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]
Legend | |
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ATP Challenger (0–1) | |
ITF Futures (13–11) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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Win | 1–0 | France F5, Bressuire | Futures | Hard | Jérôme Haehnel | 7–6(8), 1–6, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 1–1 | France F19, Sarreguemines | Futures | Carper | Régis Lavergne | 7–6(6), 4–6, 1–6 | ||
Loss | 1–2 | Greece F1, Syros | Futures | Hard | Marco Chiudinelli | 7–6(5), 2–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 2–2 | Portugal F1, Lisbon | Futures | Clay | Bernardo Mota | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
Win | 3–2 | Turkey F1, Istanbul | Futures | Hard | Bernard Parun | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
Loss | 3–3 | Turkey F2, Istanbul | Futures | Hard | Ivaylo Traykov | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 4–3 | Turkey F3, Istanbul | Futures | Hard | Teodor-Dacian Crăciun | 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 | ||
Win | 5–3 | France F16, Mulhouse | Futures | Hard | Lionel Roux | 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 5–4 | Croatia F1, Zagreb | Futures | Hard | Pavel Šnobel | 1–6, 1–6 | ||
Win | 6–4 | Portugal F2, Albufeira | Futures | Hard | Ivo Minář | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
Win | 7–4 | Portugal F3, Lagos | Futures | Hard | Gilles Simon | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 7–5 | Greece F1, Athens | Futures | Hard | Andrew Banks | 2–6, 7–6(7), 4–6 | ||
Win | 8–5 | Germany F4, Riemerling | Futures | Clay | Jan Mertl | 7–5, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 8–6 | Italy F7, Pavia | Futures | Clay | Andres Dellatorre | 5–7, 3–6 | ||
Loss | 8–7 | Netherlands F3, Enschede | Futures | Clay | Ivo Klec | 3–6, 1–6 | ||
Win | 9–7 | Belgium F2, Sint-Katelijne-Waver | Futures | Hard | Richard Bloomfield | 6–1, 6–1 | ||
Loss | 0–1 | Belgrade Challenger, Serbia | Challenger | Carpet | Dick Norman | 2–6, 3–6 | ||
Loss | 9–8 | Spain F37, Las Palmas | Futures | Hard | Andrey Golubev | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
Win | 10–8 | Germany F3, Kaarst | Futures | Carpet | Ralph Grambow | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
Win | 11–8 | Germany F3, Kaarst | Futures | Carpet | Ruben Bemelmans | 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 | ||
Loss | 11–9 | Germany F5, Schwieberdingen | Futures | Carpet | Simon Greul | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 12–9 | Morocco F1, Oujda | Futures | Clay | Lamine Ouahab | 6–2, 3–0 ret. | ||
Win | 13–9 | Turkey F2, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Gabriel Moraru | 6–0, 7–6(2) | ||
Loss | 13–10 | Germany F6, Ingolstadt | Futures | Clay | Érik Chvojka | 1–6, 7–5, 1–6 | ||
Loss | 13–11 | Belgium F3, Brussels | Futures | Clay | Martin Killemose | 5–7, 6–7(5) |