where Franky and his little brother Jochen joined forces to try to keep you up to date on the rising career of Franky as a tennis player

News 08.Feb 2010 No luck in 2010! Franky and Ivan lose their first round in another close match 7-5,3-6,6-10. Franky actually plays well but it was not enough:( 06.Feb 2010 Franky is already in Bergamo, Italy. Franky teams up with Ivan Dodig from Croatia this week... 03.Feb 2010 Franky is back home in Baden-Baden:) 02.Feb 2010 Franky and Jamie play a good match but lose another close one 6-4,5-7,8-10 against a strong Arnaud Clement from France and Olivier Rochus from Belgium:( A good match though Franky can build up on... 31.Jan 2010 The draw in Zagreb is out and in the first round on Tuesday Franky and Jamie face Arnaud Clement from France and Olivier Rochus from Belgium... 29.Jan 2010 Change of plans: Franky is in Zagreb, Croatia! On the side of Jamie Delgado he got in the PBZ Zagreb Indoors. The draw should be out tomorrow evening... 20.Jan 2010 Franky is in Houston, Texas where he stays with his brother for a few days to practice...his next tournament will most likely be in Dallas, Texas... 11.Jan 2010 Not a good trip to South America. Dave and Franky lose there first round match 4-6,6-4,8-10! Its not sure yet where Franky's next tournament is... 10.Jan 2010 The draw in Salinas is out and in the first round tomorrow afternoon Dave and Franky face Vasek Pospisil from Canada and Marcio Torres from Brazil... 08.Jan 2010 After one night in Panama City due to delayed flights Franky made it safe to Salinas in Ecuador:) 07.Jan 2010 Franky is on his way to Salinas, Ecuador for his next tournament...Franky teams up again with David Martin this week...  05.Jan 2010 Franky and David lose their first round match in Sao Paulo 3-6,3-6. Franky was struggling with the conditions over there and the others played well! 04.Jan 2010 Lots of rain delays the matches in Sao Paulo and Franky's doubles for today got cancelled... 03.Jan 2010 The draw in Sao Paulo is out and in the first round tomorrow Franky and David Martin face Ricardo Mello and Franco Ferreiro from Brazil... 31.Dec 2009 Franky made it safe to Sao Paulo. The tournament does not start till Monday so Franky has time to prepare... We wish everybody a good jump into 2010!:) 26.Dec 2009 Franky is getting ready for his first tournaments in 2010. On Wednesday he flies to Brazil for the 125000+H Sao Paulo Challenger Tournament which starts 4th January...The week after he will play another tournament in South America in Ecuador. Franky teams up this weeks with David Martin from USA... 24.Dec 2009 Merry Christmas everybody:) 16.Dec 2009 Check out a few new pics from this fall in the Pictures Section... 07.Dec 2009 Franky is back home in Baden-Baden:) He is still struggling with the flu though... 03.Dec 2009 Franky's season 2009 is finished! Today he lost his singles against first seeded Marcel Granollers from Spain 4-6,6-4,1-4 ret. Franky has the flu and was struggling with fewer on the court:( After in doubles Franky tried hard but still they lost against a strong Evgeny Kirillov and Andrey Kuznetsov from Russia...It was Franky's last tournament this year so now he gets a long well deserved rest!:) 02.Dec 2009 Franky wins his first round singles 6-7(4),6-2,6-2 against Ruslan Bekoev from Russia. A tough match but Franky fights through...tomorrow he faces first seeded Marcel Granollers from Spain. In doubles Franky and Richi face Evgeny Kirillov and Andrey Kuznetsov from Russia... 01.Dec 2009 Franky and Richi win their first round doubles 6-2,4-6,10-6. Tomorrow Franky plays only singles... The temperature was lower than -30 Degrees Celsius today...good the tournament is held indoors;) 30.Nov 2009 The draws are out for singles and doubles and in first round singles Franky faces Ruslan Bekoev from Russia. In doubles Franky and Richi face Mikhail Fufygin from Russia and Roman Tudoreanu from Moldova...Tomorrow Franky only plays doubles... 