Gijs Brouwer Explained

Gijs Brouwer
Birth Date:14 March 1996
Birth Place:Houston, United States
Height:NaN1.91
Turnedpro:2016
Coach:Michiel Schapers
Plays:Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:US$ 735,340
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 114 (27 February 2023)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 222 (5 August 2024)
Australianopenresult:Q1 (2023, 2024)
Frenchopenresult:Q1 (2023)
Wimbledonresult:1R (2023)
Usopenresult:2R (2022)
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 148 (22 August 2022)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 348 (5 August 2024)
Updated:5 August 2024

Gijs Brouwer (born 14 March 1996) is a Dutch tennis player.Brouwer has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 114 achieved on 27 February 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 148 achieved on 22 August 2022.[1]

Brouwer has won two ATP Challenger doubles titles at the 2021 Puerto Vallarta Open with Reese Stalder and at the 2022 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger with Christian Harrison.

Career

2022: ATP & Major debut & top-50 win, top 150 in singles & doubles

On his ATP Tour debut at the 2022 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Brouwer as a qualifier, made the quarterfinals after defeating Feliciano López and J. J. Wolf. He lost to third seed and eventual champion Reilly Opelka in the quarterfinals.[2] As a result he made his top 300 debut at world No. 286.

In May, Brouwer reached his first Challenger final at the 2022 Tunis Open losing to Roberto Carballés Baena.

Brouwer made his Grand Slam debut at the US Open as a qualifier.[3] He recorded his first Major win defeating world No. 45 Adrian Mannarino.[4] He reached the top 150 in the singles rankings on 12 September 2022.

2023-24: First top-10 win & ATP semifinal, top 125

Ranked No. 160 in Rotterdam, Brouwer was promoted from qualifying into the main draw, also as a wildcard, after the withdrawal of Gaël Monfils,[5] where he defeated top-50 player Marc-Andrea Hüsler in the first round.[6] He moved on to his first ATP hardcourt quarterfinal and only second in his career, after fourth seed Holger Rune retired in the second set of the match, his biggest, first top-10 win, and only his fifth on the ATP tour.[7] [8] As a result he moved more than 40 positions to a new career high in the top 120 at No. 116 on 20 February 2023. It was the first time a Dutch duo, Brouwer and Tallon Griekspoor, reached the quarterfinals in singles of the home tournament, since Raemon Sluiter and Sjeng Schalken in 2003.[9] [10]

In April 2023, Brouwer repeated his Houston result from 2022, again reaching the quarterfinals after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic and fourth seed John Isner. He went one step further to reach his first ATP semifinal with again a win over fifth seed J.J. Wolf in the quarterfinals, losing also to top seed and eventual champion Frances Tiafoe in the semifinals.[11] He moved back to No. 116 in the rankings on 10 April 2023. He made his debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships after qualifying. He also qualified for the 2023 Moselle Open as a lucky loser directly into the second round replacing second seed Alex de Minaur after his late withdrawal, but lost to Pierre-Hugues Herbert.[12]

Brower qualified for the 2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston for a third year in a row defeating Mitchell Krueger in the last round of qualifying, but lost to James Duckworth in the first round of the main draw.[13] At the 2024 Libéma Open he entered the main draw as a qualifier and defeated Jakub Menšík[14] and fifth seed Adrian Mannarino to reach his first grass court quarterfinal. As a result he moved 40 positions up in the rankings back into the top 200.[15] [16] At the 2024 Mallorca Championships, he entered the main draw as a lucky loser.

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF Futures Tour (0–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
ITF Futures Tour (0–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentCategorySurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Nov 2021bgcolor=moccasinPuerto Vallarta, Mexicobgcolor=moccasinChallengerHard Reese Stalder Hans Hach Verdugo
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–4, 6–4
Win2–0bgcolor=moccasinTallahassee, USAbgcolor=moccasinChallengerClay Christian Harrison Diego Hidalgo
Cristian Rodríguez
4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss2–1bgcolor=moccasinLexington, USAbgcolor=moccasinChallengerHard Aidan McHugh Yuki Bhambri
Saketh Myneni
6-3, 4-6, [8-10]

Record against top 10 players

Wins over top 10 players

Brouwer has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gijs Brouwer | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis. ATP Tour.
  2. Web site: Opelka Sets Kyrgios Showdown In Houston SFs. ATP Tour.
  3. Web site: Victoria Chiesa . Meet the 2022 US Open men's qualifiers . US Open . 27 May 2024 . 26 August 2022.
  4. Web site: Debutant Gijs Brouwer surprises at US Open | Tennis . 31 August 2022 .
  5. Web site: Gael Monfils withdraws from Rotterdam Open, further postpones his comeback . 10 February 2023 .
  6. Web site: Enorme stunt van tennisser Gijs Brouwer op ABN Amro-toernooi in Rotterdam . nl. 14 February 2024.
  7. Web site: Streaking Sinner Tops Tsitsipas in Rotterdam for First Top 3 Win. 16 February 2023. 11 June 2024.
  8. Web site: Brouwer advances to quarter-finals, as Holger Rune retires with injury. 16 February 2023.
  9. Web site: Sinner Scores Tsitsipas Revenge To Reach Rotterdam QFs; Rune retires against Dutchman Brouwer | ATP Tour | Tennis. 16 February 2024.
  10. Tallon Griekspoor and Gijs Brouwer are the first Dutch duo in the quarterfinals of the #abnamroopen, since Raemon Sluiter and Sjeng Schalken in 2003. abnamroopen. 1626689494652014609.
  11. News: Dutch tennis player Gijs Brouwer builds another tie to Houston. Houston Chronicle . 9 April 2023. 11 June 2024 . Robertson . Dale .
  12. Web site: Pierre-Hugues Herbert réagit à sa qualification en quart de finale. fr. 8 November 2023. 11 June 2024.
  13. Web site: Kovacevic edges Kokkinakis to reach second round of U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship. 3 April 2024. 11 June 2024.
  14. Web site: ATP roundup: Lorenzo Musetti advances at Stuttgart. . 11 June 2024. 11 June 2024.
  15. Web site: Libema Open: Qualifier Knocks 5th Seed Out In Huge Straight Sets Upset. 12 June 2024. 12 June 2024.
  16. https://x.com/TennisTV/status/1800845975268839865