Franz Stauder

Franz Stauder (born 28 May 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Germany and current head coach at TC Rot-Weiß Worms.^[1]

Franz Stauder

Full name	Franz Stauder
Country (sports)	Germany
Born	(1977-05-28) 28 May 1977 (age 48)
Prize money	$84,765
Singles
Career record	0–2
Highest ranking	No. 322 (7 June 1999)
Doubles
Career record	3–6
Highest ranking	No. 147 (1 April 2002)

Biography

His first appearance in the main draw of an ATP Tour level tournament came at the 1996 Gerry Weber Open in Halle where he partnered Pat Cash in the doubles.^[2] He also featured twice in the singles event at Halle, as a wildcard in 1997 and a qualifier in 1998, for a first round exit in each. On the second occasion, the 1998 Gerry Weber Open, he took world number 27 Jan Siemerink to a final set tiebreak.^[3] From 1998 to 2001 he competed in the men's doubles at Halle every year. He was a quarter-finalist three times, twice with Karsten Braasch and once with Rainer Schüttler.^[4]

Stauder, who won six Challenger titles, narrowly missed out on qualifying for the singles draw at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships. In the final qualifying round he had a two set lead over Britain's Jamie Delgado, but the local player came back to win 7–5 in the fifth set.^[5]

In 2007, he tested positive for a metabolite of cannabis, from a sample given during qualifying in Halle. The International Tennis Federation ruled that Stauder had "no intent" to "enhance his sporting performance" through taking the drug. As a result, discretion was exercised and he received only a two-month suspension, as well as forfeiting relevant ranking points and prize money.^[6][7][8]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (6)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1999	Lübeck, Germany	Carpet	Patrick Sommer	Michael Kohlmann Filippo Veglio	6–4, 7–5
2.	2001	Freudenstadt, Germany	Clay	Alexander Waske	Fredrik Lovén Damien Roberts	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
3.	2002	Magdeburg, Germany	Carpet	Orest Tereshchuk	Dick Norman Djalmar Sistermans	6–4, 6–3
4.	2003	Zell, Germany	Clay	Karsten Braasch	Jan Frode Andersen Oliver Marach	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
5.	2003	Freudenstadt, Germany	Clay	Alexander Waske	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–4, 7–5
6.	2003	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Clay	Karsten Braasch	Jan Frode Andersen Philipp Petzschner	6–4, 7–5