29.Nov 2009 Franky made it safe to Siberia! Everything seems very nice over there...the draw should be out tomorrow... 27.Nov 2009 Franky is back home in Baden-Baden. Not for long though cause tomorrow he is going to Russia for a 50000+H Challenger tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk. This will definitely be an adventurous trip to Siberia! The temperature there is expected to be around -30 Degrees Celsius! Franky will actually be main draw singles there. In doubles he teams up with Sebastian Rieschick from Germany. The tournament starts on Tuesday... 25.Nov 2009 Franky and Rogier lose their second round 6-7(3),4-6 in a tough match:( 24.Nov 2009 Franky and Rogier are off to a good start in Helsinki. In the first round they beat the twins Sonchat and Sanchai Ratiwatana from Thailand 6-3,6-2. Tomorrow they face Aisam Qureshi from Pakistan and Rohan Bopanna from India... 22.Nov 2009 The draw in Helsinki is out and in the first round on Tuesday or Wednesday Franky and Rogier face Sonchat and Sanchai Ratiwatana from Thailand... 21.Nov 2009 Franky is on his way to Helsinki, Finland for the 125000+H IPP Open. Franky will team up with Rogier Wassen from Holland this week... 19.Nov 2009 Franky is back home in Baden-Baden! This weekend he flies to Helsinki, Finland for his next tournament... 17.Nov 2009 Franky and Lovro lose their first round match in Bratislava:( 2-6,5-7 against Rameez Junaid from Australia and Alessandro Motti from Italy. The good news is that Franky's foot seems to get better. Now he needs to get back in shape... 15.Nov 2009 Franky is on his way to Bratislava, Slovakia for the 125000+H Challenger. He teams up with Lovro Zovko from Croatia and in the first round they face Rameez Junaid from Australia and Alessandro Motti from Italy. Hopefully Franky's foot will be good to go! 10.Nov 2009 Check out a few new pics from this spring and summer in the picture section! 08.Nov 2009 Franky had to cancel his trip to Aachen due to his foot injury which already bothered him in Kazakhstan. One week rest should help and then hopefully he will be ready for next week where he is supposed to play in Bratislava, Slovakia... 06.Nov 2009 Franky is back in Baden-Baden:) On Sunday he will go to Aachen, Germany to play the 50000+H Lambertz Open... 05.Nov 2009 Franky and Björn lose their semi finals 3-6,6-0,7-10 against first seeded Rogier Wassen from Holland and David Martin from USA:( Franky is flying home tomorrow... 04.Nov 2009 Franky and Björn reach the semis in Astana, Kazakhstan! They advance with a 6-1,6-2 win over Danjil Braun and Serizhan Yessenbekov from Kazakhstan. Tomorrow they face Rogier Wassen from Holland and David Martin from USA... 03.Nov 2009 Franky and Björn win there first round in Astana 6-1,6-4 against Michail Elgin from Russia and Sergei Bubka from Ukrain. Franky is fighting an injury on his foot; hopefully it will be better soon! Tomorrow they face Danjil Braun and Serizhan Yessenbekov from Kazakhstan... 01.Nov 2009 The draw is out and in the first round on Tuesday Franky and Bjoern Phau from Germany face Michail Elgin from Russia and Sergei Bubka from Ukrain... In singles Franky lost easy 0-6,3-6 against Ilya Belyaev from Russia... 31.Oct 2009 Franky overcomes Alexander Zhurbin from Russia 6-3,6-4. Tomorrow in the final round qualies he faces Ilya Belyaev from Russia... 30.Oct 2009 Franky made it safe to Kazakhstan. He signs up for singles this week and in the first round he has a bye. In the second round tomorrow afternoon he faces Alexander Zhurbin from Russia... 27.Oct 2009 Franky is already on his way back home to Baden-Baden... 