Jeroen Masson Explained

Jeroen Masson
Birth Date:2 January 1981
Birth Place:Ghent, Belgium
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$113,066
Highestsinglesranking:No. 215 (10 Oct 2005)
Frenchopenresult:Q2 (2005)
Wimbledonresult:Q2 (2005)
Usopenresult:Q1 (2005)
Highestdoublesranking:No. 265 (17 Apr 2006)

Jeroen Masson (born 2 January 1981) is a Belgian former professional tennis player.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Although born in Belgium, Masson was raised in South Africa and comes from a family of bakers.[1] In order to embark on a career in professional tennis he returned to his birth country at the age of 18 and became a Belgian national.[1] He reached a best singles world ranking of 215, had a win over Novak Djokovic (in 2004), won 13 ITF Futures titles and was runner-up at the 2005 Belgrade Challenger.[5] In 2009 he announced his retirement from the tour.[4]

ATP Challenger/ITF Futures finals

Singles: 25 (13–12)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (13–11)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0France F5, BressuireFuturesHard Jérôme Haehnel7–6(8), 1–6, 6–4
Loss1–1France F19, SarregueminesFuturesCarper Régis Lavergne7–6(6), 4–6, 1–6
Loss1–2Greece F1, SyrosFuturesHard Marco Chiudinelli7–6(5), 2–6, 4–6
Win2–2Portugal F1, LisbonFuturesClay Bernardo Mota6–4, 6–1
Win3–2Turkey F1, IstanbulFuturesHard Bernard Parun6–4, 6–2
Loss3–3Turkey F2, IstanbulFuturesHard Ivaylo Traykov3–6, 4–6
Win4–3Turkey F3, IstanbulFuturesHard Teodor-Dacian Crăciun4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win5–3France F16, MulhouseFuturesHard Lionel Roux6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Loss5–4Croatia F1, ZagrebFuturesHard Pavel Šnobel1–6, 1–6
Win6–4Portugal F2, AlbufeiraFuturesHard Ivo Minář6–2, 6–3
Win7–4Portugal F3, LagosFuturesHard Gilles Simon6–4, 6–4
Loss7–5Greece F1, AthensFuturesHard Andrew Banks2–6, 7–6(7), 4–6
Win8–5Germany F4, RiemerlingFuturesClay Jan Mertl7–5, 6–3
Loss8–6Italy F7, PaviaFuturesClay Andres Dellatorre5–7, 3–6
Loss8–7Netherlands F3, EnschedeFuturesClay Ivo Klec3–6, 1–6
Win9–7Belgium F2, Sint-Katelijne-WaverFuturesHard Richard Bloomfield6–1, 6–1
Loss0–1Belgrade Challenger, SerbiaChallengerCarpet Dick Norman2–6, 3–6
Loss9–8Spain F37, Las PalmasFuturesHard Andrey Golubev4–6, 3–6
Win10–8Germany F3, KaarstFuturesCarpet Ralph Grambow6–2, 6–4
Win11–8Germany F3, KaarstFuturesCarpet Ruben Bemelmans6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Loss11–9Germany F5, SchwieberdingenFuturesCarpet Simon Greul4–6, 4–6
Win12–9Morocco F1, OujdaFuturesClay Lamine Ouahab6–2, 3–0 ret.
Win13–9Turkey F2, AntalyaFuturesClay Gabriel Moraru6–0, 7–6(2)
Loss13–10Germany F6, IngolstadtFuturesClay Érik Chvojka1–6, 7–5, 1–6
Loss13–11Belgium F3, BrusselsFuturesClay Martin Killemose5–7, 6–7(5)

Notes and References

  1. News: Mondaillu . Laurent . Jeroen Masson se trouve au pied du mur . . 5 April 2004 . fr.
  2. News: Monbaillu . Laurent . L'incroyable progression de Jeroen Masson . . 8 November 2004 . fr.
  3. News: Masson wil naar de top honderd . . 28 June 2008 . Dutch.
  4. News: Ook Jeroen Masson stapt uit internationaal tenniscircuit . . 26 January 2009 . nl-NL.
  5. News: TENNIS Norman bat Masson à Belgrade . . 13 February 2005 . fr.