Alexander Popp

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Alexander Popp (born November 4, 1976) is a German former professional tennis player

Born in Heidelberg, Germany. He currently lives in Mannheim, Germany and turned pro in 1997. He is 200cm tall and has a weight of 187 pounds.

His career high ranking is 74 and holds a career high doubles ranking of 266 and has a career win/loss record of 45-65. Popp's career highlite was making the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon championships in 2003 (where he had a two-set lead against eventual runner-up Mark Philippoussis but eventually lost 8–6 in the final set). He also reached the fourth round the following year, but was beaten in straight sets by eventual runner-up Andy Roddick. In Popp's doubles career he made the semi finals of the Ho Chi Minh City championships partnering Jiří Vaněk from Domazlice, Czech Republic.

Popps coach was Helmut Luthy who has coached him from 1994 up until he retired. Popp started tennis at the age of 8, his favorite surfaces is grass and he plays right handed.