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Kristof Vliegen
Belgian tennis player

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

He is not related to fellow Belgian tennis player Joran Vliegen.

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Career

2006

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 all-Belgian men's singles final against Olivier Rochus. He was also the 30th seed at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the 2nd round before losing to Nicolas Mahut in straight sets.

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 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 career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
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 (0–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–2)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jan 2003Adelaide, AustraliaInternational SeriesHard Nikolay Davydenko2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss0–2May 2006Munich, GermanyInternational SeriesClay Olivier Rochus4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
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 (0–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–2)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Oct 2006Stockholm, SwedenInternational SeriesHard Olivier Rochus Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss0–2Jul 2010Atlanta, United States250 SeriesHard Rohan Bopanna Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–12]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (11–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (9–4)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (6–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Aug 2001Luxembourg F2, LuxembourgFuturesClay Jordane Doble4–4 ret.
Win1–1Mar 2002France F6, LilleFuturesHard Jérôme Haehnel7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Win2–1Jun 2002Germany F6, OberweierFuturesClay Daniel Elsner6–1, 1–0 ret.
Win3–1Aug 2002Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Galo Blanco6–2, 6–2
Win4–1May 2003Zagreb, CroatiaChallengerClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo6–1, 4–6, 6–0
Win5–1Oct 2003Groningen, NetherlandsChallengerHard Joachim Johansson6–4, 6–4
Loss5–2Apr 2004Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Stan Wawrinka4–6, 3–6
Loss5–3Apr 2005Paget, BermudaChallengerClay Tomáš Zíb7–6(10–8), 6–7(6–8), 1–6
Loss5–4Jul 2005Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Melle van Gemerden4–6, 3–6
Loss5–5Oct 2007Mons, BelgiumChallengerHard Ernests Gulbis5–7, 3–6
Win6–5Feb 2008Wrocław, PolandChallengerHard Jürgen Melzer6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win7–5Aug 2008Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Yuri Schukin6–2, 6–1
Win8–5Sep 2008Düsseldorf, GermanyChallengerClay Andreas Beck6–0, 6–3
Win9–5Sep 2008Grenoble, FranceChallengerHard Alexandre Sidorenko6–4, 6–3
Win10–5Mar 2009Besançon, FranceChallengerHard Andreas Beck6–2, 6–7(8–10), 6–3
Win11–5Jul 2009Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Albert Montañés4–2 ret.

Doubles: 10 (7–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–3)
ITF Futures (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (6–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jan 2001France F2, AngersFuturesClay Wim Neefs Vitali Shvets Relja Dulic-Fiser6–1, 6–3
Win2–0Feb 2001France F4, DeauvilleFuturesClay Wim Neefs Kim Tiilikainen Jan Weinzierl6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win3–0Aug 2001Netherlands F1, EnschedeFuturesClay Stefan Wauters Bart De Gier Michel Koning7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win4–0Mar 2005Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Tom Vanhoudt Yuri Schukin Lukáš Dlouhý6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Loss4–1Jul 2005Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Steve Darcis Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin7–5, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win5–1Mar 2007Sunrise, United StatesChallengerHard Konstantinos Economidis Sebastián Prieto Juan Martín del Potro6–3, 6–4
Loss5–2Aug 2007Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Dick Norman James Auckland Ross Hutchins7–5, 6–7(5–7), [7–10]
Loss5–3Mar 2008Sunrise, United StatesChallengerHard Peter Wessels Janko Tipsarević Dušan Vemić2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win6–3Aug 2008Freudenstadt, GermanyChallengerClay Dick Norman Rainer Eitzinger Armin Sandbichler6–3, 6–3
Win7–3May 2010Tunis, TunisiaChallengerClay Jeff Coetzee James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin7–6(7–3), 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win2000Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrass Dominique Coene Andrew Banks Benjamin Riby6–3, 1–6, 6–3

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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

Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenQ2Q3Q13R1R2R1R1R0 / 53–538%
French OpenQ11R2R1R3R1R1R1R0 / 73–730%
WimbledonQ11RQ12R2R1R2R1R0 / 63–633%
US Open1R1RQ11R1RAA1R0 / 50–50%
Win–loss0–10–31–13–43–41–31–30–40 / 239–2328%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian WellsAAA2R1RAAA0 / 21–233%
MiamiQ2AA3R1R1RAA0 / 32–340%
Monte CarloAAA3R3R2R1RA0 / 45–456%
MadridA1RA3RQ2AAA0 / 22–250%
RomeQ2AAAQ1AAA0 / 00–0 – 
HamburgAAA2RQ11RNMS0 / 21–233%
Canada MastersAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–10%
CincinnatiAAA2RAAAA0 / 11–150%
ParisAQ12R2RQ2Q1AA0 / 22–250%
Win–loss0–00–11–110–82–31–30–10–00 / 1714–1745%

Doubles

Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAA2R2R2R1R1R0 / 53–538%
French Open2RAA2R3R1RA1R0 / 54–544%
WimbledonQ1AA2R2R1RA1R0 / 42–433%
US OpenAAA3R2RAA1R0 / 33–350%
Win–loss1–10–00–05–45–41–30–10–40 / 1712–1741%
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References

  1. "Joran Vliegen kan niet voor verrassing zorgen". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 3 August 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2024. https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/ss1uu1ah ↩