The 30-year-old from Weinheim benefited in the first round from the surrender of his Austrian opponent Gerald Melzer at a score of 6:4, 1:1 from Hanfmann’s point of view. He now meets Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor in the round of the top 16 at the clay court event, which is endowed with 534,555 euros. Hanfmann is the only German in the main field of Kitzbühel.