Fred Hemmes Jr.

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Fred Hemmes Jr.
Country (sports) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Residence Goirle
Born (1981-01-28) 28 January 1981 (age 41)
Tilburg, Netherlands
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1999
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$142,365
Singles
Career record13
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 188 (2 Feb 2004)
Doubles
Career record26
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 107 (8 Mar 2004)

Fred Hemmes Jr. (born 28 January 1981) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands [1] and coach of Kim Clijsters from 2020 to 2022. [2] He is the son of Fred Hemmes Sr., a tennis player who competed at Wimbledon.

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Career

Hemmes played mostly on the Challenger circuit, where he won six doubles titles. [3]

The Dutchman had a win over Andrei Pavel, a former top 20 player, to qualify for the 2004 Heineken Open. [4] He then defeated Robin Söderling in the opening round of the main draw. [3]

A doubles specialist, Hemmes and partner Dennis van Scheppingen paired together to reach quarter-finals at the 2003 Ordina Open and 2004 Dutch Open. [3]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (6)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in the finalScore in the final
1.2002 Kyiv, Ukraine Clay Flag of Argentina.svg Federico Browne Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg Irakli Labadze
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yuri Schukin
6–4, 6–3
2.2003 Montauban, France Clay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rogier Wassen Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Pablo Guzmán
Flag of Argentina.svg Ignacio Hirigoyen
6–4, 6–4
3.2003 Scheveningen, Netherlands Clay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Edwin Kempes Flag of Spain.svg Óscar Hernández
Flag of Spain.svg Salvador Navarro
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
4.2004 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hard Flag of South Africa.svg Rik de Voest Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Vadim Kutsenko
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yuri Schukin
6–3, 6–3
5.2004 Kyoto, Japan Carpet Flag of South Africa.svg Rik de Voest Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yen-Hsun Lu
Flag of the United States.svg Jason Marshall
6–3, 6–7(8–10), 6–4
6.2004 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Melle van Gemerden Flag of Hungary.svg Attila Sávolt
Flag of Romania.svg Gabriel Trifu
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)

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References

  1. ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. "Dutchman Fred Hemmes Jr named as Kim Clijsters' new coach". 15 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 ATP World Tour Profile
  4. New Zealand Herald , "Tennis: Rankings shown up", 13 January 2004, Terry Maddaford