Johan Van Herck

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Johan Van Herck
Johan Van Herck Davis Cup.png
Johan Van Herck at the 2017 Davis Cup Quarterfinals
Country (sports)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Born (1974-05-24) 24 May 1974 (age 48)
Herentals, Belgium
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1993
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$717,393
Singles
Career record52–76
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 65 (12 May 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (1996, 1997, 1998)
French Open 3R (1998)
Wimbledon 1R (1996, 1997, 1998)
US Open 2R (1997)
Doubles
Career record3–9
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 291 (24 February 1997)
Last updated on: 31 January 2022.

Johan Van Herck (born 24 May 1974) is a Belgian tennis coach and former professional player.

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Van Herck first broke into the top 100 of the ATP rankings in 1996, when he made semi-finals at the Copenhagen Open and Italy's Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia. In the later he upset top seed Félix Mantilla Botella in the second round.

In both 1997 and 1998, Van Herck was a semi-finalist at the Coral Springs International Tennis Championships. [1]

He had his best Grand Slam performance at the 1998 French Open, where in the opening round he defeated world number four Greg Rusedski in straight sets. He then beat Spanish qualifier Jordi Mas to reach the third round, but was then eliminated by another qualifier, Jens Knippschild, despite winning the opening two sets, from which he dropped just two games. [2]

Van Herck defeated another top player in the 1999 Grand Prix Hassan II, held in Casablanca, overcoming number one seed Thomas Muster.

He represented the Belgium Davis Cup team in nine ties during his career and had a combined 7-5 win loss record, all of his victories coming in singles rubbers. His biggest wins came against Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov in 1995, Swede Thomas Enqvist in 1996 and Frenchman Cédric Pioline in 1997. [3]

Since 2011 he has been the captain of the Belgian Davis Cup team. During his tenure, the team reached the final of the Davis Cup twice.

Since 2019 he has been the captain of the Belgian Fed Cup team as well. [4]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (8–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (8–4)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (6–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0-1Jul 1994 Ostend, BelgiumChallengerClay Flag of Norway.svg Christian Ruud 6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Win1-1Feb 1995 Mendoza, ArgentinaChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Juan Albert Viloca 7–6, 6–1
Win2-1Jul 1995 Montauban, FranceChallengerClay Flag of Poland.svg Wojtek Kowalski 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win3-1Jul 1995 Ostend, BelgiumChallengerClay Flag of France.svg Frederic Fontang 6–3, 6–2
Win4-1Mar 1996 Stockholm, SwedenChallengerHard Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Apell 6–3, 7–5
Loss4-2Jan 1997 Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Chesnokov 6–3, 6–7, 2–6
Win5-2Apr 1997 Paget, BermudaChallengerClay Flag of Armenia.svg Sargis Sargsian 6–1, 4–6, 6–0
Win6-2Apr 1997 Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Tommy Haas 7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Win7-2Oct 1997 Brest, FranceChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Sebastien Grosjean 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss7-3Apr 1998 Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of Norway.svg Christian Ruud 6–2, 1–6, 1–6
Loss7-4Jun 2000Italy F5, Torino FuturesClay Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Dell'Acqua 5–7, 2–6
Loss7-5Jul 2000 Ostend, BelgiumChallengerClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Olivier Rochus 4–6, 4–6
Win8-5Jul 2000 Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Flag of France.svg Olivier Mutis 6–3, 6–2

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA 1R 1R 1R Q1 A0 / 30–30%
French Open AA 2R 1R 1R 3R Q2 Q3 0 / 43–443%
Wimbledon AAA 1R 1R 1R AA0 / 30–30%
US Open AA 1R A 2R AAA0 / 21–233%
Win–loss0–00–01–20–31–42–30–00–00 / 124–1225%
ATP Masters Series
Miami AAAA 1R 1R AA0 / 20–20%
Paris Q2 AAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–10–10–00–00 / 20–20%

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References

  1. ↑ ATP World Tour Profile
  2. ↑ ITF Tennis Profile
  3. ↑ Davis Cup Profile
  4. ↑ "Van Herck to take charge of Belgian team". www.fedcup.com. International Tennis Federation. 18 December 2018. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019.
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