26.Oct 2009 Franky and Evgueni lose their first round match in Russia 6-7(5),3-6. Franky was not happy with his performance and was especially struggling with his serve:( 24.Oct 2009 Franky made mit safe to Russia. The draw is out and in the first round him and Evgueni face David Skoch from Czech and Jamie Cerretani from USA... 23.Oct 2009 Franky is back home in Baden-Baden! He does not get a lot of rest though as he got in the St.Petersburg Open in Russia on the side of Evgueni Korolev from Russia. Franky will fly there tomorrow afternoon... 21.Oct 2009 Franky and Dominik lose in the quarters 4-6,4-6 against a strong second seeded Colin Fleming and Kenneth Skupski from Great Britain:( 20.Oct 2009 Franky and Dominik win their first round 6-2,6-2 against Tony Rajaobelina from Madagascar and Dorian Descloix from France. Tomorrow they face second seeded Colin Fleming and Kenneth Skupski from Great Britain... 18.Oct 2009 Today Franky plays a good second round and wins against Thomas Oger 6-2,4-6,7-5! In the last round qualies also played today Franky still plays well but loses 4-6,6-3,5-7 against second seeded Stefano Galvani from Italy... The doubles draw is out also and Franky teams up with Dominik Hrbaty from Slovakia. In the first round they face Tony Rajaobelina from Madagascar and Dorian Descloix from France... 17.Oct 2009 Franky wins his first round singles in a close match 7-6(6),6-7(6),6-4...tomorrow he faces Thomas Oger from France... 16.Oct 2009 Franky made it safe to Orleans. He is playing singles this week and in the first round he faces his team mate of his French team Fleury Les Aubrais Tony Rajaobelina from Madagascar... 13.Oct 2009 Franky is home in Baden-Baden:) Most likely on Friday he will go to France for the Open d' Orléans! 10.Oct 2009 Franky and Carsten play another good match but this time they end up losing 4-6,7-6(5),8-10 against Alejandro Falla from Colombia and Teimuraz Gabashvili from Russia! Franky is not playing any tournament next week so he gets a well deserved rest... 08.Oct 2009 Franky and Carsten reach the semis in Mons! They win a very close match 4-6,7-6(5),10-7 against Jonathan Marray from Great Britain and Aisam Qureshi from Pakistan! On Saturday they face the winner of first seeded Colin Fleming and Kenneth Skupski from Great Britain or Alejandro Falla from Colombia and Teimuraz Gabashvili from Russia... 06.Oct 2009 Franky and Carsten win their first round 7-6(5),6-4 against Christophe Rochus and David Goffin from Belgium. On Thursday they face Jonathan Marray from Great Britain and Aisam Qureshi from Pakistan... 04.Oct 2009 The draw in Mons, Belgium is out: Since the cut off was very high Franky did not get in with Bjoern Phau and he is now playing with Carsten Ball from Australia. They are actually seeded third and in the first round they face Christophe Rochus and David Goffin from Belgium... 01.Oct 2009 Franky and Michail lose their quarters finals in Kuala Lumpur 3-6,2-6! They fail to use their chances on many breakpoints! Franky flies back to Europe tonight and will play the 125000+H challenger in Mons, Belgium next week on the side of Björn Phau from Germany... 30.Sep 2009 Franky and Michail bring home a nice win when they win a close match 6-4,4-6,10-8 against second seeded Frantisek Cermak from Czech and Michal Mertinak from Slovakia who are currently ranked 8th in the race for the masters in London! Tomorrow they face Stephen Huss from Australia and Scott Lipsky from USA... 27.Sep 2009 While Franky is still on his flight to Kuala Lumpur the draw came out in Malaysia and in the first round on Tuesday or Wednesday they face second seeded Frantisek Cermak from Czech and Michal Mertinak from Slovakia.... 26.Sep 2009 Franky is on his way to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia! He got in the Malaysian Open on the side of Michail Elgin from Russia!:) 24.Sep 2009 Franky is back home again in Baden-Baden... 