Career
He reached a career-high world ranking of World Number. 6 in June 2015. Going to rank 9 in March 2015 he became the highest ranked German player of all time. In 2013, he beat Omar Mosaad in a 5 games in the North American Open it was referred to as the battle of the giants, he reached for the second time the quarter-finals of a World Series tournament.
In the same year, he was silver medalist of the World Games in Cali.