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Wikipedia / Alexander Mronz

Alexander Mronz (born 7 April 1965) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1987.

Mronz played right-handed, and won one doubles title (1988, Schenectady) in his career. Mronz reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on April 8, 1991, when he became the world No. 73.

Mronz is famous for being the opponent of Jeff Tarango in a third round match at 1995 Wimbledon, having already knocked out Sjeng Schalken and Kenneth Carlsen to get to that stage. Mronz was leading by a set and a break, when Tarango was defaulted after losing his temper with the umpire, Bruno Rebeuh, following a couple of code violations. Tarango walked off the court in anger. Tarango's wife, Benedict, later slapped Rebeuh across the face. Mronz then lost to the world No. 1, Andre Agassi, in the fourth round.

Mronz also reached the third round of the 1994 Australian Open, losing from 2 sets up against former world No. 1 and three-time Australian Open champion Mats Wilander (who was currently in the process of coming back to the sport), 6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6.

Career finals

Doubles (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Result

W/L

Date

Tournament

Surface

Partner

Opponents

Score

Win

1–0

Jul 1988

Schenectady, U.S.

Hard

Greg Van Emburgh

Paul Annacone Patrick McEnroe

6–3, 6–7, 7–5

Loss

1–1

Oct 1988

Tel Aviv, Israel

Hard

Patrick Baur

Roger Smith Paul Wekesa

3–6, 3–6

Loss

1–2

Jan 1990

Adelaide, Australia

Hard

Michiel Schapers

Andrew Castle Nduka Odizor

6–7, 2–6

Loss

1–3

Sep 1991

Bordeaux

Hard (i)

Patrik Kühnen

Arnaud Boetsch Guy Forget

2–6, 2–6

Loss

1–4

Oct 1993

Sydney, Australia

Hard

Lars Rehmann

Patrick McEnroe Richey Reneberg

3–6, 5–7

References