Country (sports) | Belgium |
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Born | Ghent, Belgium | 2 January 1981
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $113,066 |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 215 (10 Oct 2005) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | Q2 (2005) |
Wimbledon | Q2 (2005) |
US Open | Q1 (2005) |
Doubles | |
Highest ranking | No. 265 (17 Apr 2006) |
Jeroen Masson (born 2 January 1981) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Although born in Belgium, Masson was raised in South Africa and comes from a family of bakers. [1] In order to embark on a career in professional tennis he returned to his birth country at the age of 18 and became a Belgian national. [1] He reached a best singles world ranking of 215, had a win over Novak Djokovic (in 2004), won 13 ITF Futures titles and was runner-up at the 2005 Belgrade Challenger. [5] In 2009 he announced his retirement from the tour. [4]
Legend |
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ATP Challenger (0–1) |
ITF Futures (13–11) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2001 | France F5, Bressuire | Futures | Hard | Jérôme Haehnel | 7–6(8), 1–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2001 | France F19, Sarreguemines | Futures | Carper | Régis Lavergne | 7–6(6), 4–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2002 | Greece F1, Syros | Futures | Hard | Marco Chiudinelli | 7–6(5), 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Jun 2002 | Portugal F1, Lisbon | Futures | Clay | Bernardo Mota | 6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 3–2 | Jul 2002 | Turkey F1, Istanbul | Futures | Hard | Bernard Parun | 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–3 | Jul 2002 | Turkey F2, Istanbul | Futures | Hard | Ivaylo Traykov | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 4–3 | Aug 2002 | Turkey F3, Istanbul | Futures | Hard | Teodor-Dacian Crăciun | 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 5–3 | Sep 2002 | France F16, Mulhouse | Futures | Hard | Lionel Roux | 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |
Loss | 5–4 | Feb 2004 | Croatia F1, Zagreb | Futures | Hard | Pavel Šnobel | 1–6, 1–6 |
Win | 6–4 | Mar 2004 | Portugal F2, Albufeira | Futures | Hard | Ivo Minář | 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 7–4 | Mar 2004 | Portugal F3, Lagos | Futures | Hard | Gilles Simon | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 7–5 | Mar 2004 | Greece F1, Athens | Futures | Hard | Andrew Banks | 2–6, 7–6(7), 4–6 |
Win | 8–5 | Apr 2004 | Germany F4, Riemerling | Futures | Clay | Jan Mertl | 7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 8–6 | May 2004 | Italy F7, Pavia | Futures | Clay | Andres Dellatorre | 5–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 8–7 | Aug 2004 | Netherlands F3, Enschede | Futures | Clay | Ivo Klec | 3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 9–7 | Nov 2004 | Belgium F2, Sint-Katelijne-Waver | Futures | Hard | Richard Bloomfield | 6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2005 | Belgrade Challenger, Serbia | Challenger | Carpet | Dick Norman | 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 9–8 | Nov 2006 | Spain F37, Las Palmas | Futures | Hard | Andrey Golubev | 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 10–8 | Jan 2007 | Germany F3, Kaarst | Futures | Carpet | Ralph Grambow | 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 11–8 | Jan 2008 | Germany F3, Kaarst | Futures | Carpet | Ruben Bemelmans | 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 11–9 | Feb 2008 | Germany F5, Schwieberdingen | Futures | Carpet | Simon Greul | 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 12–9 | Mar 2008 | Morocco F1, Oujda | Futures | Clay | Lamine Ouahab | 6–2, 3–0 ret. |
Win | 13–9 | Mar 2008 | Turkey F2, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Gabriel Moraru | 6–0, 7–6(2) |
Loss | 13–10 | Jun 2008 | Germany F6, Ingolstadt | Futures | Clay | Érik Chvojka | 1–6, 7–5, 1–6 |
Loss | 13–11 | Aug 2008 | Belgium F3, Brussels | Futures | Clay | Martin Killemose | 5–7, 6–7(5) |
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