Sander Gillé Explained

Sander Gillé
Residence:	Hasselt, Belgium
Birth Date:	15 January 1991
Birth Place:	Hasselt
Height:	6 ft 1 in
Turnedpro:	2013
Plays:	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$1,252,461
Singlesrecord:	0–0
Singlestitles:	0
Highestsinglesranking:	574 (24 December 2018)
Doublesrecord:	130–125
Doublestitles:	8
Highestdoublesranking:	18 (25 September 2023)
Currentdoublesranking:	19T (15 April 2024)
Australianopendoublesresult:	2R (2020)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	F (2023)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	3R (2023)
Usopendoublesresult:	QF (2020)
Othertournamentsdoubles:	yes
Olympicsdoublesresult:	1R (2021, 2024)
Mixed:	yes
Australianopenmixedresult:	QF (2021, 2024)
Frenchopenmixedresult:	2R (2022)
Wimbledonmixedresult:	3R (2021)
Usopenmixedresult:	QF (2021)
Team:	yes
Daviscupresult:	1–1
Updated:	15 April 2024

Sander Gillé (born 15 January 1991) is a Belgian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.He has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 18 by the ATP, achieved on 25 September 2023. He also has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 574, reached on 24 December 2018.Gillé has claimed 8 ATP tour doubles titles with partner Joran Vliegen,^[1] including an ATP Masters 1000 title at 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters.

Career

2019: Three ATP doubles titles

Gillé won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the 2019 Swedish Open with fellow Belgian Joran Vliegen. A week later, they won their second title at Gstaad. In the next week, their 11-match winning streak was ended in the final of Kitzbühel. Two months later, Gillé and Vliegen picked up their third title of 2019 at the Zhuhai Championships.^[2]

2020–2021: Two ATP doubles titles, first Major quarterfinal, Masters semifinal, top 25

Gillé won two more titles with his partner Jordan Vliegen at the 2020 Astana Open and at the 2021 Singapore Open.They also reached the quarterfinals at the 2020 US Open (tennis) losing to the eventual runners-up Mektic/Koolhof, their best showing as a pair at a Grand Slam thus far.

The pair made their first Masters 1000 semifinal at the 2021 Madrid Open, losing to the second-seeded pair of Pavic/Mektic. As a result, Gillé reached a career-high of No. 33 on 10 May 2021.

2023: First Grand Slam doubles final, top 20 debut

At the 2023 French Open, Gillé having never get passed the third round at this Major, partnering Vliegen as an unseeded pair, they reached their first Major final defeating fourth seeds Croatians Nikola Mektić/Mate Pavić, Roman Jebavý/Luis David Martínez, ninth seeds Santiago González/Édouard Roger-Vasselin, 14th seed Argentines Andrés Molteni/Máximo González^[3] and 12th seeds Andreas Mies/Matwé Middelkoop.^{[4] [5]} In the final, they lost to Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek in straight sets.^[6] He made his top 20 debut on 7 August 2023.

2024: First Masters title

At the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters with Vliegen, they defeated wildcard pair of Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Sonego, defending champions and second seeds Austin Krajicek and Ivan Dodig in the second round, and sixth seeds Tim Pütz and Kevin Krawietz to reach the semifinals.^[7] They reached their first Masters 1000 final upsetting third seeds Horacio Zeballos and Marcel Granollers.^[8] They won their first Masters title defeating alternate pair of Alexander Zverev and Marcelo Melo. They became just the second and third Belgians to win a Masters 1000 doubles title after Xavier Malisse won in Indian Wells in 2010.^[9]

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (7–3)

