer	L	3-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 2-6	Clay
May 25	French Open	Round 1	Ilija Bozoljac	W	7-6(4), 3-6, 7-5, 6-4	Clay
May 10	ATP Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open	Round 1	Tommy Robredo	L	6-3, 2-6, 2-6	Clay
May 6	ATP BMW Open	Round 2	Jeremy Chardy	L	4-6, 6-7(8)	Clay
May 4	ATP BMW Open	Round 1	Ernests Gulbis	W	2-6, 6-3, 6-2	Clay
Apr 27	ATP Internationaionali BNL d'Italia	Round 1	Juan Monaco	L	2-6, 3-6	Clay
Apr 13	ATP Masters Series Monte-Carlo	Round 1	Andreas Beck	L	6-1, 6-7(1), 4-6	Clay
Mar 29	ATP Masters Series Sony Ericsson Open	Round 3	Roger Federer	L	4-6, 1-6	Hard
Mar 27	ATP Masters Series Sony Ericsson Open	Round 2	Fabrice Santoro	W	5-7, 7-6(5), 6-2	Hard
Mar 17	ATP BNP Paribas Open	Round 3	Andy Roddick	L	4-6, 6-7(4)	Hard
Mar 15	ATP BNP Paribas Open	Round 2	Bobby Reynolds	W	6-4, 6-2	Hard

2008: 20-14

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Oct 29	ATP BNP Paribas Masters	Round 2	David Nalbandian	L	6-7(5), 3-6	Hard
Oct 27	ATP BNP Paribas Masters	Round 1	Ivo Karlovic	W	6-4, 7-5	Hard
Oct 22	ATP Davidoff Swiss Indoors	Round 1	James Blake	L	6-3, 3-6, 4-6	Hard
Oct 12	ATP Masters Series Madrid	Round 1	Ernests Gulbis	L	7-5, 4-6, 5-7	Hard
Aug 26	US Open	Round 1	Ivo Minar	L	6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 1-4 ret. (ret.)	Hard
Jul 27	ATP Masters Series Rogers Masters	Final	Rafael Nadal	L	3-6, 2-6	Hard
Jul 26	ATP Masters Series Rogers Masters	Semifinal	Gilles Simon	W	6-7(4), 6-3, 7-6(5)	Hard
Jul 25	ATP Masters Series Rogers Masters	Quarterfinal	James Blake	W	6-1, 6-2	Hard
Jul 24	ATP Masters Series Rogers Masters	Round 3	Nikolay Davydenko	W	4-6, 6-4, 6-4	Hard
Jul 23	ATP Masters Series Rogers Masters	Round 2	Mikhail Youzhny	W	7-6(4), 7-5	Hard
Jul 21	ATP Masters Series Rogers Masters	Round 1	Mardy Fish	W	7-5, 7-6(4)	Hard
Jul 10	ATP Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad	Round 2	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	W/O	Walkover	Clay