23.Sep 2009 Franky and Christophe Rochus lose their first round match against a very strong Colin Fleming and Kenneth Skupski from Great Britain 6-7(3),1-6. Franky and Christophe actually did not play a bad match...so no birthday present for Franky who turns 33 today!:) 19.Sep 2009 Franky will not get a lot of rest back home as he is main draw of the L'Open de Moselle in Metz, France. At the ATP Event he teams up with Christophe Rochus from Belgium and in the first round on Tuesday or Wednesday they face Colin Fleming and Kenneth Skupski from Great Britain... 17.Sep 2009 Franky is on his way back home to Baden-Baden:) 16.Sep 2009 Rain delays the matches in Tulsa and Franky and Brendan have to go indoors for their quarter finals match where they never find their form and lose 5-7,6-4,8-10:( 15.Sep 2009 Franky and Brendan win their first round match in Tulsa 6-4,7-5. Tomorrow they face Phillip Stephens and Ashley Watling from Great Britain... 13.Sep 2009 The draw in Tulsa is out and in the first round on Tuesday or Wednesday Franky and Brendan Evans from USA face Toshihide Matsui from Japan and Milos Raonic from Canada... 11.Sep 2009 Franky is in Tulsa, Oklahoma in USA getting ready for the 50000+H challenger tournament... 05.Sep 2009 Franky is in Houston for a few days getting some rest and practicing before going to his next tournaments... 02-Sep 2009 Franky and Florent lose their match at the US Open 4-6,1-6. They had a good start but could not follow through... 30.Aug 2009 The draw for the US Open is out and in the first round Franky and Florent Serra face 10th seeded Frantisek Cermak (ATP 26) from Czech and Michal Mertinak (ATP 23) from Slovakia. It is not sure yet when... 29.Aug 2009 Franky made it safe to New York where he gets ready for the US Open... 28.Aug 2009 Franky and Rohan miss their chances today and lose the semis 4-6,4-6:( Tomorrow Franky flies to New York, USA... 26.Aug 2009 Franky and Rohan take care of business with a 6-3,6-3 win over Jamie Delgado and Jamie Murray from Great Britain. On Friday they face the winner of second seeded Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana from Thailand or Alessio di Mauro and Simone Vagnozzi from Italy... 25.Aug 2009 Franky and Rohan win a good first round against Rameez Junaid from Australia and Philipp Oswald from Austria 6-3,6-4. Tomorrow they have a rematch from last week against Jamie Delgado and Jamie Murray from Great Britain... 23.Aug 2009 Franky is in Manerbio, Italy where he plays one more tournament before leaving to USA. At the 100000+H Challenger he teams up with Rohan Bopanna from India again and they face Rameez Junaid from Australia and Philipp Oswald from Austria... 21.Aug 2009 Great news: Franky got in the US Open in New York, USA where he will team up with Florent Serra from France. The last weeks Franky dropped a bit in the rankings to 89, but thanks to Florent and his ranking of 56 they still manage to make the cut! The tournament starts 31st of August... 20.Aug 2009 Franky is on his way back home to Baden-Baden:) 19.Aug 2009 Rohan and Franky cannot follow up on the good start of the first round an lose their quarter finals match 3-6,4-6! 17.Aug 2009 Franky and Rohan win their first round 6-3,6-4 in a solid match against Carlos Berlocq and Nicolas Todero from Argentina. On Wednesday they face Jamie Delgado and Jamie Murray from Great Britain... 16.Aug 2009 The draw in Italy is out and in the first round Rohan and Franky face Carlos Berlocq and Nicolas Todero from Argentina... 15.Aug 2009 Franky loses his singles 5-7,4-6! The doubles draw should be out tomorrow...Franky teams up with Rohan Bopanna from India this and next week... 14.Aug 2009 The draw for singles is out and in the first round tomorrow afternoon Franky faces Marco Crugnola (ATP 172) from Italy... 13.Aug 2009 Franky is already on his way to Trani, Italy for his next tournament where he teams up with Rohan Bopanna from India...as he gets there early Franky will try to play singles also... 12.Aug 2009 Franky and Richi lose against a strong Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin from France 2-6,2-6. Not Franky's best performance though! 