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Peter Wessels
Dutch tennis player

Peter Wessels is a former tour professional male tennis player and a coach from the Netherlands. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 72 in February 2005.

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Biography

Wessels had an excellent junior career, finishing No. 5 in singles and No. 18 in doubles in the 1995 world junior rankings. In that year he reached the singles semifinals at Wimbledon and US Open juniors and captured Roland Garros junior doubles title with fellow countryman Raemon Sluiter.

His best result on the professional tour was winning the 2000 ATP tournament in Newport beating German Jens Knippschild in the final 7–6, 6–3.

He started 2006 by qualifying for the Hopman Cup tournament in Perth with Michaëlla Krajicek where the Dutch went all the way to the final only to be beaten in a very close mixed doubles by the American team of Taylor Dent and Lisa Raymond. Despite this, Wessels and Krajicek proved that they were a force to be reckoned with. At the Hopman Cup, he won 4 out of his 5 singles matches (def. Peng Sun, Gastón Gaudio, Todd Reid and Nicolas Kiefer; lost to Taylor Dent). In mixed doubles, they had a 3–2 record (def. Reid/Stosur, Peng/Sun, Grönefeld/Kiefer; lost to Raymond/Dent, Dulko/Gaudio).

In June 2007 Wessels qualified for the Ordina Open grass tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch. Ranked 488 he caused an upset in the quarterfinals by beating the number one seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo, in two sets: 6–3, 6–3. He subsequently reached the final but narrowly lost against Croat Ivan Ljubičić 6–7(5), 6–3, 6–7(4).

Since 2024, he is coaching Sorana Cirstea.1

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jul 2000Newport, United StatesInternational SeriesGrass Jens Knippschild7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss1–1Jun 2007's-Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsInternational SeriesGrass Ivan Ljubičić6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–7(4–7)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (8-9)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–9)
ITF Futures (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Feb 1998Lübeck, GermanyChallengerCarpet Michael Kohlmann7–6, 6–3
Loss1–1Oct 1998Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Sebastián Prieto5–7, 4–6
Loss1–2Nov 1998Portorož, SloveniaChallengerHard Rainer Schüttler3–6, 2–6
Loss1–3Dec 1998Nümbrecht, GermanyChallengerCarpet Christian Vinck7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss1–4May 2001Antwerp, BelgiumChallengerClay Dick Norman3–5 ret.
Loss1–5Nov 2001Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Alexander Popp4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win2–5Mar 2003France F8, MelunFuturesCarpet Thierry Ascionewalkover
Win3–5Oct 2003Réunion Island, RéunionChallengerHard Fred Hemmes6–0, 6–2
Loss3–6Mar 2004Sanremo, ItalyChallengerClay Potito Starace4–6, 4–6
Win4–6Jul 2004Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Raemon Sluiter7–5, 7–6(9–7)
Loss4–7Aug 2004Bronx, United StatesChallengerHard Julien Jeanpierre6–7(4–7), 6–3, 3–6
Win5–7Sep 2004Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Daniele Bracciali6–3, 6–2
Loss5–8Oct 2004Bolton, United KingdomChallengerHard Marcos Baghdatis1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win6–8Nov 2004Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard Lukáš Dlouhý4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win7–8Nov 2004Groningen, NetherlandsChallengerHard Ivo Minář6–3, 6–2
Loss7–9Apr 2006Saint Brieuc, FranceChallengerHard Marc Gicquel3–6, 1–6
Win8–9Mar 2007Portugal F2, LagosFuturesHard Clément Morel6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 12 (5–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–7)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 1997Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Raemon Sluiter Álex Calatrava Tom Vanhoudt7–6, 2–6, 6–7
Loss0–2Feb 1998Lippstadt, GermanyChallengerCarpet Raemon Sluiter Andrew Richardson Myles Wakefield6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Win1–2Apr 1998San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Edwin Kempes José Frontera Bobby Kokavec7–6, 4–6, 7–5
Win2–2Jun 1998Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Edwin Kempes Tomáš Cibulec Tomáš Krupa6–4, 7–5
Win3–2Sep 1998Edinburgh, United KingdomChallengerClay Edwin Kempes Marcos Ondruska Chris Wilkinson6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss3–3Oct 1998Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Edwin Kempes Ota Fukárek Attila Sávolt6–7, 4–6
Loss3–4Oct 1998São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Edwin Kempes Diego del Río Martín Rodríguez6–7, 3–6
Win4–4Jan 2003Great Britain F1, GlasgowFuturesCarpet Edwin Kempes Marco Chiudinelli Wesley Moodie2–6, 7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–5)
Loss4–5Oct 2003Réunion Island, RéunionChallengerHard Fred Hemmes Federico Browne Rogier Wassen1–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6
Loss4–6Oct 2004Bolton, United KingdomChallengerHard Melle van Gemerden Jeff Coetzee Jim Thomas5–7, 3–6
Win5–6Jul 2007Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Raemon Sluiter Rohan Bopanna Pablo Cuevas7–6(8–6), 7–5
Loss5–7Mar 2008Sunrise, United StatesChallengerHard Kristof Vliegen Janko Tipsarević Dušan Vemić2–6, 6–7(5–7)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1995French OpenClay Raemon Sluiter Justin Gimelstob Ryan Wolters7–6, 7–5
Loss1995US OpenHard Raemon Sluiter Lee Jong-Min Jocelyn Robichaud6–7, 2–6

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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.

Singles

Tournament1996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAA1R1R1RQ1AQ12RQ1AA0 / 41–420%
French OpenAAQ2Q1Q1Q1AAQ22RQ1AA0 / 11–150%
WimbledonQ3AA1RA1RAAA1RQ2AA0 / 30–30%
US OpenA1RQ13R1RQ1Q1AQ32RQ3Q1A0 / 43–443%
Win–loss0–00–10–02–30–20–20–00–00–03–40–00–00–00 / 125–1229%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
MiamiAAAQ2AQ1Q2AA1RAAQ10 / 10–10%
RomeAAAAAAAAAQ2AAA0 / 00–0 – 
CincinnatiAAAAQ1AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–00 / 10–10%

References

  1. "Sorana Cirstea – QF Press Conference – 2024 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships". 23 February 2024. https://dubaidutyfreetennischampionships.com/sorana-cirstea-qf-press-conference-2024-dubai-duty-free-tennis-championships/ ↩