Mark Kratzmann

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Mark Kratzmann (born May 17, 1966 in Murgon, Queensland, Australia) is a former tennis professional turned cricketer. He was ranked as high as No. 5 in the world in doubles on the ATP Tour during his tennis career, first achieving that ranking on April 16, 1990. Kratzmann was the world's top ranked junior tennis player in 1984, ayear in which he won the Australian , Wimbeldon and US Open Junior Opens. He narrowly missed the Junior Grand Slam, when Swede Kent Carlsson defeated him in the French Open Junior final at Roland Garros.

Kratzmann won 18 doubles titles in his career, the biggest coming at the ATP Masters Series events in Cincinnati (1986 & 1990) and Stuttgart (1993). (Stuttgart later moved to Madrid.)

He also reached 12 doubles finals including the Australian Open in 1989, Cincinnati in 1994 and Rome in 1992 & 1993.

[edit] Post Tennis Career

After retiring from tennis he began playing cricket. He had previously represented Queensland at the game as a 12 year old, playing once against a New South Wales side consisting of the Waugh twins.

Kratzmann moved to Hong Kong in 2003 where he originally worked as a tennis coach at the Hong Kong Jockey Club. He switched organisations and starting coaching the Hong Kong Cricket Club and starting playing for the 'Scorpions'. After a season where he scored 8 centuries as opener, he won the Hong Kong Cricket Association's Player of the Year award for 2005-06. In May 2007, he was selected in the national squad to participate in an ICC World Cricket League division three tournament in Darwin, having been granted Hong Kong residency.[1]

[edit] Doubles titles (18)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1986	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Kim Warwick	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6–3, 6–4
2.	1987	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Darren Cahill	Boris Becker Robert Seguso	6–3, 6–2
3.	1987	Hong Kong	Hard	Jim Pugh	Martin Davis Brad Drewett	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
4.	1988	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Darren Cahill	Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
5.	1988	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Darren Cahill	Joey Rive Bud Schultz	7–6, 6–4
6.	1989	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Darren Cahill	Tim Pawsat Laurie Warder	7–6, 6–3
7.	1989	Stratton Mountain, USA	Hard	Wally Masur	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–3, 4–6, 7–6
8.	1989	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Darren Cahill	Broderick Dyke Simon Youl	6–4, 5–7, 6–0
9.	1990	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Pat Cash	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–4, 7–5
10.	1990	Memphis, USA	Hard (i)	Darren Cahill	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	7–5, 6–2
11.	1990	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Wally Masur	Kent Kinnear Brad Pearce	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
12.	1990	Singapore	Hard	Jason Stoltenberg	Brad Drewett Todd Woodbridge	6–1, 6–0
13.	1990	Manchester, England	Grass	Jason Stoltenberg	Nick Brown Kelly Jones	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
14.	1990	Newport, USA	Grass	Darren Cahill	Todd Nelson Bryan Shelton	7–6, 6–2
15.	1990	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Darren Cahill	Neil Broad Gary Muller	7–6, 6–2
16.	1993	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Wally Masur	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
17.	1993	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Wally Masur	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	6–3, 7–6
18.	1994	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Andrew Kratzmann	David Adams Byron Black	6–4, 6–3

[edit] Runner-ups (12)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1986	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Darren Cahill	Kevin Curren Guy Forget	6–2, 7–6
2.	1986	Hong Kong	Hard	Pat Cash	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	7–6, 6–7, 7–5
3.	1989	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Glenn Layendecker	Neil Broad Stefan Kruger	6–2, 7–6
4.	1989	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Darren Cahill	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
5.	1989	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Darren Cahill	David Pate Scott Warner	6–3, 6–7, 7–5
6.	1990	Paris Indoor, USA	Carpet	Darren Cahill	Scott Davis David Pate	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
7.	1991	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Darren Cahill	Scott Davis David Pate	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
8.	1992	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Jason Stoltenberg	Goran Ivanišević Marc Rosset	7–6, 7–6
9.	1992	Rome, Italy	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	Jakob Hlasek Marc Rosset	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
10.	1993	Rome, Italy	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 7–6
11.	1994	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Laurie Warder	Darren Cahill Sandon Stolle	6–1, 7–6
12.	1994	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	6–7, 6–3, 6–2