10.Aug 2009 Franky is already in Istanbul, Turkey for the Ted Open. He teams up with Sebastian Rieschick from Germany and in the first round they face Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin from France... 09.Aug 2009 Franky supports his team with a win in singles and a win in doubles:) His team ends up winning 7-2. Unfortunately it will most likely not be enough to stay in their division... 08.Aug 2009 Franky supports his team with a nice win in singles against Benedikt Dorsch (ATP 165) from Germany 6-3,6-3. His doubles opponents retired after one point...unfortunately the team still loses 3-6 and therefore plays one division lower next year:( Tomorrow Franky will join TC Rot Weiss Baden-Baden in their last match of the season...we hope for lots of Baden-Baden fans to come out:) 07.Aug 2009 Franky is back home in Baden-Baden:) Tomorrow he will support his team TC Rot Weiss Baden-Baden in their team match... 04.Aug 2009 Franky is in Houston at his brother's place relaxing for a few days...it is not sure yet which Franky's next tournament is... 02.Aug 2009 Franky and Benni play a good match but end up losing the finals against a strong Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan from USA 4-6,6-7(2) Still a great tournament for Franky!:) 01.Aug 2009 Franky and Benni are in the finals!!!:) They win 6-3,6-3 and move on...tomorrow they face first seeded and number one in the world Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan! 31.Jul 2009 Franky and Benni reach the semis in Los Angeles:) They win a close match 6-3,2-6,10-8 against Yen-Hsun Lu from Taiwan and Dusan Vemic from Serbia:) Benni came up with some great serves in the important moment! Tomorrow they face Denis Istomin from Uzbekistan and Leonardo Mayer from Argentina... 29.Jul 2009 Franky and Benni get a walk over in the first round. John Isner twisted his ankle in the singles before...we hope for John not to be seriously injured! Franky takes the lucky win and on Friday they play quarters against Franky's friend Yen-Hsun Lu from Taiwan and Dusan Vemic from Serbia... 26.Jul 2009 Franky loses his second round match in singles 0-6,6-7(4) Doubles first round will be either Tuesday or Wednesday... 25.Jul 2009 Franky made it safe to Los Angeles. At the LA Tennis Open he signed up for qualies in singles and already won his first round 7-6(6),6-1 in hot conditions against Gary Sacks from South Africa...tomorrow he faces the winner of third seeded Santiago Giraldo of Colombia or Prakash Amritraj from India. The main focus is the doubles and there Franky and Benni Becker face Sam Querrey and John Isner in the first round... 24.Jul 2009 Franky is flying to Los Angeles today where he will be main draw in one more ATP tournament on the side of Benjamin Becker from Germany. Franky dropped this week from 72 ATP to 87 ATP and will keep on dropping if he does not come up with wins soon... 23.Jul 2009 Franky keeps on losing those close matches! Rendy and him fight hard but end up losing 1-6,7-6(12),10-12 against a strong first seeded Jordan Kerr (ATP 28) and Ashley Fisher (ATP 27) from Australia. A good match which ended with a terrible line call:( 22.Jul 2009 Lots of rain delays the matches in Indianapolis. Franky's doubles is now scheduled for tomorrow... 19.Jul 2009 The draw is out and in the first round Franky and Yen-Hsun Lu (Rendy) face first seeded Jordan Kerr and Ashley Fisher from Australia. First round should be this Tuesday or Wednesday... In singles Franky went down today 1-6,1-6 against Todd Widom from USA. Not his best performance really...he should be ready for doubles though! 18.Jul 2009 Franky won his singles 6-3,6-3! Tomorrow he faces Todd Widom from USA. The doubles draw should be out tonight or tomorrow... 