Jan-Lennard Struff

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2020 w liczbach:

Ranking: 36
Bilans meczów: 15-15
Tytuły: 0
Finały: 0
Zarobki: $776,662

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Fifth seed Jan-Lennard Struff, competing at a career-high No. 29 in the FedEx ATP Rankings, saved five of seven break points in a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Russian qualifier Pavel Kotov in 87 minutes. The German now plays France’s Hugo Grenier, who recorded his first ATP Tour match win by beating qualifier Alex Molcan of the Slovak Republic 7-5, 6-4 in 90 minutes. Molcan led 3-1 in the first set.

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Struff Ready For ATP Cup: ‘I Want To Be Tested’

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Germany to face Serbia and Canada in Group A
Jan-Lennard Struff came to Melbourne looking for challenges and the ATP Cup will deliver those. Struff's country, Germany, was dealt a tough draw in Group A against defending champion Serbia and Canada.

After reaching a career-high No. 29 in the FedEx ATP Rankings last year, Struff will once again be Germany’s No. 2 singles player alongside Alexander Zverev. Two-time Roland Garros champions Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies complete a strong lineup that’s eager for redemption after falling in the group stage in 2020. Germany will be led by team captain Mischa Zverev.

Struff spoke to ATPTour.com before the tournament to discuss the keys to success for his country and why he enjoys being part of a team.

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Why are you excited about representing Team Germany again in the ATP Cup?
The event last year was really great and it was so much fun to play. It was a good start to the year, and I’m looking forward to starting this year the same way as well. It’s very nice to start with a team, playing with your friends and colleagues. We have a good team chemistry and it’s always nice to play for Germany.

You’ve said you are a player who enjoys the team atmosphere. What is the best part of that?
I think it’s very nice that your teammates are there to support you. In case you lose, they are there to make sure you don’t feel that bad. Sometimes another player has a chance to [help] the team still win, so it’s very important to keep going. You need two points to win the tie, so it’s not all about you, but you want to win your match and get one point out of those two.

I like the support and that we all give everything. Everyone stands together, we’re in the locker room together. We are used to travelling nearly the whole year by ourselves, so it’s very nice and I like it a lot.

What is your favourite memory from last year’s ATP Cup?
Well, it was very rough with the results. We went out in the group stages. But it was so nice to be there with the team. I liked a lot that so many people donated to Aces for Bushfire Relief and everyone stood together. That was beautiful. Everyone was doing their job. Everyone was donating. That was really nice, all of the teams [doing that] together.

What does Team Germany look like this year?
We have a great team. Sascha Zverev, he qualified us and I’m so pleased about that. He’s such a good player. He played semi-finals here [at the Australian Open]... final of the US Open and he won so many ATP Masters 1000 titles already at his young age.

We have Kevin [Krawietz] and Andy [Mies], who won Roland Garros twice, which is unreal. Winning once is crazy. Back-to-back? No one would expect this. That was so, so nice and so good. And we have Mischa Zverev, who is the team captain now. He’s very nice... It’s really nice to have him now on the team.


You’re in Group A with strong No. 2 players Milos Raonic and Dusan Lajovic. You must be looking forward to that challenge.
Yeah, for sure. We’ve been practising a long time. We started, I think, the 30th of November and we had a long, long practice [block]. After the quarantine here, we’ll have a lot of practice sessions. I’m really looking forward to competing here.

It will be two really hard opponents — Lajovic with Serbia and Raonic with Canada — but I’m looking forward to the matches. I want to be tested in these matches. They are both ahead of me in the [FedEx ATP] Rankings, so I know they are going to be very difficult matches, but I’m really looking forward to it.

There are four Top 20 players who are the No. 2 singles players for their country. How much of a factor is that second player at ATP Cup?
Yeah, it’s very important. You compete as a team, so you need to have a good team to go far and to win. With the format, you need two points and the team consists of four players and a team captain. If you have good depth in your team, that’s very important. You need every shot you can get at those points. I think we have a good team. I hope we can go far, but the group is really tough. Let’s see what it brings us.

What will be the key for Germany to get through Group A against Serbia and Canada, led by Novak Djokovic and Denis Shapovalov?
Teamwork. There are going to be tough matches for Sascha, playing Novak who won in Australia on these courts, won Grand Slams. Djokovic said in all his career this was the best court where he won the most matches and won the most tournaments. For sure, he’s got great memories of this. No matter what court he plays on, Djokovic in Australia is very tough.

But Sascha is a great player and he has a shot there. He beat [Djokovic] already, for example at the Nitto ATP Finals in the final, when he won it. To play Shapovalov, who is a great player as well, that’s another tough match. And for me, there are also some very tough matches.

So every match is just hard, but that’s the kind of level we have at the ATP Cup. That’s why people like it, and that’s why I like it.