Finals by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (4–4) Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (6–5) Indoor (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0		Swedish Open	250 Series	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Federico Delbonis Horacio Zeballos	6–7^(5–7), 7–5, [10–5]
Win	2–0		Swiss Open	250 Series	Clay	Joran Vliegen		6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–1		Austrian Open	250 Series	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Philipp Oswald Filip Polášek	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–1		Zhuhai Championships, China	250 Series	Hard	Joran Vliegen	Marcelo Demoliner Matwé Middelkoop	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–4)
Win	4–1		Astana Open, Kazakhstan	250 Series	Hard (i)	Joran Vliegen	Max Purcell Luke Saville	7–5, 6–3
Win	5–1		Singapore Open	250 Series	Hard (i)	Joran Vliegen		6–2, 6–3
Loss	5–2		Bavarian Championships, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Wesley Koolhof Kevin Krawietz	6–4, 4–6, [5–10]
Win	6–2		Maharashtra Open, India	250 Series	Hard	Joran Vliegen	Sriram Balaji Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	6–4, 6–4
Win	7–2		Estoril Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Nikola Ćaćić Miomir Kecmanović	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–3		French Open, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Ivan Dodig Austin Krajicek	3–6, 1–6
Loss	7–4		Hamburg European Open, Germany	500 Series	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Kevin Krawietz Tim Pütz	6–7^(4–7), 3–6
Loss	7–5		Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong	250 Series	Hard	Joran Vliegen	Marcelo Arévalo Mate Pavić	6–7^(3–7), 4–6
Win	8–5		Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco	Masters 1000	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Marcelo Melo Alexander Zverev	5–7, 6–3, [10–5]

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF Futures Tour (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		Norway F3, Oslo	Futures	Hard (i)	Carl Söderlund	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–1		Ukraine F1, Cherkasy	Futures	Clay	Vladyslav Manafov	6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles: 63 (40–23)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (14–9) ITF Futures Tour (26–14)