17.Jul 2009 Franky made it safe to Indianapolis after a very long trip! He got into singles and plays tomorrow already first round against Juan Francisco Spina from Argentina... 16.Jul 2009 Franky is back home in Baden-Baden:) Not for long though...tomorrow he flies back to USA where he will be main draw at the Indianapolis Tennis Championchips on the side of Yen-Hsun Lu from Taiwan... 15.Jul 2009 Franky is on his way back home to Baden-Baden... 13.Jul 2009 Franky and Micha had to play already today and one cannot believe it lose 6-3,6-7(6),13-15:(:(:( 12.Jul 2009 Franky is back home in Baden-Baden! Not much rest though, already tomorrow he will flies to Sweden for the Catella Swedish Open in Bastad. On the side of Michail Elgin from Russia they face first seeded Simon Aspelin (ATP 20) from Sweden and Paul Hanley (ATP 37) from Australia...Lets hope they don't have to play Monday as Franky is a bit jet lagged... By the way, Franky reaches his career high so far with 74... 09.Jul 2009 Franky and Aisam miss five set points in the first set and way too many chances and therefore lose in rough conditions 6-7(6),4-6:( Tomorrow Franky flies back to Germany... 08.Jul 2009 The weather was ok today but the courts are not ready! Therefore, Franky is now scheduled for tomorrow afternoon for his first round... 07.Jul 2009 Lots of rain delays the matches in Newport and Franky's doubles is now scheduled for tomorrow... 05.Jul 2009 The draw in Newport is out and in the first round on Tuesday Aisam and Franky face Rogier Wassen from Holland and Michael Kohlmann from Germany... In singles Franky lost today against Go Soeda 3-6,6-7(5) 04.Jul 2009 Franky wins his first round singles against Sebastian Prieto 7-5,6-2! Tomorrow he faces third seeded Go Soeda from Japan. In doubles he teams up with Aisam Qureshi from Pakistan this week....the draw there should be out tomorrow... 03.Jul 2009 Franky made it safe to Newport. He signed up for singles qualies and tomorrow afternoon he faces Sebastian Prieto from Argentina... 02.Jul 2009 Franky is flying to Newport, Rhode Island in USA tomorrow to prepare for the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships... 28.Jun 2009 Franky is back in Houston again... 26.Jun 2009 Franky and Chris had to play already today and they now lost against a strong and fifth ranked doubles team in the world Lukasz Kubot from Poland and Oliver Marach from Austria in a close match 2-6,4-6,6-3,6-7(3)...still a great effort from Franky coming yesterday from USA...on Sunday he flies back to continue his "vacation" with his brother Jochen:) 25.Jun 2009 Crazy news! Franky spent 6 hours in Houston before flying right back to London as he got in as a lucky loser!!! After flying all night Franky and Chris Guccione bring home a nice win 7-6(4) 6-4 6-7(5) 7-5 against Rainer Schuettler and Benjamin Becker at Wimbledon:) They next face the number 8 seeds Oliver Marach and Lukasz Kubot. 20.Jun 2009 Franky is back home in Baden-Baden! On Tuesday he flies to Houston to take some time off and relax with his brother Jochen:) It is not sure yet what Franky's plans are for the next weeks... 17.Jun 2009 Blown away! In windy conditions Franky and Chris lose the last three games:( 5-7,7-5,1-6 on the end!:( Franky flies home tomorrow...it is not sure yet what his next plans are... 16.Jun 2009 At 5-7,7-5,1-3 Franky's doubles got suspended due to darkness. Franky and Chris where not happy as they played for a while in the dark already...tomorrow afternoon they fight back! 15.Jun 2009 Rain delays the matches in London! Franky is now supposed to play tomorrow afternoon... 14.Jun 2009 The draw in Wimbledon is out and Franky teams up with Chris Guccione from Australia. In the first round they face Aisam Qureshi from Pakistan and Prakash Amritraj from India...

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