Kristof Vliegen

Kristof Vliegen

File:Kristof Vliegen at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships 01.jpg
Country (sports)	Belgium
Residence	Maaseik, Belgium
Born	(1982-06-22) 22 June 1982 Maaseik, Belgium
Height
Turned pro	2001
Retired	14 July 2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,922,537
Singles
Career record	88–120
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 30 (October 30, 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2006)
French Open	3R (2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2006, 2007, 2009)
US Open	1R (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	39–49
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 49 (11 June 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2006, 2007, 2008)
French Open	3R (2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2006, 2007)
US Open	3R (2006)

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 ever all-Belgian men's singles final against Olivier Rochus.

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 titles

Singles

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (0)

Challengers (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the Final	Score in the Final
1.	19 August 2002	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Galo Blanco	6–2, 6–2
2.	12 May 2003	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6–1, 4–6, 6–0
3.	29 September 2003	Groningen, Netherlands	Hard (I)	Joachim Johansson	6–4, 6–4
4.	28 January 2008	Wrocław, Poland	Hard (I)	Jürgen Melzer	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
5.	18 August 2008	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Yuri Schukin	6–2, 6–1
6.	1 September 2008	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Andreas Beck	6–0, 6–3
7.	22 September 2008	Grenoble, France	Hard (I)	Alexandre Sidorenko	6–4, 6–3
8.	1 March 2009	Besançon, France	Hard (I)	Andreas Beck	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
9.	12 July 2009	Scheveningen, The Netherlands	Clay	Albert Montañés	4–2 ret

Runner-ups

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the Final	Score in the Final
1.	30 December 2002	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Nikolay Davydenko	6–2, 7–6(7–3)
2.	1 May 2006	Munich, Germany	Clay	Olivier Rochus	6–4, 6–2

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	A	A	A	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 5	3–5
French Open	A	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 7	3–7
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 6	3–6
U.S. Open	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	A	A	1R	0 / 4	0–4
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	N/A	0 / 22
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0–1	0–3	1–1	3–4	3–4	2–3	1–3	0–3	N/A	10–22

External links

• Kristof Vliegen at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Kristof Vliegen at the Davis Cup
• Vliegen World ranking history