Sander Groen (born 16 June 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

Sander Groen
Country (sports) Netherlands
Born (1968-06-16) 16 June 1968 (age 56)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1989
Retired2019 (last match)
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$ 503,164
Singles
Career record3–9
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 177 (4 March 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ3 (1991)
WimbledonQ3 (1990)
Doubles
Career record47–98
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 61 (20 October 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1998, 1999, 2001)
French Open3R (1997)
Wimbledon3R (1997)
US Open1R (1993, 1997)
Mixed doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (1997)
Wimbledon1R (1997)

Groen enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 ATP doubles title and 12 Challenger doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 61 in 1997 and a career-high singles ranking of World No. 177 in 1996.

Groen is known for being the doubles partner of many top-5 singles players like Pat Cash, Goran Ivanišević, Gustavo Kuerten, Marcelo Ríos, Marat Safin, Magnus Norman, Greg Rusedski, Alex Corretja, Marc Rosset and Roger Federer. Federer won his first-ever professional title on the tour playing together with Groen in Segovia 1999. Groen recorded doubles wins over Federer, Safin, Rios, Patrick Rafter and world number 1 teams Eltingh/ Haarhuis (with Fredrik Bergh), Bhupathi/ Paes (with Jan Siemerink and with Andrei Pavel) and Knowles/ Nestor (with Laurence Tieleman) In singles Groen qualified for 9 ATP Tour events reaching the second round in 3 events and he recorded wins over Tim Henman, Richard Krajicek Felix Mantilla and Andrei Chesnokov. He won the dutch national masters in 1992 beating Fernon Wibier in the finals and was runner-up to Jan Siemerink in 1994.

In 2004 Sander Groen made his mark on the ITF senior tour by winning the men's singles over 35 world championships followed by finishing runner-up in 2005 and 2006. He also won the men's singles over 35 European championships in 2005. Up to 2016 Groen won 11 medals at ITF seniors world championships.

Doubles titles (13)

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Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)
Challengers (12)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1991 Cherbourg, France Hard (i)   Byron Talbot   Michael Daniel
  Brian Devening
3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2. 1992 Meran, Italy Clay   David Prinosil   Lionel Barthez
  Aloïs Beust
6–4, 6–4
3. 1992 Dublin, Ireland Hard   Arne Thoms   Douglas Geiwald
  Robbie Koenig
5–7, 6–4, 6–3
4. 1992 Munich, Germany Carpet   Arne Thoms   Marcos Ondruska
  Grant Stafford
6–4, 7–6
5. 1993 Munich, Germany Carpet   Arne Thoms   Jon Ireland
  John Yancey
6–3, 6–3
6. 1994 Singapore Hard   Brian Devening   Leonardo Lavalle
  Danilo Marcelino
6–2, 7–6
7. 1997 Dubai, UAE Hard   Goran Ivanišević   Sandon Stolle
  Cyril Suk
7–6, 6–3
8. 1998 Dresden, Germany Clay   Pablo Albano   Jamie Holmes
  Andrew Painter
6–4, 6–3
9. 1998 Guadalajara, Mexico Clay   Ali Hamadeh   Martín García
  Sebastián Prieto
6–4, 6–2
10. 1999 Segovia, Spain Clay   Roger Federer   Ota Fukárek
  Alejandro Hernández
6–4, 7–6
11. 2000 Aachen, Germany Carpet   Jan Siemerink   Michael Kohlmann
  Franz Stauder
6–7, 7–6, 6–3
12. 2001 Heilbronn, Germany Carpet   Jack Waite   Petr Luxa
  David Škoch
1–6, 6–3, 7–6
13. 2001 Prostějov, Czech Republic Clay   Andrea Gaudenzi   Devin Bowen
  Mariano Hood
7–6, 6–4

Runners-up (15)

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No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1992 Heilbronn, Germany Carpet   Tomas Nydahl   Doug Eisenman
  Bent-Ove Pedersen
1–6, 3–6
2. 1992 Umag, Croatia Clay   Lars Koslowski   David Prinosil
  Richard Vogel
3–6, 7–6, 6–7
3. 1992 Singapore Hard   Patrick Baur   Martin Blackman
  Laurence Tieleman
4–6, 6–1, 6–7
4. 1993 Bergamo, Italy Hard (i)   Arne Thoms   Cristian Brandi
  Cristiano Caratti
6–4, 4–6, 1–6
5. 1993 Riemerling, Germany Clay   Arne Thoms   Maurice Ruah
  Mario Tabares
3–6, 3–6
6. 1993 Singapore Hard   Grant Stafford   Jeremy Bates
  Christo van Rensburg
3–6, 4–6
7. 1995 Bristol, England Grass   Arne Thoms   Lionel Barthez
  Stephane Simian
5–7, 5–7
8. 1996 Madras, India Hard   Oleg Ogorodov   Mahesh Bhupathi
  Leander Paes
5–7, 1–6
9. 1996 Mauritius Island Grass   Andrei Pavel   Patrick Baur
  Joost Winnink
1–0, RET.
10. 1997 Eilat, Israel Hard (i)   Rogier Wassen   Patrick Baur
  Andrei Cherkasov
3–6, 6–7
11. 1998 Venice, Italy Clay   Massimo Bertolini   Nebojsa Djordjevic
  Marcos Ondruska
6–1, 1–6, 2–6
12. 2001 Istanbul, Turkey Hard   Michael Kohlmann   Jonathan Erlich
  Michaël Llodra
W/O
13. 2002 Segovia, Spain Hard   Karol Beck   Tim Crichton
  Todd Perry
7–5, 6–7, 4–6
14. 2006 Eckental, Germany Carpet   Torsten Popp   Joshua Goodall
  Ross Hutchins
5–7, 3–6
15. 2007 Heilbronn, Germany Hard (i)   Michaël Llodra   Michael Kohlmann
  Rainer Schüttler
W/O
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