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Igor Sijsling

Igor Sijsling (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈiɡɔr ˈsɛi̯slɪŋ]; born 18 August 1987) is a Dutch professional tennis player.[1] Sijsling reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 52 on 17 February 2014.[2] His biggest accomplishment is reaching the final of Australian Open Doubles with countryman Robin Haase in 2013, where they lost to the Bryan brothers.[3] In singles, he reached the third round of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships and has victories over top players including Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Milos Raonic and Mikhail Youzhny.[4] He has also coached Tim van Rijthoven.[5]

Igor Sijsling
Sijsling at the 2015 Wimbledon
qualifying tournament
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceAmsterdam, Netherlands
Born (1987-08-18) 18 August 1987 (age 36)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2006
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachDennis Schenk
Prize money$2,215,589
Singles
Career record50–90
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 52 (17 February 2014)
Current rankingNo. 473 (18 April 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2013, 2014, 2015)
French Open2R (2013, 2016)
Wimbledon3R (2013)
US Open2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record27–44
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 37 (6 January 2014)
Current rankingNo. 490 (28 June 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (2013)
French Open2R (2014)
Wimbledon2R (2014)
US Open2R (2014)
Last updated on: 10 July 2021.

Personal life edit

Sijsling grew up in Amsterdam, where his Serbian mother tried to instill her love of sports in her son. He played all kinds of sports as a young child, street football, basketball, and tennis. He even studied ballet.[6]

He started playing tennis at the age of five with his parents, studying at the Amstelpark tennis school. By the time he was 12, tennis was clearly his sport. He was chosen for the Dutch national youth team. He won the Dutch under-18 championship twice and was runner-up at the European under-18 championships in Switzerland.[6]

He received his diploma from the Vossius Gymnasium and began to play on the Futures and Challenger tours in 2006.[7]

He was coached by Dennis Schenk.

Professional career edit

2012 edit

 
Igor Sijsling at the Nice Open 2012.

Sijsling's first success on the ATP tour came in 2011, when he reached the quarterfinals in Metz, losing to Ivan Ljubičić.

In 2012, he again reached the quarterfinals in s-Hertogenbosch, after beating Jarkko Nieminen and Olivier Rochus in the first two rounds. He was beaten by David Ferrer. He qualified for the US Open that year and reached the second round of the main draw, where he again lost to Ferrer. In Kuala Lumpur, he again reached the quarterfinals, falling yet again to Ferrer. He reached the second round in Moscow and Paris-Bercy, falling to Andreas Seppi and Janko Tipsarević, respectively. In doubles, he reached the quarterfinals in Rotterdam, partnering Thomas Schoorel. He also reached the quarterfinals in Moscow, partnered with Roberto Bautista Agut.

2013 edit

 
Igor Sijsling in 2013.

In 2013, he qualified in Auckland and beat Dutch no. 1 Robin Haase in the first round, only to fall to Tommy Haas in the second. He also reached the second round in Zagreb. At the Australian Open, he teamed with Robin Haase to reach the doubles final, losing to the Bryan brothers. In Rotterdam, Sijsling beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round for his first top-10 victory. At Wimbledon, Sijsling had his best showing in the singles tournament of a Grand Slam event by reaching the third round, beating seeded player Grigor Dimitrov in the process.

2014 edit

Igor prepared for the first Grand Slam tournament of the season with two warm-up tournaments, in Brisbane, where he lost in the first round to Nicolas Mahut, followed by the Heineken Open, where he again lost in the first round, this time to eventual finalist Lu Yen-hsun. At the Australian Open, he lost to Australian wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis in the first round. The following week he played in a Challenger event in Heilbronn, where he made the final, losing to home favourite Peter Gojowczyk in straight sets. In Zagreb he entered the tournament as the eighth seed. He beat Kavčič in the first round, but lost to Russian qualifier Andrey Kuznetsov in the second.

Sijsling played his first ATP World Tour 500 series event of the year as a wildcard in Rotterdam, beating seventh seed and world no. 15 Mikhail Youzhny in the first round, losing just four games in the process.[4] He defeated qualifier Michael Berrer and Philipp Kohlschreiber to reach the semifinals.

Career finals edit

Grand Slam finals edit

Doubles: 1 (0–1) edit

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2013 Australian Open Hard   Robin Haase   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan 		3–6, 4–6

ATP Tour finals edit

Doubles: 4 (1–3) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
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 (1–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–3)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2008 Dutch Open, Netherlands International Clay   Jesse Huta Galung   František Čermák
  Rogier Wassen 		5–7, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Jan 2013 Australian Open, Australia Grand Slam Hard   Robin Haase   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2013 Colombia Open, Colombia 250 Series Hard   Édouard Roger-Vasselin   Purav Raja
  Divij Sharan 		6–7(4–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win 1–3 Jul 2013 Atlanta Open, US 250 Series Hard   Édouard Roger-Vasselin   Colin Fleming
  Jonathan Marray 		7–6(8–6), 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 38 (20–18) edit

