Kristof Vliegen Explained

Kristof Vliegen
Residence:Maaseik, Belgium
Birth Date:1982 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Maaseik, Belgium
Turnedpro:2001
Retired:2011
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$1,964,020
Singlesrecord:89–122
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 30 (30 October 2006)
Australianopenresult:3R (2006)
Frenchopenresult:3R (2007)
Wimbledonresult:2R (2006, 2007, 2009)
Usopenresult:1R (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010)
Doublesrecord:40–51
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 49 (11 June 2007)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (2006, 2007, 2008)
Frenchopendoublesresult:3R (2007)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (2006, 2007)
Usopendoublesresult:3R (2006)
Updated:21 August 2021

Kristof Vliegen (born 22 June 1982) is a Belgian former tennis player. He plays right-handed and he turned professional in 2001.

He was a semi-finalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first all-Belgian men's singles final against Olivier Rochus.

He is not related to fellow Belgian tennis player Joran Vliegen.[1]

Career

2006

He was a semi-finalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first all-Belgian men's singles final against Olivier Rochus. He was also the 30th seed at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the 2nd round before losing to Nicolas Mahut in straight sets.

2009

In Doha, the first tournament of the year he defeated Spaniard Óscar Hernández with 6–1, 6–7 and 6–7. In the next round he faced German Philipp Kohlschreiber. He was defeated in three straight sets 4–6, 7–6 and 6–4. At the Australian open he met Italian Simone Bolelli but lost in three long sets 6–7, 5–7 and 6–7. One week later he started in the SA Tennis Open as the seventh seed. In the first round he won in two straight sets of unranked Ross Hutchins. In the next round he defeated Czech Jan Minář. In the quarterfinals he lost to world number 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets 4–6 and 1–6. At the Open 13 in Marseille he faced Czech Jan Hernych in the first round but lost in three sets: 6–3, 3–6 and 6–4.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–2)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Adelaide, AustraliaInternational SeriesHard Nikolay Davydenko2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss0–2Munich, GermanyInternational SeriesClay Olivier Rochus4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–2)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Stockholm, SwedenInternational SeriesHard Olivier Rochus Paul Hanley
Kevin Ullyett		6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss0–2Atlanta, United States250 SeriesHard Rohan Bopanna Scott Lipsky
Rajeev Ram		3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–12]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (11–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (9–4)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (6–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Luxembourg F2, LuxembourgFuturesClay Jordane Doble4–4 ret.
Win1–1France F6, LilleFuturesHard Jérôme Haehnel7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Win2–1Germany F6, OberweierFuturesClay Daniel Elsner6–1, 1–0 ret.
Win3–1Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Galo Blanco6–2, 6–2
Win4–1Zagreb, CroatiaChallengerClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo6–1, 4–6, 6–0
Win5–1Groningen, NetherlandsChallengerHard Joachim Johansson6–4, 6–4
Loss5–2Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Stan Wawrinka4–6, 3–6
Loss5–3Paget, BermudaChallengerClay Tomáš Zíb7–6(10–8), 6–7(6–8), 1–6
Loss5–4Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Melle van Gemerden4–6, 3–6
Loss5–5Mons, BelgiumChallengerHard Ernests Gulbis5–7, 3–6
Win6–5Wrocław, PolandChallengerHard Jürgen Melzer6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win7–5Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Yuri Schukin6–2, 6–1
Win8–5Düsseldorf, GermanyChallengerClay Andreas Beck6–0, 6–3
Win9–5Grenoble, FranceChallengerHard Alexandre Sidorenko6–4, 6–3
Win10–5Besançon, FranceChallengerHard Andreas Beck6–2, 6–7(8–10), 6–3
Win11–5Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Albert Montañés4–2 ret.

Doubles: 10 (7–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–3)
ITF Futures (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (6–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0France F2, AngersFuturesClay Wim Neefs Vitali Shvets
Relja Dulic-Fiser		6–1, 6–3
Win2–0France F4, DeauvilleFuturesClay Wim Neefs Kim Tiilikainen
Jan Weinzierl		6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win3–0Netherlands F1, EnschedeFuturesClay Stefan Wauters Bart De Gier
Michel Koning		7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win4–0Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Tom Vanhoudt Yuri Schukin
Lukáš Dlouhý		6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Loss4–1Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Steve Darcis Julien Benneteau
Édouard Roger-Vasselin		7–5, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win5–1Sunrise, United StatesChallengerHard Konstantinos Economidis Sebastián Prieto
Juan Martín del Potro		6–3, 6–4
Loss5–2Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Dick Norman James Auckland
Ross Hutchins		7–5, 6–7(5–7), [7–10]
Loss5–3Sunrise, United StatesChallengerHard Peter Wessels Janko Tipsarević
Dušan Vemić		2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win6–3Freudenstadt, GermanyChallengerClay Dick Norman Rainer Eitzinger
Armin Sandbichler		6–3, 6–3
Win7–3Tunis, TunisiaChallengerClay Jeff Coetzee James Cerretani
Adil Shamasdin		7–6(7–3), 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenQ2Q3Q13R1R2R1R1R0 / 53–5
French OpenQ11R2R1R3R1R1R1R0 / 73–7
WimbledonQ11RQ12R2R1R2R1R0 / 63–6
US Open1R1RQ11R1RAA1R0 / 50–5
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–10–31–13–43–41–31–30–40 / 239–23
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian WellsAAA2R1RAAA0 / 21–2
MiamiQ2AA3R1R1RAA0 / 32–3
Monte CarloAAA3R3R2R1RA0 / 45–4
MadridA1RA3RQ2AAA0 / 22–2
RomeQ2AAAQ1AAA0 / 00–0
HamburgAAA2RQ11RNMS0 / 21–2
Canada MastersAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1
CincinnatiAAA2RAAAA0 / 11–1
ParisAQ12R2RQ2Q1AA0 / 22–2
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–11–110–82–31–30–10–00 / 1714–17

Doubles

Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAA2R2R2R1R1R0 / 53–5
French Open2RAA2R3R1RA1R0 / 54–5
WimbledonQ1AA2R2R1RA1R0 / 42–4
US OpenAAA3R2RAA1R0 / 33–3
style=text-align:leftWin–loss1–10–00–05–45–41–30–10–40 / 1712–17

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joran Vliegen kan niet voor verrassing zorgen . Het Nieuwsblad . 9 May 2024 . nl-BE . 3 August 2008.

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