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Tennis: Stich backs Haas as Wimbledon dark horse

Agence France-PresseJune 18, 2013 12:00
Former champion Michael Stich has said evergreen Tommy Haas is a realistic outside contender at Wimbledon next week as the 35-year-old German enjoys an Indian summer in his career. "If he has a chance to win a Grand Slam, then it's at Wimbledon," the 44-year-old Stich, the last German to win the grass-court Grand Slam tournament in 1991, told website Spox.com with Wimbledon to start on Monday. "The nice thing about Tommy is that he is healthy and enjoying it all at the moment.

Tennis: Defending champion Haas into Halle last-eight

Agence France-PresseJune 14, 2013 22:22
Defending champion Tommy Haas reached the quarter-finals of the Halle grasscourt tournament on Thursday beating Ernests Gulbis, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, after the Latvian had saved 16 of 16 break points. World number 11 Haas will face France's Gael Monfils for a place in the semi-finals. Haas is one of four German players to make the last-eight after Philipp Kohlschreiber, Florian Mayer and Mischa Zverev. He is making his 13th appearance at the pre-Wimbledon warm-up and took the title for the first time in 2012, beating Roger Federer in the final. sg/dj/nr

Tennis: Defending champion Haas into Halle last-eight

Agence France-PresseJune 14, 2013 22:21
Defending champion Tommy Haas reached the quarter-finals of the Halle grasscourt tournament on Thursday beating Ernests Gulbis, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, after the Latvian had saved 16 of 16 break points. World number 11 Haas will face France's Gael Monfils for a place in the semi-finals. "I knew that I had to play my best tennis to stay in the tournament," said Haas, of the challenge posed by world number 38, Gulbis. "Gulbis is a great player who is on the up."

Tennis: Age, injury, private heartbreak spur on Haas

Agence France-PresseJune 3, 2013 12:10
Tommy Haas was once number two in the rankings and had the world at his feet, until a depressing series of injuries and operations sent his career into a tailspin. But the 35-year-old German is far from bitter. On the contrary, he is revelling in his second chance, becoming the third oldest man in history to reach the French Open quarter-finals. He is also keeping his achievements in perspective knowing that despite his injury-plagued past, he has little to complain about having once seen his parents battle for their lives following an horrific motorcycle crash.

Tennis: Rejuvenated Haas targets new kid Sock

Agence France-PresseMay 28, 2013 14:31
German veteran Tommy Haas set up a meeting with emerging US starlet Jack Sock after handing out a straight sets drubbing to Frenchman Guillaume Rufin in the opening round at Roland Garros on Tuesday. World number 14 Haas, the third oldest man in the draw at 35, eclipsed a man 12 years younger in winning 7-6 (7/4), 6-1, 6-3 to canter through to the last 64. Twelfth seed Haas, making his 52nd appearance at a major and who made his French Open debut in 1998, almost caused a huge upset when in 2009 he led Roger Federer by two sets before losing in the 4th round.

Tennis: Veteran Haas wins Munich at 10th attempt

Agence France-PresseMay 5, 2013 10:00
Evergreen German Tommy Haas beat defending champion Philipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets on Sunday to win the Munich claycourt title for the first time at the 10th attempt, 13 years after his first appearance in the final. Haas needed just 82 minutes to seal his 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) win over compatriot Kohlschreiber and pick up the 14th title of his career to become the first 35-year-old to win an ATP tournament since 2008. Haas in enjoying an Indian summer and on Monday will be ranked 13th in the world, having reached a career-high of second back in 2002

Veteran Haas ends Djokovic dominance in Miami

March 27, 2013 01:45
(Reuters) - Germany's Tommy Haas recorded the upset of the tournament when he stunned two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-4 in the fourth round of the Sony Open at Miami on Tuesday. Haas, who turns 35 next week, needed just 80 minutes to end Djokovic's 14-match winning streak at the tournament and consign the world number one Serb to just his second loss of the season. "Playing against someone like Novak and coming out on top at this time of my career, it's unbelievable," Haas told reporters.

Tennis: Germany's Haas stuns Djokovic at Miami tennis

March 27, 2013 00:16
World number one Novak Djokovic crashed out of the Miami Masters in the fourth round on Tuesday, losing in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 to German 15th seed Tommy Haas. Defending champ Djokovic lost for just the second time this season, never getting to grips with Haas, who kept the Serb off his game with a solid mixture of shots on a cool southern Florida evening. Haas, who turns 35 next week, advances to the quarter-finals where he will face Frenchman Gilles Simon who outlasted Djokovic's countryman Janko Tipsarevic 5-7, 6-2, 6-2.

URGENT ¥¥¥ Tennis: Germany's Haas upsets Djokovic at Miami tennis

March 26, 2013 23:45
Germany's Tommy Haas upset world number one Novak Djokovic in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of the Miami Masters tournament on Tuesday. Haas was facing his first world No. 1 opponent since the third round of the 2009 Australian Open, when he lost to Rafael Nadal. gph/ch

Tennis: Gulbis outlasts Haas to reach Delray Beach final

March 2, 2013 19:00
Latvian qualifier Ernests Gulbis outlasted German second seed Tommy Haas 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7/2) on Saturday to reach the final of the $455,775 ATP Delray Beach International Championship. In a matchup of past Delray Beach champions, Haas squandered three break points in the 11th game of the third set. Gulbis won the last five points to hold for a 6-5 lead, then won six of the last seven points in the tie-breaker. US top seed John Isner and France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin meet in the other semi-final to decide who will face 109th-ranked Gulbis in Sunday's title match.
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