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (7–10)
ITF Futures Tour (13–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–14)
Clay (5–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (5–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2006 Netherlands F3, Heerhugowaard Futures Clay   Stefan Wauters 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 2006 Belgium F2, Sint-Katelijne-Waver Futures Clay   Stefan Wauters 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–0 Aug 2006 Saransk, Russia Challenger Clay   Farrukh Dustov 7–6(10–8), 6–4
Loss 3–1 Apr 2007 Italy F10, Cremona Futures Hard   Gabriel Trujillo Soler 2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–2 Nov 2007 Shrewsbury, United Kingdom Challenger Hard   Igor Kunitsyn 2–6, 4–6
Win 4–2 Nov 2008 USA F29, Honolulu Futures Hard   Daniel Yoo 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 5–2 Nov 2008 Dominican Republic F2, Santo Domingo Futures Hard   Andrey Kumantsov 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1
Loss 5–3 May 2009 Italy F8, Vicenza Futures Clay   Francesco Aldi 3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 5–4 Jul 2009 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Olivier Rochus 3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss 5–5 Nov 2009 Chuncheon, South Korea Challenger Hard   Lu Yen-hsun 2–6, 3–6
Loss 5–6 Mar 2010 Great Britain F4, Bath Futures Hard   Andrej Martin 6–2, 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 6–6 Jun 2010 Norway F1, Gausdal Futures Hard   Riccardo Ghedin 7–5, ret.
Win 7–6 Nov 2010 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet   Ruben Bemelmans 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 7–7 Nov 2010 Aachen, Germany Challenger Carpet   Dustin Brown 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 8–7 Sep 2011 Alphen, Netherlands Challenger Clay   Jan-Lennard Struff 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win 9–7 Feb 2012 Quimper, France Challenger Hard   Malek Jaziri 6–3, 6–4
Win 10–7 Feb 2012 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet   Jerzy Janowicz 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(11–9)
Loss 10–8 Jul 2012 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard   Vasek Pospisil 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win 11–8 Aug 2012 Vancouver, Canada Challenger Hard   Sergey Bubka 6–1, 7–5
Loss 11–9 Oct 2013 Mons, Belgium Challenger Hard   Radek Štěpánek 3–6, 5–7
Loss 11–10 Jan 2014 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Hard   Peter Gojowczyk 4–6, 5–7
Loss 11–11 Sep 2015 Alphen, Netherlands Challenger Clay   Damir Džumhur 1–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss 11–12 Oct 2015 Rennes, France Challenger Hard   Malek Jaziri 7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Win 12–12 Nov 2015 Brescia, Italy Challenger Hard   Mirza Bašić 6–4, 6–4
Loss 12–13 Apr 2016 Saint Brieuc, France Challenger Hard   Alexandre Sidorenko 6–2, 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 12–14 Sep 2017 France F20, Plaisir Futures Hard   Antoine Hoang 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 13–14 Feb 2018 Germany F3, Kaarst Futures Carpet   Marvin Moeller 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Win 14–14 Mar 2018 France F4, Toulouse Futures Hard   Botic Van de Zandschulp 6–3, ret.
Loss 14–15 Mar 2018 France F5, Poitiers Futures Hard   Antoine Hoang 6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win 15–15 Feb 2019 M15 Kaarst, Germany World Tennis Tour Carpet   Botic Van de Zandschulp 6–1, 6–4
Win 16–15 Mar 2019 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard   Gilbert Klier Junior 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Loss 16–16 Apr 2019 M25 Bolton, United Kingdom World Tennis Tour Hard   Botic Van de Zandschulp 6–7(2–7), 7–6(8–6), 5–7
Win 17–16 Aug 2019 M25 Dublin, Ireland World Tennis Tour Carpet   Ryan Peniston 6–4, 7–6(10–8)
Loss 17–17 Aug 2019 M25 Chiswick, United Kingdom World Tennis Tour Hard   Jack Draper 4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 17–18 Mar 2020 M25 Sunderland, United Kingdom World Tennis Tour Hard   Jack Draper 2–6, 0–6
Win 18–18 Aug 2020 M15 Alkmaar, Netherlands World Tennis Tour Clay   Jacopo Berrettini 6–2, 6–1
Win 19–18 Sep 2020 M25+H Plaisir, France World Tennis Tour Hard   Johan Sebastien Tatlot 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win 20–18 Oct 2020 M25+H Rodez, France World Tennis Tour Hard   Jelle Sels 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 24 (11–13) edit

