Education
He finished 1999 as the Number.
He finished 1999 as the Number.
He had an excellent junior career, winning the 1999 Australian Open Boys" Singles (defeated Mikhail Youzhny), and reaching the Boys" final at both Wimbledon (lost to Jürgen Melzer), and the United States Open (lost to Jarkko Nieminen) the same year. 1 ranked junior player in the world. Juniors
Junior Slam results:
Australian Open: West (1999)
French Open: 3R (1998, 1999)
Wimbledon: F (1999)
United States Open: F (1999)
Pro tour
He turned professional in 1999, and on 28 January 2002, Kristian Pless reached his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking of World Number.
He suffered a serious shoulder injury in 2003, which after multiple surgery kept him out of competition for almost a year.
After returning from injury in 2004, he had dropped in the rankings to World Number. 846 on May 24. Subsequently, he has gradually climbed the rankings, and after successful performances at the Challenger level in the fall of 2006, he entered the Top 100 again.
In January 2007, he continued his good performances as he defeated World Number. 8 David Nalbandian in three sets in the first round of Chennai Open.
In 2008 he reached two Challenger finals (in Izmir, Turkey and Rimouski, Canada), but ended the year outside of Top 100.
In the beginning of 2009, he lost in the first round of most Challenger tournaments, leading to a drop in rankings to World Number. 265 as of May 2009.