The 26-year-old Nuremberg martyr won the German duel with Tobias Kamke from Lübeck in Melbourne 6: 4, 6: 1. The former French Open round of 16, who slipped to 228th place in the world rankings, achieved the necessary third victory.
The Karlsruhe Hanfmann won his decisive match 7:6 (7:3), 7:6 (8:6) against the Italian Alessandro Giannessi from Italy.
Dortmund’s Jule Niemeier missed the women’s qualification with a 1:6, 6:1, 3:6 against Arianne Hartono from the Netherlands.
A total of twelve German tennis professionals will take part in the main draw of the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, which begins on Monday, including nine men and only three women.