Finals by surface Hard (14–7) Clay (25–16) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Belgium F9, Jupille-sur-Meuse	Futures	Clay	Marco Dierckx	Guillermo Hormazábal Rodrigo Pérez	4–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Loss	0–2		Great Britain F6, Shrewsbury	Futures	Hard (i)	Jonas Merckx	David Rice Sean Thornley	2–6, 1–6
Win	1–2		Belgium F4, Knokke	Futures	Clay	Maxime Braeckman	Joris De Loore Juan Carlos Sáez	6–2, 5–7, [10–6]
Loss	1–3		Belgium F7, Ostend	Futures	Clay	Roger Ordeig	Kimmer Coppejans Niels Desein	2–6, 3–6
Win	2–3		Belgium F8, Eupen	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Gustavo Gómez Buyatti Antoine Hoang	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–3		Cyprus F2, Nicosia	Futures	Hard	Matthieu Roy	Erik Crepaldi André Gaspar Murta	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3–4		Israel F9, Tel Aviv	Futures	Hard	Alexandros Jakupovic	Peter Kobelt Devin McCarthy	2–6, 7–6^(7–3), [4–10]
Win	4–4		Belgium F8, Heist	Futures	Clay	Julien Cagnina	Evgeny Karlovskiy Tom Schönenberg	6–4, 7–5
Loss	4–5		Belgium F9, Ostend	Futures	Clay	Antoine Hoang	Scott Griekspoor Alban Meuffels	2–6, 4–6
Win	5–5		Belgium F11, Koksijde	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Jake Eames David Pérez Sanz	3–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Loss	5–6		Tunisia F4, Carthage	Futures	Clay	Alexandros Jakupovic	Claudio Grassi Stefano Travaglia	2–6, 3–6
Loss	5–7		Greece F11, Heraklion	Futures	Clay	Alexis Musialek	Alexandros Jakupovic Markos Kalovelonis	6–7^(1–7), 6–7^(4–7)
Win	6–7		Egypt F35, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Germain Gigounon	Pascal Brunner Janez Semrajc	1–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Loss	6–8		Sri Lanka F2, Colombo	Futures	Clay	Huang Liang-chi	Libor Salaba Jan Šátral	2–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win	7–8		Belgium F2, Damme	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Antoine Hoang Ugo Nastasi	6–2, 6–3
Loss	7–9		Belgium F3, Havré	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Deiton Baughman Fabrício Neis	6–2, 4–6, [2–10]
Win	8–9		Belgium F7, Duinbergen	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Julien Cagnina Jonas Merckx	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, [10–6]
Loss	8–10		Belgium F8, Middelkerke	Futures	Hard	Joran Vliegen	Sander Arends Ariel Behar	7–6^(7–1), 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	8–11		Belgium F9, Eupen	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Billy Harris Evan Hoyt	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Win	9–11		Belgium F10, Koksijde	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Evan Hoyt Toby Martin	6–2, 6–1
Win	10–11		Belgium F11, Jupille-sur-Meuse	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Evan Hoyt Toby Martin	6–1, 6–4
Win	11–11		Norway F2, Oslo	Futures	Hard (i)	Joran Vliegen	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–5), [10–8]
Win	12–11		Norway F3, Oslo	Futures	Hard (i)	Joran Vliegen	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	7–6^(7–3), 6–1
Win	13–11		Israel F17, Ramat Gan	Futures	Hard	Michael Geerts	Yannai Barkai Daniel Dudockin	6–2, 6–1
Win	14–11		Israel F18, Ramat Gan	Futures	Hard	Julien Dubail	George Botezan Mor Bulis	6–3, 4–6, [10–4]
Win	15–11		France F2, Bressuire	Futures	Hard (i)	Joran Vliegen	Benjamin Bonzi Grégoire Jacq	7–6^(7–1), 7–5
Win	16–11		France F3, Veigy-Foncenex	Futures	Carpet (i)	Joran Vliegen	Scott Clayton Richard Gabb	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(8–6), [10–7]
Loss	16–12		Egypt F7, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Joran Vliegen	Dominik Kellovský Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–3, 3–6, [11–13]
Win	17–12		Egypt F8, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Joran Vliegen	Tom Schönenberg Matthias Wunner	6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
Win	18–12		Uzbekistan F2, Bukhara	Futures	Hard	Joran Vliegen	Evgeny Elistratov Vitaly Kozyukov	6–4, 6–3
Win	19–12		Ukraine F1, Cherkasy	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Antoine Bellier Vladyslav Manafov	6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Win	20–12		Belgium F2, Havré	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Adam Taylor Jason Taylor	6–2, 6–4
Win	21–12		Belgium F3, Nieuwpoort	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Stijn Meulemans Laurens Verboven	6–2, 6–3
Win	22–12		Belgium F6, Knokke	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Hunter Johnson Yates Johnson	6–4, 6–4
Win	23–12		Belgium F7, Duinbergen	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Michael Geerts Jeroen Vanneste	6–7^(4–7), 6–3, [10–4]
Win	24–12		Morocco F5, Tangier	Futures	Clay	Antoine Hoang	Gianni Mina Alexandre Müller	6–4, 7–6^(9–7)
Win	25–12		Trnava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Tomasz Bednarek Roman Jebavý	6–2, 7–5
Loss	25–13		Meerbusch, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Mikhail Elgin Andrei Vasilevski	6–7^(6–8), 4–6
Loss	25–14		Belgium F11, Huy	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Jarryd Bant Tom Farquharson	3–6, 2–6
Loss	25–15		Turkey F10, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Tuna Altuna Cem İlkel	6–0, 2–6, [8–10]
Win	26–15		Italy F12, Naples	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Antal van der Duim Boy Westerhof	6–4, 6–2
Win	27–15		Romania F1, Bucharest	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Andrei Ștefan Apostol Nicolae Frunză	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Win	28–15		Lyon, France	Challenger	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko	6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–2), [14–12]
Win	29–15		Blois, France	Challenger	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Máximo González Fabrício Neis	3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win	30–15		Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Jozef Kovalík Stefanos Tsitsipas	6–2, 4–6, [12–10]
Win	31–15		Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Lucas Gómez Juan Ignacio Londero	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), [10–3]
Loss	31–16		Sibiu, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Marco Cecchinato Matteo Donati	3–6, 1–6
Loss	31–17		Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Martin Kližan Jozef Kovalík	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Win	32–17		Brescia, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sander Arends	Luca Margaroli Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–2, 6–3
Loss	32–18		Andria, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sander Arends	Lorenzo Sonego Andrea Vavassori	3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win	33–18		Rennes, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Joran Vliegen	Sander Arends Antonio Šančić	6–3, 6–7^(1–7), [10–7]
Loss	33–19		Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Joran Vliegen	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	33–20		Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies	3–6, 6–2, [4–10]
Win	34–20		Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Fernando Romboli David Vega Hernández	6–4, 6–2
Win	35–20		Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Filip Polášek Patrik Rikl	6–3, 6–4
Win	36–20		Pullach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Daniele Bracciali Simone Bolelli	6–2, 6–2
Win	37–20		Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Joran Vliegen	Purav Raja Antonio Šančić	3–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win	38–20		Brest, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Joran Vliegen	Leander Paes Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	3–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Win	39–20		Mouilleron-le-Captif, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Joran Vliegen	Romain Arneodo Quentin Halys	6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
Loss	39–21		Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán	2–6, 7–6^(8–6), [8–10]
Loss	39–22		Marbella, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies	6–7^(6–8), 6–2, [6–10]
Win	40–22		Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Lukáš Klein Alex Molčan	6–2, 7–5
Loss	40-23		New Haven, USA	Challenger	Hard	Joran Vliegen	Nathaniel Lammons Robert Galloway	5–7, 4–6

Performance timelines

Doubles

Current through the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters.