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Jul 8	ATP Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad	Round 1	Gianluca Naso	W	6-3, 6-2	Clay
Jun 28	Wimbledon	Round 3	Rafael Nadal	L	6-7(3), 2-6, 3-6	Grass
Jun 26	Wimbledon	Round 2	Martin Vassallo Arguello	W	6-0, 6-3, 6-1	Grass
Jun 24	Wimbledon	Round 1	Julien Benneteau	W	6-1, 7-5, 6-3	Grass
Jun 14	ATP Gerry Weber Open	Semifinal	Roger Federer	L	1-6, 4-6	Grass
Jun 13	ATP Gerry Weber Open	Quarterfinal	Michael Llodra	W	4-0 ret. (ret.)	Grass
Jun 12	ATP Gerry Weber Open	Round 2	Mikhail Youzhny	W	6-2, 5-7, 6-3	Grass
Jun 10	ATP Gerry Weber Open	Round 1	Robin Haase	W	4-6, 6-3, 6-2	Grass
May 16	ATP Masters Series Hamburg	Quarterfinal	Andreas Seppi	L	3-6, 7-5, 5-7	Clay
May 15	ATP Masters Series Hamburg	Round 3	Nikolay Davydenko	W	7-5, 6-3	Clay
May 14	ATP Masters Series Hamburg	Round 2	Stan Wawrinka	W	7-5, 7-5	Clay
May 12	ATP Masters Series Hamburg	Round 1	Paul-Henri Mathieu	W	6-4, 6-4	Clay
May 6	ATP Masters Series Campionati BNL d'Italia	Round 1	Juan Carlos Ferrero	L	7-6(5), 3-6, 4-6	Clay
Apr 23	ATP Masters Series Monte-Carlo	Round 2	Philipp Kohlschreiber	L	2-6, 4-6	Clay
Apr 20	ATP Masters Series Monte-Carlo	Round 1	Marin Cilic	W	3-6, 7-6(4), 6-3	Clay
Mar 30	ATP Masters Series Sony Ericsson Open	Round 3	Rafael Nadal	L	2-6, 4-6	Hard
Mar 28	ATP Masters Series Sony Ericsson Open	Round 2	Jarkko Nieminen	W	6-3, 6-2	Hard
Mar 26	ATP Masters Series Sony Ericsson Open	Round 1	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	W	4-6, 7-6(9), 6-4	Hard
Mar 13	ATP Masters Series Pacific Life Open	Round 1	Dudi Sela	L	4-6, 7-6(4), 3-6	Hard
Mar 5	ATP Tennis Channel Open	Round 2	Sam Querrey	L	3-6, 1-6	Hard
Mar 3	ATP Tennis Channel Open	Round 1	Benjamin Becker	W	6-4, 6-3	Hard
Jan 14	Australian Open	Round 1	Juan Carlos Ferrero	L	4-6, 3-6, 1-6	Hard
Jan 2	ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open	Round 2	Dmitry Tursunov	W/O	Walkover	Hard
Jan 1	ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open	Round 1	Sebastien De Chaunac	W	6-4, 6-3	Hard

2007: 17-13

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Oct 29	ATP BNP Paribas Masters	Round 1	Stan Wawrinka	L	5-7, 3-6	Hard
Oct 26	ATP Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel	Quarterfinal	Roger Federer	L	3-6, 2-6	Hard
Oct 25	ATP Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel	Round 2	Stefan Koubek	W	6-3, 6-2	Hard
Oct 24	ATP Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel	Round 1	Carlos Berlocq	W	6-1, 6-1	Hard
Oct 20	ATP Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid	Semifinal	Roger Federer	L	4-6, 4-6	Hard
Oct 19	ATP Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid	Quarterfinal	Fernando Gonzalez	W	7-6(5), 6-2	Hard
Oct 18	ATP Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid	Round 3	Ivo Karlovic	W	7-6(5), 7-6(3)	Hard
Oct 17	ATP Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid	Round 2	Mikhail Youzhny	W	6-1, 6-3	Hard
Oct 16	ATP Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid	Round 1	Stan Wawrinka	W	7-5, 6-3	Hard
Sep 28	ATP Mumbai Open	Quarterfinal	Olivier Rochus	L	1-4 ret. (ret.)	Hard
Sep 27	ATP Mumbai Open	Round 2	Yen-Hsun Lu	W	6-3, 6-3	Hard
Sep 25	ATP Mumbai Open	Round 1	Paul-Henri Mathieu	W	6-4, 6-3	Hard