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Zverev, Struff Seal Germany’s Spot In ATP Cup Semi-Finals

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Struff defeated Lajovic as Germany beat Serbia 2-1
Alexander Zverev bounced back after a tough singles defeat to World No. 1 Novak Djokovic Friday to send Germany into the ATP Cup semi-finals for the first time. The World No. 7 partnered Jan-Lennard Struff to victory in the deciding doubles rubber against Djokovic and Nikola Cacic 7-6(4), 5-7, 10-7.

Struff was Germany's hero, having earlier won the No. 2 singles against Dusan Lajovic, before teaming with Zverev to seal the tie for Germany 2-1, knocking out the defending champion. Germany advances to face Russia, the Group D winner, in Saturday's semi-finals, with the final to be played Sunday. Team Russia is led by the double threat of Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev, who are both ranked inside the Top 10 in the FedEx ATP Rankings.

“Obviously, [Russia is a] great team. Daniil Medvedev [is in] great shape. Rublev [is in] very good shape. But we too are also in good shape, so [it is] going to be [a] very interesting, intense tie and I hope we can beat them,” said Germany captain Mischa Zverev.

In a dramatic doubles, the Germans won six straight points from 2/4 down in the Match Tie-break, freezing out Djokovic at every opportunity and directing as much traffic as possible to the more inexperienced Cacic. In last year's ATP Cup final, Djokovic backed up from his singles win over Rafael Nadal to partner Viktor Troicki in the deciding doubles, which earned Serbia the inaugural title.

“I think we played maybe a little bit more aggressive [in the doubles]. In the end, we maybe took a few more shots, but it was so tight it could have gone both ways,” said Alexander Zverev. “At the end of the day, when you win the doubles decider 10-7 in the third set there's not much between the two. We're just super happy right now.”

In the No.1 singles match, Djokovic extended his record at the ATP Cup to 11 straight victories after winning a three-set thriller against Zverev 6-7(3), 6-2, 7-5 to keep defending Serbia alive in the tie.

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“I thought we both played well,” Djokovic said on court. “He definitely had a big serving match. It was so difficult to play against him today. Missiles from the other side of the court, both first and second serve. He was going for it, not too many double faults. You’ve got to give him credit for being courageous and trying his best... Overall it was a very enjoyable match.”

There was little to separate Zverev and Djokovic throughout a tense opening set under the roof in Rod Laver Arena. There were no break points on offer as both players leaned on big first serves to take control of the rallies. Zverev pulled away in the tiebreak, and closed out the set with an ace.


The Serbian adjusted his return position to deal with Zverev’s powerful second serves, the German gambling with first-serve levels of speed and power. Djokovic took a step back, and was rewarded with his first break of the match. He reeled off three games in a row to take a 5-2 lead with a perfectly placed lob landing plumb on the line.

Djokovic broke through late in the third set to take a 5-4 lead, but struggled to close it out the as the German saved a match point. With his back against the wall, Zverev finally earned his first break chance of the match in the third, breaking the World No. 1 to level the score. But two double faults in the next game undid his effort, and gave Djokovic the opening to break back and claim his 11th consecutive ATP Cup victory.

“Staying on the line with 220, 217 [kph] second serves, it’s a huge risk,” Djokovic said of his second-set adjustments. “I tried to read his serve. [In the] second set I started to read his patterns a little bit better.

“The third set was a gamble, really. It was anybody’s game. He double faulted on a break point, it was a crucial game. I was 15/30 down, I went for it also, a big second serve. Sometimes you win, sometimes you don’t.”


Earlier in the day, Struff took Germany to the brink of its first appearance in the ATP Cup semi-finals after rallying to defeat Dusan Lajovic 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 under the closed roof at Rod Laver Arena.

Struff, who also represented Germany in 2020, won his third consecutive ATP Cup match with an upset over former World No. 3 Milos Raonic to give his country a winning start, and backed it up against a Lajovic that came out swinging in the opening set. The Serbian outlasted him at the baseline to claim the first break of the match at 4-2. He exploited the German’s movement as he continually dragged Struff out wide and followed up with down-the-line winners to close out the opening set.

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But Struff raised his level in the second set, and saved four break points across two service games to keep Lajovic at bay. The German finally broke through at 5-3, and levelled the score after serving out the set to love. Lajovic looked to be struggling physically, and needed a medical time out to treat blisters on his feet after dropping the second set.

Struff kept Lajovic on the defence and under pressure with his big serve, and he edged in front after trading breaks of serve for a 5-4 lead. Lajovic couldn’t convert on two more break points as Struff claimed the victory after just over two hours on court.

“ very, very relieved,” Struff said. “It was a tough match. I didn't start very well. Dusan was playing pretty good. He had break points [at the] beginning of the second set. I managed to stay in the match. I managed to gain some more self-confidence there in my strokes… In the third set, I had the feeling I had very good energy from the beginning on. Yeah, very, very happy about this [victory].”

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Jan-Lennard Struff extended his unbeaten ATP Head2Head record against Ricardas Berankis to 3-0 with a 6-3, 6-4 win on Court 4. The German will meet seventh seed Roberto Bautista Agut, who moved into the third round when Dubai runner-up Lloyd Harris withdrew from the tournament with right wrist pain.

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