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–3)
ITF Futures Tour (7–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–7)
Clay (4–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2005 Italy F24, L'Aquila Futures Clay   Robin Haase   Frederic Nussbaum
  B.-David Rufer 		6–4, 7–6(10–8)
Loss 1–1 Sep 2005 Netherlands F4, Enschede Futures Clay   Jesse Huta Galung   Ralph Grambow
  Sascha Kloer 		walkover
Loss 1–2 Nov 2005 Israel F1, Ashkelon Futures Hard   Robin Haase   Roman Vögeli
  Michal Navrátil 		6–7(2–7), 6–3, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Feb 2006 Croatia F2, Zagreb Futures Hard   Robin Haase   Petar Jelenić
  Vilim Visak 		4–6, 6–4, 6–7(2–7)
Win 2–3 May 2006 Spain F14, Lleida Futures Clay   Antal van der Duim   C. Rexach-Itoiz
  H. Ruiz-Cadenas 		6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 2–4 Sep 2006 Netherlands F7, Almere Futures Clay   Jesse Huta Galung   Thiemo de Bakker
  A. Van Der Duim 		6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Win 3–4 Nov 2006 Louisville, United States Challenger Hard   Robin Haase   Amer Delić
  Robert Kendrick 		walkover
Win 4–4 Apr 2007 Italy F10, Cremona Futures Hard   Ivan Cerović   Alejandro Fabbri
  Gabriel Trujillo Soler 		7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss 4–5 May 2007 Italy F15, Parma Futures Clay   Thiemo de Bakker   Alberto Brizzi
  Giancarlo Petrazzuolo 		6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 4–6 Aug 2007 Vigo, Spain Challenger Clay   Pablo Santos   Leonardo Azzaro
  Lamine Ouahab 		6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Win 5–6 Aug 2007 Netherlands F4, Vlaardingen Futures Clay   Thiemo de Bakker   D. Spierenburg
  S. Wijdenbosch 		6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 5–7 Oct 2007 France F18, La Roche-sur-Yon Futures Hard   Vladimir Obradović   Raphael Durek
  Lukáš Rosol 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 5–8 Nov 2008 USA F29, Honolulu Futures Hard   Matt Reid   James Ludlow
  Andreas Siljeström 		0–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss 5–9 May 2009 Italy F8, Vicenza Futures Clay   Nick van der Meer   Andrej Kračman
  Guillermo Carry 		1–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 5–10 Apr 2010 Athens, Greece Challenger Hard   Robin Haase   Rik de Voest
  Lu Yen-hsun 		3–6, 4–6
Win 6–10 Nov 2010 Aachen, Germany Challenger Carpet   Ruben Bemelmans   Jamie Delgado
  Jonathan Marray 		6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss 6–11 Sep 2011 Alphen, Netherlands Challenger Clay   Matwé Middelkoop   Thiemo de Bakker
  A. van der Duim 		4–6, 7–6(7–4), [6–10]
Win 7–11 Oct 2013 Mons, Belgium Challenger Hard   Jesse Huta Galung   Eric Butorac
  Raven Klaasen 		4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–7]
Loss 7–12 Mar 2018 France F4, Toulouse Futures Hard   Botic Van de Zandschulp   Dan Added
  Albano Olivetti 		3–6, 5–7
Win 8–12 Feb 2019 M15 Kaarst, Germany World Tennis Tour Carpet   Botic Van de Zandschulp   Mats Rosenkranz
  Mark Whitehouse 		6–4, 6–4
Win 9–12 Mar 2019 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard   Botic Van de Zandschulp   S D Prajwal Dev
  Adil Kalyanpur 		7–6(10–8), 2–6, [10–6]
Win 10–12 May 2019 M25 Prijedor, Bosnia & Herzegovina World Tennis Tour Clay   Botic Van de Zandschulp   Ljubomir Čelebić
  Nerman Fatić 		3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss 10–13 Oct 2020 M25+H Rodez, France World Tennis Tour Hard   Glenn Smits   Sadio Doumbia
  Fabien Rebul 		3–6, 5–7
Win 11–13 Jul 2021 Pozoblanco, Spain Challenger Hard   Tim van Rijthoven   Diego Hidalgo
  Sergio Martos Gornés 		5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–5]
Win 12–13 Apr 2023 M15 Singapore World Tennis Tour Hard   Justin Barki   Francis Alcantara
  Sun Fajing 		6–1, 6–1

Performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles edit

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 Q1 Q3 1R 1R 1R Q2 A A A A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
French Open A Q1 Q1 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R Q1 A A A A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Wimbledon A A 1R A 3R 1R 1R 1R A A A NH A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
US Open Q2 Q3 Q2 2R 1R 1R Q1 A Q1 A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–4 0–4 0–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 16 5–16 24%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A 1R 1R 2R A A A A NH A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Miami Open A A Q1 A 2R 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A 1R A A A A A NH A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A A A Q1 2R A A A A A NH A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Italian Open A A A A A 2R A A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati Masters A A A Q1 A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A A A 2R 1R Q2 A A A A A NH 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–5 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 10 5–10 33%

Doubles edit

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A F 1R 1R A 0 / 3 5–3 63%
French Open A A A 1R 2R A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon A A A 1R 2R A Q1 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open A A 1R 1R 2R A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 5–4 2–3 0–1 0–0 0 / 10 8–10 44%

References edit

  1. ^ "Official Website" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  2. ^ "ATP Player Profile Igor Sijsling". ATP. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Australian Open 2013: Bryan brothers capture title in straight sets". SBNation. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Wild card Igor Sijsling advances". ESPN. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  5. ^ Futterman, Matthew (July 2022). "Tennis Gets Another Fairy Tale, Maybe the Craziest One Yet". The New York Times.
  6. ^ a b "Igor Sijsling: passionate, calm and honest ‹". Tennisphotoworld.com. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. ^ Biography on his personal website

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