Alexander Mronz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Alexander Mronz

German tennis player

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1965

Place of Birth: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Alexander Mronz

  • Alexander Mronz (born 7 April 1965) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1987. Mronz played right-handed, and won one doubles title (1988, Schenectady) in his career.
  • Mronz reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on April 8, 1991, when he became the World No.
  • 73. Mronz is famous for being the opponent of Jeff Tarango in a third round match at 1995 Wimbledon, having already knocked out Sjeng Schalken and Kenneth Carlsen to get to that stage.
  • Mronz was leading by a set and a break, when Tarango was defaulted after losing his temper with the umpire, Bruno Rebeuh, following a couple of code violations.
  • Tarango walked off the court in anger.
  • Tarango's wife, Benedict, later slapped Rebeuh across the face.
  • Mronz then lost to the World No.
  • 1, Andre Agassi, in the fourth round. Mronz also reached the third round of the 1994 Australian Open, losing from 2 sets up against former World No.
  • 1 and three-time Australian Open champion Mats Wilander (who was currently in the process of coming back to the sport), 6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6.

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