Philipp Kohlschreiber (born October 16, 1983 in Augsburg) is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The righthander has won four doubles and two single titles so far. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on January 14, 2008, when he achieved a world ranking of No. 27.
In 2007, Kohlschreiber achieved his greatest result at a Masters event during the Monte Carlo Masters, when he reached the quarter-finals after going through qualifying, defeating world No. 12 David Nalbandian in the 2nd round. He won his first career title at Munich defeating Mikhail Youzhny, 2-6 6-3 6-4, thereby becoming the first German player to win the event since Michael Stich in 1994.
Kohlschreiber started 2008 in great form reaching the quarter-finals of Doha and winning his 2nd career title in Auckland where he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero, 7-6 7-5.
After Kohlschreiber's win in Auckland, he defeated world No. 6 Andy Roddick, 6-4 3-6 7-6 (8-10) 6-7 (7-3) 8-6 at the Australian Open in the 3rd round. Kohlschreiber played one of his best tennis matches of his career, hitting 32 aces and 104 winners. He eventually lost in the round of 16 to Jarkko Nieminen, 3-6 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (11-9) 6-3. Kohlschreiber failed to convert 11 set points opportunities in the second and third sets.
He is known for his backhand technique.