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 5	1–5
French Open	A	A	1R	3R	3R	bgcolor= thistle	F		0 / 4	9–4
Wimbledon	Q2	2R	style=color:#767676	NH	1R	A	3R		0 / 3	3–3
US Open	A	1R	QF	2R	1R	1R		0 / 5	3–5
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	1–2	3–3	3–4	2–3	7–4	0–1	0 / 17	16–17
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	NH	2R	1R	A	2R	0 / 3	2–3
Miami Open	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	1R	1R	A	1R	0 / 3	0–3
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	1R	1R	A	bgcolor=lime	W	1 / 3	5–2
Madrid Open	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	bgcolor=yellow	SF	A	A		0 / 1	2–1
Rome Masters	A	A	2R	1R	1R	A		0 / 3	1–3
Canadian Open	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	bgcolor=yellow	SF	A	2R		0 / 2	4–2
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R		0 / 3	0–3
Shanghai Masters	A	A	NH	1R		0 / 1	0–1
Paris Masters	A	1R	2R	QF	2R	A		0 / 4	4–4
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–1	2–3	8–8	1–5	1–3	6–2	1 / 23	17–22
Career statistics
Tournaments	4	15	15	25	32	26	10	Career total: 128
style=text-align:left	Titles	0	3	1	1	0	2	1	Career total: 8
style=text-align:left	Finals	0	4	1	2	0	4	2	Career total: 13
style=text-align:left	Overall win–loss	1–5	28–13	16–16	24–23	15–32	32–24	14–9	8 / 128	130–123
Year-end ranking	82	47	40	24	61	25

Mixed doubles

This table is current through the 2024 Australian Open.

Tournament	2021	2022	2023	2024			Win %
style=text-align:left	Australian Open	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	style=background:#afeeee	1R	A	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	0 / 3	4–3
style=text-align:left	French Open	1R	2R	A	1R	0 / 3	1–3
style=text-align:left	Wimbledon	3R	A	1R		0 / 2	1–2
style=text-align:left	US Open	QF	A	1R		0 / 2	1–2
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	4–4	1–2	0–2	2–2	0 / 10	7–10

Davis Cup

Participations: (1–1)

Group membership World Group (0–1) Qualifying Round (1–0) WG Play-off (0–0) Group I (0–0)

Matches by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Matches by type Singles (0–0) Doubles (1–1)

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcome	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
0–4; 6–8 April 2018; Curb Event Center, Nashville, United States; World Group Quarterfinal; hard surface
Defeat	1	III	Doubles (with Joran Vliegen)	United States	Ryan Harrison / Jack Sock	7–5, 6–7^(1–7), 6–7^(3–7), 4–6
3–1; 1–2 February 2019; Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia, Brazil; Davis Cup qualifying round; clay (indoor) surface
Victory	2	III	Doubles (with Joran Vliegen)	Brazil	Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)

Notes and References

1. Web site: ATP Doubles: Sander Gille & Joran Vliegen claim third title of 2019. Tennis World USA. 29 September 2019 . 2019-11-25.
2. Web site: ATP Doubles: Sander Gille & Joran Vliegen claim third title of 2019. Tennis World USA. 29 September 2019 . 2019-11-25.
3. Web site: Gille/Vliegen Dream Run Continues at Roland Garros. ATP Tour .
4. Web site: Ivan Dodig & Austin Krajicek Reach Roland Garros Final. ATP Tour .
5. Web site: Two Belgians in the men's doubles final at Roland-Garros . 15 June 2023 .
6. Web site: Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek Triumph at Roland Garros. ATP Tour .
7. Web site: Granollers/Zeballos inch closer towards sixth Masters 1000 team title . 12 April 2024.
8. Web site: Melo/Zverev battle back to reach Monte-Carlo doubles final; Belgians Gille/Vliegen also advance to title match. 13 April 2024.
9. Web site: Gille/Vliegen win Monte-Carlo title . 14 April 2024.