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Meffert and Wolff: Coach of the Year after historic tennis success!
Dr. Dominik Meffert was named Coach of the Year 2025 at the ATP tournament in Hamburg after his duo Krawietz/Pütz won the finals.
Meffert and Wolff: Coach of the Year after historic tennis success!
On May 22, 2025, Dr. Dominik Meffert was named Coach of the Year at the ATP tournament at Rotherbaum. The award not only celebrates the work he has done, but also the historic success he achieved together with his coaching colleague Lukas Wolff. Together they led players Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz to the first title by a German duo at the ATP Finals, an achievement that Meffert described as crucial to his award.
Dr. Meffert is an employee of the Institute for Mediation Skills in Sports and has worked at the German Sport University in Cologne since 2015. He leads there together with Dr. Ralph Grambow and Dr. Philipp Born the teaching and research area of tennis. The honor shows how high the recognition is for coaches in Germany who are always able to shape young talents and bring them to the top of international tennis. [dshs-koeln.de] reports that the track record under his leadership is impressive.
Further successes in German tennis
In 2024, Jan-Lennard Struff also joined the list of successes of German players. He won his first ATP title in April, a triumph he described as long overdue. He had previously made it to the finals of the BMW Open 2021 and the Madrid Masters 2023. In these competitions he faced strong opponents, but lost, especially after a fight against Carlos Alcaraz, where he at least won one set. His breakthrough finally came at the BMW Open 2024, where he prevailed without losing a set, including against well-known players such as Felix Auger-Aliassime and Taylor Fritz. In addition to the trophy, Struff also traditionally received a pair of lederhosen. [tennis.com] highlights the significance of this victory.
The past few years have been marked by celebratory moments and setbacks for German tennis. In the period after the Second World War, German tennis was considered to be in crisis, but the economic miracle and the reduction of class differences led to a noticeable revival. The 1980s marked a heyday in which players like Steffi Graf and Boris Becker took tennis to a new level. Graf secured a total of 22 Grand Slam titles, while Becker caused a sensation with his Wimbledon victory at the age of just 17. [tennisfueranfaenger.de] offers further insights into the development of German tennis.
In summary, it can be said that both Dr. Dominik Meffert and Jan-Lennard Struff have had a significant impact on the current success story of German tennis. The achievements of today's players are part of a long tradition of success that began in the 1930s with Cilly Aussem and Gottfried Freiherr von Cramm and continues through many ups and downs to the present day.