Arthur De Greef (tennis) explained
| Arthur De Greef |
| Fullname: | Arthur De Greef |
| Residence: | Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium |
| Birth Date: | 1992 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Brussels, Belgium |
| Height: | [1] |
| Turnedpro: | 2010 |
| Retired: | 2021 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach: | Maxime Halflants |
| Careerprizemoney: | $450,036 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 113 (19 June 2017) |
| Australianopenresult: | Q1 (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 1R (2017) |
| Wimbledonresult: | Q2 (2013) |
| Usopenresult: | Q1 (2016) |
| Doublesrecord: | 0–2 |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 597 (4 March 2013) |
| Team: | yes |
| Daviscupresult: | F (2017) |
| Updated: | 8 March 2021 |
Arthur De Greef (pronounced as /nl/; born 27 March 1992) is a former Belgian tennis player. De Greef has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 113, achieved on 19 June 2017 and has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 597 achieved on 4 March 2013. De Greef made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2015 Grand Prix Hassan II where he qualified for the main draw and defeated the 8th seed Diego Schwartzman in the first round.
In May 2021, De Greef was provisionally suspended for match-fixing by ITIA.[2] De Greef was criminally convicted of fraud and working for a criminal organization by the Belgian courts in 2023, refusing to cooperate with interviews.[3] The ITIA subsequently banned him from professional tennis for three years and 9 months, and he was also fined $45,000 ($31,500 suspended).[4]
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 25 (12–13)
| Legend (singles) |
|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour (2–5) | | ITF Futures Tour (10–8) | |
| | Titles by surface |
|---|
| Hard (0–2) | | Clay (12–10) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–1) | |
| |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | | Greece F2, Paros | Futures | Carpet |  Claudio Grassi | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | | Great Britain F5, Bournemouth | Futures | Clay | Enrico Burzi | 6–7(2–7), 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–3 | | Belgium F1, De Haan | Futures | Clay |  Niels Desein | 2–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | | Armenia F1, Yerevan | Futures | Clay |  Nikoloz Basilashvili | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–3 | | Latvia F1, Jūrmala | Futures | Clay | Andis Juška | 6–3, 1–0 ret. |
| Loss | 2–4 | | Turkey F45, Antalya | Futures | Hard |  Aldin Šetkić | 2–6, 0–1 ret. |
| Loss | 2–5 | | USA F3, Weston | Futures | Clay |  Bjorn Fratangelo | 4–6, 6–3, 0–6 |
| Win | 3–5 | | USA F4, Palm Coast | Futures | Clay | Bjorn Fratangelo | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–6 | | Italy F5, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay |  Adam Pavlásek | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–6 | | Colombia F1, Pereira | Futures | Clay |  Fabiano de Paula | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–7 | | Colombia F2, Pereira | Futures | Clay |  Nicolás Barrientos | 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 5–7 | | Spain F9, Valldoreix | Futures | Clay |  Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez | 7–6(7–2), 6–3 |
| Win | 6–7 | | Spain F18, Gandia | Futures | Clay |  Ramkumar Ramanathan | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6–8 | | Tunisia F5, El Kantaoui | Futures | Hard |  Mathias Bourgue | 6–2, 4–6, 6–7(6–8) |
| Win | 7–8 | | Spain F30, Sevilla | Futures | Clay | Rafael Camilo | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5) |
| Win | 8–8 | | Italy F29, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Antonio Massara | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–8 | | Portugal F13, Porto | Futures | Clay | João Domingues | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Loss | 9–9 | | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay |  Facundo Bagnis | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 10–9 | | Tunisia F10, Hammamet | Futures | Clay | Pedro Sousa | 1–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 10–10 | | Napoli, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Jozef Kovalík | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 11–10 | | Liberec, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Steve Darcis | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
| Loss | 11–11 | | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Nicolás Kicker | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 12–11 | | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Nino Serdarušić | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 12–12 | | Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | Jozef Kovalík | 4–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 12–13 | | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Clay |  Filip Krajinović | 3–6, 1–6 | |
Doubles: 4 (3–1)
| Legend (doubles) |
|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) | | ITF Futures Tour (3–1) | |
| | Titles by surface |
|---|
| Hard (1–0) | | Clay (2–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
| |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | | Great Britain F5, Bath | Futures | Hard (i) | Yannik Reuter |  Lewis Burton
Edward Corrie | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | | Great Britain F6, Bournemouth | Futures | Clay | Jérôme Inzerillo | Keelan Oakley
Matthew Short | 3–6, 6–1, [10–8] |
| Win | 2–1 | | Great Britain F7, Edinburgh | Futures | Clay | Jérôme Inzerillo | Gleb Sakharov
Alexandre Sidorenko | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–8] |
| Win | 3–1 | | Turkey F44, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Julien Cagnina |  Michael Linzer
Marc Sieber | 6–1, 6–7(3–7), [10–5] | |
Notes and References
- News: Arthur De Greef Player profile. www.atpworldtour.com. 16 January 2016.
- Web site: ITIA - Three Belgians Provisionally Suspended.
- News: The Unravelling: How a small-town police officer took down the largest match-fixing ring in history. .
- Web site: ITIA - Arnaud Graisse, Arthur de Greef, Julien Dubail, Romain Barbosa, Maxime Authom, Omar Salman, and Alec Witmeur sanctioned under Tennis Anti-Corruption Program . ITIA . en.
