Martijn van Haasteren explained

Martijn van Haasteren
Fullname:Martijn van Haasteren
Country Represented:
(2003-2008)

(2008-2013)
Birth Date:12 September 1980
Birth Place:Delft[1]
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$75,582
Singlesrecord:3–4
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 474 (6 February 2006)
Doublesrecord:4–15
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 117 (12 February 2007)

Martijn van Haasteren (born 12 September 1980) is a Dutch former professional tennis player who competed for both the Netherlands and the Netherlands Antilles.

Biography

Originally representing the Netherlands, van Haasteren played on tour mostly as a doubles specialist.

He appeared in 11 ATP Tour tournaments from 2006 to 2008, mainly with countryman Jasper Smit, with whom he made the quarter-finals of the events in Amersfoort and Zagreb. The pair also won three Challenger titles. One of those came against future world number one doubles player Jamie Murray and partner Colin Fleming, in Dublin. He reached his career best doubles ranking of 117 in 2007.[2]

In 2008 he switched allegiance to the Netherlands Antilles, in order to play Davis Cup fixtures.[3] He played in the Davis Cup until 2011 and also served as team captain.[3]

As a coach he has been involved with Michel Koning, Matwe Middelkoop, Stephan Fransen, Sander Arends and David Pel.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.2006Dublin, IrelandCarpet Jasper Smit Colin Fleming
Jamie Murray
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
2.2006Helsinki, FinlandHard Jasper Smit Ernests Gulbis
Deniss Pavlovs
7–6(8–6), 6–2
3.2007Grenoble, FranceHard Jasper Smit Frederik Nielsen
Martin Pedersen
6–3, 6–1

Notes and References

  1. http://www.toptennissers.nl/Martijn_van_Haasteren.html Martijn van Haasteren
  2. News: Padeldemonstraties op 12 november bij opening padelbanen Keltenwoud. 1 November 2016. Ede Stad. Dutch. 7 April 2017.
  3. News: 'Ik ben lang niet op Curaçao geweest'. Missèt. Robert. 4 March 2011. De Volkskrant. Dutch. 7 April 2017.