Gilles Elseneer

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Gilles Elseneer
Country (sports)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Residence Brussels, Belgium
Born (1978-03-06) 6 March 1978 (age 47)
Brussels, Belgium
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2007
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $477,809
Singles
Career record18–24
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 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 record3–5
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 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.

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Tennis career

Pro tour

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]

Coaching

He is now coaching and teaching tennis within his father's tennis academy (royal tennis club de Belgique) in Brussels.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (6–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–2)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Feb 2000Great Britain F2, Chigwell FuturesCarpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arvind Parmar 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss1–1Jun 2000Ireland F2, Dublin FuturesCarpet Flag of Ireland.svg Owen Casey 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win2–1Oct 2000France F22, Saint-Dizier FuturesHard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Timothy Aerts6–2, 6–2
Win3–1Nov 2002 Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arvind Parmar 7–5, 6–2
Loss3–2Apr 2003 Bangalore, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Gregory Carraz 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss3–3Jul 2003 Manchester, United KingdomChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Nicolas Mahut 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win4–3Feb 2004 Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Lars Burgsmüller 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win5–3Mar 2004 Sarajevo, Bosnia & HerzegovinaChallengerHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dennis Van Scheppingen 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win6–3Feb 2006 Andrézieux, FranceChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Gilles Simon 4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 13 (8–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (5–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (5–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jan 1998Greece F4, Corfu FuturesCarpet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Wim Neefs Flag of Greece.svg Niko Karagiannis
Flag of Greece.svg Anastasios Vasiliadis
6–4, 6–2
Loss1–1Jul 1998Greece F7, Athens FuturesClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Wim Neefs Flag of Israel.svg Harel Levy
Flag of Israel.svg Lior Mor
3–6, 6–0, 3–6
Win2–1Apr 1999France F4, Clermont-Ferrand FuturesCarpet Flag of Austria.svg Gerald Mandl Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Pahlsson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Randjelovic
7–6, 7–6
Loss2–2May 1999Greece F2, Filippiada FuturesHard Flag of Israel.svg Eyal Erlich Flag of Germany.svg Jan-Ralph Brandt
Flag of Germany.svg Markus Menzler
7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win3–2Mar 2000France F6, Douai FuturesCarpet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Arnaud Fontaine Flag of Israel.svg Andy Ram
Flag of Croatia.svg Lovro Zovko
6–1, 6–4
Win4–2Jun 2000Ireland F1, Dublin FuturesCarpet Flag of France.svg Jean-Michel Pequery Flag of Finland.svg Jarkko Nieminen
Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Pless
7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–3
Loss4–3Jul 2001 Bristol, United KingdomChallengerGrass Flag of Finland.svg Tuomas Ketola Flag of South Africa.svg Wesley Moodie
Flag of South Africa.svg Shaun Rudman
4–6, 3–6
Win5–3Aug 2001 Wrexham, United KingdomChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Popp Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Bourgeois
Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam Qureshi
5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Win6–3Sep 2001France F17, Plaisir FuturesHard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Wim Neefs Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Frédéric Niemeyer
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Andrew Nisker
6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–4
Win7–3Nov 2001 Bolton, United KingdomChallengerHard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Wim Neefs Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lee Childs
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Hilton
6–4, 6–3
Win8–3Feb 2002 Hull, United KingdomChallengerCarpet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Frédéric Niemeyer Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yves Allegro
Flag of South Africa.svg Wesley Moodie
6–4, 6–4
Loss8–4Mar 2004 Besançon, FranceChallengerHard Flag of Denmark.svg Kenneth Carlsen Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Waske
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rogier Wassen
6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Loss8–5Jan 2005 Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of Luxembourg.svg Gilles Müller Flag of France.svg Sébastien de Chaunac
Flag of Slovakia.svg Michal Mertiňák
2–6, 6–3, 3–6

Performance timeline

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.

Singles

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA Q1 A Q1 AA0 / 00–0  
French Open AAA Q1 Q2 2R Q1 Q1 0 / 11–150%
Wimbledon Q2 AA Q3 2R 2R 2R Q2 0 / 33–350%
US Open AA Q2 Q1 Q1 1R 1R Q2 0 / 20–20%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–01–12–31–20–00 / 64–640%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Rome AAAAA Q1 A Q1 0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0  

References

Notes
  1. "Groups out to ace corruption". Jamaica Gleaner News. 10 October 2007. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
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