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Sep 15	ATP China Open	Semifinal	Tommy Robredo	L	6-7(5), 5-7	Hard
Sep 14	ATP China Open	Quarterfinal	Marin Cilic	W	6-3, 7-5	Hard
Sep 13	ATP China Open	Round 2	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	W	6-3, 6-4	Hard
Sep 11	ATP China Open	Round 1	Dudi Sela	W	6-2, 6-3	Hard
Aug 30	US Open	Round 2	Nikolay Davydenko	L	2-6, 2-6, 2-6	Hard
Aug 27	US Open	Round 1	Vincent Spadea	W	6-2, 7-6(1), 6-3	Hard
Aug 15	ATP Masters Series Western & Southern Financial Group Masters	Round 2	James Blake	L	4-6, 4-6	Hard
Aug 13	ATP Masters Series Western & Southern Financial Group Masters	Round 1	Marat Safin	W	6-3, 7-6(1)	Hard
Aug 7	ATP Masters Series Rogers Masters	Round 2	Novak Djokovic	L	3-6, 3-6	Hard
Aug 6	ATP Masters Series Rogers Masters	Round 1	Dmitry Tursunov	L		Hard
Jul 20	ATP Countrywide Classic	Semifinal	Radek Stepanek	W/O	Walkover	Hard
Jul 18	ATP Countrywide Classic	Round 2	Igor Kunitsyn	W	6-3, 6-2	Hard
Jul 16	ATP Countrywide Classic	Round 1	Teymuraz Gabashvili	W	6-3, 6-3	Hard
Jul 16	ATP Countrywide Classic	Quarterfinal	Michael Berrer	L		Hard
Jul 10	ATP Campbell's Hall of Fame	Round 1	Paul Capdeville	L	6-7(3), 6-4, 5-7	Grass
Jul 4	Wimbledon	Round 3	Novak Djokovic	L	6-7(4), 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-7(5)	Grass
Jun 28	Wimbledon	Round 2	Fabrice Santoro	W	6-4, 6-3, 6-4	Grass
Jun 26	Wimbledon	Round 1	Filippo Volandri	W	6-3, 7-6(6), 6-1	Grass
Jun 11	ATP Gerry Weber Open	Round 1	Tomas Berdych	L	4-6, 6-7(3)	Grass

How he is doing nowThrough Jun 22

Last 103-7LLWLLWLLWLNewest first. Two losses in a row.

Jun 22vs David FerrerJun 22 - Wimbledon, Round 1L4-6, 2-6, 3-6
Jun 9vs Andreas BeckJun 9 - ATP Gerry Weber Open, Round 2L2-6, 6-3, 6-7(4)
Jun 8vs Mikhail YouzhnyJun 8 - ATP Gerry Weber Open, Round 1W4-6, 6-1, 7-5
May 4vs Simon GreulMay 4 - ATP BMW Open, Round 1L5-7, 2-6
Oct 29vs Ivan LjubicicOct 29 - ATP Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Round 2L3-6, 6-3, 3-6
Oct 28vs Sebastien GrosjeanOct 28 - ATP Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Round 1W4-6, 7-6(7), 7-6(2)

Did you know?!

Career-high No. 4

Kiefer reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of No. 4 on January 10, 2000.

CareerPro since 1995

31years1995 to 2010

2007First ATP matchLost to Tomas Berdych, ATP Gerry Weber Open
2000Career high No. 4Jan 10, 2000
Jun 22, 2010Latest matchLost to David Ferrer, Wimbledon

Grand Slam titles

AO0Round 1 (2008)0-1 in our records

RG0Round 2 (2009)1-1 in our records

WIM0Round 3 (2008)4-4 in our records

USO0Round 2 (2009)2-3 in our records

Honors

Olympic silver medal, doubles, Athens 2004

First ATP match

Jun 11, 2007: lost to Tomas Berdych 4-6, 6-7ATP Gerry Weber Open, on grass

Latest match

Jun 22, 2010: lost to David Ferrer 4-6, 2-6, 3-6Wimbledon, Round 1, on grass court

Most often against

The players he has met most in our records, with the head-to-head.

Mikhail Youzhny4 meetings, finals 0-0

4-0Kiefer leads

Last: Jun 8, 2010, ATP Gerry Weber Open Round 1, won

Rafael Nadal4 meetings, finals 0-1

0-4Kiefer trails

Last: Sep 4, 2009, US Open Round 2, lost

Roger Federer4 meetings, finals 0-0

0-4Kiefer trails

Last: Mar 29, 2009, ATP Masters Series Sony Ericsson Open Round 3, lost

Stan Wawrinka4 meetings, finals 0-0

2-2All square

Last: Aug 10, 2009, ATP Masters Series Rogers Cup Round 1, lost

Fabrice Santoro3 meetings, finals 0-0

2-1Kiefer leads

Last: Jun 23, 2009, Wimbledon Round 1, lost

James Blake3 meetings, finals 0-0

1-2Kiefer trails

Last: Oct 22, 2008, ATP Davidoff Swiss Indoors Round 1, lost

Sources and updates

Results and schedules come from Agatha's own records of the ATP Tour.

Updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:15 PM ET. Results and form refresh after every match; biography facts are checked weekly.