Country (sports) | Belgium |
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Residence | Brussels, Belgium |
Born | Brussels, Belgium | 6 March 1978
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Turned pro | 1998 |
Retired | 2007 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $477,809 |
Singles | |
Career record | 18–24 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 97 (12 July 2004) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (2002, 2004) |
French Open | 2R (2004) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2003, 2004, 2005) |
US Open | 1R (2004, 2005) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 3–5 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 177 (2 August 2004) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | Q2 (2002) |
Last updated on: 27 July 2022. |
Gilles Valere Jacque Elseneer (born 6 March 1978 in Brussels) is a retired professional tennis player from Belgium. He is mostly known for his grass court game, and has achieved his best results on this surface, including a quarterfinal appearance at 's-Hertogenbosch in 2001.
He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 97 in July 2004. This was arguably the strongest year of his career, in which he reached the second rounds of the French Open (l. to Gustavo Kuerten) and Wimbledon (l. to Ivo Karlović), and won the challengers of Heilbronn and Sarajevo.
Elseneer made a claim in September 2007 that he was offered money to throw a match against Potito Starace at Wimbledon 2005. [1]
He is now coaching and teaching tennis within his father's tennis academy (royal tennis club de Belgique) in Brussels.
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2000 | Great Britain F2, Chigwell | Futures | Carpet | Arvind Parmar | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2000 | Ireland F2, Dublin | Futures | Carpet | Owen Casey | 3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Win | 2–1 | Oct 2000 | France F22, Saint-Dizier | Futures | Hard | Timothy Aerts | 6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 3–1 | Nov 2002 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | Arvind Parmar | 7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–2 | Apr 2003 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | Gregory Carraz | 4–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Loss | 3–3 | Jul 2003 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | Nicolas Mahut | 3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Win | 4–3 | Feb 2004 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Lars Burgsmüller | 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 5–3 | Mar 2004 | Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Hard | Dennis Van Scheppingen | 7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
Win | 6–3 | Feb 2006 | Andrézieux, France | Challenger | Hard | Gilles Simon | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jan 1998 | Greece F4, Corfu | Futures | Carpet | Wim Neefs | Niko Karagiannis Anastasios Vasiliadis | 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jul 1998 | Greece F7, Athens | Futures | Clay | Wim Neefs | Harel Levy Lior Mor | 3–6, 6–0, 3–6 |
Win | 2–1 | Apr 1999 | France F4, Clermont-Ferrand | Futures | Carpet | Gerald Mandl | Daniel Pahlsson Steven Randjelovic | 7–6, 7–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | May 1999 | Greece F2, Filippiada | Futures | Hard | Eyal Erlich | Jan-Ralph Brandt Markus Menzler | 7–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Mar 2000 | France F6, Douai | Futures | Carpet | Arnaud Fontaine | Andy Ram Lovro Zovko | 6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 4–2 | Jun 2000 | Ireland F1, Dublin | Futures | Carpet | Jean-Michel Pequery | Jarkko Nieminen Kristian Pless | 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 4–3 | Jul 2001 | Bristol, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Tuomas Ketola | Wesley Moodie Shaun Rudman | 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 5–3 | Aug 2001 | Wrexham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | Alexander Popp | Luke Bourgeois Aisam Qureshi | 5–7, 7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 6–3 | Sep 2001 | France F17, Plaisir | Futures | Hard | Wim Neefs | Frédéric Niemeyer Andrew Nisker | 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–4 |
Win | 7–3 | Nov 2001 | Bolton, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | Wim Neefs | Lee Childs Mark Hilton | 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 8–3 | Feb 2002 | Hull, United Kingdom | Challenger | Carpet | Frédéric Niemeyer | Yves Allegro Wesley Moodie | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 8–4 | Mar 2004 | Besançon, France | Challenger | Hard | Kenneth Carlsen | Alexander Waske Rogier Wassen | 6–3, 5–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 8–5 | Jan 2005 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Gilles Müller | Sébastien de Chaunac Michal Mertiňák | 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | SR | W–L | Win% | |||||||||||||
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Australian Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||||||
French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 2R | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||||||||||||
Wimbledon | Q2 | A | A | Q3 | 2R | 2R | 2R | Q2 | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% | |||||||||||||
US Open | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | |||||||||||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | 40% | |||||||||||||
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rome | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
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